Earning Money

I was checking out a few different sites and I came across an article on one of my more favorite blogs, JonWaraas.com. He had been conducting a test to see if the “nofollow” tag really offered no ‘link juice’ as I like to call it. Basically, Google says that if there is the nofollow tag, that link will not help in getting the site it links to indexed. If you remember back in October, Google went to war against link sellers. They wanted to prevent the sale of ‘link juice’ and ensure that their search engines were not warped because of the sale of links.

Well, Google…I think the test conducted by Jon shows that nofollow tags don’t prohibit the spread of link juice. Now, that’s not to say that a link with the tag is just as strong as a link without the tag because that’s not true. But, Google said that no strength would be passed with that tag and after looking at the results, well, that’s not true. The truth of the matter is, while the nofollow attribute does prevent some strength from being passed, all in all, you can still get indexed with ONLY nofollow links.

This brings about an important question. Why the hell does Google insist on people using the nofollow tag if it doesn’t do anything? I can’t answer that because I am not Google. But, what I can answer for you is whether or not you should invest in nofollow links and the truth of the matter is, I don’t see why not. Sure, they’re not going to provide as much strength, but the test showed that it only took ten nofollow links to get the site indexed and that is where the success came in. It showed us that we can still get indexed even with nofollow links.

Google said that the NoFollow attribute would be a sure way of people selling links without giving strength to other sites. Well Google, it appears that if I sell links with the NoFollow attribute, I’ll still pass on strength. Could this test be a really great way to respond to Google? I think so. But, is it going to be a great way to win the war on link sellers? No. Because they can still manually remove us. Regardless, thanks to Jon for this test that shows that even with nofollow links, we can still get indexed.

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First and foremost, I apologize for being away for a few days.  I am a college student, so this is the time where finals are consuming me.  I will try and post regularly, but I cannot make any guarantees because of the tests.  However, I thought I’d write a short post real fast about my opinion on Entrecard.  It has been speculated that Entrecard is really worthless traffic and that everyone that is coming to your site is really just someone looking to drop their card on your site and then move on.  It’s useless traffic that, instead of making you any money, is just costing you money because they are using bandwidth.  Now…Here’s my opinion.

It’s not worthless traffic.  Just because someone is just coming to your site looking to drop their card and then move on does not mean that some (some) don’t stop and read your content.  If you have a good title, they will stop and if they do stop, well, that’s more traffic for you.  What this service provides is a means for you to get more people to see your site.  You’re networking and if you get twenty people to drop their card on your site and five decide to become regular readers, then your mission was effective.

Another reason why it’s not crappy traffic is because you’re getting a point for every person that visits you.  Why is that good?  Because if you get that point, you are also getting more points to buy advertising on blogs.  And it’s THAT traffic that you really want.  That’s the traffic of people that are genuinely interested in what you have to offer, not so much about the points they can get.  And it’s those readers that you really want.  So, because of the traffic coming to your site to drop their card, you’re getting more points to allow for more real readers.

Do I think Entrecard is crappy traffic?  No.  I think it is worthwhile traffic that, if used correctly, could really make your site grow.  Are you going to see substantial differences in your site’s traffic and profits?  Not until Entrecard gets really big.  But, even then, it all depends on how you buy your ads.  Do some research on the site that you are buying an ad on and look for where the 125×125 button is.  Chances are, it’s in a bad place.  But, if it’s in a good place, bingo, get it.  So, try Entrecard out.  I really believe that it is worthwhile traffic.

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