2008/11/4 Aleem B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I keep thinking of using a bit of "onclick=..." with an AJAX routine to > do the testing and counting. It is a simple matter of returning a true > value to allow the link to activate. I guess if it broken you could return > false... > > FWIW, adding an onclick is not the preferred way of doing this. It's better > to attach events to anchors during document.onload event. If anchors need to > be filtered, dom/css classes can be used.
Sounds interesting, care to share a little more about this method? > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> 2008/11/4 Gavin Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> "I might be being a bit blond here, but why even the need to have >>> "rel=nofollow" at all? >>> >>> >>> >>> It is supposed to be there to stop automatic and commercial links >>> polluting search engine rankings." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ** Sorry I meant within the BBC related links section specifically. My >>> bad for not making it clear. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Exactly Brian, I think we are on the same page … my point is why does the >>> BBC need to make use of JavaScript, or NoFollow tags for links to "key" >>> sites related to the story in hand? >>> >> I can see a good point about using a redirector as you can use it >> >> a) test to see if the link is broken; and >> >> b) count the number of times it get used. >> >> >> I keep thinking of using a bit of "onclick=..." with an AJAX routine to do >> the testing and counting. It is a simple matter of returning a true value >> to allow the link to activate. I guess if it broken you could return >> false... >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> End-user generated content is a different matter … >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Gavin Pearce* |* **Web Developer* |* **TBS >>> *The Columbia Centre, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JG, United Kingdom >>> Direct: +44 (0) 1344 403488 | Office: +44 (0) 1344 306011 | Fax: +44 (0) >>> 1344 427138 >>> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Yahoo: pearce.gavin >>> *http://www.tbs.uk.com* >>> >>> >>> *TBS is a trading name of Technology Services International Limited. >>> Registered in England, company number 2079459.* >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth >>> *Sent:* 04 November 2008 10:12 >>> >>> *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >>> *Subject:* Re: [backstage] "Greedy BBC Blocks External Links" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2008/11/4 Gavin Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> I might be being a bit blond here, but why even the need to have >>> "rel=nofollow" at all? >>> >>> >>> >>> It is supposed to be there to stop automatic and commercial links >>> polluting search engine rankings. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I can understand on "user" generated content, but when it's a link to a >>> relevant and respected website on the topic in hand, than that isn't a >>> good or valid reason to use the "nofollow" syntax. In fact as stated >>> already, that's a large part in how the big search engines work. >>> >>> Google isn't likely to start penalising the BBC site as it's no doubt on >>> a "respected site" / "white list" somewhere else within the Google >>> system... >>> >>> >>> >>> But that isn't, to be fair, the issue. The issue is that even if the BBC >>> decides to link to an external site, if it uses either the methods >>> described, a visiting user will get there, but a search engine will dismiss >>> it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Incoming links are useful for SEO and to have them turned off from the >>> BBC is a big problem. Last time I had a link from a major BBC page to my >>> site, my usual traffic (and ad revenue) tripled for three days. But the >>> link did not boost any search engine ratings. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Gavin Pearce | Web Developer | TBS >>> The Columbia Centre, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JG, United Kingdom >>> Direct: +44 (0) 1344 403488 | Office: +44 (0) 1344 306011 | Fax: +44 (0) >>> 1344 427138 >>> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Yahoo: pearce.gavin >>> http://www.tbs.uk.com >>> >>> TBS is a trading name of Technology Services International Limited. >>> Registered in England, company number 2079459. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Belam >>> Sent: 04 November 2008 09:36 >>> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >>> Subject: Re: [backstage] "Greedy BBC Blocks External Links" >>> >>> I don't think it is "evil", and as I've pointed out on their blog and >>> on Sphinn, since Patrick at Blogstorm himself applies "nofollow" to >>> all outbound links it is a little rich to be complaining that the BBC >>> doesn't provide 'trusted' links. Interesting point about how Google >>> can be expected to run a trusted link based algorithm in the future, >>> but lets not forget it was the search engines that concocted >>> "nofollow" themselves, and Google is these days notorious for >>> penalising sites in the rankings that it 'believes' are displaying >>> paid links that are not clearly marked as advertising. I've blogged a >>> little about the Blogstorm post as well - >>> http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2008/11/bbc_news_clumsy_linking.php >>> >>> cheers, >>> martin >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >>> please visit >>> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >>> Unofficial list archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >>> >>> This message has been scanned for viruses by Viatel MailControl - >>> http://viatel.mailcontrol.com/ >>> >>> >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. 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