Back To Announcements & Rules

New Signature and Link Restrictions

  • quantumcloud
  • Proficient
  • Proficient
  • User avatar
  • Joined: May 11, 2004
  • Posts: 456
  • Loc: Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Status: Offline

Post September 13th, 2009, 12:24 am

Oh, what on earth! It is now showing. Never mind. :)

EDIT: I see sig in this topic but not on the Google forum where I made a post. Is there some other rules I am missing?
Web development company : quantumcloud

Web design company : web.com.bd
  • Anonymous
  • Bot
  • No Avatar
  • Joined: 25 Feb 2008
  • Posts: ?
  • Loc: Ozzuland
  • Status: Online

Post September 13th, 2009, 12:24 am

  • ATNO/TW
  • Super Moderator
  • Super Moderator
  • User avatar
  • Joined: May 28, 2003
  • Posts: 22499
  • Loc: Pittsburgh PA
  • Status: Online

Post September 13th, 2009, 3:04 am

For some reason you had unchecked attach signature in that post in the Google forum. I edited it and rechecked it. Check your User Control Panel settings and make sure you have checked to attach signatures.
"The web is a dominatrix. Every where I turn, I see little buttons ordering me to Submit."
Play sports pools and discuss sports topics at Boasting Rights Sports Forum
Get paid to write articles - www.associatedcontent.com
  • quantumcloud
  • Proficient
  • Proficient
  • User avatar
  • Joined: May 11, 2004
  • Posts: 456
  • Loc: Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Status: Offline

Post September 13th, 2009, 3:11 am

Don't think I touched that option as far as I remember. But thanks for fixing. Appreciate it.
Web development company : quantumcloud

Web design company : web.com.bd
  • Bogey
  • Disturbed
  • Genius
  • User avatar
  • Joined: Jul 14, 2005
  • Posts: 7128
  • Loc: Ozzuland
  • Status: Offline

Post October 4th, 2009, 9:29 pm

I don't think this rule should affect at people staying here if they are real normal human users. It probably does like some people pointed out...

Signature is like a trail, left behind by the poster... something that isn't (most likely) related to the content of the actual post...

Besides, this is a nofollow site, so having a link to your site in the sig doesn't help your SEO rating directly... true, it could lead to more visitors to your site, but to a percentage directly related to the content of your site.

I think that made sense.
Learn PHP | I got 10 PHP tutorials! Check them out!
Dreamtale - Farewell
Just a note... I've giving up on web development and that stuff... Just lost all interest in it.
  • UPSGuy
  • Lurker ಠ_ಠ
  • Mastermind
  • User avatar
  • Joined: Jul 25, 2005
  • Posts: 2497
  • Loc: Nashville, TN
  • Status: Offline

Post October 5th, 2009, 6:00 am

Regardless of the nofollow status, we still have a large number of members and a huge amount of daily visitors. Just having the text there is enough to persuade some people to spatter useless posts across the board.
I'd love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.
  • Bigwebmaster
  • Site Admin
  • Site Admin
  • User avatar
  • Joined: Dec 20, 2002
  • Posts: 7348
  • Loc: Seattle, WA
  • Status: Offline

Post October 5th, 2009, 10:38 am

Second I believe other search engines such as Yahoo ignore the rel="nofollow" attribute. That may have changed, but that was the last I have heard.

Since not allowing signatures or links for that group of users it has really cut down on the spammers here. So it is working.
Ozzu Hosting - Want your website on a fast server like Ozzu?
Contact US for more information about our plans and rates

1, 2

Post Information

  • Total Posts in this topic: 21 posts
  • Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
  • You cannot post new topics in this forum
  • You cannot reply to topics in this forum
  • You cannot edit your posts in this forum
  • You cannot delete your posts in this forum
  • You cannot post attachments in this forum
 
 

© Unmelted Enterprises 1998-2009. Driven by phpBB © 2001-2009 phpBB Group.