Eliminate all comment handle links to avoid even the appearance of comment spam?
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I've stopped putting my url behind my handle on the blogs in which I participate, out of the fear of the appearance of comment spam. It's not comment spam, we're talking about real interactions on a few blogs and forums.
What do you think? If it is limited to a handful of domains on which I am active, and there are no indications of comment spam in my overall link profile, is a handle link a bad idea?
The real purpose of the link is not to gain any link juice, but to direct the people I interact with in these comment conversations to my site if they would like. But it's not worth the risk of a google-slap.
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Zachary : I believe Penguinn attacks for a lot LESS than the volume you're describing especially if there are few powerful links to begin with.
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Thanks guys, of course it makes sense to do things the natural way. Was just over-reacting I suppose.
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Google didn't condemn comments. Or comment link building.
Fire and brimstone comes when you use the likes of ScrapeBox to submit to hundreds or thousands of blogs, in a small timeframe, with not many varying phrases.
You're fine adding your domain. I'd even consider it an opportunity lost if you didn't.
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To the contrary, some consider a certain amount of comment links to be part of a "natural link profile". Put your efforts and worries towards getting high quality links, the bad ones don't really matter too much unless that's all you have.
Also, it sounds like what you're doing is beneficial to the humans reading your comments, so weigh that benefit against any potential negative of the bots who are reading your comments.
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