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cinemaKid
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Signature rules
What rules, do you all think, this forum should have? More specifically, what rules and guidelines should this forum have with regard to links in signature? Links to sites promoting gambling, adult or questionable drug should be allowed?
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Sun May 21, 2006 10:14 pm |
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cinemaKid
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As an admin, here's my concern. It is generally believed that linking out to sites related to gambling, adult or questionable drug can hurt search engine rankings. Since signatures in this forum are visible to SE, I need to be a bit concerned about. Is there any way to accommodate this?
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Sun May 21, 2006 10:34 pm |
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ghostman
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You raise a valid point. For high profile search engines like Google and MSN, it won't ruin your rankings. However, I do know of amateur search engines that don't allow adult content or profanity. I don't know how comprehensively the search engines investigate the site, but it would be reckless if they simply dismissed your site because someone on your forums posted a link that linked to another site, that linked to several more sites, of which one of them mentioned the word "ass," and hence your site was disqualified from the datebase.
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cinemaKid
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Tell me if this is acceptable or not.
I can install a short script redirect.php on this forum, and I can ask to use the script if the forum signature links to adult-ish site like
/redirect.php?url=adult-ish.com
and I can add the url in robots.txt. This makes the link invisible to SE. Downside of this is that the link won't be counted by SE; therefore, some members may not be happy about it. What's your take on this?
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Sun May 21, 2006 11:07 pm |
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cinemaKid
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Originally posted by ghostman:
So what would the code be?
[redirect.php?url=www.yourSite.com]youSite.com[/url]
No, it would be [ url=redirect.php?url=www.yourSite.com ]youSite.com[ /url ]
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Mon May 22, 2006 7:20 am |
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Moelman
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Personally I would not allow adult or gambling content in forum signatures, same as posts, because at my forum that kind of thing isn't allowed in posts. And putting it in a sig is just a way to get around the rules.
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Tue May 23, 2006 11:41 pm |
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cinemaKid
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If the site is 100% about adult or gambling, then I may need to ask to not link to the site. However, if a small part of the site is about adult or gambling, then it's acceptable. I feel a bit uneasy about gambling though.
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