No-Follow Enabled On Disqus WordPress Plugin v2.04

As some of you know, we’ve been receiving a good amount of spam from SEO rank climbers over the past couple weeks.

Who are these people and why are they doing this?

The acronym “SEO” in our case refers to “search engine optimizers,” a term adopted by an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients, and by employees who perform SEO services to gain a better ranking in search engines.

Unfortunately, we have been dealing with the more malicious users versus the kind legitimate type.

To help decrease this type of spam within our system we’ve added “nofollow” to our WordPress Plugin. This is a minor update but it is very essential. We apologize for the tardiness of this release and assure you that we are constantly working to improve Disqus. We will be having a bigger release in the next couple weeks, so keep your eyes peeled!

Download WordPress Disqus Plugin v2.04
UPDATE: 2.04.3996 was released due to a bug in 2.04.3953.

Giannii
DISQUS
Community Manager
giannii@disqus.com

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Giannii on February 24th 2009 in disqus

  • This will be a great feature for all true users out there..
  • I am using disqus in my blog. I want to disable the nofollow attribute to attract commentators. So I install the plugin dofollow, but it did not work. How can I dofollow my blog that uses disqus commenting system? Thanks.
  • As a legit SEO specialist consultant I think this is a good move. Let it be said that not all SEO workers are looking to farm links by spamming valid and respectable comment boards. The adition of rel="nofollow" on word press comments should indeed help to reduce the amount of mindless spam that populaes so many valid and worthwhile threads. In turn detracting from the relivance of such threads and making people not want to use this service...long live the white hat SEO pro`s, down with black hat.

    Where not all rascals i swear!!!
  • Great post, really help me alot. Thanks.

    Cheers,
    sain-web.com
  • The nofollow will change, because it has been misused and misunderstood by the webmasters, new announcement from google
  • The nofollow will change, because it has been misused and misunderstood by the webmasters, new announcement from google
  • Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.
  • Was a good read. I'll be back for more.
  • Was a good read. I'll be back for more.
  • I absolutely LOVE Disqus. I've been using it for about a month now and it's already caught spam comments for me. I love how it detects it and requests my approval prior to adding it to my blog! Non-spam comments get added automatically. Saves me time and trouble.

    I would like the option of turning off the no-follow attribute as I would like to reward legitimate commenters for leaving their thoughts. Is this an option?
  • I absolutely LOVE Disqus. I've been using it for about a month now and it's already caught spam comments for me. I love how it detects it and requests my approval prior to adding it to my blog! Non-spam comments get added automatically. Saves me time and trouble.

    I would like the option of turning off the no-follow attribute as I would like to reward legitimate commenters for leaving their thoughts. Is this an option?
  • I absolutely LOVE Disqus. I've been using it for about a month now and it's already caught spam comments for me. I love how it detects it and requests my approval prior to adding it to my blog! Non-spam comments get added automatically. Saves me time and trouble.

    I would like the option of turning off the no-follow attribute as I would like to reward legitimate commenters for leaving their thoughts. Is this an option?
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  • claytontina1
    this is a nice post i hav to say. i was searching for property to let in central london for quite some time and i accidentally found this amazing website no agents 24 with loads and loads of information about tips for tenants, tips for moving, hips. I really like my new house. i went out for some fresh air today early morning, although i am generally not the morning person type but i have to admit i really enjoyed it.
  • claytontina1
    this is a nice post i hav to say. i was searching for property to let in central london for quite some time and i accidentally found this amazing website no agents 24 with loads and loads of information about tips for tenants, tips for moving, hips. I really like my new house. i went out for some fresh air today early morning, although i am generally not the morning person type but i have to admit i really enjoyed it.
  • claytontina1
    this is a nice post i hav to say. i was searching for property to let in central london for quite some time and i accidentally found this amazing website no agents 24 with loads and loads of information about tips for tenants, tips for moving, hips. I really like my new house. i went out for some fresh air today early morning, although i am generally not the morning person type but i have to admit i really enjoyed it.
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    search engine placement
  • johnjonatan
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    search engine placement
  • johnjonatan
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    search engine placement
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  • reklam
  • Great! You have to start somewhere, even if it's the proverbial finger in the dike.
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