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Too many links in my blog post created by comments. Should I worry?
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Every year, we do a popular "Favourite pictures of the year" contest where people vote on the best picture (i.e: their mate's) in order to win something.
But I just found that I'm going way over the "Too many links" limit and I think it's because of all the comments.
1. Is it a problem
2. Is there a way to de-activate the links?
Thank you!
Ioan
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If it's just a matter of link count, I wouldn't worry about it. If the comments are clearly spammy, then I htink M.-J. is exactly right - you need to moderate and remove those comments. It is possible for a large number of spammy comments (with outbound links) to cause problems with a site. It's not just an SEO issue - it looks bad to legitimate visitors as well. If you can't moderate, nofollow would be the next best option (the only other option, really).
If you've got 200 links on the page, though, and the comments are 95% legitimate, it's fine. It's just a popular post.
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Thank you!
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No reason too worry, as others have said. IÂ don't advise nollow, actually - in general, I believe comments should be moderated; if they are spammy they'll never be followed because they won't be approved. But a clearly stated moderation policy that lets readers know that substantive comments are appreciate - and rewarded with a followed link - encourages good contribution, IMO.
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Don't worry. Actually, comments are probably doing more good (fresh ugc), than harm.
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I wouldn't think that is too much to worry about. If it did have an affect, it would only affect that particular page. As Remco said, perhaps a plugin would work, but then again I wouldn't worry about it.
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Maybe it is an idea to set the links on that page to nofollow..
I dont know where your blog is running on but there is probably a plugin to do so.
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