How To Track Google Adsense Payment Check

Most of bloggers including me use Google Adsense to monetize their blog and earn some cash for their good work , Once your monthly earning reached to $100, Google sends the money through check on your name. Sometimes it takes a bit longer to received your check but it's not a matter if worrying because i'am gonna tell you how to track your Adsense payment check.

• Just log in to your Adsense account

• Enter 'my account payment history'

• Click on the detail link of your payment

• You can now see all of your account history payment and even the last month.

• If you can see 'Payment Issued' then it’s on the way.

• Note down 'Payment Number'

Here is an example of your payment statement :

According to above model of payment statement 063333333 is our Payment Number and now it's time to track it :

• If you are from USA then you can track by visiting DHL online tracking.

• Now “Select the shipment type” and “Enter your tracking number” that you have noted before.

• In other countries visit Bludartmaintracking.

• Choose Ref No. and enter your payment number after removing first '0' from it and press Go.

You can track your payment 4-5days after it was issued from Google. It took 15days for me too track my first payment so be patient and try to track daily because some times it took a little bit.

Here is an example of what you'll find after entering your Payment No.:

Tracking Payment With Waybill Number :

You can also track your payment with your Waybill number, You'll receive your waybill number after approx 15days.All Indian payments comes from Hyderabad so it takes i little bit time.

Reason for Adsense Payment Delay :

There may be many reasons why your adsense payment has been delayed. The main reason could be wrong address. In that case bluedart immediately return the check to Google. It does happen if you are receiving your first adsense check. If it happens with you, then you can Request for reissue adsense check payment. You have to wait for at list 2 weeks to get your earning credited back on your account.

I would suggest you to use bluedart location finder to find whether their service is available in your area or not. So that you can easily contact them before they return your check to Google. 

Google Plus CSS3 Buttons

Google Plus buttons really looks nice in all type of documents and blogs. So today i'am gonna give you about five cool Google Plus buttons for your blog and documents.

• Go To Blogger > Template > Edit HTML 

• And post below CSS above ]]></b:skin> :

• And also you can use it in html documents and wordpress

<style>
.PlusGreen {
    display: inline-block;
    background: #45ad45;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#47af47), color-stop(100%,#43ab43));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #47af47 0%, #43ab43 100%);
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    -webkit-transition: background-color .218ss 0;
    -moz-transition: background-color .218ss 0;
    -o-transition: background-color .218ss 0;
    transition: background-color .218ss 0;
    text-shadow: 1px 0px 0px #1a8f1a;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-color: #1a8f1a;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.PlusGreen:hover {
    background: #33a833;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #284c28;
    border-color: #284c28;
}
.PlusGreen:active {
    background: #359c35;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #329432 inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #329432 inset;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #329432 inset;
    border-color: #2d4d2d;
}

.PlusYellow {
    display: inline-block;
    background: #fbfb00;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#FCFD22), color-stop(100%,#f9f911));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #FCFD22 0%, #f9f911 100%);
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #FFFFF;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-color: #e4e416;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #6E6E6E;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.PlusYellow:hover {
    background: #ffff19;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #ffe01a;
    border-color: #ffe01a;
    color: #333;
}
.PlusYellow:active {
    color: #000;
}
.PlusGray {
    display: inline-block;
    background: #f3f3f3;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f5f5f5), color-stop(100%,#f1f1f1));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #f5f5f5 0%, #f1f1f1 100%);
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    -webkit-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    -moz-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    -o-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    transition: border-color .218s 0;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #ffffff;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
    display: inline-block;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-color: #DCDCDC;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #6E6E6E;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.PlusGray:hover {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 2px #00002;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 2px #00002;
    box-shadow: 0px 2px #00002;
    border-color: #999;
    color: #333;
}
.PlusGray:active {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #dedede inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #dedede inset;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #dedede inset;
    border-color: #444;
    color: #000;
}
.PlusBlue {
    display: inline-block;
    background: #3079ed;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#327BEF), color-stop(100%,#2E77EB));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #327BEF 0%, #2E77EB 100%);
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    -webkit-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    -moz-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    -o-transition: border-color .218s 0;
    transition: border-color .218s 0;
    text-shadow: 1px 0px 0px #1a378e;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-color: #0066cc;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.PlusBlue:hover {
    background: #2D71EE;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #001AA6;
    border-color: #291f93;
}
.PlusBlue:active {
    background: #2A69EF;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#327aef), color-stop(100%,#2e76eb));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #327aef 0%, #2e76eb 100%);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 0px #0066cc inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 0px #0066cc inset;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 0px #0066cc inset;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #001AA6;
    border-color: #444444;
}
.PlusRed {
    display: inline-block;
    text-decoration: none;
    background: #eb3232;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#FC2222), color-stop(100%,#F81111));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #FC2222 0%, #F81111 100%);
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    -webkit-transition: background-color .218s 0;
    -moz-transition: background-color .218s 0;
    -o-transition: background-color .218s 0;
    transition: background-color .218s 0;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #a60000;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-color: #cc0000;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.PlusRed:hover {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #a60000;
    border-color: #912020;
}
.PlusRed:active {
    background: #ed2b2b;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#ed3232), color-stop(100%,#eb2f2f));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #ed3232 0%, #eb2f2f 100%);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1.5px 1.5px 3px #cc0000 inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1.5px 1.5px 3px #cc0000 inset;
    box-shadow: 1.5px 1.5px 3px #cc0000 inset;
    border-color: #ad4b4b;
}
</style>

How To Add Buttons :

• Go To Blogger > New Post > HTML 

• Paste following html

<a href="#" class="PlusGreen">Google+ Green</a>
<a href="#" class="PlusBlue">Google+ Blue</a>
<a href="#" class="PlusRed">Google+ Red</a>
<a href="#" class="PlusYellow">Google+ Yellow</a>
<a href="#" class="PlusGray">Google+ Gray</a>

It'll look like this :

  Google+ Green Google+ Blue Google+ Red Google+ Yellow Google+ Gray

25 Cool Google Tricks

There are lots of hidden secrets in Google you may not know . Today I'm gonna write about 25 of them. They are damn cool. Here we go:

1.Google Gravity : Don't you hate it when you can't find searched lyrics of a song which you can't remember ? Frustrated ? Get all your frustration on google by throwing all of it's content.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Gravity' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Smack It Down

2.Google Sphere : Sick with scrolling images ? Now you can revolve them around Google by using this trick.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Sphere' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Search Some Images

3.Zerg Rush : Do you think Google doesn't need any food? Wohhh you are so wrong, Google is hungry enough to eat your search results . Really you will find Google a bit hungry

Just Go To Google > Type 'Zerg Rush' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Kill Some Hungry Beasts

4.Do A Barrel Roll : I can control Google with my words. I'll tell Google to do a barrel roll and he'll surely do that. Come On , I'am not kidding.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Do A Barrel Roll' > Click On Search > See My Control

5.The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything : Some times I wonder what is life and what is the answer to life , the universe and everything.

Just Go To Google > Type 'the answer to life the universe and everything' > Click On Search > Find The Answer Out

6.Pacman : You remember a video game we played in childhood, eating food with our pacman. Man that was awesome plus you can now play pacman on Google and yea it's awesome.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Pacman' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > PG

7.Recursion : Google pokes fun at its own "did you mean" suggestions if you search recursion (repetition or returning) by questioning your spelling even though you didn’t make a mistake.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Recursion' > Click On Search > Did You Mean?

8.Kerning : Kerning is the spacing between letters in a word. When you do a search for kerning, Google changes the spaces between letters in the word 'kerning' in all the results. Heehee. You see what they did there?

Just Go To Google > Type 'Kerning' > Click On Search > K e r n i n g

9.Anagram : If you search for 'anagram' (rearranging the letters in a word to make a new word or phrase), Google rearranges the letters to suggest you were really searching for 'nag a ram'.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Anagram' > Click On Search > Nag A Ram

10.Find Chuck Norris : Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Find Chuck Norris' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Be-aware

11.Askew/Tilt : My family always wanted me to do something practical but I never did. Wanna see something practical ? Try this.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Askew' Or 'Tilt'> Click On Search > Practical

12.Goglogo : Customize Google logo and create your own little Google with Goglogo or create one for your girlfriend who is lazy enough to create it by herself.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Goglogo' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Google

13.Binary : I really hate binary numbers but Google likes it. So he prefer to show binary digits as search query.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Binary'> Click On Search > It Sucks

14.Google Heart : Love is just complicated as maths and you can't solve it but Google can. Also it proves that Google has a heart inside his server.

It's Too Big Just Click Here To Visit

15.Google Rainbow : Girl gonna love this trick. Google Rainbow you may found a golden pot there just maybe.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Rainbow' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Nyan Nyan Nyan

16.Google Mirror : Once I told Google to see his face in mirror. He is still upset with it. In mirror, Google looks horrible.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Mirror' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > elgooG

17.Annoying Google : In this trick Google will annoy all guys who are in hurry. Just go and type your search query in search box.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Annoying Google' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Stop It

18.Google Terminal : Geek's method to access Google via terminal command lines.This is the coolest Google ever for me. It makes me feel like a pro-programmer.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Terminal' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Like A Boss

19.Epic Google : Epic Google is Google on steroids . Once the page loads, the logo, search bar, “Search” and “I’m Feeling Excessive” buttons, all swell.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Epic Google' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Run Run

20.Weenie Google : Weenie Google is the flip side of Epic Google. Once the page loads, logo, search bar, "Search" and "I'm Feeling Inadequate" buttons,will begin to shrink.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Weenie Google' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Oops

21.Google MentalPlex : It's amazing. I won't tell you about this one. Just go and check this whole page out you may get surprised.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google MentalPlex' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Epic

22.Google Hacker : Those who are familiar with the so-called language of hackers may love using this Google trick to amuse haxor pals or confound the squares.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Hacker' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Hack It

23.Google Underwater : One of the best tricks because your search results will float in water with sharks and all stuff.

Just Go To Google > Type 'Google Underwater' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Swimming Time

24.Let Me Google That For You : Lazy enough to send big links then LMGTFU is for you..

Just Go To Google > Type 'Let Me Google That For You' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Enjoy

25.I Love Google : I Know you love Google but it's not about that. Type what you love and it'll show everything about it.

Just Go To Google > Type 'I Love Google' > Click on 'I'am Feeling Luck  > Enjoy

Creating Contact Us Form Using Google Docs

Probably every blog needs some forms like Contact Us , Feedback , Survey and all that , in this post i'll be talking about creating forms for your blogger using google docs. It's simple just follow each step correctly :

• First visit Google Docs

• Click On Create > Form

• Now create your form using Google Docs editor (It's so simple even Justin Bieber can do this )

• After creating form click on Save :

• Now click on More Actions > Embed and copy the embed code

It's done....your form is ready to just paste this embed code where you wanna embed this...(On Posts/Pages) but only problem is that you have to check Google Docs to know if any one submitted form....so now we're going to change notifications settings so if any one will submit the form Google will mail you about that.....

• Again go to Google Docs > Click on your form

• Now click on Tools > Notification Rules

• Fill the form like given in below pic and click on save :

You're 100% done...just like this you can create more forms and embed on your blog :) 

Google SEO Starter Guide : Promote Your Website In The Right Ways

About increasing backlinks with an intention to increase the value of the site :

While most of the links to your site will be gained gradually, as people discover your content through search or other ways and link to it, Google understands that you'd like to let others know about the hard work you've put into your content. Effectively promoting your new content will lead to faster discovery by those who are interested in the same subject.

Promoting your site and having quality links could lead to increasing your site’s reputation.

 As with most points covered in this document, taking these recommendations to an extreme could actually harm the reputation of your site.

Master making announcements via blogs and being recognized online :

A blog post on your own site letting your visitor base know that you added something new is a great way to get the word out about new content or services. Other webmasters who follow your site or RSS feed could pick the story up as well.

Putting effort into the offline promotion of your company or site can also be rewarding. For example, if you have a business site, make sure its URL is listed on your business cards, letterhead, posters, etc. You could also send out recurring newsletters to clients through the mail letting them know about new content on the company's website.

By having your business registered for Google Places, you can promote your site through Google Maps and Web searches.

If you run a local business, adding its information to Google Places will help you reach customers on Google Maps and web search. The Webmaster Help Center has more tips on promoting your local business.

Know about social media sites :
Sites built around user interaction and sharing have made it easier to match interested groups of people up with relevant content

Avoid :

• Attempting to promote each new, small piece of content you create; go for big, interesting items 
• Involving your site in schemes where your content is artificially promoted to the top of these services

Reach out to those in your site's related community :
Chances are, there are a number of sites that cover topic areas similar to yours. Opening up communication with these sites is usually beneficial. Hot topics in your niche or community could spark additional ideas for content or building a good community resource.

Avoid :

• Spamming link requests out to all sites related to your topic area 
• Purchasing links from another site with the aim of getting PageRank instead of traffic

Google SEO Starter Guide : Guide Mobile Users Accurately

Running desktop and mobile versions of your site :

One of the most common problems for webmasters who run both mobile and desktop versions of a site is that the mobile version of the site appears for users on a desktop computer, or that the desktop version of the site appears when someone accesses it on a mobile device. In dealing with this scenario, here are two viable options:

Redirect mobile users to the correct version :

When a mobile user or crawler (like Googlebot-Mobile) accesses the desktop version of a URL, you can redirect them to the corresponding mobile version of the same page. Google notices the relationship between the two versions of the URL and displays the standard version for searches from desktops and the mobile version for mobile searches.

If you redirect users, please make sure that the content on the corresponding mobile/desktop URL matches as closely as possible. For example, if you run a shopping site and there's an access from a mobile phone to a desktop-version URL, make sure that the user is redirected to the mobile version of the page for the same product, and not to the homepage of the mobile version of the site. We occasionally find sites using this kind of redirect in an attempt to boost their search rankings, but this practice only results in a negative user experience, and so should be avoided at all costs.

On the other hand, when there's an access to a mobile-version URL from a desktop browser or by our web crawler, Googlebot, it's not necessary to redirect them to the desktop-version. For instance, Google doesn't automatically redirect desktop users from their mobile site to their desktop site; instead they include a link on the mobileversion page to the desktop version. These links are especially helpful when a mobile site doesn't provide the full functionality of the desktop version—users can easily navigate to the desktop-version if they prefer.

Switch content based on User-agent :

Some sites have the same URL for both desktop and mobile content, but change their format according to User-agent. In other words, both mobile users and desktop users access the same URL (i.e. no redirects), but the content/format changes slightly according to the User-agent. In this case, the same URL will appear for both mobile search and desktop search, and desktop users can see a desktop version of the content while mobile users can see a mobile version of the content .

However, note that if you fail to configure your site correctly, your site could be considered to be cloaking, which can lead to your site disappearing from our search results. Cloaking refers to an attempt to boost search result rankings by serving different content to Googlebot than to regular users. This causes problems such as less relevant results (pages appear in search results even though their content is actually unrelated to what users see/want), so we take cloaking very seriously.

So what does "the page that the user sees" mean if you provide both versions with a URL? As I mentioned in the previous post, Google uses "Googlebot" for web search and "Googlebot-Mobile" for mobile search. To remain within our guidelines, you should serve the same content to Googlebot as a typical desktop user would see, and the same content to Googlebot-Mobile as you would to the browser on a typical mobile device. It's fine if the contents for Googlebot are different from those for Googlebot-Mobile.

One example of how you could be unintentionally detected as cloaking is if your site returns a message like "Please access from mobile phones" to desktop browsers, but then returns a full mobile version to both crawlers (so Googlebot receives the mobile version). In this case, the page which web search users see (e.g. "Please access from mobile phones") is different from the page which Googlebot crawls (e.g. "Welcome to my site"). Again, we detect cloaking because we want to serve users the same relevant content that Googlebot or Googlebot-Mobile crawled.

Google SEO Starter Guide : Notify Google Of Mobile Sites

Configure mobile sites so that they can be indexed accurately :

It seems the world is going mobile, with many people using mobile phones on a daily basis, and a large user base searching on Google’s mobile search page. However, as a webmaster, running a mobile site and tapping into the mobile search audience isn't easy. Mobile sites not only use a different format from normal desktop sites, but the management methods and expertise required are also quite different. This results in a variety of new challenges. While many mobile sites were designed with mobile viewing in mind, they weren’t designed to be search friendly.

Here are troubleshooting tips to help ensure that your site is properly crawled and indexed:

Verify that your mobile site is indexed by Google :

If your web site doesn't show up in the results of a Google mobile search even using the site: operator, it may be that your site has one or both of the following issues:

1. Googlebot may not be able to find your site :

Googlebot must crawl your site before it can be included in our search index. If you just created the site, we may not yet be aware of it. If that's the case, create a Mobile Sitemap and submit it to Google to inform us of the site’s existence. A Mobile Sitemap can be submitted using Google Webmaster Tools, just like a standard Sitemap.

2. Googlebot may not be able to access your site :

SetEnvIf User-Agent "Googlebot-Mobile" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "Android" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "BlackBerry" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "iPhone" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "NetFront" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "Symbian OS" allow_ua
SetEnvIf User-Agent "Windows Phone" allow_ua
Order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from env=allow_ua

An example of a mobile site restricting any access from non-mobile devices. Please remember to allow access from user agents including “Googlebot-Mobile”.

Some mobile sites refuse access to anything but mobile phones, making it impossible for Googlebot to access the site, and therefore making the site unsearchable. Our crawler for mobile sites is "Googlebot-Mobile". If you'd like your site crawled, please allow any User-agent including "Googlebot-Mobile" to access your site. You should also be aware that Google may change its Useragent information at any time without notice, so we don't recommend checking whether the User-agent exactly matches "Googlebot- Mobile" (the current User-agent). Instead, check whether the Useragent header contains the string "Googlebot-Mobile". You can also use DNS Lookups to verify Googlebot.

Verify that Google can recognize your mobile URLs :

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFOLUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN"
"http://www.wapfolum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=Shift_JIS" />

An example of DTD for mobile devices.

Once Googlebot-Mobile crawls your URLs, we then check for whether each URL is viewable on a mobile device. Pages we determine aren't viewable on a mobile phone won't be included in our mobile site index (although they may be included in the regular web index). This determination is based on a variety of factors, one of which is the "DTD (Doc Type Definition)" declaration. Check that your mobile-friendly URLs' DTD declaration is in an appropriate mobile format such as XHTML Mobile or Compact HTML . If it's in a compatible format, the page is eligible for the mobile search index. For more information, see the Mobile Webmaster Guidelines.

Google SEO Starter Guide : Be Aware Of rel="nofollow" For Links

Combat comment spam with "nofollow" : 

<a href="http://www.shadyseo.com" rel="nofollow">Comment spammer</a>

If you or your site's users link to a site that you don't trust and/or you don't want to pass your site's reputation, use nofollow.

Setting the value of the "rel" attribute of a link to "nofollow" will tell Google that certain links on your site shouldn't be followed or pass your page's reputation to the pages linked to. Nofollowing a link is adding rel="nofollow" inside of the link's anchor tag .

A comment spammer leaves a message on one of our blogs posts, hoping to get some of our site's reputation.

When would this be useful? If your site has a blog with public commenting turned on, links within those comments could pass your reputation to pages that you may not be comfortable vouching for. Blog comment areas on pages are highly susceptible to comment spam . Nofollowing these user-added links ensures that you're not giving your page's hard-earned reputation to a spammy site.


Automatically add "nofollow" to comment columns and message boards :

An example of a CAPTCHA used on Google's blog service, Blogger. It can present a challenge to try to ensure an actual person is leaving the comment.

Many blogging software packages automatically nofollow user comments, but those that don't can most likely be manually edited to do this. This advice also goes for other areas of your site that may involve user-generated content, such as guestbooks, forums, shoutboards, referrer listings, etc. If you're willing to vouch for links added by third parties (e.g. if a commenter is trusted on your site), then there's no need to use nofollow on links; however, linking to sites that Google considers spammy can affect the reputation of your own site. The Webmaster Help Center has more tips on avoiding comment spam, like using CAPTCHAs and turning on comment moderation.

About using "nofollow" for individual contents, whole pages, etc. :

Another use of nofollow is when you're writing content and wish to reference a website, but don't want to pass your reputation on to it. For example, imagine that you're writing a blog post on the topic of comment spamming and you want to call out a site that recently comment spammed your blog. You want to warn others of the site, so you include the link to it in your content; however, you certainly don't want to give the site some of your reputation from your link. This would be a good time to use nofollow.

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Lastly, if you're interested in nofollowing all of the links on a page, you can use "nofollow" in your robots meta tag, which is placed inside the <head> tag of that page's HTML . The Webmaster Central Blog provides a helpful post on using the robots meta tag. This method is written as <meta name="robots" content="nofollow">.