Comments with External Links - Approve?

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  1. GmaGoldie profile image83
    GmaGoldieposted 14 years ago

    I have several pending comments I have not approved because I am uncertain if the external links they have will help or harm me.

    HELP!  What is recommended?

    I don't even know where to look.

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  2. saleheensblog profile image59
    saleheensblogposted 14 years ago

    you can approve if they are relevant. It will not harm you.

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  3. tritrain profile image73
    tritrainposted 14 years ago

    They are nofollow anyways.

    I wish we could strip html from comments anyway.

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  4. Richieb799 profile image73
    Richieb799posted 14 years ago

    I never post links in other peoples hubs, their are many other options which provide better traffic

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  5. thisisoli profile image79
    thisisoliposted 14 years ago

    I approve them if they look they they are not spam.

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  6. waynet profile image71
    waynetposted 14 years ago

    I never approve spam links or those ones where you cannot see the url destination in the browser frame.

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  7. iantoPF profile image81
    iantoPFposted 14 years ago

    I've been getting quite a few of these myself. Unverified users; i.e. People not part of the Hubpages community. They make comments and then leave a link to their site. I don't see anything wrong with that. I do look at the site to make sure it's not pornographic or illegal, then, if the comment will raise the value of my Hub for other readers and in the search engines, I approve it.

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  8. Aficionada profile image77
    Aficionadaposted 14 years ago

    I asked a similar question some time ago and generated some good discussion.  Here are links to a couple of the comments.  You might be interested in reading most of the forum thread.

    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/45232#post1044968

    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/45232?p … ost1047105

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  9. profile image0
    shazwellynposted 14 years ago

    Quite often these comments are automated.  It is a form of piggy backing, but then if they are valuable or is relevant to the article, I will very occasionally approve them.

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  10. GmaGoldie profile image83
    GmaGoldieposted 14 years ago

    Thank you very much! 

    Aficianda, I remember the question from before - so glad to have the links - didn't mean anything to me at the time.

    Excellent!

    Each answer was a world of help.

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  11. Aficionada profile image77
    Aficionadaposted 14 years ago

    You're very welcome. 

    I'm the same way - I'll remember a comment or discussion, but it won't mean anything to me until weeks or months later.  Then it's hard to find.  big_smile

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