koan - 6:34 am on Aug 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

I just checked a blog post about one article I wrote not long ago and the post kept praising how useful it was, how everyone should check it out, etc When I examined the link to my article, it was nofollowed. Sigh. It's a newish site that is slow to get off the ground and hungry for a few decent links.

I think this whole nofollow business has gone amok from its original purpose. Webmasters don't really know how and when to use it, and a great portion of the web has gone mainly social media in the past years, where everything is nofollow by default.

I understand the need for such a thing, but it has indeed become self-defeating.