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=== When to Use This Pattern === | === When to Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | Use this pattern when your content consistently tackles controversial topics, attracts an unsuitable audience, or if you don't have the time to dedicate to comment moderation or self-moderation. | + | Use this pattern when your content consistently tackles controversial topics, attracts an unsuitable audience, or if you don't have the time to dedicate to comment moderation or self-moderation. |
=== What's The Solution? === | === What's The Solution? === | ||
| - | Don't allow comments on your content. | + | Don't allow comments on your content. |
=== Why Use This Pattern === | === Why Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | Comments are a privilege, not a fundamental right: if comments aren't adding | + | Comments are a privilege, not a fundamental right: if comments aren't adding value to the original piece of content, they may be negatively impacting opinions about and the quality of your website. |
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| + | Benefits of a comment-free web page include: | ||
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| + | *No time required for moderation. | ||
| + | *Fewer links to unimportant pages (user profiles, in-comment links, other comment UI links), which would have otherwise distributed important internal SEO page-rank "juice". | ||
| + | *If users can't comment on your web page, they may be more likely to comment on ''their'' website, with a link to your page; you gain the SEO benefits of the incoming link. | ||
=== Examples Gallery === | === Examples Gallery === | ||
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