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=== Why Use This Pattern === | === Why Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | 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. | + | 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. |
| - | Benefits of a comment-free web page include: | + | Benefits of a comment-free web page include: |
| - | *No time required for moderation. | + | *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". | + | *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. | *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 === | ||
| - | + | [[Image:Daring-fireball-no-comments.png|thumb|left|Daring-fireball-no-comments.png]]<br> | |
[[Category:Social]] [[Category:Comments]] | [[Category:Social]] [[Category:Comments]] | ||
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