by FreeCashPro » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:36 am
I'm a big signature kind of guy. If I have something general to say or programs I would like to promote then I usually feel free to add them to my forum signature (after reading the forum signature rules and guidelines.)
Incidentally, I can't seem to find any signature rules or guidelines posted for THIS VERY forum. I've searched (that's how I ended up at this thread.) Can anyone inform me, or point me to the appropriate thread regarding signature rules and guidelines? Thx.
Ok, back to the specific topic of the thread. I am an administrator and/or moderator at several large (really large) forums. I've thought about this very issue and came to the conclusion that signatures do very well if a human is reading them, but, search robots will usually load the lo-fi / text only version of the forum (depending upon what software the forum is based upon) that does not include signatures in the "display" for the robot (only post body text.) Hence, from a SEO point of view (though I may be wrong) I don't think signatures are ever even "seen" by the robots.