The Blog Do Follow Movement
I have joined the blog “Do Follow” movement. After doing some research, I concluded that this falls in line with the new online world (Web 2.0) where community and user experience are king. So, I decided it was time to follow the movement.
What is “Do Follow”?
“Do follow” is the opposite of “No-Follow”. WordPress blogs, by default, use the HTML nofollow attribute on links that point away from the blog. This no follow attribute comes into play with the posting of blog comments. The no-follow tag tells the search engines NOT to follow the link to any other web sites.
The logic behind using no follow is, it’s good for the blog since there will be fewer outgoing links and therefore less “link bleed”, leading to better Google page rank. Sounds good!
Using no follow also makes sense because there are blog spammers out there who will, and have, posted blog spam comments solely for the benefit of getting more incoming links to their site, which helps page rank. That makes sense!
So why turn that off?
If you’re like me, you want people to comment on your blog posts. You want more of an interactive community. That’s what Web 2.0 is about – community and user created content.
But, how do you encourage people to comment on your blog posts? You give them something in return. You give them an outgoing link to their website, when they make a quality comment on your blog. You also allow the search engine to follow that link to their website by using the do follow attribute.
You also need to let people know that you are a Do Follow Blog. Some visitors will have no idea what that means, but those who do know what it means will appreciate it and will often leave a comment.
You will notice I now have a Do Follow notice in the upper right hand column of my blog. This graphic is courtesy of Randa Clay who is a Do Follow advocate. I’m letting others know that they are welcome to leave relevant comments, and letting them know what my expectations are.
Okay, but what about comment spammers?
No doubt there will be spammers who try to take advantage of your generosity. If you have a blog you probably are already getting comment spam, I sure do. But, I have found that the Spam Karma plugin does an outstanding job of filtering out spam comments.
You will still need to monitor comments, but it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes each day.
How Do I Set Do Follow?
Unfortunately, the option to turn No Follow on, or off, is not an option in WordPress. I have looked at a couple of plugins, and have decided the DoFollow plugin works best for me.
With the current WordPress blog comment spam plugins now available, I see no reason not to be a “Do Follower”.
Once you join the Do-Follow movement, let everyone know your blog is do follow by adding your blog to the do-follow blog list.
Let me know what your thoughts are by commenting below.
Mike
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Hi,
I added your blog to my Do Follow List!
Cheers,
Nick
P.S. Any link back will be much appreciated and it will help promoting the Do Follow Movement!
nice.. i power DoFollow too
I often wish that all bloggers would enable dofollow on there blogs. It’s a win-win situation since the blogger will receive a a meaningful comment which may bring in traffic and the reader gets a backlink.
do follow is they way to go, alongside with keyword luv. that way both sides benefit
I must say, that’s a good initiative. I think the nofollow was just something bad. You need to reward commenters for the time spent to write good comments.
Oops ! what nice blog but my comment is unable to display, I don’t know what might be the reason? but I think in might have stuck to moderation.
anywhere, On The blog the comment are well posted so good to see more people have referred with different views. I like both do follow list and off follow list. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing – having tried and implemented them,I think both commentluv and keywordluv are great for bloggers and commenters – Its also a great way to improve your brand too.
I cannot believe that there are still bloggers out there who are not yet using Keyword Luv. I’ve been using it for quite a while and truly loving it.
My blog is do follow so feel free to add me. I will only delete really obvious spam. I blog on a range of things so i am sure visitors will find something they can add a sensible comment on .
Nicely explained about do follow and no follow “Do follow” is the opposite of “No-Follow”. Word press blogs, by default, use the HTML no follow attribute on links that point away from the blog. This no follow attribute comes into play with the posting of blog comments. The no-follow tag tells the search engines NOT to follow the link to any other web sites.
The logic behind using no follow is, it’s good for the blog since there will be fewer outgoing links and therefore less “link bleed”, leading to better Google page rank. Sounds good!
The logic behind using no follow is, it’s good for the blog since there will be fewer outgoing links and therefore less “link bleed”, leading to better Google page rank. Sounds good!
I’m always please to find blogs with great information and then have the option of commenting on it. I’d consider that interaction. Anyway, KeywordLuv and CommentLuv are terrific WordPress plug-ins that enable that.
Thanks for sharing – having tried and implemented them,I think both commentluv and keywordluv are great for bloggers and commenters – Its also a great way to improve your brand too.
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am agree with do follow blog commenting because this is one of the fast way to get ethical back links.
it’s a really very good post.Do follow blogs movement is a really great movement and I think this movement should prevail and expand.
I am also working really very hard for finding more and more Do follow blogs because I want to increase my back links for my web pages.
I think do follow blogging is an interesting phenomenon; part of me doesn’t think it’s ethical because it’s using people’s blogs, but apparently some bloggers don’t mind it.
I do agree that some people do abuse dofollow on blogs and I think that is spoils it for genuine people. I also agree with giving the commenter something in return, kind of like a win win situation.
good post, thank you very much
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I appreciate it the do follow movement. Great post!
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Do you get people taking advantage of the dofollow? For example the comment above me, it’s kinda dodgy isn’t it? hehe
Anyway keep up the good work
I think this is good but I truely do not understand everything about it. I will keep reading. Thanks for sharing
It seems that more and more bloggers are now joining this movement, thank heavens! It makes blog commenting much more fun and certainly increases the chances of getting a conversation started on various subjects. Isn’t this why the SE prefer blogs, after all?
First of all thanks for doing your blog to dofollow. Can you tell me how to convert our blog from nofollow to dofollow my blog is still a nofollow blog and i dont have even 1 comment on my blog. Plz reply
I like your train of thought but to be honest with you I think you would have caught my attention more had you taken the time to back up your post with somewhat more data to back up your thoughts.
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Ever since we went DoFollow, our traffic has increased X 10, and we have a better connection to others who can appreciate that we’re interested in THEIR needs, and not just our own.
Interesting post. Thanks for sharing your informative write up & your resources as well. Loved your thoughts here. Looking forward to reading more.
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I am a great fan of dofollow blogs; not just because I can get the link from them and gives me the advantage of getting seen by Google better but simply because it’s more like of a giving and sharing relationship on the web. That I think is a very important principle to remember why we have to make our blog dofollow.
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Thanks for this post, I also read that points and search about do follow blog to get more information. Then I can say that do follow blogs are more beneficial than no follow blog or links.
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