Shell – thanks for the comment. I think more and more people will start using DoFollow or similar plugins. To be honest, I haven’t noticed a lick of difference in terms of spam…but I have been just a bit more selective on comments that I leave up. If someone writes something totally pointless / too short / etc. I might delete it (or not approve it.)

I think the reason is because I am giving out the link love and that should be worth something. But in the time I’ve had the plugin setup I’ve done that 3 or 4 times, so it’s not often.

Want to tell everyone that you’ve turned off the nofollow in your comments? Check out my new “ifollow” logos- grab one for your sidebar!
http://randaclay.com/archives/the-i-follow-movement

Great post! Gonna give it a try. I hope I wont get a to many comments heh. Also will give out the comment icon to help spread the word.

I’ve been an avid follower of the dofollow “campaign” ever since my eyes were opened to what nofollow actually is, and it’s great to see that more and more bloggers are standing up against it.

BTW, is WordPress getting the message on this one? Have they undone the unthinkable?

I’ve jumped on the dofollow bandwagon. Thanks for getting the word out about this.

This past week I had a Linky Love Friday event where I linked to several sites that I had visited. Most of the people linked to did not respond, but it generated fresh comments from other folks. I rewarded their collective effort by making sure that I linked to their sites in my follow up comments.

I want to be extremely loyal to my visitors.

Matt – thanks for the comment. People should definitely try and comment on posts that link to them, although often it’s a “thank you for the link!” which isn’t necessarily substantial enough comment to include.

Glad it generated some discussion on your site though!

Lisa – Great stuff, welcome aboard!

Rinsem’s Rink happily follows! Stop by for some link love today!

I found this blog through a dofollow list, and I have one myself at http://manila-mom.blogspot.com/2007/04/reward-your-readers-and-do-follow.html . It has helped my blog a lot, being just a little over a month old. It has also helped me learn much by reading other dofollow blogs. I must admit that some of the info is still way beyond me, though. There’s a lot more learning to do…

Yup we have joined in too!

This is cool! I am downloading Link Love as we speak!

This dofollow idea is great. If there were only more people like you. Thanks!

Your blog has made my DList I just come across this ifollow movement just a couple of days ago and even in that short amount of time it seems to be picking up steam.

For those reading please join us.

Craig – the DoFollow movement is going strong and steady. My feeling is that in a year or less almost everyone will have initiated some form of DoFollow, or their blog software will have done it for them.

Although, if the perception remains that you’ll get more spam it might not get the full uptake it deserves.

Ben, hopefully most will understand the benefits but there will always be a bad apple in the bunch that cannot resist the temptation to abuse it. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that doesn’t happen.

I was initially a skeptic of abolishing no-follow, but this article makes a good case. By crippling the spammers we’re also preventing people with good contributions from receiving any recognition. Let’s spread the love!

I’m a dofollow convert and love it. It makes blogging far more of a community affair and allows us to link to others who contribute. If I run into problems, I’ll have to look into that link love. But they’re all great alternatives to the standard no follow!

Nice idea to remove the nofollow .. I just learned this yesterday and Ihave already removed mine..