Turns out we’ve got a movement on our hands.
I wrote about removing NoFollow from your blog just about a month ago. Since then more and more people have followed suit. I didn’t start the movement, but it’s nice to be a part of it and push it along.
For those catching up, NoFollow is a tag added automatically to URLs input into comments so that those URLs don’t gain any link love / Google juice from you. It was a means to deter spammers from posting comments to try and boost their URLs search rankings. Of course it didn’t deter spammers at all. And people who comment properly and regularly on your blog weren’t getting as much value as they could from doing so.
Removing NoFollow is extremely easy and there are numerous WordPress plugins for doing so.
What’s particularly interesting about this whole thing is the true movement of people making the switch to DoFollow – inspired by others.
Randa Clay has made the move, and on top of that she’s created a cool little icon you can put in your sidebar to let people know that you’ve setup DoFollow.
It’s a nice way for bloggers to show they care about the people who comment regularly and add real value. Plus, it’s a great move on Randa’s part to do a little marketing of her own…nice work Randa!
If you haven’t setup DoFollow yet, go for it. Don’t be shy. You won’t get more spam. You won’t have more work to do. At minimum you’ll be helping others. You may also start to see more comments and interesting discussion take place on your blog, which is what it’s all about.
Added Note: Andy Beard just informed me of his No NoFollow I Follow DoFollow Community setup through BUMPzee. I’ve just signed up to show my support for the cause.
I'm following suit too. I like the phrase “spread the love”. Let's make the web a lot nicer with DoFollows.
I agree with you guys!
The value of user comment has been severely neglected lately. If there is some kind of extra value contained in the user comments submitted to a post, then any kind of “thanks” would be nice. Dofollow really does the job and definitely more and more people are going to pick up.
There is always the problem with spam posts, but the price of dealing with spam is worth the value contained in user comments.
I'm thinking of adding this to my blog as well, to move the conversation back to the blog and off of twitter.
Late to the party, but I am here now. I just installed the dofollow wordpress plugin. I also did a logo, not very proud of it, but did not find better.
Late to the party, but I am here now. I just installed the dofollow wordpress plugin. I also did a logo, not very proud of it, but did not find better.
Dofollow over at my blog all day long!
Dofollow over at my blog all day long!
Dofollow over at my blog all day long!
I use DoFollow in all my blogs but I’m forced to review comments before publication as I get tons of spam by Chinese or Russian spammers all days long.
I just started a Digg-like social bookmarking called….dofollownet and it allows DoFollow links from within the articles. I welcome all submissions as long as they are well written, related to the category in which they are posted and not too spammy
I have been going Do-Follow for a few months now with good results. My main concern was getting spam comments. I’ve found that the Spam Karma plugin flags most of the spam comments and it just takes me a few minutes a day to monitor comments.
I think dofollow will become more popular since social media is becoming so big. Encouraging comments enhances community building and relationship building.
Moving away from our prior business of making menus for restaurants, we’re looking to add more income by using social networking sites. Dofollow is definitely the way to go!
I just posted some new Free U Comment I Follow Buttons & Badges on my blog for anyone who wants a dofollow badge that’s a little more Web 2.0
I understand the need for the nofollow in the past, but with today’s spam filters I don’t have much of an issue removing the nofollow from comments. I wish more wikis removed the nofollow from links as well.
We know blog commenting can turn into spamming, but if done right and respectfully, commenting can be a good addition to a link building strategy as you know. So we have tweaked a custom google search to search for specific keywords and only return blog posts and web pages built on a popular open source CMS that all allow dofollow links in comments. You can find the search tool at http://commentlinkbuilding.info
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