U Comment I Follow
I’m been following an on-going story from one blog to another of those who are using a plugin that allows search engines to follow the URL entered by commenters on blogs. On most blogs, “nofollow” tags are inserted so as we comment on each other blogs it does nothing for us.
For those of you using WordPress, I suggest grabbing yourself the Dofollow Plugin. You know that if you were commenting on a blog you’d want that to be an extra little link love for you and help boost your page rank. So, return the favor and do so for those who comment for you.
Just so that it’s on the record, the Dofollow plugin took me all of 2 seconds to install and activate. It really couldn’t be more easy. It has changed nothing on my blog but allows for search engines to crawl my site and see your URL. Isn’t that sweet?
What’s fun is that because there is such a limited list of those who are actually using this plugin fellow bloggers that do are starting lists announcing those who are using this plugin. You can even check out this site for cute little images that openly state you follow! I’ll be placing one of these on my sidebar shortly.
In the meantime ask yourself, what are you losing out on by not following? Get yourself the plugin, it just takes a minute and your visitors will love you that much more. . .
So my commenters . . have a little love! U Comment, I follow!
Update: While I still heavily support the do follow movement, I am no longer a do follower blogger. Due to constant abuse, I simply could not keep this plug-in enabled here. Now to get some good lovin’ you’ll need to leave a valuable comment and have my visitors follow you naturally. As an alternative, provide enough valuable comments and become a Top Commentator for some love from my blog!
2Perfect Says:
(What if I was an alien life form who uses computers? Do I still verify my humanity? :P )
Anyway, smart move! :D Welcome to the NOFOLLOW movement :P The movement is great, and although I see why they would’ve added it in the first place, it’s easy to figure out that the advantages, at least for bloggers, are far greater than any disadvantages.
Encourages people to actively comment on your blog, and encourages you to actively comment on other people’s blog.
Thanks for this backlink -> 2Perfect’s WebLog
Posted on April 27th, 2007
Manda Says:
I added it.. I trust your judgement and am sometimes just lacking in the world of “updates”… I’m counting on you Katy to keep me updated here girly! LoL. Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! *hugs*
Posted on April 28th, 2007
Bobbie Says:
Got it babe!! Off to install!!
Posted on April 28th, 2007
P.L. Frederick Says:
I was super surprised to learn about this. Have brief posting about it here.
P.L. Frederick
Small and Big
Posted on May 5th, 2007
Brett Evans Says:
I have been reading a whole lot about the spreading of this. I think I am gonna take a look into it.
I have been looking at other sites to see if they have any bad effects from it but it seems to be working fine.
Posted on May 7th, 2007
:: Suzanne :: Says:
thanks for the tip
Posted on May 18th, 2007
Deb Says:
I’m trying to figure out if my blog(s) are using nofollow so I can disable it, but I use quick blog by Godaddy. I’m still a baby blogger. I’ll figure it out. Thanks for this great info.
Posted on September 11th, 2007
w3ec Says:
Hi, just dropping by to say hello and telling you that your site is featured in the DoFollow blogs search engine!
Cheers!
Posted on December 15th, 2007
Kirsten Says:
I changed the code in my blog to make it DoFollow. Not only did I do that, but whenever someone new visits my blog, I make sure to check out their blog as well. I’ve made some new blogging friends that way.
Posted on December 17th, 2007
Katy Says:
Kirsten » I do the same thing. But I usually go back along the way and go to blogs who have visited mine. I make it a free time project that way I also have time to comment while I’m there. :D
Posted on December 20th, 2007
kslye Says:
I think this is a superb idea. I have sent out a couple of comments but for the past 48 hours, nothing appear on my technorati backlinks. Maybe there is a slight delay. if the love link really works, you can count on me to be on the DoFollow list! Cheers!
Posted on December 22nd, 2007
Katy Says:
However, it’s this is still a worthy concept as it will help increase back links to you on search engines and increase PageRank.
Posted on December 22nd, 2007
kslye Says:
Hi Katy, Thanks for the info.
Posted on December 22nd, 2007
DulceNegosyante Says:
Thanks for the tip. I’ll take a look at this one. :)
Posted on January 3rd, 2008
Katy Says:
Posted on January 3rd, 2008
Jenny Says:
I use one called NOFOLLOWFREE. It works the same. But it lets me pick some options. It’s pretty nifty.
Posted on January 15th, 2008
unTECHy Says:
I have been using the NOFOLLOWFREE plugin as well. If memory serves me correctly, WP 2.5 added the option to follow or not follow without plugin use.
For sites that choose to follow, I highly recommend askimet or some other spam catcher. Also, I’d visit all websites linked in your comments to make sure they’re not ‘bad’ sites. As a website owner, you always want to know what sites your website is pointing at.
Posted on April 20th, 2008