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Sharing The Link Love

May 3, 2007 by: UKStevieB

Do Follow A topic I have been following recently is that of whether to use the “rel=nofollow” command, which by default most blogging software adds to all links in comments. Undoubtedly the intentions behind this are good - to prevent spammers benefiting from the link juice they could gain from commenting on your blog. But with the arrival of such anti-spam plugins as Akismet and Bad Behavior is there any real need to keep using this command? Many feel that it is time to move on, that it is time to allow those that comment on our blogs the opportunity to share some of the SEO benefits that Google can give through those links. Having read the article over at MiLienzo calling for more bloggers to join the "revolution" I have decided to try out the plugin from Semilogic that should override the default setting. That's if I have installed it right, anyways. If you notice a problem with this plugin please let me know and I will do what I can to correct it. I have added the U COMMENT I FOLLOW badge to my sidebar to let people know that this is now a "Do Follow" blog, it was originally created by Randa Clay and she has made it available in several colours to suit your blogs design. If you are not sure about whether to change your blog over, take a look at the 13 reasons given to do so by Loren Baker on his blog Search Engine Journal.

Topics: Blogging, News Bites, Plugins, Testing, WordPress | 18 Comments »

18 Responses to “Sharing The Link Love”

  1. Let me be the first to benefit from some of your newly freed up link juice. :)

    Thanks for the mention, and glad my site helped you make the decision to follow.

    Posted by: Aaron :: miLienzo.com on May 4th, 2007 at 10:04 pm

  2. May you be the first among many . . . :cool:
    Thanks for stopping by, keep up the good work.

    Posted by: UKStevieB on May 4th, 2007 at 11:04 pm

  3. I have seen this spread quite rapidly.

    I tried the plugin and havent noticed any less quality comments on the site so I am pretty happy. I get to give back and not have to worry about the spam.

    Glad to have seen others join the bandwagon!

    Posted by: Brett Evans on May 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

  4. Brett: I guess there will always be those who try to abuse the system and just leave comments to try and drain your juice, but you can always just delete them yourself. :wink:
    Les hope that that “do-follow” becomes the rule rather than the exception.

    Posted by: UKStevieB on May 7th, 2007 at 9:50 pm

  5. I just installed it today and hope it works good I let you know if much changes on my site

    Posted by: Brett Evans on May 8th, 2007 at 3:25 am

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    Posted by: Lost in Cyberspace - MyBlogLog on May 9th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

  7. spread the love, spread the love. :grin:

    Posted by: Fruit Engine on May 18th, 2007 at 8:01 pm

  8. Yes indeed, the spread is fast!
    Because many people see an easy way to raise his own website ranking.

    Do you really think this is going to improve the quality of your comments and of your conversations?

    Frédéric Panek

    Posted by: Frédéric Panek on May 24th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

  9. Thanks for commenting Frédéric, and you are right that there will always be those that will comment to try and raise the profile of their own blog/site, it is inevitable.
    Fortunately there is always the option to delete any comment that is just there to abuse the do-follow benefits, or you can just remove their link url as I did with the comment above yours.
    The idea of the “no-follow” tag was specifically to stop spammers from benefiting, I see no reason to penalize those who truly wish to contribute even if that means a little extra work on my side.
    Those that comment to add to the conversation, as you did, will always be welcome. :smile:

    Posted by: UKStevieB on May 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

  10. Hi, just wanted to say you have a very nice blog, am gonna add it in my website in the blogs section, but i think you should replace your background with a better one.. but this is just my opinion :)
    cheeeers.

    Posted by: Mark87 on June 6th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

  11. Great , every body will have link juice for commenting the blog, i will add this on my blog http://quicksale.wordpress.com

    Posted by: Advanproperty on June 12th, 2007 at 8:54 am

  12. every body will have link juice for commenting the blog, i will add this on my blog http://quicksale.wordpress.com

    Posted by: Advanproperty on June 12th, 2007 at 8:55 am

  13. This is maybe one of the best things that bloggers can do to raise their comments and the participation of the webmasters, now people can get a link while share they opinions

    Posted by: seotalk on August 2nd, 2007 at 7:31 pm

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  15. Hi, your site is included in our index of DoFollow sites search engine!

    Cheers!

    Posted by: do follow SE on December 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

  16. Thanks for sharing a bit of love (links). Its a great movement! Once i figured out how to do on my new template, i will join in too. Thanks!

    Posted by: kslye on December 22nd, 2007 at 10:15 am

  17. yyes i love my link :)

    Posted by: reklam on March 24th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

  18. Thank you

    Posted by: fkraa.com on June 20th, 2008 at 5:07 am

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