Do You “Follow”?

May 10, 2007 by Chris
Filed under: Create A Blog 

This evening, I joined the “I follow” movement! What is that, you ask? When you leave a comment on a Wordpress blog, a “no follow” tag is automatically inserted, so the link is not spidered by the search engines. The code that causes this to happen was originally designed to curb “comment spam”, but it hasn’t been effective. When you leave a comment on someone’s blog, and they’ve not disabled the “no follow” code, your link isn’t picked up as a highly coveted and much sought after “backlink”.

So, I’ve installed the “DoFollow” plugin, and this cool “You Comment, I Follow” image,You Comment, I Follow designed by Randa Clay, (choose from a fine assortment of colors at her blog). This way, when someone comes to my blog, they will immediately know that comments are really appreciated and that I share the “link love” that we all so desire :)

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76 Comments on Do You “Follow”?

  1. Court on Fri, 11th May 2007 11:24 am

    2. Welcome to the movement! I have added you to the D-List and we’re very happy to have you there. Keep up the good work!

  2. nicusor on Mon, 9th Jul 2007 3:36 am

    3. Hello,

    Congrats, your site is now listed on the updated Do Follow List!

    Regards,

    Nicusor

    P.S. Your do-follow image on the right side has a broken link.

  3. Chris on Mon, 9th Jul 2007 7:35 am

    4. Hi Nicusor,
    Thanks for your work on this!
    Also…thanks for the heads up on the do-follow image link. I had moved my post to a different category and forgot to change the link.
    Many thanks!
    Chris

  4. Kango Hawaii Beach Bum on Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 2:09 pm

    5. Happy to have you on the board we ave added the we follow graphic as well, keep on posting! the internet needs more who believe in a good discussion!

  5. Lotus on Sat, 13th Oct 2007 3:45 am

    6. I didn’t before, but I will now!

  6. nick upton on Mon, 15th Oct 2007 6:33 am

    7. I had heard about this before but didn’t really understand its purpose.Thanks for explaining it clearly.

  7. MultiZ on Tue, 16th Oct 2007 1:19 pm

    8. As long as you pre-moderate comments, “I follow” shouldn’t be a problem.

  8. Sean from AboutBlogging.Info on Fri, 19th Oct 2007 11:07 am

    9. I’ve had the nofollow removed for some time now. But I’m just about to join the movement too! I’m going to put the logo on my blogs this evening. I think it’s a great campaign against one of the most annoying pieces of code ever.

  9. Internet Tips on Wed, 7th Nov 2007 2:52 pm

    10. Great! I 2 joined the a couple of days back. I am strongly feel that visitors should be rewarded for their time. Moreover, it appeared to me as a good way to increase my blog traffic and popularity.

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  11. MSN hacken on Sat, 22nd Mar 2008 12:56 pm

    12. I strongly recommended that using a DoFollow-plugin your visitors will increase by hundreds a day.

  12. tüp bebek on Fri, 16th May 2008 10:06 am

    13. good information.

  13. Game Server Master on Fri, 23rd May 2008 4:18 am

    14. It is nice that someone takes a step into another direction, since there is many no-follow blogs theese days.

  14. design nottingham on Thu, 29th May 2008 8:28 am

    15. I’m pleased you support the movement! I think one of the reasons nofollow never worked was the fact that search engines actually do count nofollow links in their algos.. but just not nearly as much as follow ones. It’s been proved! Someone got to #1 in G and all he had was a ton of nofollow links.

  15. pathologic on Thu, 29th May 2008 4:52 pm

    16. I’m skeptical of course, but what the hell, let’s give it a try.

  16. Toronto Health on Tue, 24th Jun 2008 8:56 am

    17. Best movement known to man!

  17. Danny on Wed, 25th Jun 2008 7:12 am

    18. Welcome to the doFollow community :D

  18. Claudia on Thu, 24th Jul 2008 1:25 pm

    19. I just joined the movement. I hope I will get more visitors at the same time my visitors will have their backlinks.

  19. Tressa Girl on Mon, 28th Jul 2008 11:08 pm

    20. I am a little bit confused about this do follow movement. I don’t have a blog yet so if I get involved in conversations, does it mean my ewb link won’t be followed? Must I have a blog for this? I have made sure that all my website link pages are Do follow. Thanks for the information. I have a lot to learn!

  20. Ema on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 4:18 am

    21. I’m using DoFollow together with KeywordLuv, great for allowing keyword-rich links…

  21. giornale on Mon, 11th Aug 2008 3:11 am

    22. good idea

  22. Sire on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 3:53 am

    23. I don’t display the image but I follow all comments. I even spread a little link love with the commentluv plugin.

  23. Domain Structure on Tue, 19th Aug 2008 9:19 pm

    24. I always prefer to set my blogs with do follow. It adds a nice little bonus to my readers/commentators.

  24. Ways to Save Energy on Fri, 22nd Aug 2008 1:26 pm

    25. Have your visitor numbers actually increased by much as a result of the dofollow plugin?

  25. kapanpun on Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 7:00 am

    26. i like do follow, thanks for your info

  26. Messy Designer on Mon, 1st Sep 2008 12:54 am

    27. Great, welcome to the I FOLLOW world. Ive also blogged about it on itsaLee.com

    would like to know comments about the response in your traffic stats after this step.

    cheers
    aLee

  27. Gary Winnick on Tue, 2nd Sep 2008 8:46 pm

    28. Which can we follow you on the board we ave added the we follow graphic as well, keep on posting! the internet needs more who believe in a good discussion!

  28. Epic Directory on Mon, 15th Sep 2008 12:33 am

    29. The IFollow movement rocks. Epic Urls is dedicated to providing do-follow links through our web directory.

  29. Vector Art Guy on Sat, 27th Sep 2008 12:21 am

    30. Do follow is great for building backlinks for your readers…and great for you to get more comments … win win :)

  30. punkypaige on Wed, 1st Oct 2008 12:45 am

    31. I also want to join Do follow blog because mine is no follow.

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  37. Plug on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 6:10 am

    38. I didn’t decide yet do or not the same at my blog. I also have blog on wordpress. I want sell links from my blog, so I think PR will be less if I install such plugin. At first I will see how it will be on your blog :)

  38. Web Design Denver on Tue, 13th Jan 2009 12:38 am

    39. I think this is one of the best things to have happened. And it did take a long time coming.

    There is no doubt that there can be a stiff resistance to this, but then the uses are multitude.

    We need to be able control spammers though.

  39. Comforter Covers on Mon, 23rd Feb 2009 3:09 pm

    40. I’m glad that you are doing this. Its great. It makes me want to comment and become a regular reader of your posts. I am WAY more likely to subscribe to your blog too. Thanks!

  40. Parking Sensor on Mon, 23rd Feb 2009 11:34 pm

    41. great! congrats. Is there anything like that for blogger? I searched a lot for some plugin/widget for blogger but nothing found :(

  41. Bingo on Fri, 27th Feb 2009 2:48 am

    42. Yeah its a great feature that enhance blog visibility and people would like to leave comment on blog post.

  42. Om on Mon, 2nd Mar 2009 5:11 am

    43. It works only with moderated comments

  43. Kevin on Mon, 2nd Mar 2009 5:59 pm

    44. Chris, Thank you for your work on this. I think there should be more sharing of information and comments. How more original can content be…than to leave one’s impressions, thoughts, and feelings. As long as it is not abused, and people make a whole-hearted attempt to really contribute, then I think it is awesome. Take care and thanks for the luv. Thanks too for the imaging of Randa…top notch. KF

  44. George PC & Laptop Company Man on Wed, 4th Mar 2009 6:09 pm

    45. I also have a blog and I’ve made it DoFollow because I’d like to reward my visitors for coming to my blog and leaving comments there.

    By the way, Randa may have been there at the beginning of DoFollow but she (her blog) no longer follows – probably she has got fed up with spam or something…

  45. 1000 dofollow links on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 5:29 pm

    46. I display the commentator’s link on every page of my blog(around 1350 pages). All dofollow links!
    2 comments = 2700 dofollow links
    3 comments = i’m not good at arithmetic

  46. Ent Doctor on Sun, 15th Mar 2009 9:46 am

    47. Yes I follow many blogs.

  47. Shop Fitting on Tue, 17th Mar 2009 2:43 am

    48. Yes I follow many good blogs.

  48. Edmund on Tue, 17th Mar 2009 2:50 am

    49. This looks like a good blog to follow.

  49. Cazare in Bucuresti on Sun, 22nd Mar 2009 7:45 pm

    50. The problem with do-follow is people will spam. If a blog is good enough then the blog owner won’t need to have do-follow because people will comment to put their point of view accross, not to gain a back link.

    The BBC is a perfect example of this. There are no links in the forums and blogs, yet they have many users.

    However, when a blog is starting and it wants to get a upper hand, their is no harm in attracting people who want do-follow links, because some will become hooked, so even if you change to no-follow, people will still comment.

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    53. There is no doubt that there can be a stiff resistance to this, but then the uses are multitude.I always prefer to set my blogs with do follow. It adds a nice little bonus to my readers/commentators.

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    55. Hi,during the past year I have noticed too many websites implementing the no-follow tag. It has become almost an instantaneous obsessive compulsive disorder with some websites and BLOG owners. This has actually hurt the PR of some sites, because they are not willing to give, as well as get. With all the latest software out there today, you can more easily find who will not allow links on their pages. When moderating the comments on my own BLOG, I will happily allow a related link back to their site, as long as it provides value and is related to my article. I do not like SPAM, and obviously delete any comments posting a sentence for someone trying to sell pharmacy medication or other unrelated items. Your article poses some good points, and I always take my cue from Matt Cutts and other Google notifications. No-follow links should be used sparingly, if at all, depending upon your SEO, pay per click, PR, and link building desires for your long-term success.

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    on the new blogs I run I do enable dofollow by using keywordluv.

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    60. do-follow is great for us blog owners but the only problem with no-nofollow is the amount of spam we have to deal with. :(

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    62. do follow is another way to increase blog traffic and to decrease your PR hahaha

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    63. Thanks a lot from your useful information that you have been provided. I will follow along and learn some more out of it.

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