DoFollow: Spread Link Love
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SEO 2 is about link love. Or should I say Love of Links (LOL!)?
Anyway, when I started out on this blog I installed a fabulous “dofollow” plugin for WordPress.
It deleted the so called “nofollow” attribute WordPress added by default to comment links.
Nowadays WordPress adds the UGC attribute instead.
What’s the problem with that? See below.
Why Delete nofollow, UGC Attributes?
So WordPress adds UGC attrbites to all your outgoing comment links.
Why go the extra mile? After all Google knows what’s good for you!
The hapless WordPress devs just obey the rules!
Why remove negative link attributes? Keep the link juices flowing!
- nofollow and UGC do not work against SPAM. They only hurt your site.
- UGC tells Google to demote your outgoing links.
- Comments are what makes a blog by definition.
- The World Wide Web (WWW or Web in short) consists of links!
Yet how to prevent abuse by spammers who just want to drop links? It’s simple.
First off all all WordPress installation come with Akismet spam-filters.
Also links from one-time drive-by commenters do not get their negative attribute removed.
Engage properly at least three time to get a link you deserved by then.
You choose the number of useful comments to get there with most tools.
Why Are Proper Links Helpful for Social SEO?
Blog commenting with proper links enabled indeed is the perfect tool for social SEO.
It works to encourage engagement for
- marketers
- publishers
- bloggers
who want to forge a community and reward their active readers.
How to get engagement? Spread the love, say something!
- nice
- funny
- useful
You can even critize! It’s nothing new after 25 years on the Web.
I’m already pretty used to critical comments.
Constructive criticism is actually appreciated.
Trolling gets deleted immediately in contrast.
Link Love Spreads Organically
Feel free to spread the link love any way you like, as a
- comment
- ping
- trackback
I won’t show show your links when you solely add a link to below your name.
In case you add a useful link in the comment itself it will show up.
The most helpful commenters will end up getting a share or link!
How? They will get an editorial from myself on the blog.
Please mind the blog commenting etiquette though.
* (CC BY-ND 2.0) Creative Commons image by Max Klingensmith
This is a nice way to increase the number of comments. I’ve been using a dofollow plugin for quite some time now. :)
True. Nofollow failed big time. I even see sites using nofollow on all links! So those who use dofollow stand out in a positive way.
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Hey Tadeusz,
nice to see that you startetd a SEO 2.0 Blog. Doing it in English is a very good choice!
As you know I`m marketer, webmaster and blogger plus I have something nice, funny and useful to say: ;-)
Whenever you are tired of deleting links because they might be a little bit too spammy remember that there are alternative DoFollow Plugins for everyone enabling you to give link love only to websites you defenetly like. Andy Beard is fighting for all of these cool plugins and keeps you updated whenever you like. ;-)
Thank you Oliver for the link. Until now the original dofollow works fine and people commenting are perfectly polite. However in case it gets worse I will check the other ones.
So you are an adult flamer by now: 18 years of flaming.
Oh yeah? Well, I started flame-war on usenet back in 1989.
:-)
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This is the first reference I have heard to SEO 2.0. I would argue that SEO for Web 2.0 web design would contain the attributes necessary to index dynamic ajax pages and so forth. I do agree that linking is love :)
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Would have been great if your page had some nice PR as well ;-)
Anyway, thanks! :-)
This is good stuff, last week I added Do-Follow to my own site. Good to see it is spreading everywhere
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thanks – was looking for a plugin that did this.
The “DOfollow” movement seems to be increasing in popularity, I can see it doing some great things, increasing what we actually read online, and getting bloggers to get out and mingle a bit, as well as lend content to each others blogs that is worth reading .. the expiration mod will help with that worth reading part quite a bit :)
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Hi, I wrote an article about DoFollow in farsi:
http://www.megaiti.com/1386/06/09/how-to-thank-commenters/
Increased traffic and comments for a little google juice is a good trade for most blogs. Between akismet and moderation bloggers really don’t need to worry about the spammers.
Yes, akismet does a great job, and I had in fact no problems with manual SEO spammers ;-)
Its ironic that many bloggers talk about this but then they actually use no follow.
I dont see the point in using no follow, as those who use it dont loose any of their PR. Go no follow!
Not sure if thats true, isnt there something called PR Bleeding ?
I m not too familiar with it my self, so cant say for sure.
rel=nofollow only works with Google anyway and does not do anything to MSN and Yahoo — so, I’ve noticed.
I didnt notice that. I will give it a try
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Its not just about link rape, but forcing google to get better and better.
The control of the Link should not be given to the one who is linked to, no?
The question is: does dofollow lead to increased irrelevant comments? ;)
i think yahoo does not support this
and msn does not support it too.
dofollow will lead to increased irrelevant comments but that’s what you have moderation for I guess
Its a nice concept, but it also leads to increased ‘spam’ with comments like ‘Good Job’ or ‘Nice blog’ that are not actually relevant to the post, but are just there because the poster saw a ‘DoFollow’ badge on the blog and wanted a backlink.
I suppose you could call this a double edged sword, it’d definitely get your more comments, but also increase your moderation work.
Moderation is not the perfect answer, but for small to middle-size blogs it is far better than nofollows.
I think that DoFollow is a good thing for bloggers. Bloggers that pay attention to SEO technics will be more likely to put quality content on comments of others blogs because they know that theirs comments will be followed.
Like above, I noticed after installing dofollow, we seem to get a lot of commenters that have anchor links in their nickname :D
Wish I had something funny to say or a blog where I could make dofollow on but I don’t. But thanks for the link anyway.
Jens
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Thanks my blog do follow too.
I’m creating a new blog. my links gonna be dofollow..
Do-Follow is best but must be check spam or irrelevant comments…
Thanks – I was looking for a plugin to do this – since I have askimet working, I figure I could change from nofollow to dofollow
Thanks a lot for the dofollow plugin link :)
Would be nice if we all could use some link love methods for great sites..
Do follow is great but be prepared to spend more time deleting spammy comments. I’ve used it on several blog and the results have more advantages than drawback IF you catch and delete all the resulting junk.
Thanks for this. I really think is a great idea to increase the number of comments and so communicating.
I’m pretty sure that dofollow does not increase the number of spammers in any way: spammers are just blindly increasing the number of spammy messages without caring of the follow thing.
And I removed nofollow from all of my wp blogs.
I think Do-Follow Blogs will stand out a lot more and many more people will respond to posts which also helps the Blog. So in a way it is good for both the commenter and Blog owner.
-Scott
I wonder if the murky underworld is busy beavering at creating a Spam2.0 for Web2.0 Seo2.0
The nut to crack would be spidering sites for “nofollow” lapse pages and spamming them instead of quality builds.
Installing this plug-in may be one of the best actions a blogger can take! it improves your comment number and this is one of the most important factors when it comes to blogging. What shows the fact that a blog is visited and active? The comment number!
I guess you also receive a lot of spam comments. I know I do on my website. I guess you have a spam filter like Akismet, right? Sometimes I ask myself if it is enough these days.
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I have seen this everywhere and I hope it’s not taking away rather than adding to. I’m going to give it a try on my blog and see what happens. Thanks for the post.
Very nice tip…
thanks
that’s what i did, too. nofollow sucks
Great blog, great post, my blog are dofollow too.
Salutations from Spain!
Dofollow Rulez
we’re another proud member of the dofollow brotherhood. akismet rules & nofollow sucks.
interesting, i love spreading love
Congrats, does any one know how to do it in blogspot templates and is it risky?
This is a Great barbecue party! I just started my first blog and you’ve convinced me to go with dofollow. Thanks for the tips.
Dofollow is really useful for new publisher who want linkback to their site. but at the same time it help u find good blogger who believe in spreading the link love cheers
Without a shadow of a doubt, nofollow hoards the love rather than spreading it..the dofollow attribute has been a great piece of idea to increase both BL & traffic..
following now to :)
thanks for the tip.
People should be reading your site. (Thats what you’ve been saying)
There is a lot of great info here. I am going to link you, so my “Reader” can find it. Keep it up, You’ll get that John Chow, and yea, nice hat!!
That’s really cool that this thing is gaining momentum.
Got it and installed. How do I know if it is working?
John: Just take a look at the source code ;-) here for example: http://johnny2iron.com/?p=5#comments
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I use this Plugin on my WP-Page too
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Doflow is really great when it comes to link building and spreading link love
but not all blogger believe in dofollow i have seen lots of big blogger how haven’t removed nofollow from their blog
Problogger.net and John Chow any many other who teach how to make money from your blog and how to get link back not following dofolow is really disappointing
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just add dofollow plugin to all my blog and hope will attract more people to post comment :D
After Make Money Online Dofollow is the 2nd most talked topic in blogging world
and thanx to Publishers like Seo2.0 for spreading the wolrd about this wonderful movement
Awww, now i’m scared hope you won’t bomb my blog now – just kidding. I think it’s a good idea to set link to dofollow! :) bye thomas
Eventhough i don’t understand why my links are always marked don’t follow..could anyone explain me this?:)
Good to see that “Do-follow” are gaining. I posted a blogg entry 6 months ago about manual editing the comment.php to remove no-follow from comments. I wasnt aware the of plugins doing the job :) The spambam plugin are keeping my blogg spam free, so only have to check on the few legit commenters to avoid spam.
Keep up the good work!
I have installed the fabulous DoFollow plugin for WordPress because I want to spread link love.
La meilleure façon de connecter les blogs entre eux est le trackback. Installez le plugin dofollow pour ne pas traiter les autres blogueurs comme des spammeurs…
So, does this plugin allow you to set the “nofollow” to be removed after 24 hours? Or did I read your post wrong? Do you suggest a separate spam plugin aside from akismet?
Thanks for the tip!
Jay
I’ve also implemented DoFollow (as a plugin for WordPress), and I’ve been pleased with the results. Fortunately, my blog is pretty small so I haven’t really gotten many spammy comments — but I guess if I had a better-ranked blog that wouldn’t be such a problem (no spam that is). :)
The “nofollow” has been pretty much a hands-down failure. I’ve been using DoFollow for over a year now, and I’ve gotten very few comments that were simply there for link juice. I moderate my comments pretty closely however, so as long as someone says something relevant, the comment stays.
im thinking of converting my site to dofollow as well.. if people are going to read your blog and also to increase the value of my site i think dofollow tags are important
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Doflow is really great when it comes to link building and spreading link love
but not all blogger believe in dofollow i have seen lots of big blogger how haven’t removed nofollow from their blog
Problogger.net and John Chow any many other who teach how to make money from your blog and how to get link back not following dofolow is really disappointing
Wow, what a good way to get a whole bunch of relevant traffic. I’m sure your blog’s statistics went up rapidly since you enable this plugin, which I think I’m going to install and enable too.
I have installed Firefox’s nodofollow plug in and its working fine.. but till I have not got anythng dofollow :-(
Thanks I always searched for this plugin!!
I see many small bloggers joining this do-follow movement, whereas big bloggers doesn’t (like Adam Primero already mentioned) So the question is – who is right and who is wrong? Big bloggers make big money, small – small money, so it is quite evident who knows things better. Just some food for thoughts :)
Tom: Big bloggers just don’t have the time to check all comments ;-)
This sounds great. Genuine vote for it.
Thanks my friend, I was looking to use this on my review blog, and congratulations on making the switch ;)
exactly!.. you get the point… it’s like run a website which is giving money to its visitors
nice!
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….to know more about why i choose “dofollow”, see here: DoFollow: Spread Link Love Technorati …
Its a good idea to spread your link love. That way other people will want to spread their link love to you.
Wow, someone suggested we take our blog down the dofollow route and I had no clue what they were talking about. I’m just learning about the whole nofollow vs dofollow thing and it’s great to see dofollow working for someone!
Thank you for this post. I have a theory: Link juice cannot be created or destroyed. It’s constant!
(It kinda makes sense, doesn’t it?)
Cheers,
Ed.
I just stopped allowing anonymous comments on my blog, dofollow comments will just make you lose a huge ammount of time moderating spammy comments.
Great post, I’ve been noticing a lot of blogs that have disabled the nofollow function, I think this is great.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.
For a big site with thousands of users that come from search engines, dofollow comments are hard to manage.
Hi,
I’m having a problem with this plugin.
In the control panel (/wp-admin/plugins.php) the title is black (where any other plugins have a blue title). And it does not show up in ’settings’ when I activate it.
I’m using PHP Version 5 (though I have also tried the v.4 version).
Thank you for the link. DoFollow is a nice option to use and hopefully you are able to benefit from it as well.
I have chosen dofollow on a few of my sites as well and so far I have been able to control spammy comments. I guess if it doesn’t hurt my rankings I’ll keep doing it.
I believe once DoFollow gets abused it will become irrelevant. Look at some of the posts already. Spam has hit it..
Thx i will consider putting linklove on my site soon. It sounds like good idea :) txh
I think that do follow is great idea. I would love to see it more often it will help young websites for sure.
I just posted some new <a href=”http://themonetizedblogger.com/2009/01/blog-design/u-comment-i-follow-icons/”>Free U Comment I Follow Buttons & Badges</a> on my blog for anyone who wants a dofollow badge that’s a little more Web 2.0
Do anyone know if it is possible to turn on dofollow on blogster.com?
know more about why i choose “dofollow”
yup, but still to aware with spammer ;)
Thanks for the post and a great way to increase comments! Will spread the word about this!
It’s a great thing to see popular blogs incorporating this into their layout.
It’s a great way to help people promote their blog by providing a small incentive for discussion.
Good stuff!
Thank you so much for this informative post! I’m new to the blogging community and I’m quickly finding out that quality do follow blogs are hard to come by. The plugin you mention seems to be a great way for you to keep comments alive but at the same time dissuade any spammers! I’ve much to learn about SEO so I’ll be back for anymore juicy tidbits. Best of luck to you and thanks again.
Thanks for the link love! As a new blogger, I really need help to build up my pagerank. We need more DoFollow blogs out there!
Hi guy i thinks dofollow will lead to increased irrelevant comments but that’s what you have moderation for I guess ..
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I find the whole concept of easy backlinks disturbing – if its easy then everyone will do it and it devalues the links for all.
Kinda like diamonds – if they grew on trees how much are they worth?
I have been using a do follow plugin since the first few days of my blogs so that it may increase its traffic. This is one way to get traffic from any new sites.
Thanks for the do follow and link love! As a new blogger, I am really need help to build up pagerank in my blog. We need more DoFollow blogs out there!
thx, Tom: Big bloggers just don’t have the time to check all comments :)
Your comment policy looks interesting. If I am getting you correctly, you check all your comments personally within 24 hours..
I completely agree w/ adding a DO FOLLOW plugin…i will do the same. I think its a nice thing to do for people that are taking time to comment on your blog out of millions out there, plus more people will check your place out :) Thanks
Sheila
dofollow works great, Thank you so much for this informative post!
have nice day
irfan
I love Dofollow and of course I love all bloggers that practice them :)
It is great to see more and more blogs changing to dofollow. Gives people a reason to post comments.
I want in on the Love. :)
where do you get the Do Follow Plugin?
why would i use a no follow link? i dont see the reason why when it returns no value to your seo effort and it wastes your time also. great post and thanks for sharing with us
I am really glad to see the do-follow movement gaining momentum. Personally I thought the no-follow tag was hogwash all along. Allowing sites to just not bother with moderation and pile tons of garbage links into their pages without consequence does not make for a better web. Personally I have become rather disenchanted with google over the past couple years. Their methods make less and less sense. They basically require us to engage in shady practices which verge on spam because otherwise all the valid, natural back-links we may accrue will be 99% no-followed. I think the days of using back-links as any sort of accurate measure of popularity or usefulness are long past.
So I am hoping that some little guy steps up and crushes google just like google crushed everyone else a decade ago. I suppose if they would just get their act together and give up on the backlinks I may forgive them. I also dislike the level of importance google places on fresh content. There are plenty of sites out there which have compiled all the info available on a subject and there is no call to update that info every other day, but they may fall behind a much less complete site which is still in the process of compiling and organizing that info. I guess I just tire of jumping through googles hoops which often seem rigged to favor those who can spend the most money on gaming the system.
I am reading your dofollow link posts and the resulting dialogue and it appears that some commenters see a benefit with dofollow and some have reverted to nofollow.
Maybe it has to do with their personality or the content of their blog?
I think dofollow encourages more commenting. And you have even (in your barbecue post) shared some guidelines that I think would be good for any commenters to use.
Like you said earlier in your post, say something nice, something funny, something useful.
Seems like a good way to go through life, too.
Hi,
the way you explained really good. How did you get the idea..i mean the usage of these words ‘love ‘..any many more words. Something different..i liked it.
Free Love!
It’s all about kalma, you my friend will be a god in the next life!
Kudos xx
i have no idea what this seo2.0 thing is, i’ll have to read about it. but i know i love dofollow!
I Love Do Follow. Link Love…….Rocking.
Allowing your blog to have dofollow is a great way to get comments, but as you know, it also get you spam comments. However, I believe if you program your spam comment right, then you don’t have to worry about spam comments.
The way I found this post, is I was researching a plug-in called “Lucy Link Love”, what it dose is it counts the number of people that comment on your blog, and if they reach a number set by you, then there comments become dofollow. I think that is a great way to reward your visitors, which giving link juice to every commenter.
In case you haven’t heard about it already, AboutUs.org is a wiki website where you can create a page about your site and get DoFollow links. Details: http://AboutUs.org/ProFollow
Hi,
I think its really cool to see a popular blog have something like this. It helps people get up and running.
Much love,
Chloe xxx
I have modified my WordPress blog and removed the not follow links too. I believe it is in the best interest of Google to use no follow because they want people to have low search ratings so they will use sponsored links. This generates great revenue for Google, yahoo and other search engines
Very nice tip, I think dofollow is a good thing for blog, link is a link, but links is a world!
The big problem with follow is that it can lead to spam, and the more powerful your website becomes the harder it becomes to moderate. Hats of to you though, you seem to be coping.
I’ve been trying to decide if I should enact dofollow for one or more of my WordPress sites. I get such strange out-of-context comments now with nofollow, I can’t imagine what my comments would look like if I opened them up wide. Still, leaning towards doing so. It’s definitely something that feels like the right thing to do.
Follow links are great but I think it is important to link naturally and have a measure of no follow links as well.
Hi, how about the link juice? Internal link building? Outlinks begger than inlinks.
Do follow links are soul of a site and no follow links are waste of time. I always love to write something productive on do follow blogs
Balance out between follow & no follow
The ideas is good as long as you have moderators in place to eliminate spam ,else you end up with tonnes of spammed comments on your blogs.
I think links with nofollow is quite worthy when the blog is relevant to our blog.
I think dofollow is good for bloggers to get backlinks, page rank and tons of traffic
I too believe dofollow should be added to every blog / web site for better seo positioning…
If you have an rss feed submit it here to generate back links, and more at dofollowlove.com
That’s really cool job. I would like to appreciate you for this post. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Gotta love the “Dofollowers” of the world! Thats buddy for spreading the love!
ryan
The way I found this post, is I was researching a plug-in called “Lucy Link Love”, what it dose is it counts the number of people that comment on your blog, and if they reach a number set by you, then there comments become dofollow. I think that is a great way to reward your visitors, which giving link juice to every commenter.
I am a follower and promotor of the Dofollow Movement! To me, nofollow is opression, trying to silence people from leaving what THEY consider spam. What they think is spam and what I consider spam may be two entirely different things. If you don’t like my comment, thinking its spam, then scroll past it! Is that so hard?
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Since my blog is in dofollow, I received many more comments. Many spam comments too but I think switching to dofollow is positive after all.
This is a very interesting plugin. Thanks for sharing it. I will have download it and give it a try.
We all know what is going on with SEO blog posts so lets have some fun while we add links. I have been adding a joke to my recent posts. What did the diaper say to the baby’s butt? !#@$ I got you covered! Great idea link love!