I fully understand the idea behind the rel=”nofollow” attribute on links to try and prevent comment spammers from actually gaining any search engine ground. Does it really make sense for your normal readers who leave relevant comments on your site? I don’t believe so.
I’ve installed a new plugin called DoFollow which gets rid of the nofollow tag on links within post comments. The plugin actually allows you to configure a number of days to wait on new comments to remove the nofollow tag if you so wish. I’ve left mine at 0 since I tend to keep up on eliminating spam pretty aggressively.
This has become sort of a movement among many blogs to try and increase reader interactivity. Designer Randa Clay came up with some basic logos to use so that your readers can be informed that their links will be a little more valuable.
- Heavily moderated, SPAM will be dealt with.
Thanks for the mention. I love your site design – very nice!
Randa Clay
April 29th, 2007
hmm… maybe I should also try using the DoFollow
Nietzsche
April 29th, 2007
Have you noticed any increase in comments on your site. I have been thinking about using this plugin and was wondering are people more willing to participate in your post since you have had it installed?
Brett Evans
May 7th, 2007
I think it will increase comments on the site. I really have had a lack of time and haven’t been posting much lately though.
Rich Waters
May 18th, 2007
Very attractive site — thx for the info on no-follow.
:: Suzanne ::
May 19th, 2007
Remove the No-Follow in your Blog…
Credit every commenter and moderate spam
Today, I removed the rel=nofollow on authors and comments here on ToolSoup. WordPress comes with the nofollow attribute attached and its there to (hypothetically) fight against spam. How? The search engines d…
ToolSoup
October 17th, 2007
Hi, just dropping by to say hello and telling you that your site is featured in the DoFollow blogs search engine!
Cheers!
w3ec
December 15th, 2007
Does anyone know if this link love will be counted as technorati authority?
Appreciate any feedback. Thanks, this is a good site.
kslye
December 20th, 2007
If you can eliminate spamming bots’ posts then following might be a good form of making people comment on pages. If you are not able to deal with spammers then you might get hurt.
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