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This is just a quick update to let you know that I am joining the “You Comment, I Follow” aka “dofollow” movement. This movement has been going on for awhile now. If you don’t know, urls/links in blog comments are not crawled by search engines due to the “nofollow” tag automatically added to them. This is not fair to those who comment on those blogs because it blocks them from getting link love or “Google Juice“.
If you want to participate in this movement, you can find out more about it here & download the WordPress plugin that goes along with it there as well. You can find the “U Comment, I Follow” badges (as pictured above) here. There’s also a plugin for Movable Type as well, if you use that.
If you’re up for it, there’s a more involved, feature rich “dofollow” WordPress plugin here as well. This one supposedly helps decrease the amount of spam comments you receive. The thing about this plugin though, is that it does not follow first time commenters, so be aware of that.
So, by joining this movement, I’m helping you guys since every time you comment on my blog (and include a link) you will be gaining a new backlink to your blog! So with that being said, comment away & I hope you’ll join this movement as well. Us bloggers do need to stick together.
Feverish Thoughts has a great ongoing list of dofollow bloggers. If you decide to join the movement, head over there so that you can get your blog added as well. You should also check out & comment on some of the other blogs that are in the movement as well. She also has a few badges on her site also for you to use!
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September 28th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Interesting I Was wondering if they were crawling those links.
Thanks for the Tip.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I have also joined the dofollow movement.
I think bloggers today write a lot more than they read. I think we must all realize that blogging is about reaching out to readers. It is also about realizing that the readers are themselves writers with their own ideas.
I find it a learning experience to follow my readers who leave comments to read their posts.
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September 29th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Good point Ivs & I couldn’t agree with you more.
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 am
yes i do use dofollow to
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October 10th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Glad to hear another blog has joined the do follow movement. I hope this trend continue because it only is going to encourage more people to make more of an effort to post comments.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Nice blog…
October 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Thank you Mobil!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I hope so too Kingston! The more blogs that follow, the better!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I really do think that the no follow movement is opening up the world of blogs. It allows for a greater varierty of comments as well! Now anyone can comment on your blog and will not be offput by the no follow status. ALL HAIL DO FOLLOW
Lesley
October 30th, 2008 at 1:21 am
I totally agree Lesley! Thank you for stopping by!