Do you use do follow?
One of the things that has come about because of blog spammers is the default no follow link built into WordPress. I do understand why they did it but I prefer to reward those that actually take part in the conversation on my blogs.
See if you are going to add to my content and good comments do that, then you should get something for your effort too. Now this does take a bit more work on my part.
To allow me to do this I added a plugin called do follow so that all the links from your comments are set up to follow and will help you with your linking with the search engines.
The work comes in because I now have to monitor all comments. It takes a bit more effort on my part because there are way to many pieces of software that let people know that you are following.
This does bring in the bot software that adds generic comments on the subject. Most times it is relatively easy to tell these and click the spam button in the dashboard but it is a bit more effort.
The key is that using do follow makes it beneficial for people to comment and the more interactivity you can generate the better your blog will perform.
As always your questions and comments are welcomed.
Mike Paetzold
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4 comments
Paul Livingston on December 1, 2008 at 4:39 am
Interesting. I never heard of ‘do follow’ before. Will it be available on ccBlog?
Thanks.
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Fred Lotgering on December 1, 2008 at 8:58 am
Hi Mike,
Comments are great but indeed needs monitoring. Also the need to keep spam out as much as possible, so you need some anti-spam plug-in’s as well.
Fred
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Adam Ferguson on December 12, 2008 at 2:04 am
Thanks for the info. I already added the no follow plugin to my blog but I will now add comment luv as well. Keep up the good work.
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Brent Diggs on December 31, 2008 at 10:13 am
I use dofollow on my wordpress blog and although it does bring some spammers from time to time, it also brings in the curious who just needed an extra poush to visit.
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