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30

DoFollow Blog Comment Rules

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My blogs have been dofollow for a few months now, and for the most part it is going very well. However, I do get a few comments that I will NOT approve because they are obvious comment spam.

I want to give you some real life examples of what I consider comment spam that I will not approve, and provide you with some dofollow blog comment rules.

Before I do, I want to stress how important it is to post quality comments, related to the post you are commenting on.

Remember, DoFollow blog owners are giving you some link love, in exchange for your quality comments.

If you, and others, post junk comments, blog owners will get tired of seeing the junk, get tired of moderating junk comments, get tired of being taken advantage of, and will turn nofollow back on.

So, please be considerate, and appreciative of dofollow blog owners by doing the right thing and leaving quality comments related to the post you are commenting on.

DoFollow Blog Comment Rules

1. Read the post you are going to be commenting on! I also read several of the current comments if there are some. It only takes a few minutes to read the comments and get a general feel on what people are thinking.

Then, post comments directly related to the blog post, related to the general tone of the comments, or related to a comment left by a specific person.

2. Be kind, even if you disagree with the blog owner’s post, or some individual comments. As a blog owner if you blast me or some of my posters directly, I won’t allow your comments. If you disagree with me, that’s fine. Disagree, offer more information to support your disagreement, and do it respectfully.

3. I prefer at least a short paragraph of comments, that adds to the comment conversation. A simple “I agree” is not going to be approved by me.

4. Don’t use your comments to list every website you own. After leaving some good comments, don’t blatantly advertise your other websites. I’m already giving you an incoming link with your selected anchor text. If you add additional websites, I probably won’t approve your comments.

If you add a website in the comments that is directly related to the discussion, even if it’s yours, I will allow it. If I think you are just trying to get more links, I won’t allow it.

Okay, so here are some examples of posts that I did not allow.

Comment #1
From my post: Do-Follow Blog Directory - New Feature
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I changed my blog to dofollow also:

http://www.website-withheld.blogspot.com/

http://www.website-withheld.com (Note: This is the same website user used in the comments form)
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Sorry, but I want more comments than just telling me you changed to dofollow, and giving me two more websites in the comments field.

Plus, this was in a post that didn’t really fit, I don’t think the user really read the post. If you want to let me know about your dofollow blogs, add them to my dofollow blog directory that is mentioned in the post.

Comment #2
From my post: How Do I Know if A Blog is Do-Follow?
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Well when you open a website you can right click and check if it is a dofollow or no follow by clicking on properties. Do follow allows you to make comments where any link in the website can be track. No follow stop there itself.
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The above comment is a nice paragraph of related text, but it’s apparent they didn’t read my post at all. My post was all about how to tell if a blog is dofollow or not.

That comment added absolutely no value to the discussion, and was just stating information I had already stated in the post.

It looked to me like the user just read the headline “How Do I Know if A Blog is Do-Follow?” and thought - oh I know the answer to that. So, they posted the answer without having any idea what the post was about.

Sorry, doesn’t pass my approval test :-)

Comment #3
From my post: How Do I Know if A Blog is Do-Follow?
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it is interesting! thanks!
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That one is pretty obvious. That sort of comment just makes me mad, and gives us responsible dofollow blog commentors a bad name.

It only takes a few minutes to read before you comment, and only takes a few minutes to post a relevant comment that adds value.

The blog owner will approve your quality comments, and appreciate you adding value.

Others who read the comments are also more likely to click on your link if you are contributing good content to the discussion.

If you have additions to my list of dofollow blog etiquette, please leave a comment with the suggestions below.

Mike

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11 Responses to “DoFollow Blog Comment Rules”

  1. PlugIM.com on June 30th, 2008 5:52 pm

    DoFollow Blog Comment Rules…

    Please respect DoFollow Blog owners by following common sense dofollow blog comment rules. I provide some real life examples of bad blog comments, so you know what NOT to do. Please be considerate, and appreciative of dofollow blog owners by doing th…

  2. Stephan Miller from Affiliate Marketing Blog on June 30th, 2008 7:45 pm

    You are right. Spam does not have to be automated to be spam. A person can leave just as many worthless comments as software. The line between spam and worthwhile comments is very fine.

    I often get 5 comments in a row from the same visitor to my blog. I think this is because I set my dofollow to kick in after 3 posts. Sometimes all 5 comments add value so I let them through. But I still know the intention was to get some links.

    It’s just hard to tell sometimes and most of the time, I just delete instead of telling Askimet it’s spam, because then the person is marked at Askimet. And I like to give the benefit of the doubt.

  3. belajar SEO on July 2nd, 2008 3:52 am

    i think it is good to let your viewer to have another link from your site after they leave a comments. But i agree also with you that you may have a lot of work to filter out the spam comments.

  4. Damian from Lbug advertising marketing SEO on July 4th, 2008 10:44 pm

    Fair points, it’s not much to ask. I like the idea of dofollow but always wonder what happens when someone leaves insightful comments with a link to a bad neighbourhood site that could damage your Google ranking.

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  7. James Mann on July 31st, 2008 5:25 pm

    I had my blog set to DoFollow for months and found I was getting useless and spammy comments.

    I put up with it for a few months but finally decided to go back to nofollow.

    Maybe I should have written a great post like yours explaining some rules.

    Thanks

  8. Jeremy from Fishing boat reviews on August 4th, 2008 7:31 pm

    Itd be great if people start respect these rules, cause sometimes its frustrating to read stupid spam comments

  9. Cap Cana Reporter on August 6th, 2008 9:34 pm

    In fact, is very hard to do an ethical backlink work. But that is no reason to spam every blog just to get “link love”.

    As the author says, its just take a moment to TRULY read the post and then write something helpful.

  10. Mirjam on August 14th, 2008 9:17 am

    LOL I can so understand your comment policy. I have dofollow on my blog as well and started getting listed on different do-follow lists.

    At first I did not really saw when my blog was abused by spammers, my ego got a little boost when somebody commented that the post was great and that they had dugg it but then I started seeing a pattern and really felt stupid ROFL.

    At one point I have thought about switching back to nofollow, especially when another link was made to my blog from a do-follow list, and the poster was commenting just how easy it was to get PR links with just leaving some comments.

    In the end though, the spam is pretty easily controlled by some good plugins, plus the delete button is my good friend. I do believe in the do-follow movement and do want to give some linkjuice to people who actually have something interesting to comment. Lazy commentators who just abuse my blog are fastly deleted without feeling bad about it :D

    Cheers to you for your comment policy!

  11. aamir from debt Management on August 17th, 2008 6:48 am

    Thats pretty fair.
    we should remember the owner of blog came to good PR is by struggling. So mostly they know whats the intentions are of a commentator.
    If they made it do-follow then its not by mistake.
    I think we should prefer commenting only to those blogs that we really want to read, even the intentions are backlinks.

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