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What are Do-Follow Blogs?
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What are “Do Follow” blogs?
“Do follow” is the opposite of “No-Follow”. Wordpress blogs, by default, use the HTML nofollow attribute on links that point away from the blog. This no follow attribute comes into play with the posting of blog comments. The no-follow tag tells the search engines NOT to follow the link to any other web sites.
The logic behind using no follow is, it’s good for the blog since there will be fewer outgoing links and therefore less “link bleed”, leading to better Google page rank. Sounds good!
Using no follow also makes sense because there are blog spammers out there who will, and have, posted blog spam comments solely for the benefit of getting more incoming links to their site, which helps page rank. That makes sense!
Do Follow blogs are going against the norm and turning the No-Follow tag off, enabling do-follow of out going comment links.
Why Go Do-Follow?
If you’re like me, you want people to comment on your blog posts. You want more of an interactive community. That’s what Web 2.0 is about – community, relationships, and user created content.
But, how do you encourage people to comment on your blog posts? You give them something in return. You give them an outgoing link to their website, when they make a quality comment on your blog. You also allow the search engine to follow that link to their website by using the do follow attribute.
You also need to let people know that you are a Do Follow Blog. Some visitors will have no idea what that means, but those who do know what it means will appreciate it and will often leave a comment.
You will notice I now have a Do Follow notice in the upper right hand column of my blog. This graphic is courtesy of Randa Clay who is a Do Follow advocate. I’m letting others know that they are welcome to leave relevant comments, and letting them know what my expectations are.
Okay, but what about comment spammers?
No doubt there will be spammers who try to take advantage of your generosity. If you have a blog you probably are already getting comment spam, I sure do. But, I have found that the Spam Karma plugin does an outstanding job of filtering out spam comments.
You will still need to monitor comments, but it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes each day.
How Do I Set Do Follow?
Unfortunately, the option to turn No Follow on, or off, is not an option in Wordpress. I have looked at a couple of plugins, and have decided the DoFollow plugin works best for me.
With the current Wordpress blog comment spam plugins now available, I see no reason not to be a “Do Follower”.
Once you join the Do-Follow movement, let everyone know your blog is do follow by adding your blog to the do-follow blog list.
Let me know what your thoughts are by commenting below.
Mike
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Have you considered going Do-Follow with your blog? If you have a Wordpress blog, chances are your blog is set to nofollow comment links. There is a growing movement of bloggers turning their blogs into Do-Follow blogs, to increase visitor involvemen…
Right on Mike!
Reciprocity Rules Right?
A little sweetener goes a long way, and I really appreciate blogs that do this.
BTW – CommentLuv does this anyway as part of its service, so you don’t need the extra dofollow plugin (Works on WP2.5)
Nice summary and I can only add this:
Do Follow is great but unless you control it – you will get abusers. I recommend you have a look at plugin “Lucia Linky Love” – it will allow you to automate process and set Do Follow on links that deserve it.
Alex
I got the information on do follow blogs what I want. But is there anyway you can identify the specific blog is do follow when we are visiting blogs of our interest?
thanks for the summary
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I got the information on do follow blogs what I want.
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First of all thanks for having us such a wonderful information on Do-follow blogs.
But I was wondering that is it ok to have a Do-Follow blog if we are working for SEO on it?
Thanks..
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Great information here. I will be coming back. I have donwloaded that Firefox Seo extension and I LOVE it. Thanks for the tip.
Many people is installing spam eaters in their blogs and they are very happy with their results. We have it and is working well.
I can only agree about dofollow. I have recently turned my danish blogs into dofollow and I am trying to get more people to do this. Especially if it is combined with keywordlove
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I only hope this wave of DoFollow blogs remains as it is and not vanish with the passing of time.
thanks for information on Do-follow blogs
It make sense dealing about the do follow blogs… it big help to creating blogs i hope also that this do follow blog will not vanish what mac said! happy Halloween!
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How important is keyword love anyway? Won’t just a link do?
We are puzzled about the no follow attribute in Craigslist. It is our belief that virtually all links placed on Craigslist will be annotated by Craigslist software with the no follow attribute. And therefore Google typically does not give credit for such links. But on rare occassion, Google does give credit for such links. This is good, but we wonder if there is some particular aspect of such links that Google likes or whatever to give such credit.
Hello
thanks for a great post. you also mentioned that by allowing a ‘do follow’ we risk ‘draining’ out our PR. is this how it works? is there a way to allow ‘do follow’ and yet not let it affect our PR in a negative way?
thanks
it’s true. to get a little love in this world you have to give a little, and that’s the promise of “do follow” to blog commenters. as long as you have “do follow” on your blog you can expect people to help grow your site both in content, and in popularity. also, use of the KeywordLuv plugin, as on this site, helps a great deal.
after reading your blog, all my 6 blogs were updated to do follow and just submitted the links here. though i havent seen the results yet but am still happy i was able to know the importance of a dofollow blog. Thanks for sharing!
Is there other way on how to distinguished a dofollow and a nofollow blog?
Good solid explination. I thought I knew quite a bit about DoFollow blogging, but you even taught me a couple of things. Thanks a lot.
Since I switched my blog to a do follow, I have been receiving many more comments than before.
it is just lately when i discovered this do follow blog thing my blog host is blogspot how can i convert it to do follow blog i’m also looking forward to transfer to wordpress in the near future i believe wordpress is the best blog platform
Really good blog, do followe blogs are the best ones.
I was just wondering if you care what a person uses in the username slot. Obviously its not always a persons name. I hope most people don’t use their real name, theres too much damage that can occur because of this. I link, but I try to put 99% of my focus on a good comment that will add quality to the conversation. Thanks for the email marketing
Right on Mike! Cooperation and involvement is the key. It’s how the internet community thrives and keeps growing.
Very good info.
Its a good article about do follow blog.AS a beginner in blogging,these details is very much helpful for me.
Do follow blogs are the best because if your comment gets posted you get a backlink. Backlinks are very valuable in moving your site up on google.
wow!! really good info that i did not know about thanks so much i apreciate ur blog!!!
A little sweetener goes a long way, and I really appreciate blogs that do this.
aha!! been wondering about do-follow and no-follow blogs. Now it’s clear. Thanks for the idea of the Spam Karma.
Do follow blogs are the way to go. I suggest to everyone to remove the nofollow tag. You will get a lot more comments and visit once you do.
Thank you so much. Excellent information about do follow blogs
I have been managing my own list of dofollow blogs since 6 months and there are more than 500 blogs on it. I think it is just like a revolution and we should join it. It is really a fin to take part in it.
thanks you Do follow blogs are the way to go. I suggest to everyone to remove the nofollow tag. You will get a lot more comments and visit once you do
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.
Nice article about backlink strategy. Many times bloggers focus on just 1 thing they are doing right and fail to understand that backlinking is 1 of many things bloggers must do to gain traffic. You need the total package. I know many of you are looking for free backlinks, but I got to say, there are other ways to get them…
Think outside the box for backlinks and they will come more naturally
Excellent information. I have learned quit a few very helpful blog marketing techniques from your blog. Thank You very much.
Thanks for the information on do-follow blogs. I didn’t know you could add your blog to the do-follow blog list, but i will definitely start doing that.
The way to find out if a blog or web site that you can comment on is is “dofollow” or “nofollow” is to find a comment, right click it and look at the properties – it will tell you in there.
Don’t forget if the blog you are commenting on has a low or no GooglePR it wont add anything to your link building strategy AND if the site or blog has loads of comments the strength is diluted as well.
The PR might rise over time but then so will the diluting.
There’s a great website I know for finding out the strong dofollow blogs and sites your competitors have left comments on.
If you want to know more visit our website and email us http://www.roxbourne.com
Yes, comments on a default wordpress blog are a real headache . I am also looking to install some plugins in order to lessen this burden and let people say what they have in their minds.
Great info on dofollow. Helps me understand the logic better “link bleed”. Thanks again.
I was reading on another do follow blog and found this link followlist.com. Very helpful cuts down on my searching.
great tips! very good summary of dofollow
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Nice to see you have devote the whole blog to dofollow attribute – I didn’t think there was so much to say about dofollow )))
Despite such a narrow topic, you blog seems rather popular – 8K visitors per month, not bad at all!
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Btw, I’ve recently turned mine into a dofollow too.
Good luck!
Andrew
I couldn’t agree less. Dofollow blogs allowing comments can indeed help build backlinks as well as spread the link love. Nice insights and tips! Thanks for sharing!
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It’s very important to have a pro spam filter, cause Do Follow blogs are very wanted.
I have read so many blogs and books about do follow links, link baiting, keyword anchor that I am starting to pull my hair out. Seo companies are however so expensive. Don’t know what to do to be quite honest.
how about blogspot?
Thank you so much for letting us all to link, and thank you also for the nice info. More Power.. Good Luck !!
We have constant floods of spam, but they are usually caught by our filters. From what I’ve read it seems as if Habari does a better job of catching spam than Wordpress does, so that could be the reason. It’s nice to have the filters because I really like the feedback and discussion but hated having to wade through all the nonsense to get to them.
Mike thanks for your generosity. I have been reading so much arguments on “nofollow” “dofollow” these days. Does dofollow really hurt the pagerank like “link bleed”? Honestly, nobody (except Google) knows for sure how Pagerank calculations work, that is just some speculation as to what hurts a ranking. But I believe people should be rewarded some credit in return for their contributions.
Well, in either case, you can still call it spam. Whether the visitor IS interested in your blog/post and comments with interest or not and just wants a link. In other words, it depends on the blog owner himself/herself whether (s)he is willing to appreciate the comments and accepting the links in exchange or just as a sign of appreciation, simple as that. If not, then by all means, removing the ‘URL’ field takes 2 seconds! Google that out. Don’t leave the URL and then judging people for spamming, most are not spamming, they post with interest and once they see the option of leaving their website URL, why not?
I’m all for DOFOLLOW or just remove the URL field! Don’t leave it with nofollow, that’s more a trick in making some people comment without interest. So anyway, all for dofollow,
Cheers!
Good article, it explains things well but, as a newbie, I wonder about the timescales involved. I made my blog, Architecture with a capital A, dofollow two weeks ago and despite listing it in most of the major follow directories, there has been only a modest rise in visitors. Still its early days yet and I’ve become a committed dofollow blogger.
I use a little bit different of an approach to this. I use the nofollow reciprocity plugin.
http://www.inverudio.com/programs/WordPressBlog/NofollowReciprocity.php. Basically if the person commiting has a follow site, then the link is follow. But if their site is nofollow, then their link becomes no follow. A tit-for-tat approach.
Nofollow tag itself can help blogs ranking well through major search engine if only blog owners do understand that they can use it for a powerful on-page optimization within the Site’s Internal Link Structure, not by just using no follow attr on every single outbound links.
This is also a do follow blog,isn’t it?:D
if you want to make your blog popular then through dofollow you can achieve that target easily. and spammers are everywhere but you can stop them by giving the extra time on your blog.
Anyone who does thier own SEO loves dofollow. it would eb a harsh world if no one allowed linkback. thank you
Yeah, I think that there should be special blog for spammers. Spammers should have their do follow blogs that no one should read and normal people should have their no-follow web where there are no spammers couse they can’t do anything by spamming there….
This is the best post about Do-Follow blogs i ever seen,congrats buddy was a good read.
Although we have benefits for commenting on do follow blogs but all public lists are now spammed enough and many of do follow blog owners changed the attribute back to no follow. I am wondering what are methods to find do follow blogs and what are you using?
I couldn’t agree more with you, Do Follow links are necessary, of course you may have a hard time deleting the spam messages (specially those that area garbage or offensive) but in return you will get a community that will keep coming back to your site.
I dont think spam is a issue,Askimet is doing a pretty good job
@Rachel Clarkson, You are very right and I think it is even easy to handle all the spam with wordpress comments plugins. We can use combination(s) of any of them to prevent spam. I think bloggers should give benefits to legit users.
For those of you dofollowers looking for spam protection- my best advice is to install Akismet and put comment moderation on for any first time commentator with a link in their comment. This has been very efficient for me as it still allows people not posting links (or return commentators who are posting links, but I know aren’t spammers) to get instantaneous comments.
This is the best post about Do-Follow blogs i ever seen,congrats buddy was a good read.
The do-follow sager.
I feel sorry for all the social network disciples.
One day you will find all those links you have painstakingly built up will be taken away with the No-follow attribute.
I’m sure Google is having a word in there ear.
It would be very interesting Internet if there will be special blog for spammers. Spammers will have their do follow blogs that no one should read and normal people should have their no-follow web where there are no spammers couse they can’t do anything by spamming there….
Hello. I just noticed there aren’t any list of the Do-Follow blogs anymore…but I’ve got a question [I'm still kinda new in d seo thingy] if you could assist me with. Are “No-Follow” links completely irrelevant to google? cos there was a site i pasted a link on, i clearly saw it was a “no-follow” link [with the seo firefox thing] but google soon acknowledged it, and credited me for it.
Is funny that everybody wants them blogs as nofollow but wants to find a zillion of dofollow blogs to post.
Hi to all,
Totally agree with Nicholas & Esteban. I also notice that who want do follow blogs list but if have any blog it must be no follow. i am also new at internet marketing don,t know about Google accept no follow link or not….
I am searching for do follow blogs may b 2 or 3 weeks but i must say that this is the best page where i land now and commenting…. great blog
Thanks
dofollow is fantastic – a great way to show repsect to your readers and to encourage a bit of debate…sometimes people need a bit of a push/incentive to do so! I’m sure you’ll have seen traffic increase significantly though as a result, at least I hope so!
It is nice to know that you are explaining about do follow, which focuses on your website. This information is useful to people who wants to learn more about do follow
I am using Drupal instead of Wordpress, therefore it is not a problem for me to be “dofollow”, but I am not sure that it is a good idea yet.
Thanks for the post on dofollow blogs! I have updated my blog to make it dofollow, to encourage comments. We’ll see how it works.
do follow rocks. plus matt cutts says that nofollow still dilutes link juice. there’s lil point in no follow.
I’ve decided to allow do follow links on my personal blog and although it requires a lot of work when I moderate comments, I enjoy the number of comments and viewpoints commentors add who would otherwise not view my website.
When we leave a relevant and good comment on a do follow blog,you are probably going to get a backlink.They are a great way to obtain backlinks,more traffic and good rankings as well.
The problem with do follow is that it encourages spam.
When commenting using CommentLuv plugin,you get 2 links to your site with the probability that atleast one of the link would be clicked.
Great post. Totally understand do follow now and have altered my blog to reflect it. Many Thanks
Being an avid motorcycle fan I own several motorcycle related blogs and websites. Getting anywhere in the search engines requires that I get back links to my sites. This is all good but its not just links it is links from webpage’s that have relevance and authority. Some say a link is a link, but the content from where the link comes from is important. I think that dofollow links are the best thing since sliced bread, however if I link build using dofollow commenting, I try to hunt out blogs that are relevant to my website to link from. I also try to ad relevant content to the comment. This is beneficial for the blog as well as my link.
Nice stuff indeed! Great information. I knew bit about DoFollow blogs, but I have found something new information here. Thanks a lot. Do follow blogs are the best way to get backlink.
dofollow is fantastic – a great way to show repsect to your readers and to encourage a bit of debate…sometimes people need a bit of a push/incentive to do so! I’m sure you’ll have seen traffic increase significantly though as a result, at least I hope so!
I wish there was more do follow blogs they are getting harder and harder to find thanks for this one.
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Do follow is good thing. But i just frustrated with the spammers who hunt good dofollow blogs for their link building.
I am new to the SEO world and I found this article helpful. There is a lot of jargon (do follow, no follow, etc.) that is confusing to those of us with a science background rather than a computer background. I would like to know more about this Firefox SEO program though if anyone could help. Thanks again for the information.
Some good information. But what I’m not clear is whether I lose juice by making my blog dofollow?
“it’s good for the blog since there will be fewer outgoing links and therefore less “link bleed”, leading to better Google page rank.”
Not sure that’s true anymore, I think linking out to good quality sites is actively beneficial with Google’s latest algorithms.
Does wordpress still not have a pluing installed with it that makes the comments do follow, or do you still have to download that plugin?
i think do follow is wonderful plug in to install to your blog because it will get a lot of traffic and work for link building as well.
As long as it is not abused, I can see where it might encourage user participation. Sadly, it seems that most site still do not use Do-Follow.
-Brian
Yeah, Im already having this “Do Follow” in my blog. But I got many points from this post. Thanks a lot.
I have learned a lot from the blog and valuable comments. I am trying to use KeywordLuv format. I guess I am using it correctly and if not please guide.
Thank you for this information now I guess I will be out to find some do-follow blogs!
Great info. I have problem with spammers in my blog but after reading this article I think I can manage them.
I recently learned about no follow and do follow and was concerned about changing the blog because of spam. After reading this, I think I will try it and see if the spam filter works. Thanks!
I always love to receive comments
Should I change to do follow to gift my commentators a return?
Dofollow is a win, win for sure, it provides us (as commenter’s) to receive a good back link to our website (as long as we leave useful and on topic comments) and it provides the recipient of the comment some brand new fresh content for the search engine spiders to crawl and index, plus the ping effect comes into play if you have a wp blog. Nice post here, its grate that you let the world know about this as it is a great resource for everyone.
Great Post.
If you make a blog do follow you will need to control the spam as it will be a massive list of spam. If you can do that everything will be just fine.
Thanks for the post.
I’m with you, do follow can be a great tool to bring attention to your blog. Handling spammers isn’t no a difficult task (not to mention wp-plug-ins). Additionally, there are so many directories now that cater to dofollow. Spread the love!
This is the best post about Do-Follow blogs i ever seen,congrats buddy was a good read.
No-Follow and Do-Follow tags are very important and both tags are important. There are lot of use no follow tags thats are not useful.
Hi, I have read the post and I agree in the do follow logic, when I clicked your link (dofollow.php) to get the plugin it does not seem to work, which is a real pitty because you really got me turned by the idea of do follow.
I went to wordpress to see if they had anything and as expected NADA.
Any help would be much appreciaterd.
Cheers
Mike
Do follow is great as long as people don’t abuse it. Website should be able to engage in reciprocity.
Thanks for this kind info. I was looking to get the details of Do-Follow and I am happy your article has given me best understanding for this.
i think do follow is wonderful plug in from wordpress and really helps to get back links and of course for link building as well.
I never realised that the links in comments in WordPress blogs were no follow. I just checked the page source on one of my blogs and it’s true. I will be seriously looking in to changing mine to do follow. Thanks.
@Mike [above]
There is a WordPress Dofollow plugin link. Go for it man……..
I always marry DoFollow to CommentLuv in my blogs so all my users get the benefit of a keyword rich back-link as well.
I was reading on another do follow blog and found this link followlist.com. Very helpful cuts down on my searching.
Personaly I felt the introduction of the nofollow atribute was an error. I think it has had a detrimental effect on the web comunity as a hole. All links should be dofollow, it benifits the web comunity by creating a voting system, nofollow undermine this.
I agree with Mike. A blog without community is dead and it won’t hurt if you give your users and lifeblood of your blog a dofollow backlink.
Btw, nofollow don’t pass pr juice but does it affect the serps?
I don’t know what happend to my last comment as it doesn’t appear here. But basically i do agree with Rhys about allowing visitors a backlink.
Ive noticed over time many of the dofollow blogs remove the dofollow feature.
This is very handy to know as I am always looking to increase back links with other similar sites to my own. It is frustrating some sites have the “nofollow” tag attached to links, as all the links on my site use the “dofollow” rule. Will look into this a bit more soon
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I made my Blogspot blog Do Follow by Removing the Nofollow in the Template
Thank you for the tip on Spam Karma; I will defiantly look into it. I also like the idea of the comment luv plugin. You do seem to have some decent posts here, which is great spider food.
I’m glad to see another like minded individual who uses do follow on their blog. I think it can be a great way to get rewarding comments, especially if they are keyword relevant for you. I have noticed an increase in traffic on my site since I’ve switched, how about you?
Nice to see a blog that allows you to list your keyword links, after reading all the info i might even look to make sure my blog is also set to do follow
Thanks
Most of the blogs are now converting to no follow. I do not know the exact reason of doing that, but one obvious reason is spamming. Blog owners are scared about it and hence is willing to make the process more strict. Also the link bleed is a valid reason. may be not strong enough but enough to make the blog get converted to no follow.
All of my blogs are DoFollow. I agree with you, I think the positives outweigh the negatives of spam. There are a number of tools like Spam Karma and Akismet that help eliminate most automated spam and some human/manual spam, but actually reviewing your comments before they are approved IS the best way to stop spamming!
What is URL rotator? Is it against adsense TOS?
rel=”nofollow” attribute is considered to be a nofollow but what is meant by rel=”external”
i decided to do-follow,, thanks for the info:)
Thanks for the information. I have always wondered what “Do-follow” meant!
While I’m a firm believer in the do-follow movement, I also feel that it’s worthwhile to also acquire some no-follow links as well. I think a site that only has do follow links would probably seem a little un-natural to Google versus a site that has a mix probably appears to have much more natural links.
I always try to grab a few no-follows in addition to all the do-follows.
Thanks Mike. I have a wordpress blog and I have installed the plugin for dofollow.
I have only just been introduced to the “Do Follow” idea and am still reading up on it to see how it all works. The idea seems great and would be a huge help to lots of bloggers and webmasters to help get just a little bit more traffic. I will be back
Do follow blogs are the best because if your comment gets posted you get a backlink. Backlinks are very valuable in moving your site up on google beat.
To win the race and become the first one on the line you need quality back links and you can only get them through dofollow blogs. Searching is very easy, so get on and take yourself to the peak.
Do follow blogs gives you the opportunity to get a back link and its also important to get those back links coming in so that you can get
index by Google.
Becoming a DoFollow blog is indeed a win win situation. The blog owner receives increased participation and unique web content, and of course the commenters receive “link juice”.
I am definitely a fan.
Dofollow links can be followed by robots. What about nofollow? Can not robots follow these links?
I didn’t even know my blog was nofollow until I read it on this blog. It’s wordpress. I feel like it’s unfriendly to have a nofollow blog so I’ll have to get the plugins for it. I’m on a never ending learning curve.
good idea to make comment’s link dofollow, people write more valuable comments and you have more traffic
Interesting post, i have heard about dofollow blogs and other sites before but never thought about it this way as a link building method.
I wonder if dofollow is a good idea for site with PR1. Will it drain out my site PR? But Might consider using KeywordLuv…cool plugin
I used to belong to the old school of having all outgoing links as nofollow. After much reading, testing, etc., I made my last two sites dofollow using the Keywordluv plugin. The first site had more comments, and in about a month, had a PR 2. I did no other linking other than one link on another PR 3 site to be picked up by the SE, and then made about 5 or 6 comments on other dofollow blogs. Needless to say, I am now a firm believer in do follow.
Spot on about dofollow or rather not nofollow being web 2.0 and that is what it’s all about after all what is the internet without it?
after reading your blog, all my 6 blogs were updated to do follow and just submitted the links here. though i havent seen the results yet but am still happy i was able to know the importance of a dofollow blog.
hi…
I am agree to you…..
coz I also think we can use dofollow blogs as win-win basis…….
by it blog get maximum comments and a site get a back link……..
Do follow is a great plug in to get a lot of traffic and for link building as well.I have installed this plug in on my blog and i can see the change in traffic.
My blogs PR has stayed the same, but I’m not too fussed I’m getting a stack of traffic and some interesting well written comments as well, so dofollow blogs keeps me happy.
Thanks for the clarity in explanation of do follow concept. How do I add it to my blog? Mine is a non-wordpress blog. Would be grateful for your early reply.
Thanks and regards.
i think dofollow blogs are very crucial things when it comes to SEO since dofollow blogs give maximum backlinks which may be very useful in getting traffic.
Thanks for the information, I was not really sure about what is Do Follow and What is no Follow…
I was not sure the difference about No Follow Blogs and Do Follow Blogs but now i can say that this information is really helpful.
Thanks
Thank you. I just stumbled upon your website while doing a search, and it’s the find of the week for me. I truly appreciate your sharing and generosity.
All my best to you!
Do follow blogs are great. Especially when you are adding something of value.
What a great article! I ve always wondered what they where and how all this nonsense DoFollow links worked
i like that how you are kind enough to dumb down this concept for people who are new to seo or blogging. Great read, thanks!
I agree with you on the reciprocity of do follow and comments but that karma spammer sounds awesome too. I will have to try these on my blog. by the way what do you think of the kwywordluv comment thing?
Nice information about dofollow blog. It is like a wiki page on this topic. I find it hard to manage dofollow blog with karma plugin too. Maybe, we need a better plugin to help us run dofollow blog.
Mike,
I am so glad I found this blog post! Thank you for clearing up the “do-follow” and “no-follow” stuff with blogs. I am very new to the blogosphere and I appreciate your helpful advice.
Thomas
wait i still dont get the concept of do follow , so if your blog is a do follow what benefit that the viewers have?
no one can deny the importance of do-follow blos, your ideas are brilliant thumbs up to you, keep up the good spirit………..!
Good article, I’m just learning about do follow blogs and one thing I’ve found if I’ve turned on this feature with a plugin the spam really increases, how do you deal with it all?
Great information! I might be considering to change my blog to DoFollow. By the way, I had checked Spam Karma and I must say it rocks! =)
Thanks for the detailed information about the do follow blogs and the do follow list. I am fan of you now.
This is the first I’ve ever heard of do-follow blogs and I have a feeling I’ve been missing out on something really important. I foresee a library book on SEO in my future. I need to get smart on this. Thanks for this valuable info!
Great article man. Clarified many doubts of mine. I really did not know that much. Is there any way to see if a blog is dofollow or nofollow.
do follow blogs are quite simple they allow the pr from the particular site to be passed on as relative to the site with the link on. if you click on my site above you will find that this is a do follow blog allowing user to utilise my page rank
There is now a “movement” to remove the “no follow” tag from the comments to encourage others to leave comments on your blog. In wordpress, the “no follow” tag can be be turned off by the installation of a “no follow” plugin.
By advertising your blog as a “DO follow” blog, you are encouraging others to comment.
I don’t know why people were so worried about not following in the first place. Google always valued sites and linked out anyway. Do follow has always been a good thing.
the SEO4FireFox is a great tool, but sometimes I’m not sure if the high lighted links are correct because it highlights more than just links.
Being new to this concept, this explanation is very helpful.
I think it would also be helpful to have a discussion on old blogs and how old is too old to comment on them.
Excellent idea to go dofollow buddy. I have been doing it for years with different blogs and have found great success. People are way more likely to leave comments and comeback if they know they will get a link from your page.
Do follow links do exist but you have to look, but I feel it is a shame that all links are not do follow. It would encourage a lot more moderation from webmaster – that must be a good thing.
i am a new blogger,first i do not care about dofollow etc,but im curiuos what it is ? so i googling and find this site. after i read,i decided to turn my blog into dofollow,i think dofollow is usefull to and can make a great relation to blogger and their commentators.
do follow links can be great for getting information on your blog and for sharing information. It can also be a great way to exchange links.
It is very interesting post and very informative as well. Most of us are not aware of this truth. Thanx a lot for sharing this post with us.
Thank you.
This is certainly a good way of attracting comments.
Great post! I agree “do follow” does encourage people to leave comments, but like you said you will attract spammers so you must keep an eye on things to keep them from getting out of control.
I see you use KeywordLuv which is also a great way to encourage comments along with CommentLuv.
Very useful information on dofollow links. I was thinking about making a blog too.
nice post i got a lot of info from that post & i must say its help me & other user a lot so i say a job well done to the author
Great! Thank for information, I’m looking for it for a long time,
very well written article i found it very precise and informative i didn’t get confused about what do follow blogs are about and how they can benfit everyone
This is really what we all need to know, its really very useful for all of us, thanks for sharing your information.