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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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19 Responses to “What are Do-Follow Blogs?”

  1. bloggingzoom.com on June 3rd, 2008 8:13 pm

    What are Do-Follow Blogs?…

    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…

  2. Rhys from Monetize your site on June 4th, 2008 4:50 am

    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)

  3. Alex from WordPress Guide on June 4th, 2008 12:47 pm

    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

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    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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  9. kaks on September 8th, 2008 12:18 pm

    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?

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  11. P.J. Rice on October 5th, 2008 4:10 am

    Great information here. I will be coming back. I have donwloaded that Firefox Seo extension and I LOVE it. Thanks for the tip.

  12. Mc from Chanel Sunglasses 6014 on October 7th, 2008 3:32 pm

    Many people is installing spam eaters in their blogs and they are very happy with their results. We have it and is working well.

  13. Peter from latterkonsulent on October 8th, 2008 7:40 pm

    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
    Much respect

    Peter

  14. Mac from Motorcycle Fairing on October 31st, 2008 6:47 pm

    I only hope this wave of DoFollow blogs remains as it is and not vanish with the passing of time.

  15. Makale on October 31st, 2008 9:53 pm

    thanks for information on Do-follow blogs

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    How important is keyword love anyway? Won’t just a link do?

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