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Google “Do Follow” Plugin Installed Here!

If you look in the sidebar of this blog you will notice the following graphic:

I follow U

What this means is that if you post on comment on this blog that the search engine spiders that visit my blog will follow your link.

You see, WordPress has been set up with a code that tells Google not to follow the links in the comment area, thus making it irrelevant in terms of gaining more incoming links. This was originally set-up so as to discourage spammers from posting a whole bunch of spam comments in order to get links to their sites.

I’ve installed a DoFollow plugin that tells Google to follow these links so that you get more link-love!

Be sure to add this to your own blog and make sure you let people know about it so they know their posts are counting towards their Google rankings.

Please as always feel free to post, and know you are getting credit for those links you post on THIS blog!

Grab your DoFollow graphic here: http://randaclay.com/blog/i-follow/

* Thanks to Angela Wills StarVA blog for turning us onto this one!

10 Comments

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  • 1 Lu // Aug 29, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    Finally – the movement’s here.

    I can understand why a nofollow tag would prevent spam on blogs, but there’s no reason to shy away from giving link love when others comment in a meaningful way.

    Comments are usually moderated and Akismet
    Spam Karma, and other plugins do their
    policing of spamsters on automatic.

    Both parties benefit – balance rules :) .

    U Comment – I Follow – Link Love’s Alive!

    Lu

  • 2 Amin // Sep 24, 2007 at 7:56 am

    It seems to me that with the ability to control spam (and isn’t Akisment wonderful?), the ability to offer links to quality comments would be a great way to encourage participation.

    Much as it is doing in this comment.

    I have a number of blogs with the default policy of nofollow in links, but I’m reconsidering my position on that. I think the U comment I follow idea is a great one.

    Probably does mean you have to keep a keener eye on your blog than without that plugin, but that’s not a bad thing at all.

    Is it? :)

  • 3 Melanie // Sep 24, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Hi Amin,

    I’m continually amazed by how well Akismet works. Even with the “bulk moderation” features already in WordPress, I used to have to spend the first half hour of each day deleting all of the ‘viagra’ posts – lol!

    I’m also personally more attuned to where I’ll take the time to post. Given the choice, I’d certainly prefer commenting on a blog that will pass some ‘link-love’.

  • 4 Gary Harvey // Nov 21, 2007 at 2:33 am

    Excellent. I am using the nofollow plugin on several of my blogs but I have not yet added the image. Will do so.

    Thanks for the reminder/suggestion.

    Gary

  • 5 aRo` // Mar 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    This looks like a great way to improve the interaction with your readers.

    I will also implement this on my blog.

  • 6 Karim Benni // Sep 1, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Thanks Michael for all the free info! I’m very new to Adwards, but you are making it very easy for me to learn.

    Best,
    Karim

  • 7 Michael // Sep 1, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Thanks for stopping by Karim-

    There’s plenty more. Sign up for the newsletter – packed with tips, how-to’s, and always lots of free goodies!

  • 8 Allan Gardyne | AssociatePrograms.com // Sep 17, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Hi Melanie and Michael, Congrats on the “dofollow” step. I think it’s a brave move.

    One thing I’m curious about… It’s funny how SEO goes in waves. People used to worry about linking out to bad neighborhoods but the “DoFollow” folk don’t seem at all concerned about that.

    Does it worry you at all that you may end up linking to dozens or even hundreds of sites that Google doesn’t like?

  • 9 Michael // Sep 17, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    Hey Allan,

    Thanks for stopping by!

    While Matt Cutts has acknowledged the ‘bad neighborhood’ issue, he’s also said numerous times that Google won’t penalize for IBL’s in most cases, as that would leave open the easy opportunity for those so inclined to sink a competitor by simply link-bombing their sites in ‘all the wrong places’.

    From all indications, Google has some reasonably effective filters to detect those types of patterns.

    I’ve taken the position that the good will and positive karma outweigh the negative potential.

  • 10 Michael // Sep 17, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    Hey Allan,

    Thanks for stopping by!

    While Matt Cutts has acknowledged the ‘bad neighborhood’ issue, he’s also said numerous times that Google won’t penalize for IBL’s in most cases, as that would leave open the easy opportunity for those so inclined to sink a competitor by simply link-bombing their sites in ‘all the wrong places’.

    From all indications, Google has some reasonably effective filters to detect those types of patterns.

    I’ve taken the position that the good will and positive karma outweigh the negative potential.

    I should add that comments are still moderated… just in case :)

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