Aug
I Do Follow, But I Don’t Plug In
Some time ago, the “DoFollow” Wordpress plugin got a lot of buzz amongst bloggers who wanted to reward their commentators (or just from sneaky webmasters who wanted to encourage comments as much as possible.)
I thought it was a neat idea, but I wondered why you needed a plugin to do that. I mean, all you’re doing is removing the rel=”nofollow” from your template. It’s kind of like that optimal title plugin. There’s no point in adding yet another plugin (which will slow down your blog) just to handle a one-time fix you can do in Notepad.
So I just went ahead and removed that code myself. If you want to do the same, I recommend reading this post on Blogstrokes. It should give you all the info.
Now we’ll see if this blog gets included on those “Blogs that DoFollow” aka “Spam These Blogs!!” lists that are popping up. It shouldn’t matter though, because Akismet takes care of all my comment spam so I don’t even have to see it. Take that spammers!
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Is that really all it takes? LOL!! Well, sometimes I just get stuck in “plug-in” mode and stop thinking. Thanks for reminding me.
Yep, it’s just like editing the registry on your computer. It’s pretty simple as long as you don’t screw something up in the process!
Thanks for the mention.
I have also used custom title code for quite some time. I always thought that it was more of a template function than a plugin function, and I even did an article on the code I use at Blog Strokes.
One distinction I would be sure to point out is that the dofollow code tweak modifies core files, so, you have to re do it each time you upgrade WordPress, whereas the title tweak is in the theme and won’t have to be redone.
Some people may have problems remembering to re do their tweaks, but other than that it’s a great option.
Good thing you pointed that out!
It’s worth noting the one tiny drawback is that you do have to re do this each time you upgrade WordPress.
However, you usually have to deactivate and reactivate plugins and stuff anyway, so it’s not like this adds any extra time.
Akismet does do a great job. If to many get through you can also add something like math challenge – the combo works very well for me.
Thanks for stopping by John!
I’ve seen math challenge used on some blogs, it looks pretty good. I’m going to stick it out with just Akismet for now (unless the spam gets too bad, of course.)
Nice job there, very good initiative.
I’m using drupal on my blog. I follow ?
With your permission.i want adding my do follow website.
1. google Ebooks blog at http://Www.Ebooktops.com/google
2. Studentloan Ebook at http://Studentloan.Ebooktops.com
3. Computer Ebook site at http://computer.Ebooktops.com
if want submit your website goto http://Www.Ebooktops.com/tools/submit-url.php otherwise checking Backlink Pagerank, please go to http://Www.Ebooktops.com/tools/pagerank
finally keep do follow exist and please dont be spam. Thanks
Awesome. I’ll be switching over to WordPress and the rel=nofollow in the standard install always bugged me.
Thanks for the tip. I knew there had to be an easier way to get rid of that no follow code. I’ll be doing that on all my wordpress blogs from here out. I hate having to keep track of plugins
Great tip. I think I’m going to add that for my site to try and encourage some more commenting. I haven’t really got big enough traffic for it to make any kind of difference yet though.
It’s something I’ll do in the near future I think.
great post
askimet is brilliant
i use no follow wordpress plugin to encourage comments and works great
I think that’s a great idea.
I just started a blog not too long ago, but I use the plugin. I’m going to use your tutorial sometimes and get it hooked right once and for all.
Akismet is great, Sometimes changing code is a dangerous and not so easy for someone who doesn’t understand coding at all and that’s when the plug-in comes in handy.
Yeah i do agree with all the above comments , by adding those do follow plug in your commenters can get high back links , nice job
Well you do follow and dont use plug in thats really good
, i really appriciate your work ..
Thanks, nice solution
thanks for this post
i really like your blog
After reading your post I installed Akismet and now I think I am going to take off the nofollow in comments.
Maybe I will get more visitors.
@Claudia: Sure you will. I just left a comment there
In one of my blog akismet dont really work very well. Its probably got to do with the fact that I had to add the akismet key manually. I always get the mobile phone spam everyday, the comment are moderated anyway but it tiresome to go through hundreds of those.
At the end I use the math-comment-spam-protection. It works wonders
I would claudia. To be honest i have posted comment in only two blogs , this and pingable not because they have “do follow” but this blog does have some wicked sense of humor about it and well backlinks is free
. I think it is mean for blog owners which do not follow the links as they don’t even recognize the people who come and post their comments. I hate spam as much as you do and i think people could find some other way to keep spam away.
Thanks for joining the Do Follow revolution!
Thats defo a far better way to remove the nofollow.
There really is no point having a plugin that reduces performance when it’s so easy to remove the tags yourself.
He-he, shame on a Wordpress
Blog spamming sucks!
Do follow blogs is the way to move forward and this is mainly because it encourages more people to comment.
Yes there is the threat of spammers and I think this can be solved by various methods. Spamming ownt be a problem if you are an active blogger.
The best part is readers get something in return too.
Well said. Indeed there is no need to use a plugin to remove the nofollow tag, that is provided that you are at least understand a bit of scripting. You may of course follow user friendly guides on removing nofollow tags.
Rif Chia
spam sucks, why do you follow?
thanks
Yes, absolut, I used askimet it’s brilliant !
i use no follow wordpress plugin to encourage comments and works great
Great post, thank
Yes its right, do follow blog causes spam. Good Graphic design.
Good article about spam. I wish more people would follow your advice instead of just complaining about it.
it a b s stand on looking at the web. when the nofollow wasnt invented there would be no spam. think about it.
How kind of you! Just so you know, the keyword “drunk” is what got me here. I’m really into drunk chicks, in case you didn’t know.
One confusing question, your comment links still have nofollow on them… ?
All of the websites I create don’t use nofollow – it should be down to Google to work out how to rank websites correctly without giving webmasters control over which links are ranked. Don’t use nofollow!
If the information that is provided is useful
and relevant to what is being discussed then
I don’t see anything wrong with an individual
adding a link to their site. Still I see many bloggers complaining if someone leaves a link that is new to their site or is not another blogger as if they never had to work to get back links and bring their page into search engine rankings.
I actually had no idea that WordPress made all comment links NoFollow by default. I agree though it’s kind of pointless to install a plugin for something so simple.
Thanks for the tip!
I never thought how the plugin could be slowing it down, for just a quick fix…..
I agree. If people take the time to read your blog post,they deserve some link love by commenting.
Exactly, it is time to say stop the spammer! as a result of them the notion nofflow no longer make sense. good luck for your mission.
Good post.
Thanks
Glad to have another dofollow blog to visit!:-
Your blog is already doing so well so this would be more of a “thank you” to your readers, I guess.
Has anyone ever analyzed the cost/benefit ratio of having more comments by enabling DoFollow which means more content vs less comments but less outbound links? It seems like more content is worth more than trying to limit outbound links especially if you’re moderating comments anyway. Anyway, I was looking for a DoFollow plugin and realized I was being stupid as your posts says. I went and made the simple edit to my template. Thanks for the advice.
Akismet is something great, almost all the spam are stopped.
The problem with do-follow is people will spam. If a blog is good enough then the blog owner won’t need to have do-follow because people will comment to put their point of view accross, not to gain a back link.
The BBC is a perfect example of this. There are no links in the forums and blogs, yet they have many users.
However, when a blog is starting and it wants to get a upper hand, their is no harm in attracting people who want do-follow links, because some will become hooked, so even if you change to no-follow, people will still comment.
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!
Thanks for the tip!
there seem to be plugins for some of the easiest of tasks with WP
Thanks for information. I will also put do follow plugin in my blog site.
Thanks for the information. I realy can use it and it will be a nice plugin for my blog too
thanks alot
ading links to your site can decrese your site SEO, you need to ad your site link to more directorise than links in your site.
In my opinion,
thanks for info.
first I congratulate for your site, I have enjoyed your site in a general look. I wish for continuance of your success
I like the cartoons of the blog.
For me its either follow or no follow but if your article is good… surely you will get a bunch of comments…
Yea nice follow cartoon pic!
Didnt know that WordPress had NoFollow on comments..but something as easy as this surely doesn’t need a plug-in…