U Comment, I Follow !
By Ilias on Nov 19, 2007 in Seo
The nofollow attribute was supposed to reduce comment spam, but we all know that it didn’t work. All it does do is tell Google bots, and other search engines bots apart from Ask.com, which doesn’t use it, not to follow links in comments. That means, when someone posts a comment, they get no Google Juice. Let’s change that! Let’s share some link love!
If you still have nofollow on your comments read the 11 reasons against it below and take it off like I did !
- nofollow does not prevent comment spam
- nofollow is confusingly named
- nofollow harms the connections between web sites
- nofollow is not useful for humans, just for search engines using PageRank or a similar technique
- nofollow could be used to shut web sites out
- nofollow discriminates legitimate users as spammers
- nofollow heists commentators’ earned attention
- nofollow could be used to further discriminate weblogs
- nofollow prevents the Web from being a web
- nofollow eliminates the dissemination of free speech
- nofollow was developed in privacy with only search engines companies taking part in the discussion
Don’t forget to leave a comment & get a backlink !
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I also removed my No Follow code recently. I have to really watch the spammers though. There are a lot of people that just flood the comments with links now, which defeats the whole purpose. If they don’t say anything about the topic, I delete it.
Thanks for your help in promoting the Do Follow Movement!
Regards,
Nick
I got rid of this plugin because it actually did increase the spam I got. I was listed in a ton of “dofollow blog search engines”, which ultimately led to a bunch of real readers, who left comments just for links.
I have disabled nofollow, but give followed links in my top commentators plugin. I hope your luck turns out better.
At the moment I haven’t seen any increase in the spam comments I get, although I expect it. Therefore I moderate the comments, at least the first time somebody leaves a message.
Moreover Akismet seems to be working fine..
Giving followed links in top commentators is a good idea though..
I think this could be dangerous if you don’t see some spam comments and they are published. May Google indentify you as a spammer too for having links to some spam links…
It is dangerous.. therefore as I said before I moderate the comments on this blog. Anyway, Akismet seems to be doing a great job for me…
Thanks for joining the movement.
By the way, I’m reading Joe Vitale’s “Hypnotic Writing” and, so far its the best book I’ve ever read on how to write.
True, Using dofollow link attributes in your comment would appriciate readers to leave more comments on your blog.. thus making them stay for a longer time.. who know someone likes something in your blog during commenting and become ur reader.. it help full and should be like this way..
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Hello,
I would say it would and could increase readers to your blog.
And get them to keep comming back, i have to set up my own blog , every one is doing it these days.
steve
I have a feeling that people will post nonsensical comments just to get a backlink from blogs.
How do we prevent them from doing so?
very good work done
this is a good step in a very good direction:)
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At the very least we should delete from our blogs comments that are truly spam. For repeat offenders there is probably some form of programming script that could be used to block their comments in the future.
No follow in comments is simply of no use. do follow encourages readers to comment in our blog posts and share what they think on the issue
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Excellent information. I completely agree to what you are saying.
You are absolutely right if everything you are saying here above is meanless. I know NoFollow is hateful, but it is not useful for spammers, so they don’t spam your blog. That’s the reason why a lot bloggers don’t follow the links of their readers.
No follow has really made it hard for new bloggers to get any authority. social bookmarking is fine but even it is flooded with spammers.
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That’ s original, somebody who faces Google headlines. I have enjoyed a lot reading your stuff.
Well done