Make your commenters happy and follow them.

Posted By Mike on April 14th, 2007
Sorted in Announcements, Wordpress

Thanks to Dawud at DMiracle.com I recently discovered my blog was doing something very naughty. Whenever someone would make a comment on any of my posts they weren’t getting a link back. This is because by default Wordpress has the nofollow attribute turned on for comment links. Very uncool. Fortunately there’s something you can do to correct the nofollow insanity. Install Kimmo Suouminen’s DoFollow plugin for Wordpress and you’ll once and for and all be providing your commenters with much deserved link love. U Comment I FollowNot only that you can go a step further and proudly to display a “U Comment I Follow” badge on your site, courtesy of RandaClay.com, letting your readers know that if they comment on your blog, they’re going to get some love in return.

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  1. 1
    Dawud Miracle (3 comments.) // April 14th, 2007

    Thanks for joining the movement - one I feel is important. Spread the word.

    BTW, you can get a transparent version of the U Comment I Follow graphic at Randa’s site link above.

  2. 2
    Mike // April 14th, 2007

    Coool. I was actually going to just open it up in Photoshop and knock out the background after I got done doing a little blog editing, but that’ll make my morning a little easier :)

  3. 3
    Sharon (2 comments.) // April 14th, 2007

    I’m so glad I had my thinking cap on because I had to do some serious match for the captcha… Hope I proved I was human this morning.

    Anyway, that’s very cool and very nice of you :) Love your blog.

  4. 4
    Mike // April 14th, 2007

    Haha…I know it was some pretty advanced math, but I’m glad you made out okay with it :mrgreen:

  5. 5
    Sharon (2 comments.) // April 14th, 2007

    Yeah, some days I don’t get so lucky…… :roll:

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    dude (16 comments.) // April 14th, 2007

    plugins! there are too many plugins, good you post about the better ones here :P

  7. 7
    Mike // April 14th, 2007

    Haha…no kiddin’ man. Just yesterday I cleaned out my plugins folder of well over 20 that I’d stopped using and I still have a boatload installed :shock:

  8. 8
    :: Suzanne :: (1 comments.) // May 19th, 2007

    Hi,

    I’m curious, have you noted any drawbacks to removing the no-follow? I just removed it and posted about it, but now I am wondering.

  9. 9
    Mike // May 19th, 2007

    Hi Suzanne :)

    So far I’ve not seen any drawbacks to removing nofollow. I’ve had it disabled for a while now. As I understand the nofollow was supposed to be for security and spam reasons, but if you set up an alternate way to catch spam (like I have with the math question) then there’s really not too much to worry about.

    Fortunately it’s one of those things you can easily turn back on should you decide it wasn’t such a good idea :)

  10. 10
    Pablo (1 comments.) // September 9th, 2007

    Very good initiative indeed, it will keep your blog comments active by doing this.

    Good job

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    do follow (1 comments.) // December 15th, 2007

    Hi, just dropping by to say hello and telling you that your site is featured in the DoFollow blogs search engine!

    Cheers!

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