Comments on: NoFollow vs. DoFollow

By: TrishaLyn - Online Marketing Glossary: Spider

TrishaLyn - Online Marketing Glossary: Spider — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:05 +0000

[...] utilize these programs to index the content throughout the net. This is why the debate between nofollow and dofollow links and their effect on search indexing rages [...]

By: TrishaLyn

TrishaLyn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:55:00 +0000

Sure enough, I see the problem and fixed it. Thanks again Ron!

By: TrishaLyn

TrishaLyn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:53:00 +0000

Hi Ron,
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I followed the tutorial on your website and I did exactly what it said to do in removing the rel=nofollow tag. I’ll double check it a bit later to see if maybe I just removed it from one spot instead of all.

By: Tips 4 Blogspot

Tips 4 Blogspot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:53:00 +0000

Trishalyn, first thanks for the plug.

The plugin Ike is referring to, is for use on self-hosted Wordpress blogs. If I am not mistaken, blogs that are hosted by Wordpress are still in the same boat as Blogger.

One common mistake I see most commenters on Blogspot blogs do, is use their Blogger Profile when they add the comment. This will link to their profile page with nofollow alright, but all the links on that page are what? You guessed it, they are all Nofollow.

When you choose your "identity" for your comment, use the "Name/Url" option. Do not use Google/Blogger, OpenID, or Anonymous. Link to your Blog homepage -- after all this is what you want the link juice for. Yah?

I just noticed LaTease's link. She not only is pointing to her Profile, but she also has her Profile marked as Private. Wow.

Lastly, you have not removed the Nofollow reference from your template Trishalyn. Perhaps you removed it from the Backlink section by mistake? You need to double-check, for your author links are still Nofollow.

Ron.

By: LaTease

LaTease — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:06:00 +0000

You know, I never gave the no follow/dofollow syndrome much thought ...that is until last week.

Maybe I'm crossing over...because 3 of my posts were attacked with spam comments. I guess there is a good and a bad to everything.

Since I'm on Blogger, the spammers won't be getting anywhere huh?

Good post.

By: TrishaLyn

TrishaLyn — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:04:00 +0000

I wish it were as easy with Blogger as it is with WordPress. I’ve found in reading various articles that newbs seem to go more with Blogger because it’s totally basic and easy to start on, so the nofollow thing is something I’ve never even considered until now.

That plugin sounds like a great median suggestion – have you had a lot of success with it?

By: Ike

Ike — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0000

I guess I fall in the medium category, with 230 or so subscribers and 40-50 hits a day.

I'm a Wordpress guy, and went with the newer of the Do-Follow plugins, that only removes the NoFollow after a set number of comments.

Lee Lefever over at Common Craft has been dealing with this human spam issue too.