A while back I wrote about my decision to add the DoFollow plugin to this blog. Since then I’ve been visiting different blogs to see how many use DoFollow like me. A look at Deborah’s post about it shows how quickly the community has grown. She provides a nice list of people that are part of the DoFollow community.
The logo that I use for DoFollow was graciously provided by Randa Clay.
This is my personal list of blogs that use DoFollow:
Hi. Just to let you know that I have taken out the do not follow on my blog as a thank you for my commenter’s. I found that I got a number of comments like nice blog which is not adding to the conversation. So I just don’t advertise it and I do moderate and delete obvious link grabbers. How do you handle them?
@Mark:
I think it is. I had a much better answer but after my daughter threw her used diaper at me I kind of forgot heh.
Great, now I’m spamming on my own blog
Okay, stupid question: so why would it concern me if I know if someone’s blog will follow me or not? Would that make a person think twice about entering a comment? I mean, sure it would be nice to have follow on, but it never crosses my mind when I post a comment.
[…] is rapidly growing and that’s a good thing. Since I already listed some DoFollow blogs in my post about the community, my new additions to the train won’t be that […]
@Mark:
When people know that you have dofollow enabled they feel more inclined to keep commenting because they know that every comment gives a link back to them.
[…] You may have noticed the recent ‘U Comment, I Follow’ logo addition to the sidebar of the site, I decided to add this after reading about the ‘Do Follow’ plugin over at Brown Thoughts. […]
This is maybe one of the best things that bloggers can do to raise their comments and the participation of the webmasters, now people can get a link while share they opinions
Thank you for compiling this list of DoFollow blogs. About one month ago, I created a separate bookmark folder called “Blogs Without Nofollow” so that I could keep track of these kinds of sites and comment on them later. After I gather a sufficient number of blogs that have joined the movement, I will publish a list similar to yours so that we can get the “link love” going.
Yes, you’re certainly right about that! Before I found this site I only had about three of them bookmarked. Because there are so many blogs out there with nofollow on them, I have found that it is actually quite difficult to find one that is not unless I specifically search under “nonofollow” types of keywords.
I will take some time to go through the sites in your list and figure out which ones match my interests, my site’s content, etc., but once I get my own “NoNofollow favorites” collection together, I will be sure to include this blog in the final list.
Thank you for the link. I have seen buttons for the Bumpzee site before but never got around to registering or having a serious look at it. I have now signed up with them and joined the dofollow community there. It looks like I’m number 370.
If one of the major points of nofollow was to reduce spam then it certainly doesn’t work as I’m still getting hundreds of spam comments a week. I’ll be following your lead and adding the dofollow plugin to my blog.
Answering Sam, nofollow wasn’t for the benefit of bloggers, it was for the benefit of Google. I doubt Google care about you getting tons of spam, but they do care about the links created by that spam skewing their results.
Okay, I have gone through your list of DoFollow blogs and have bookmarked most of them. However, I found a few that you might want to check on:
1. The last one on your list, “Mark Robinson” resolves to a GoDaddy parked page.
2. Two other blogs, “A Virtual Exit” and “David Airey” appear to be using NoFollow in their comments. It is possible that these blog authors have changed their policies since your original list was published.
At any rate, thank you for providing the DoFollow list. This will be a good resource for comments, traffic, and content ideas.
@Karl:
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll be sure to update this list. There’s actually a DoFollow community on Bumpzee should you wish to find more DoFollow blogs
@Tee:
I only use Akismet. I remember the spam increased but Akismet catches most of it. I still check on the comments just to make sure nothing gets through.
@Tee
I’ve never had nofollow at tech-rant.com and with Askimet + BadBehaviour I get a spam or two every few months. So it really is nothing to worry about. If you block posts with more than 1 link in them you’ll probably cut out 99% of the bots.
Thanks for the response. And wow, only 1? You are a brave, brave man!
So far, in addition to Aksimet, I also use the JSSpamblock plugin, which should hinder machine-based spam (it requires an actual browser to be opened, with Javascript active, otherwise it requires a random number to be typed in. Not quite a CAPTCHA, but similar in theory I suppose).
I want to discourage spam while not hindering the usability for my visitors. The plugin I mentioned above is invisible to a user running a Javascript-enabled browser (which should be just about everyone nowadays!).
Speaking of plugins - I *really* like your comment preview plugin, very nice!!
What other benefits does do follow-ing your blog bring? other than getting more comments? Just wondering, since I wanted to try it out, but I really hate spam. Do you get a boost in traffic?
I’ve had mine do follow for a few months now and it’s definitely improved the number of comments I get. It’s nice that you allow some anchor text in your name field too, my policy is that if you include your actual name with some link text then it’s fair enough. If I get long garbage links then they get deleted. Like you I also moderate the “nice post” stuff that really adds nothing to your post.
I was amazed how many extra visitors i managed to get by changing to dofollow. It was phenomenal. Im struggling to keep up with the shear number of comments now though. Iv had to tweak and tweak my spam control just to keep the comments to a reasonable level!
If you want an extensive list of dofollow blogs you should check out Courtney Tuttle’s “d-list” as well as Nickoo Shore’s list. They have tons on there; enough to keep you busy for weeks
@Dougal Manchester Dofollow certainly does boost up the number of comments and visitors a blog receives.
I would like to invite you to add your DoFollow blog to my DoFollow & CommentLuv Directory to increase your blog exposure. I will be marketing my directory alot hence you should rest assured that many bloggers will see and visit your blog soon. This is a very cost effective way of driving more visitors to your blog and making them to leave comment or subscribe to your RSS if your content is good.
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A while back I wrote about my decision to add the DoFollow plugin to this blog. Since then I’ve been visiting different blogs to see how many use DoFollow like me. A look at Deborah’s post about it shows how quickly the community has grown. She provides a nice list of people that are part of the DoFollow community.
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. Keep up the good work.
April 26th, 2007 01:27
Hi. Just to let you know that I have taken out the do not follow on my blog as a thank you for my commenter’s. I found that I got a number of comments like nice blog which is not adding to the conversation. So I just don’t advertise it and I do moderate and delete obvious link grabbers. How do you handle them?
April 26th, 2007 01:43
Hi Peter,
When I get comments like the ones you mentioned I usually delete them.
April 26th, 2007 02:18
Yeah, I delete those and the usual trackbacks I get from reddit and the like.
But as for the do-follow crowd, am I understanding that the image you use (and something I’ve seen on other blogs) is the standard?
April 26th, 2007 02:28
@Mark:
I think it is. I had a much better answer but after my daughter threw her used diaper at me I kind of forgot heh.
Great, now I’m spamming on my own blog
April 26th, 2007 10:16
Long live the list!
April 26th, 2007 13:37
Yeah, comments should be well moderated
April 27th, 2007 04:55
I have the DoFollow plugin on my site, I assumed most people had this set up - is this not the case?
Should I be placing the logo on my site, so other people are aware I have it?
April 27th, 2007 11:13
I think having the logo is a good idea. At the very least it should make people aware that you have DoFollow enabled.
April 27th, 2007 11:33
Okay, stupid question: so why would it concern me if I know if someone’s blog will follow me or not? Would that make a person think twice about entering a comment? I mean, sure it would be nice to have follow on, but it never crosses my mind when I post a comment.
April 27th, 2007 11:53
[…] is rapidly growing and that’s a good thing. Since I already listed some DoFollow blogs in my post about the community, my new additions to the train won’t be that […]
April 27th, 2007 12:24
@Mark:
When people know that you have dofollow enabled they feel more inclined to keep commenting because they know that every comment gives a link back to them.
April 27th, 2007 14:29
Thanks for the advice Brown Baron, I’ll look at putting the logo on my site this weekend.
April 29th, 2007 18:31
[…] You may have noticed the recent ‘U Comment, I Follow’ logo addition to the sidebar of the site, I decided to add this after reading about the ‘Do Follow’ plugin over at Brown Thoughts. […]
August 3rd, 2007 03:25
This is maybe one of the best things that bloggers can do to raise their comments and the participation of the webmasters, now people can get a link while share they opinions
August 5th, 2007 00:53
Thank you for compiling this list of DoFollow blogs. About one month ago, I created a separate bookmark folder called “Blogs Without Nofollow” so that I could keep track of these kinds of sites and comment on them later. After I gather a sufficient number of blogs that have joined the movement, I will publish a list similar to yours so that we can get the “link love” going.
August 5th, 2007 00:56
@Karl:
I’m sure the list is at least 5 times bigger now hehe. Let me know when you publish your list.
I hope you come back to visit
August 5th, 2007 01:42
@Brown Baron:
Yes, you’re certainly right about that! Before I found this site I only had about three of them bookmarked. Because there are so many blogs out there with nofollow on them, I have found that it is actually quite difficult to find one that is not unless I specifically search under “nonofollow” types of keywords.
I will take some time to go through the sites in your list and figure out which ones match my interests, my site’s content, etc., but once I get my own “NoNofollow favorites” collection together, I will be sure to include this blog in the final list.
August 5th, 2007 02:14
@Karl:
Thanks!
Here’s a link to the DoFollow community on Bumpzee:
http://www.bumpzee.com/no-nofollow/people/
August 5th, 2007 04:10
@Brown Baron:
Thank you for the link. I have seen buttons for the Bumpzee site before but never got around to registering or having a serious look at it. I have now signed up with them and joined the dofollow community there. It looks like I’m number 370.
August 5th, 2007 04:13
Welcome to the community Karl
August 15th, 2007 22:50
Hi Brown Baron,
Can I steal
the logo of “u comment I follow”?
I just Install the plugin into my blog
Cheers
August 15th, 2007 22:53
@AskaX:
Go ahead buddy
August 15th, 2007 23:47
@ Baron:
Wow thats was fast reply…
which plugin do you use for recent comment? I tried Recent-comment1.3.1-lyceum plugin, but it give me an error.
August 15th, 2007 23:53
@AskaX:
I use the Simple Recent Comments plugin:
http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/01/15/simple-recent-comments-wordpress-plugin/
August 16th, 2007 00:12
Thank youuuu I’ll add it tom, its 2 am already in here :p
cheers
August 16th, 2007 00:40
@AskaX:
You’re welcome
August 16th, 2007 06:05
I might try that comments plugin myself, thanks Baron!
August 16th, 2007 13:55
@Zath:
Hey buddy! You’re welcome
August 27th, 2007 21:44
If one of the major points of nofollow was to reduce spam then it certainly doesn’t work as I’m still getting hundreds of spam comments
a week. I’ll be following your lead and adding the dofollow plugin to my blog.
August 27th, 2007 22:29
@Sal:
Welcome to the community!
August 29th, 2007 21:14
@Sal
Try AuthImage wordpress plugin, I never have any spam from spam bot after adding this plugin
August 31st, 2007 21:23
Answering Sam, nofollow wasn’t for the benefit of bloggers, it was for the benefit of Google. I doubt Google care about you getting tons of spam, but they do care about the links created by that spam skewing their results.
BB
October 29th, 2007 16:28
Okay, I have gone through your list of DoFollow blogs and have bookmarked most of them. However, I found a few that you might want to check on:
1. The last one on your list, “Mark Robinson” resolves to a GoDaddy parked page.
2. Two other blogs, “A Virtual Exit” and “David Airey” appear to be using NoFollow in their comments. It is possible that these blog authors have changed their policies since your original list was published.
At any rate, thank you for providing the DoFollow list. This will be a good resource for comments, traffic, and content ideas.
October 29th, 2007 16:46
@Karl:
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll be sure to update this list. There’s actually a DoFollow community on Bumpzee should you wish to find more DoFollow blogs
December 16th, 2007 11:27
Anyway, I’m still armed with ‘nofollow’ because the spam, might considering getting rid of it, but now, I don’t think so.
December 17th, 2007 14:47
@Yang:
That’s not bad. Thanks for the visit
February 29th, 2008 12:10
Have you noticed any extra spam since removing nofollow? Which spam plugins do you use?
I’ve been reading a bit about the “dofollow” movement and my only concern is spam… otherwise, it is a great way to encourage comments, no doubt.
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March 1st, 2008 07:09
@Tee:
I only use Akismet. I remember the spam increased but Akismet catches most of it. I still check on the comments just to make sure nothing gets through.
March 1st, 2008 11:30
@Tee
I’ve never had nofollow at tech-rant.com and with Askimet + BadBehaviour I get a spam or two every few months. So it really is nothing to worry about. If you block posts with more than 1 link in them you’ll probably cut out 99% of the bots.
There’s a good do follow list here:
http://nicusor.com/do-follow-list/
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March 1st, 2008 23:40
Thanks for the response. And wow, only 1? You are a brave, brave man!
So far, in addition to Aksimet, I also use the JSSpamblock plugin, which should hinder machine-based spam (it requires an actual browser to be opened, with Javascript active, otherwise it requires a random number to be typed in. Not quite a CAPTCHA, but similar in theory I suppose).
I want to discourage spam while not hindering the usability for my visitors. The plugin I mentioned above is invisible to a user running a Javascript-enabled browser (which should be just about everyone nowadays!).
Speaking of plugins - I *really* like your comment preview plugin, very nice!!
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March 8th, 2008 04:14
good lucky
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March 12th, 2008 03:21
@Tee:
I’m using the