U Comment I Follow

December 20th, 2008 at 4:18 am

Whether to follow or nofollow on comments is still a highly debatable topic but for me, it’s a no brainer. It’s do follow for my blog.It’s really good for link building.

Peter Lee

Work From Home Business Blog´s last blog post..200+ Passive Income Resources, Tips & Home Ideas

2 | drivelocity

December 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Thanks for stopping by Peter! It’s nice to reward people for interacting with your site.

3 | Ned Carey

December 20th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

I just implemented Do follow on my blog using Lucia’s Linky love plugin. It looks like Linky love gives you a few more options vs your choice.

The main difference is Linky love lets you set the number of comments before they become do follow, this rewords your regular commenters and does not give do follow to “drive bys”

Ned Carey´s last blog post..How do I Make Money in Real Estate?

4 | drivelocity

December 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Thanks for the comments Ned! I haven’t heard of Lucia’s Linky Love. That option to limit Do Follow to those having a certain number of minimum posts sounds great, but unless you have a big announcement to let visitors know, you’d probably still get the same number of drive bys… I’ll have to check it out though!

5 | Ozgur Akkur

January 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am

Thanks for the information…
Regards from Turkey!

6 | skyje

February 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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.

7 | drivelocity

February 19th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Thanks for the visit & comment skyje! I definitely want to give something back to those who comment. IMHO, it’s one of the best ways to determine how well a blog is doing. If nobody takes the time to comment, then you’re probably doing something wrong… You’ve got to motivate people to interact and when a blog is new, a little link bribery doesn’t hurt.

It looks like your blog is doing well. How do you like the Guzel theme? I’m using it on another blog – it’s working out well and was well received by visitors. It can be a pain to customize though. I like the individual RSS feeds per category, but I don’t know how to change out the links to utilize Feedburner… any ideas?

8 | Matt Keegan

February 21st, 2009 at 5:49 pm

I’ve been comment friendly for the best two years now and that move has paid off in more traffic as well as higher quality comments.

Sure, the occasional spammer sneaks through but I can obliterate their comment before any harm is done.

I haven’t done U Comment/I Follow, but my blogs are an easy place to get some linky love.

Matt Keegan´s last blog post..Now Cable Firms Want To Harvest Online Business

9 | drivelocity

February 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am

It’s important to note that just by installing these types of plugins you are not guaranteed more traffic. I’ve installed the same ones on other blogs and this is the only one that gets great comments. The others mainly get spam, if anything. I think the niche is very important too…

10 | marblehost.com

March 4th, 2009 at 2:08 am

Well, Such discussion regarding whether to do follow the link on the comment or not is heard here and there. But I personally believe as there is no reason to keep any blog as a no follow except to stop spam which can be done by many other means.

11 | 2009 Taxes

March 4th, 2009 at 7:12 am

The dofollow plugin is great. I use it on a number of sites and it is easy to setup and use.

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12 | hotel madrid

March 24th, 2009 at 11:42 pm

Blogspot and wordpress comes with no-follow by default. Thanks for wordpress plugin. But am looking for blogspot plugin. I a struggling to make my blog do-follow.

13 | discount consumer electronics

March 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

For every blog that we have had, we always tried to make sure that no follow was in there. A lot of times we just had to take it out in the code, but it took time to find. Yes, the spam increased, but if you moderate comments like you are, then you should have no problem. Congrats on joining the movement.

14 | drivelocity

March 26th, 2009 at 6:41 am

hotel madrid, I don’t have much experience customizing blogspot, but here is a guide that should help…
http://webstractions.blogspot.com/2007/05/removing-nofollow-from-blogger-styled.html

discount consumer electronics, Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment!

15 | Apartment Owners Insurance

March 30th, 2009 at 1:32 am

This dofollow plugin is great. I just use it on some of my blogs and seems to be working fine without hassle.

16 | Real Estate For Sale

March 31st, 2009 at 8:30 pm

Well, sites that joined “U comment movement” are hands down . They greatly help other sites for building quality links pointing to their site. Do-follow plug-in is really an admirable work, thanks for this.

17 | lofts for rent

April 15th, 2009 at 9:29 am

I have a wordpress blog and have been trying to figure out where this code can be changed. Thanks for the plug in information I will forward to my webmaster as I believe in rewarding quality comments as well.

18 | drivelocity

April 15th, 2009 at 10:12 am

lofts for rent, I’m glad I could help

19 | Elina

April 18th, 2009 at 3:30 am

Comment moderation and plugins like commentluv are great for bloggers worried about spam and one hitter quitters
I just started looking into dofollow plugins and I appreciate your review of commentluv…it seems to be just what I’m looking for…thanks

20 | Apartments Buenos Aires

April 19th, 2009 at 9:10 am

I Agree with Peter, there´s still a big debate between non-do follow links.- Thanks for the post.-

21 | drivelocity

April 19th, 2009 at 9:24 am

Elina, No problem. Thanks for the comment

22 | First Home Buying

May 8th, 2009 at 6:24 am

As long as you’ve got a good spam blocker, there’s no reason not to go DoFollow. It was implemented to thwart spambots who don’t really even care whether they’re sent out to post on blogs that are nofollow or dofollow. It’s counterproductive and the invention of it didn’t really solve anything – especially since Yahoo still ignores the tag outright!

First Home Buying´s last blog post..Private Mortgage Insurance

23 | Ned Carey

May 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am

@First Home Buying, – I agree. Akismet has done a great job for me. I am do follow and I don’t think I have gotten any more spam comments by being so.

However I have not promoted my blog as do follow by getting on the various do follow lists. I have noted some of the more popular blogs I read have gone back to no follow because they said they got way more increased spam messages.

Ned Carey´s last blog post..What Are You Doing to be Successful?

24 | Spyzooka Review

May 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 am

Thanks a lot for not selecting, “remove nofollow for registered users only”

I hate registering for comments.. comments should be open for all

25 | drivelocity

May 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 am

No problem. I think that would defeat the purpose. Either you have open comments, or require registration, so that option is a little pointless, IMO.

26 | firefly web marketing

June 16th, 2009 at 7:03 am

One of the more outstanding ideas someone has come up with – really in my eyes, when you have visitors writing well thought, and knowledgeable responses to articles, they too deserve some credibility – thanks!

27 | naruto

June 27th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

I think, doFollow blog is a good idea,
Now, my blog is dofollow
.-= naruto´s last blog ..Naruto Shippuuden Episode 116 =-.

28 | placerville homes

June 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

Hi,
Comment moderation and plug ins like commentluv are great for bloggers worried about spam and one hitter quitters.
Thanks.

29 | hi lo counting

July 10th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

doFollow is a great system because it allows the webmaster to get juicy keywords which will boost his ranking in the search engines for more terms.

30 | nipur@folsom homes for sale

July 11th, 2009 at 11:02 am

Hi,
Commentluv was implemented to thwart spambots who don’t really even care whether they’re sent out to post on blogs that are nofollow or dofollow.
Thanks.

31 | wedding chair covers

July 14th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

I am surfing around to see about changing my blog to do follow. Glad to see all the comments.

32 | kathy@palm springs hotels

July 23rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm

I wonder how long until google starts penalizing, if at all. This trend is spreading pretty fast.

33 | Gold Coins

July 26th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

I need to think first and fix something first before making my blog to do follow.

34 | wedding planning

August 3rd, 2009 at 1:40 pm

I think you need to moderate and allow do follow. You want relevant comments and you want to reward people at the same time. There should also be limits as to how many comments there can be.

35 | Jessica

August 4th, 2009 at 6:06 am

Hi,
Dofollow is good but unfortunately as Google continues to refine their algorithm to discount spammy links and moves toward semantic search, and considering that most blogs have a low pagerank, I don’t foresee the benefit of do follow links continuing much longer. I also think this will contribute to Google losing relevance as eventually the only search results you will get are for mega conglomerate organizations that have been around forever.
Regards,
Jessica

36 | drivelocity

August 4th, 2009 at 8:22 am

Jessica, There’s really no way for us to know what to believe. I’ve read recently that because many spammy sites use nofollow links, those will be the types of sites penalized.

37 | Affodable Health Insurance

August 7th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

I agree with you jessica. Google prioritize the do follow links. But unfortunately no follow high pr are appearing on the back links.
.-= Affodable Health Insurance´s last blog ..Rising Unemployment and how it relates to health insurance =-.

38 | Low priced Nintendo wii accessories

August 12th, 2009 at 9:03 am

i am in favor of Do Follow comments blog, whats wrong if someones trying to post a little on your blog! if the purpose is getting a link only so also, atleast you are getting visitors.. but yes the comment should not be irrelevant

39 | jim@homes in yuba city

August 13th, 2009 at 3:49 am

This is an incredibly important plug-in to reward your commenters and stimulate blog conversation, which is the whole point of a blog anyway.

40 | tidewater

August 13th, 2009 at 6:02 am

Thanks. I was totally unaware that wordpress made comments nofollow by default.

41 | drivelocity

August 13th, 2009 at 8:45 am

tidewater, No problem. I figured that if I didn’t know about it until I saw and wondered what the U Comment I Follow badge represented, then others wouldn’t know either.

42 | Jim

September 7th, 2009 at 6:20 am

It’s great to see someone else a part of this movement!

43 | fence gate design

September 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am

whoever her is in favor of do follow blog, does not own one do follow blog himself, i had few for my site and the way they are spammed once you let it lose….
i am in favor of moderated, do follow blogs
.-= fence gate design´s last blog ..Fence Gate Designs =-.

44 | Shredding Services Chicago

December 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am

This a wonderful way to reward your readers for actively contributing to your site.

45 | Randy Palmer

March 4th, 2010 at 8:38 pm

I would agree. Anyway to give back to your readers is a plus. You just do not see that anymore.

46 | Real estate Franchise India

May 16th, 2010 at 8:37 pm

Hi, its nice to see that you have removed the no follow tag from the link. As the main purpose of no follow tag was to stop comment spam but hope it was unable to stop the flow of spam comment and on the another hand the real commentator didn’t get any reason to leave a comment. Comment moderisation is really one of the best way to get rid of comment spam rather than activiating no follow tag.

47 | Traian

July 26th, 2010 at 4:22 pm

as you may already know, Google and other major search engines are using a page segmentation analysis, which will allow search engine bots to identify sections on web pages, such as comments, footer, blog rolls and so on. Even if dofollow is still passing page rank, I don’t think it will work on the long run.

48 | Isabel Lee

August 1st, 2010 at 10:07 am