If you own a blog, I’m not sure if you took the time to study NoFollow blogs vs. DoFollow blogs.
Here is an email I received over the weekend:
Mark ask:
I’m starting to see a lot discussion on NoFollow and DoFollow blogs. I notice your blog is a DoFollow blog. Can you please explain the difference?
That is a great question. In the last couple months I’ve been studying the difference and the benefits of having a DoFollow blog. Once I discuss the difference I think you’ll agree that having a DoFollow blog does make sense. Plus it goes in line with today’s social networking web 2.0.
What is the difference between DoFollow and NoFollow Blogs?
If you are using a WordPress platform by default it is a NoFollow blog. The only time this attribute comes into play is when someone is leaving a comment. The NoFollow attribute tells the search engines NOT to follow the link that is left with that comment.
In other words, you don’t get any link juice from that blog after leaving a comment.
Here is the reason why WordPress set it to NoFollow when someone is leaving a comment:
- It’s good SEO for the blog since it will have less link bleed, which will give you a better page rank. OK…that sounds good to me!
- To avoid blog spammers from receiving link juice to their sites. By having NoFollow will prevent them from commenting on your blog. OK…another valid point!
Why go with DoFollow blogs
If you own a blog, I’m sure you get enjoyment by having readers leaving you a comment after reading or watching your awesome work. Not to mention it creates a social community and builds friendship on your piece of real estate.
Now if you are like me, you like to encourage people to leave a comment on your blog. Here is what I’m about to say. When you leave a comment on a DoFollow blog you will gain a link from that blog because the search engines will follow the link back to your blog.
Do remember that when you are on a DoFollow blog make sure you leave quality comments.
Using a DoFollow attribute is a win/win situation for the reader and blogger. I use to just leave comments on any blog. Now, I search for DoFollow blogs that are in the same niche and have traffic flow. This will allow me to leave a nice comment, generate traffic, and gain a backlink.
I know what you are thinking…What about spamming comments?
Spammers will always be trying to do what they are good at….Spamming. I was receiving spam comments before I made my blog DoFollow. Now, I placed spamming plugins to prevent spam comments.
- Askimet
- Si Captcha Anti-Spam
By having both of these plugins my spam comments has decrease dramatically. However, you still have to monitor your comments.
You are probably wondering how do I make my blog DoFollow
If you see the benefits of rewarding your commentators you can turn off NoFollow tag in wordpress. WordPress doesn’t have an option where you can just turn it off. You’ll need to install a plugin to remove the NoFollow attribute.
You can do a search for ‘Do Follow’ plugin. Simply install it and activate it. This will remove the NoFollow attribute in the comment section.
I bet having a DoFollow vs. NoFollow discussion will continue. But I don’t see why not have a DoFollow blog when you can install plugins to prevent spam comments.
My attitude is if you are going to spend time commenting on other blogs. Why not use the time wisely and comment on high traffic blogs that have DoFollow attribute so you can gain a backlink and traffic from it.
So feel free to let me know what you think about DoFollow vs. NoFollow attribute. I can guarantee you that the minimum you’ll receive a backlink and maybe some traffic back to your blog.
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Thank you Josh for another great post!
I have been wondering the same thing for quite some time now and have not been sure what to do in terms of follow vs. nofollow links. Your post has helped move that discussion along.
I am still not sure what I am going to do yet, but I am leaning more and more towards the follow links.
Thanks again for the post.
.-= Michael A. Novak´s last blog ..The Best Industry to Learn Leadership =-.
Hi Michael,
As long as you have the proper plugins to prevent spamming comments…You are safe! I do this so I can give back to those that visit my blog everyday and comment on it. The minimum that I can do is give you a backlink from this blog.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
I liked this breakdown, thanks for sharing.
I had heard of the terms but wasn’t sure how it worked with WordPress. Now I know
Ryan Biddulph
Hi Ryan,
I’m glad that now you know. The question is are you going to make your blog a DoFollow or keep it as a NoFollow blog?
Have a great day!
Thank you Josh, no I didn’t know that you had to have a plugin to turn off
the no follow. Would this take away the monitor facility if we didn’t use a
spam plugin.
.-= Rachel Hall´s last blog ..Equestrian Workers Need Additional Income =-.
Hi Rachel,
To turn it off you’ll need to install a ‘Do Follow’ plugin. You want to have spam plugin intalled. If you don’t you will receive tons of spam comments. The 2 plugins that I mentioned will be enough. Hope that answers your question.
Have a great day!
Yes that does make sense, I just wondered as some good comments get put into spam, but this can be checked I suppose. But I do want to reward the good comments, thanks.
.-= Rachel Hall´s last blog ..Equestrian Workers Need Additional Income =-.
Hi Josh,
Great post, very informative. I have been receiving about 15-20% spam comments lately so I’ll put this to the test.
Look forward to more of your posts
.-= Johnnie Walker´s last blog ..Chapter 1 Network Marketing Storybook Vol 1 – The Road To Finding My Mentor – =-.
Hi Johnnie,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Before you make your blog a DoFollow blog make sure you install those two plugins to control your spam comments. If you don’t you’ll be receiving tons more.
Have a great day!
There’s a plugin that I use on my WP blog by the name of Meta SEO Pack which allows you to selectively add follow or nofollow tags to each post or page. I find this particularly useful since you can also add keywords and page description to optimize each page/post. Excellent post Josh.
.-= Wayne´s last blog ..Revisiting Supersonic Transport =-.
Josh,
I agree, having a dofollow blog is really just Good Etiquette… if you don’t like spam comments… don’t accept them. That simple.
Good stuff man.
Jordan Schultz
.-= Jordan Schultz´s last blog ..Realize The Network Marketing Leader Inside Of Yourself =-.
Hi Jordan,
People need to realize that they are going to receive spam comments whether it is a ‘NoFollow’ or ‘DoFollow’. However, DoFollow is just a great way to reward those that take the time to read/watch and comment.
Have a great day!
Hey Josh
I recommend the ComLuv plugin which you have because it uses links without the nofollow tag.
In the end if you want commenters you need to reward them with a dofollow link.
Hi Peter,
ComLuv is an awesome plugin to have on a blog. Like you said, great way to reward people.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
I agree with you. I use the Do Follow plugin and also have tools in place to manage spam so it it very possible to have both without to much hassle. You explained this really well by the way. When I first came across this some months ago it took me a while to get clear information so I am sure you will have solved this problem for a lot of people.
~Marcus
Hi Marcus,
I notice that you use DoFollow plugin. That is a great way to give back to those that read, comment, and share your content.
Have a great day!
This is great info Josh. I did not know there was a plugin for do follow.
I’m going to implement this. Thanks again great tips!
Maria Eves
MLMTrainingBase
.-= Maria Eves´s last blog ..How to Message Facebook Fans =-.
Hi Maria,
All you have to do is install that plugin “Do Follow” and the comment section is no longer “NoFollow”. Just make sure you install the other stuff as well. If not, be prepare for spam comments.
Have a great day!
Thanks for another great post. I enjoy reading your blog and will be back again
Thanks for sharing such valuable information. You’re right…Why would you want to put so much time and effort into something that doesn’t produce…So…Do Follow!
Hi Carl or Danielle,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
When I first launched this blog, I use to think that every comment was leaving me a backlink. Boy…Was I wrong!
Have a great day!
Great explanation on the difference, Josh.
The only thing I’d like to add to the discussion is the fact that some commenting systems (like Disqus) will make all your comments NoFollow by default without giving you a chance to choose. So for those of us who have DoFollow blogs that’s obviously not a good way to go.
Thanks for the quality of the info.
Best,
Ana Hoffman
202 Bite-Sized Tips To Insanely Increase Your Blog Traffic
Hi Ana,
Thanks for sharing that info! I notice that every Disqus is a nofollow. It will be great if there is a way to overwrite it if someone is using Disqus.
Have a great day!
Great explanation Josh,
I just found out about dofollow and nofollow the other day reading an ebook. He mentioned it but didn’t explain it that well. Thanks for explaining it in detail Josh!
Sherman
.-= Sherman Smith´s last blog ..A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON SUCCESS… =-.
Hi Sherman,
That is great to know that you are educating yourself on this topic. It is also cool to know that I did a better job explaining it.
Have a great day!
A dofollow blog is no problem if the blog owner closely monitors commentor URLs and ensures that there are no links to foul sites going out.
Hi Andreas,
I was monitoring the URLs before the blog was a DoFollow. That is just part of the game. Thanks for the reminder for the rest of us.
Have a great day!
Thanks for explaining this Josh,
Okay, so I put into the search ‘Do Follow’ and I’m wondering, which one do you use?
Also, how can you tell which type of blog it is when you visit it? I have never heard of this before …
Thanks again!
Susanna
.-= Susanna Hess´s last blog ..2 Business Mistakes- 99 Of People Make One – Which One Do YOU Make =-.
Hi Susanna,
The plugin that I use is called ‘Do Follow’. Now, the best way to know if a blog is a dofollow or nofollow is being release tomorrow on a video I created. It will show you how to determine what it is.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
Thanks for sharing this information, I had no idea about the Do follow and no follow blogs and this post explains the difference really well. I will implement your advice and see how it works for my blog
Katherine
.-= Katherine Droguett´s last undefined ..Response cached until Tue 27 @ 20:38 GMT (Refreshes in 13.19 Hours) =-.
Hi Katherine,
That is great to know that you will be implementing it on your blog. I will visit to see if you implemented it.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh, thanks for enlightening me with this post. I think i am leaning towards a dofollow blogs. I agree with you its a win win situation helping to link back to the commentators site. I will definitely try it out.
Hi Lye Kuek Hin,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
It is a win/win situation. As long as you take the precautions of installing the proper tools to prevent spam comments everything else will be fine.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
it definitely makes sense to have a “Do Follow”-blog, especially if you embrace the idea of your blog being your hub for your social media presence. You are right that spammers are going to always find a way to spam their stuff. So we need to protect ourselves and our ethical readers from them with suitable tools.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care
Oliver
.-= Oliver Tausend´s last blog ..The Anatomy Of Quitting – Would You Like To Change Places With Another Person =-.
Hi Oliver,
That is correct about the spammers. They will try to comment on your blog whether it is a dofollow or nofollow. At least you can place precaution measurements to keep it down.
Have a great day!
Josh,
I had no idea that most WordPress blogs were automatically nofollow in the comment section. That explains a lot from some of the baklinks that I thought I created, but never showed up. It must have been the blog owner.
Well, I know that I am with you. I think that it’s important to reward the people that have taken the time to make comments. I am going to become a Do-Follow blog myself. I already use CommentLove and I think that is a great reward tool as well.
-Joshua Black
The Underdog Millionaire
.-= Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire´s last blog ..Happy 1st Birthday Underdog Millionaire Blog-A Year in Re-Cap =-.
Hi Joshua,
I did the same mistake as you did early on. Until I started looking into it a little further and found what I’m sharing. Thanks for contributing and rewarding your readers that comment.
Have a great day!
Hey Josh, this really valuable info. I have now installed DoFollow plug in on my WordPress blog. Can you tell when you go to a WordPress blog whether it is installed?
.-= Charlie Holles´s last blog ..Goal Setting – should you aim for the stars =-.
Hi Charlie,
I see that you are using Disqus as a commenting platform. Disqus is a nofollow platform and I don’t think by you installing ‘do follow’ plugin will overwrite it. You might want to check out different forums to see if there is a way to overwrite the nofollow attribute on Disqus. Maybe, someone can add a comment to this if there is a way around it.
Have a great day!
I appreciate your reply and help on this. If I deactivate the Disqus plugin, will that automatically delete all the comments I have on my blog? Other wise I’ll look into seeing if I can overwrite the nofollow attribute on Disqus.
many thanks
Charlie Holles
.-= Charlie Holles´s last blog ..Goal Setting – should you aim for the stars =-.
Charlie,
I’ve never used Disqus so I don’t know what would happen if you deactivate it. Check out Disqus forum to see how you can remove the nofollow attribute or what would happen if you remove it. Let me know who it works out.
Have a great day!
hi Josh
What I did was to install and activate Commentluv on my blog. It synchronises with Disqus so when you deactivate Disqus, comments are automatically saved across to the Commentluv platform – cool & thanks for your help.
all the best
Charlie Holles
.-= Charlie Holles´s last blog ..Goal Setting – should you aim for the stars =-.
Nice read Josh!!
This helps newbies a lot. Rewarding your reader with a link love will prompt them to come back to your blog.
As you said the most important point to be stressed, if you leave a comment on these Dofollow blogs, is to leave quality comments.
Hi Sandeep,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
That is why I love dofollow blogs. It rewards the individuals leaving a comment and the blog owner gets readers to come back to leave comments for backlinks. Now, it is important to leave a good quality comment. I’ve delete comments because it is clearly that they are looking for a backlink.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
I just read todays post and had to come here first to find out what I could do to change my blog to a Do Follow and thanks to you I have changed it so all comments froem now should have a back link. I had no idea how important this was and potentional how much traffic you can lose. Thanks for the advice.
Tristram Lodge
.-= Tristram Lodge´s last blog ..Facebook Marketing Secrets Exposed =-.
Hi Tristram,
That is awesome you made the change to a do follow blog. The folks that are commenting will appreciate that. Plus any readers that visit your blog and check to see if it’s a do follow are going to be more encourage to leave a comment.
Have a great day!
I have always wondered about that but never really went to find out what nofollow and dofollow but never bothered to really get to know what it all meant. You have explained it very well and I looks like it could be a good idea to have DoFollow. I’m going to go and set it up right now.
.-= Gerri´s last blog ..Make Money From An iPhone or iPad App Without Making It =-.
Hi Gerri,
Thanks for stopping by!
It’s always cool to see individuals learn something and taking action immediately.
Have a great day!
Hi Josh,
I had no idea. I will go check that out immediately and make sure my blog is ‘dofollow.’
Thanks for making us aware of this and most of all explaining it in plain English.
Have a great evening!
Ilka
.-= Ilka Flood´s last blog ..How Blogging Has Increased My Business Exposure =-.
Josh, which plug-in did you install? I just installed “Follow My Links” and it still says nofollow? Could you please point me in the right direction? THANKS!!
.-= Ilka Flood´s last blog ..How Blogging Has Increased My Business Exposure =-.
Hi Ilka,
The plugin is called “Do Follow”. Click here for the site
Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Josh! It worked.
You have a great weekend too
.-= Ilka Flood´s last blog ..How Blogging Has Increased My Business Exposure =-.
Hi Ilka,
I know what you mean. I’ve visited some blogs teaching something technical and it seems like they are writing a post for Microsoft technical manual.
Have a great weekend!
Great Blog Josh – this is a big topic with Bloggers especially newbies- the trade off fear of being spammed versus the benefit of authentic and reciprocal connections
Cheers Kiaran
Hi Kiaran,
Thanks for stopping by!
This is a topic that can be in discussion for a while. Everyone has their opinion about it. I’m a dofollow fan!
Have a wonderful weekend!