Recently I became aware that the default installation of WordPress marks all comment links with the rel=’nofollow’ tag. The effect of this tag is that search engine spiders such as GoogleBot will not follow the link to your site, thus the only effect of the comment is if a human follows the link.
The origins of the nofollow tag are steeped in the early days of blogging where spammers were common place, and spam control mechanisms were not. The nofollow thus presented the nefarious activities of the spammer resulting in a profit from the increased sales of whatever product they were pushing.
In the current day however there are multiple spam control options available to combat this disgraceful activity. In fact one is shipped with WordPress by default in akismet. They are very effective and constantly updated. They are not faultless so the blog administrator should review all comments. However, the amount of illegitimate spam is vastly reduced. As a result the nofollow tag is less a legitimate spam control mechanism.
Given the effects of the spam control mechanisms I believe that commenters should be rewarded for their commentary. So I thought I would check the WordPress Dashboard and look for a simple toggle option for enabling/disabling the tag. Unfortunately, it is not a natively user configurable option. I hope that makes it into WordPress 2.5.
As such I have over the previous few days been investigating ways to remove the nofollow tag from comments. After a brief Google search I found the dofollow plugin by Kimmo Suominen. The plugin is highly configurable, but as mentioned earlier an administrator should still check comments regularly to ensure they are relevant and are not some clever spam.
I also found a complimentary plugin called CommentLuv. This plugin will interrogate the supplied URL and if possible retrieve the commenters last blog and place a direct deep nofollow free backlink to it. In this way other blog commenters will see potentially interesting content and visit. Further, search robots will also follow the link to the post.
With these natural advantages I decided to display that SCHWOIT is a proud believer in the I Follow Movement. Again looking at the fiddyp site I found the fast friends follow fair comments post. I liked the design and so decided to integrate it with my design. It is displayed in the header floating over the Bird Of Paradise leaf.
I am a proud member of this movement and encourage all bloggers to embrace the movement.
great plugin.millions of thanks !
supers
thank You
thanks for the great plugin
Get the commentluv plug in and set the buzz go on in your wordpress blog. It is a great add on to the WP blog.
nice thank you very much for this article.
Hey ! what is commentluv and u follow ?
Are these tools of SEO, or something else.
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My own blog at Karlonia.com does not yet have the CommentLuv plugin but it is DoFollow for comments.
Another useful plugin for encouraging comments is KeywordLuv, which allows commenters to choose the anchor text for their links but also allows them to use their real names or usernames. I discovered the KeywordLuv plugin a few months ago, but sadly my theme seems to be incompatible. This probably doesn’t matter much, however; people seem to be doing a good enough job of putting their keywords in the name field anyway
very good info for me..im on my way to use wordpress
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It give a bit strange feeling, but it all depends upon the taste of the user.
Thanks for sharing.
I HATE NO FOLLOW, THANKS FOR THE LINK.
This a really great plugin, definitely helps to build a sense of community!
thanks a lot!
thank you
Great idea + post! I didn’t know about the “no follow” tags until now
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Nice post. Have added you on RSS to keep myself updated.
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Precisely. We no longer need them. So this is really cool. I’m glad you also liked it.
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Many thanks for the article. I think using I-follow links can be a great boost to a blog in terms of the level of reader contribution. Those providing an input to your articles are rewarded with a backlink to their site.
Thanks for another amazing plugin! I love it
Nice post. Just discovered this blog – new to me in 2009 – so I’ll be coming back for more useful comment. Happy new year to all
I don’t know If some bloggers are just putting U comment I follow badge to their page to encourage readers to leave a comment because obviously that contributes to their blogs success. Thanks for explaining the issue further and thanks for making your page a real do follow.
thanks for sharing
Regards from Turkey!
Sorry to say this, and I’ll go against other posters here, but I don’t think this article was that interesting. From what I read in this blog in other occasion, you can do much better than that…oh well, I wouldn’t be that surprise if this comment won’t be published
I’m not sure how active I’ll be in your page, but one thing i sure, I’ll be back to read again some of your post coz it’s really worth to read it.
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Thanks!!! cool…
I really think that such arangements
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Nice post thanks for the information, keep it.
Greetings!
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That was a great blog. Most blogs are not even worth reading.
Are you planning to blog more on this topic. I would like to learn more.
I really liked your blog!will chck back soon again thx
God Bless Commentluv! It is by far the best plugin I’ve ever found.
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Excellent post! Thanks for that! I like this information on gardening.
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Nice, I think it could be interesting to add some more entries following this one, and probably it’s not only me having this opinion. Cheers!
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
I just found your blog following a link, it’s nice, but I hope you can update it more often, hehe, because the information that you have here is quite interesting. Keep going!
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.
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I really liked your blog! Definely I Stumble UP the blog post ! Great Blog indeed
Great blog, you have some very good interesting points that I like.
I love gardening and flowers very much, thanks. I will be back 
Thanks
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Great work! I really enjoyed this article! Hope to read more from you soon!
i didnt really know about this… i am a newbie blogger hehe. but i think the dofollow its a great way to improve page rank…. anyway i will try this method… and at least i can change my blog from nofollow to do follow hehe thx for this information bro.. i appreciate it…
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I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Nice post! I really like your site design. Just thought I’d drop a line, take it easy!
Hey, I’ve been visiting the site for a while but never commented. Keep up the good work! Drop me a line on my blog sometime, Online Movie Reviews. Later.
Hi,
thanks for the post, I have just started experimenting with wordpress for a new site that I am setting up (sort of a food blog…but not really “just a blog”) Anyway, I was not are of this, and it will help me out greatly! Bookmarked this info for future reference for when I bring it online. Thanks!
Great job. I didn’t expect to see this here. Glad I stumbled upon your site. Well done, bookmarked
I’m glad to see that other bloggers are beginning to join the revolution
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Finally something new for me to learn and I am already subscribed. You can contact me if you need to.
Very nice information. Thanks for this. By the way, did you create this layout yourself? It looks pretty clean, is it possible if I want to use it for my blogspot/blogger blogs? Sorry, I am new to codings.
The theme is Audyasha which is based on the Kubrik theme. I got it from the WordPress Themes Directory some time ago. It may no longer be available for download.
Thanks for the post, it was a nice reading, i like it.
Thank you – I’ll be sure to check back later for more of your posts.