you comment, Google will follow
Posted in better blogging on 10/07/2007 12:11 am by GraceI have decided to join the U Comment, I Follow movement that’s been going on for quite a while now. It means that the comments you leave here at Sandier Pastures will now be “followed” by search engine spiders.
What the nofollow is all about
The main point of the U Comment, I Follow is to discard the nofollow tag in the comments. The nofollow tag is embedded automatically in the comments for the purpose of reducing spam comments but it seems that it doesn’t work or work only to a minimum. What it does it to tell Google and other search engines not to follow links in the comments. That means, when someone posts a comment here, that’s it, dead end, commenters don’t get any Google juice.
Why I decided to remove it
First, it has been known not to work efficiently on spam. I have another plugin I am using another plugin to catch spam comments, so that should take care of it. Then by removing the nofollow tag in the comments, comments left here in my site can get a link love.
Getting it done
Depending on your blog platform, you can install a plugin to turn off the “nofollow” on blog comments. For Wordpress users, you can download the plugin here.
Randa Clay explains it better so go check out her site. You can also download a cool button to display in your blog to show the blogosphere that you are participating in this some sort of “movement”.
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October 7th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Hi Grace,
Thanks for the link, it’s great to see more and more people taking nofollow out. It doesn’t help, so giving something back to your commenters is the only logical thing to do.
Thanks again!
October 13th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Randa Clay really started a great movement. Commenters should be rewarded. It helps a blog grow to have more readers and more commenters. The comments expand the blog, and give the blogger new material.
I will support this movement also!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
Maximus’s last blog post..Nelly Furtado has sparked rumours she has secretly married.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:56 am
It seems like nearly all “I follow” blogs on the web are PR0 or PR ‘n/a’.
It’s hard to find anyone with a PR1+ that follows. As a fellow follower, I applaud you for following.
unTECHy’s last blog post..Money from Blogging
October 16th, 2008 at 11:13 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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He wasn’t very bright and he reached his adult life without ever having learned “the facts”.
Somehow, it gets to be his wedding day.
While he is walking down the isle, his father tugs his sleeve and says,
“Son, when you get to the hotel room…Call me”
Hours later he gets to the hotel room with his beautiful blushing bride and he calls his father,
“Dad, we are the hotel, what do I do?”
“O.K. Son, listen up, take off your clothes and get in the bed, then she should take off her clothes and get in the bed, if not help her. Then either way, ah, call me”
A few moments later…
“Dad we took off our clothes and we are in the bed, what do I do?”
O.K. Son, listen up. Move real close to her and she should move real close to you, and then… Ah, call me.”
A few moments later…
“DAD! WE TOOK OFF OUR CLOTHES, GOT IN THE BED AND MOVED REAL CLOSE, WHAT DO I DO???”
“O.K. Son, Listen up, this is the most important part. Stick the long part of your body into the place where she goes to the bathroom.”
A few moments later…
“Dad, I’ve got my foot in the toilet, what do I do?”
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