Every blogging platform has a field for your website in the comments section and I believe in rewarding people who comment on my blog, but that is just me. Again when someone says they are nofollow because they don’t want to pass page rank, how does that make them sound? Kinda self serving don’t you think? Not saying this is the only reason bloggers choose not to follow, I am sure we will hear from the nofollow perspective and why they prefer nofollow.
I would much rather share page rank in exchange for building quality relationships with like minded bloggers and are willing to give back something in return for commenting.Yes I do know it is possible to build relationships with nofollow blogs as well but it is my preference to focus on dofollow bloggers #justsayin sorry thought we were on Twitter for a second.
I know some people will say well I don’t want to reward crappy comments, my response to that would be hit that little delete button. If you are going to approve a comment then odds are you felt it added some sort of value to your blog, why would you not want to reward their efforts?
If you feel someone only commenting because they want to be rewarded with a backlink so what? As long they are leaving something worthwhile be appreciate of it don’t look down or question their motives. Who cares how they got there just be happy they got there. Also there is a difference between commentators who actually add value and spammers I am sure you can figure out the difference.
When you are linking out as a dofollow link you are not losing any of your page rank to that particular page your just sharing it among all the other links on your page.
As long as the comment link is not going to some spammy site or bad neighborhood sites you are not going to hurt your sites reputation. You can watch Matt Cutt’s video addressing this below.
Now I have seen bloggers interpret this video many different ways but there is nothing negative against dofollow links other than what I mention above linking to spammy sites.
According to Matt Cutts in regards to pagerank sculpting google changed the algorithm so each link that you link out whether it is nofollow or dofollow are being factored in the equation except the nofollow links do not pass pagerank points .So essentially the only way you can now hoard pagerank is not link out period. Of course Matt Cutt’s advises against doing that but doesn’t really elaborate on it. This essentially was the way it was done prior to the “nofollow” tag was introduced by google
This may cause some bloggers to go ahead an close out their comment sections which I think is absolutely the worse thing you can do. PR is such a small factor in googles algorithm why concern yourself with pagerank sculpting.
So here is the conclusion to this story
- Reward your commentators be do follow
- Don’t worry about linking out
- Build relationships with other bloggers ( I choose mostly dofollow bloggers but still build relationships with nofollow bloggers as well)
- Don’t accept comments or link out from spammy sites ( this one is tough because how do we know what is consider spammy in googles eyes? But for the most part I would say don’t link to any of those obvious ones you get with the hundreds of links)
- Have a Nice Day!
Keith from Hot Blogging Tips has a different view in regards to dofollow vs nofollow blogs please check out his side and why he prefers being a nofollow blog.
I just want to add I don’t believe there is any right or wrong when it comes to dofollow vs nofollow to me it’s a personal preference to be dofollow and stay committed to being dofollow.
I compare it to being a democrat or republican we may have different views but at the end of the day we all are the same people with the same goals.(well for the most part 
)
So what are your thoughts? Are you a dofollow or nofollow blog? What are the pros and cons and why do you prefer one over the other?
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Great article Danny, and thanks for the mention!
A couple of points I would like to bring up that changed my mind about being do-follow:
1. When Matt was talking about “scuzzy sites” in that video, he mentioned debt consolidation sites specifically as a “scuzzy site”. I would have never guessed that to be true. That being the case, what other types of site does Google consider bad that I didn’t?
2. I am a huge believer of building relationships, but I base that on an actual relationship, it shouldn’t matter if I am giving you something for commenting, kind of seems like a bribe when it is put that way. I am not saying that all do-follow blogs are bribing for comments, but lets face it, most do-follow blogs are trying to attract more comments. But what will those comments get you? I am talking about the ones that comment purely because you are do-follow. Yes I lost a few regular commentors when I changed my site, but I see them as a false relationship since the only reason they were there was for a do-follow link. Is that really building relationships?
3. I still have Top Commentors in my sidebar which awards the top 5 commentors every month with a do-follow link on every indexed page of my site. To me, that is rewarding the real participants of my site, and not just fly-by-night commentors. It resets every month, and encourages regular readers to continue to comment.
4. What is the real value of that comment link for link building? This could be another debate all together, but essentially most of the do-follow posts you comment on won’t build any PR for awhile, if ever. The ones that do get found, and end up with hundreds of comments (check out 1stWebDesigner.com) so the link doesn’t really provide actual value.
So, my conclusion is this: Are you building real relationships? Would they still be there if you decided not to be do-follow?
I enjoyed the post and hope to see more comments and further debate here on the topic…..
I think when Matt Cutt talks about Debt Consolodation being scuzzy is because there are tons of spammers trying to make quick a buck off the google adsense that apply black hat tactics. I don’t think if you link out to a legitimate debt consolidation website that doesn’t use these tactics you are not going to be penalized one bit. I am one not to be paranoid about this at all, I am sure there are some questionable websites I have let go through in the past on my site that may being using these tactics. I probably should go back and check to see if any may be questionable so called “scuzzy sites”
In regards to building relationships we all have a certain alloted time we can spend on commenting, I choose to focus on dofollow bloggers only because I find most of them are more willing to comment back on my blog, retweet and share with others because I extend the same courtesy. I don’t see it as selfish because I feel when I comment it is going to be something of value I am providing to their blog as well.
I think it is great thing you use Top Commentor it certainly rewards the most active and loyal visitors to your site.
Who really knows how much or how long you will benefit any pr from comments but you can also say the same about the backlinks in the content section, it is going to take the same time to season those links as well. Of course it is beneficial to have content backlinks which are the best type of links.
Like I said I don’t think there is any right or wrong in the debate. I just have problem with bloggers that use dofollow as a bait and switch with all intentions of changing to nofollow after they build up audience and then stick it to all the commentors that left comments in the past. I know this is not true in your case since you just took over your blog.
I know things are always changing with seo and down the road there may be something I feel will hurt my blog because it is a dofollow but at this point I don’t see that there is.
I do know if I ever changed this blog to nofollow I probably would be lynched because I am so adamant about never switching to nofollow and be considered a hypocrite. If I ever felt that way I could probably sell it for it’s current value around $19.95
Thanks for commenting and appreciate your opinions on the debate.
What a great post Danny and it just goes to show that all great minds think alike
Seriously though I don’t understand why people do not want to reward people for leaving well constructed comments, comments that may increase their serps which is something that I value way more than Page Rank. What is PR anyway other than a way for others to snub those below them in the ladder.
Thanks so much for commenting Sire. Speak for yourself when you say great minds..lol Yeah really people focus on PR way to much..Besides the better content you provide and relationships you build PR will come naturally.
Hey Sire, haven’t seen you for a while (I here you have been busy with real world stuff). I do agree that SERP’s are far more important than PR. Case in point is my PR1 products site that make me $1300 yesterday, because I rank for very targeted “buy” phrases.
Something I don’t understand, is why I have to reward every commentor on my site? While I really appreciate all the comments I get, I appreciate more that they comment knowing there is no reward other than engaging in a conversation.
Knowing you, you don’t give a rat’s a$$ about a reward, you comment when you want and where you want. And you do it because you have something to say. Why should it be different for anyone else? By building up some sort of commenting reward, we almost build fake communities around our blogs (unintentional or not) which I think leads nowhere.
I will say this, the community around do-follow is very close knit, and they stick together. But I often wonder (and I think I proved it on my blog) if it is a false relationship built around the fact that you have a do-follow blog….
.-= Keith´s last blog ..Are You Being A Cry Baby? =-.
True, but why not reward someone for commenting. Sure it may attract some useless comments, but they just get deleted leaving those of value, and I’ve no problem at all giving something back.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Update On Sponsored Tweets As To It’s Money Making Potential =-.
nofollow is a spam deterrent or to avoid association with questionable sites, nothing more. The way that it is currently implemented by google it won’t help your PR or ranking in the SERPs at all.
If you have 20 links on the page then your PR will get split into 20 parts even if 10 of those links are nofollow, then the 10 parts that would have gone to the 10 nofollow links just doesn’t go to them, but those 10 parts of PR don’t go anywhere else either.
If you wanted more PR to go to your 10 followed links then you would have to simply delete those other other 10 links or else find some other way to hide them from google, because nofollow won’t do that.
If you could use nofollow to sculpt PR, preserve PR, or cause more PR to go to specific links it would really just be gaming the system, which google doesn’t like at all, so it only makes sense that they changed how they handle nofollow to the way it works now. You can stop PR from going to links you are unsure about and avoid association with those sites, but you get nothing else in return for it.
Some people want followed links and they might not post on your page if it is nofollow, in that sense it can be a spam deterrent. But that really is about all nofollow is any good for. If you think it will preserve your pages PR your are simply mistaken, it doesn’t work like that. If your think it will cause more PR juice to go to your remaining dofollow links, again, your are simply mistaken, it no longer works like that (hasn’t for quite some time now).
Also I think if you have 100 spammy links to shady sites, you may be penalized even though they are nofollow links. What you have from the user’s perspective is a big list of spam and 100 links to bad places and if nofollow made that ok then google would suffer for it because tons of garbage sites would start topping their SERPs and that is not what people want to find, the main reason google is successful is because it helps people find what they want, not lists of nofollow spam links.
Goodness gracious! A while ago I installed a plug-in to switch to DoFollow. Apparently, something went wrong. After a few months, I noticed a big NOFOLLOW in the code that goes along with the commentluv link that I can see on my admin back end.
I got confused and reached out to Andrew, my tech buddy, for help. We reinstalled and got the plug-in working. So, now I am DoFollow.
I get sploggers sending trackback SPAM. I delete them when I notice multiple trackbacks from the same ISP.
I delete obvious SPAM comments (foreign language, comments that show up connected to images, plus the rest of the usual objectionable subject).
I’ve never thought about “preventing” someone from getting my page rank. That is abhorrent to me. Seriously. What kind of game is that? Am I going to spend all day, guarding and defending my site from page rank dilution?
I got moves – I can handle it. I train in mixed martial arts. But, do I really want to bring hard-heartedness to my blogging? Are commenters “opponents” to be crushed?
I’m all about managing SPAM.
Seems like most people should just keep writing good content and not worry about NoFollow. Chasing page rank doesn’t sound like a good game plan. I just get confused with all this conversation.
On a personal note, I don’t like stingy people. They bring out the fighter in me. Many people think I have a really good fight face – as long as they’re standing behind me – and not in front of me
lol!
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Hey Cheryl, Thanks for stopping by. Yes when google came out with the nofollow tag it was to prevent spammers from gaining the system. It was not meant to be applied they way most people apply it today.
I will say a lot of people have no idea their blogs comments are not being followed because that is the way the blogging platforms are defaulted to, I am not sure why they do this and I wish they changed that.
I would have never thought you had a fighter’s face by your picture but I am not going to mess with you to find out. lol
Thanks again for stopping by and hope to see you around. I will make sure I add your blog to my dofollow lists.
I agree with Sire that great minds think alike
Hee hee. Yeah this is a hot debate. I am working on a post about it too. If you moderate the comments you’re not losing anything by giving a comment link to your commentators.
Loved the post Danny excellent well thought out points.
All the best,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Follow us on twitter buttons for free =-.
Hey Eren, Thanks so much for commenting. It drives me crazy when people say they switch to nofollow because they start getting so much spam. Moderating comments is probably the easiest thing you are ever going to do on your blog.
Thanks for stopping by!
Danny, from my observation, some blog with commentluv plugin will subject first comment to moderation and any comments there on is pre-approved. Some poeple is obvisouly taking advantage of this.
First comment they submit with thoughtful comment, once they got the pre-approved privilege or trust from blog owner, things there on is spammy comments – lol.
This google is a pain. Now they want you to know who you are linking to?? Instead of you worrying about how to build relationships only, they want you to monitor those sites that posts comments on your blog.
.-= Zack´s last blog ..http://www.Scottrade.com – Scottrade Login =-.
There are many link building techniques in SEO and blog commenting is one of them. By post comment on the blog we can promote ore site. for that we give link to our site with the relevant key word. I heard that if the blog is dofollow than it provides extra benefit to the site, but I think the PR of the post matters more than that. I like your post and the comments too. Thanks for sharing this information with us. Keep it up.
Useful post Danny, As a means of connecting with people and developing new relationships, commenting is great. Really comment section should be about rallying conversations around the topics in which we are interested. They shouldn’t be a place where we bribe people to talk to us!
Between connection issues and being swamped I just now found this new post. Do feel free to give me a heads up on chat, by email or with an @GrowMap message at Twitter any time you write about something you know I will be interested in.
You know we are on the same page when it comes to the dofollow issue. I refuse to allow one entity to control my life and will continue to support those who deserve my support.
What many refuse to acknowledge is that it is NOT the plugin that decides who we support; it is that those we desire to support have particular beliefs that have led them to join a community that uses dofollow CommentLuv and KeywordLuv even though they MIGHT reduce their “juice” and DO require more dedication to moderating comments.
We don’t support a blogger because they install a particular plugin; their decision to be part of a particular community that uses specific plugins has self-selected them into where we are focusing our time and efforts.
Make no mistake that all you have to do to be generous is install plugins; it is a greater mindset than that; any acknowledgement of the big picture and what is important in life. It is our vision of what is a more ethical, narrow path.
.-= Gail @ KeywordLuv´s last blog ..KeywordLuv: How Using It Benefits Us All =-.
Well I appreciate your efforts in helping out others especially the little guys. Keep up the good work Gail.
You are right, it is not the plugin. But supporting someone based purely on that plugin is about the most retarded thing I have ever heard. And acting like because someone is no-follow means they don’t support others is ridiculous.
Your comment actually makes no sense at all Gail, you did much better on my post. You don’t choose to support a blogger based on a plugin, they are self selected because of the plugin? HUH?
.-= Keith´s last blog ..Are You Being A Cry Baby? =-.
I’ll try again but I suspect that your focus on the plugin will make it challenging to show you the big picture.
There are only so many hours in the day. We must start prioritizing who will will support. Those bloggers who strongly support the dofollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv community are my choice.
Does that mean I will never link to or write about anyone else? You already know it doesn’t because I still link to you and just added a link to your post to the KeywordLuv post I wrote so that bloggers considering using it see both the pros and cons.
What it does mean is that those who have publicly come out in favor of supporting small businesses and the greater good are my focus. My actions will benefit more people when I consistently support specific causes, sites and people instead of spreading myself thin by trying to support everyone.
If this is still not clear enough I’m afraid we will have to just agree to disagree and move on.
.-= Gail @ KeywordLuv´s last blog ..Verifying What is Do Follow versus No Follow =-.
Gail, I know you have linked to me, but only about the Do-Follow vs. No-Follow debate (which I appreciate the links!).
Again though, this notion of “supporting small business and the greater good” is nonsense. Does someone have to be do-follow to be a small business that needs support? Really, all you are doing is trying strong arm people into giving do-follow links so in return you will put them on some stupid list and send traffic their way. Unfortunately for those that are in this “clique”, what they don’t realize now, and may never realize is that none of that traffic sent their way by these lists will ever earn them one penny. How supportive is that?
I would prefer to support some like Joe Boyle, who is a 13 year old blogger who has just started out, and by watching him, I suspect he will be making a good living long before he is even 18. I prefer to support those that actually deserve support because they are working hard to let things happen the way they are intended to happen and are not trying to game the system by only going after do-follow this or that, and trying to figure out the easier way to get up the SERP’s. Why not just write quality content that real people need and other webmasters will WANT to link to?
Honestly, since I removed do-follow from my site, I get linked to more, I get more traffic, and my site is making more money. I don’t really see any benefit of being do-follow.
Finally, it is statements like what you have made, that really turns people off of do-follow. It is not a moral or ethical decision Gail, it is simply a preference. I am almost to the point of even removing the Top Commentor widget in my sidebar (which is do-follow) and completely staying away from all do-follow sites because of way some of you act. It is not a religion Gail, it is simply a decision people make on their sites, sites they work hard at, sites they pour their own money into, and sites that belong to them.
.-= Keith´s last blog ..I Did It The Hard Way: =-.
It’s obvious that you guys are never going to agree and that’s cool because not everyone agrees with everyone else. Keith has his arguments for the way he runs his blog and Gail has hers. Personally I prefer to be a dofollow blog, and while I don’t necessarily check to see whether a blog is dofollow or not when I comment, once I do realize they are dofollow I tend to concentrate on them. May be wrong of me but that’s just the way it is.
It’s like those blogs that use Disqus and stuff. They obviously feel there is some benefit for doing so, but unless I’m returning the favor for someone commenting on my blog I tend to avoid those particular blogs.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Why Alexa Is More Important To Me Than Google Page Rank =-.
Sire, I am 100% with you on Disqus! I comment on 2 blogs that have it, but rarely!
.-= Keith´s last blog ..I Did It The Hard Way: =-.
I read through from the top till the comments. First of all, a very nice post by you, Danny. You made an effort with it and good that you include Matt’s video as some will be wondering what does Google think about it, generally.
I must agree with Sire as there’s no right or wrong in this topic. Same reason why some people think social media will work while some not. It’s alright for we all have our reasons.
Keith has brought up some good points too. I can’t say I will always be DoFollow, only time and experience will tell eventually. It’s a choice. For now, I’m happily embracing it.
Thanks for the opinions shared here, I gained a lot from the different perspectives here. Appreciate all the suggestions.
@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker
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I dont think that the idea that allowing DoFollow will bleed your PR. If you want to see something interesting check out linguisticszone.blogspot.com. A PR of 4 because Google loves content. Just remember Google isnt stupid so dont spam.
Hi Danny. I found your blog looking into the keyword luv blogs, and I realized after reading a bunch of your posts, that you actually have a decent head on your shoulders. You make some valid points and don’t seem to be lacking that thing that is supposed to be common but really isnt….common sense. I even bookmarked because I enjoyed reading so much. Nice blog man. Keep it up!
I believe that if there is a negative effect to the outbound links associated with do follow, these are more than offset by the people who will visit you because your blog it is do follow.
.-= Richard@How To Videos´s last blog ..How To Copy A DVD =-.
I agree with your side of this debate. I too believe that rewarding blog commenters and regular visitors is the right thing to do. I am so sick of people hanging on every word of this Matt Cutts, enough already..
.-= Tycoon Blogger´s last blog ..The great debate continues.. =-.
Hi Dan Thanks so much for commenting. I saw your blog just switched to dofollow but have seen it around for a while. I think I saw it first from entrecard and I know I have commented in the past although it was a nofollow (how dare you! haha jk ) I do agree somewhat in regards to Matt Cutts but since google is such a big player and typically draws 60% and higher results to websites it is hard not to abide by their rules. Although I don’t hang on every word Matt Cutt says I do try and follow googles guidelines as much as possible because who are we kidding you get penalized by google it has serious consequences towards your traffic.
I am not in any means paranoid like some of being penalized I use common sense when it comes to seo and if we all just do that there really is no reason you will ever be penalized.
I think rewarding commentors and regular visitors should come in the form providing them with useful content. The truth is, the links left in comments are meant for advertising in promotion in my view. The algorithm was set up for links to count as votes and this helps determine what sites should rank for certain terms. So, just because you leave a link with the anchor text “aluminum widget” doesn’t mean that that site owner thinks your site is an authority on “aluminum widgets”. The way it was set up is that if another site links to you because they think your site is an authority on “aluminum widgets” then they would consider it a vote.
That is why links are automatically no-follow in comments on blogs, because just because you leave a link doesn’t mean I am voting for your site with that term.
That is why I say that the use of do-follow is a form of trying to game the system, but Google is onto it which is why they discount comment links anymore….
.-= Keith@ Blog Tips´s last blog ..Make It Easier in 31 Days =-.
Perhaps Google is onto it but even so dofollow blogs do get more comments and as long as you only accept the good ones, deleting all the worthless ones, dofollow blogs look more active and also list better in the SERPS (Search Engine Result Pages) which to be is way better than PR.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Getting More Than Just Money For Doing The Xomba =-.
I think you have some really good content here and I hope most people appreciate that you are giving them valuable information, so they can learn more about SEO.
Hi Danny,
Thank you for this post which creates a good debate and yes, my blog is dofollow.
Furthermore it is gives keyword luv.
I don’t understand why people think that they are losing something by giving a dofollow link to genuine non spammy people who comment and thus contribute to everybody.
There is no proof of PR leakage except from links going to bad neighborhoods.
And linking out in other ways is beneficial too.
I have witnessed the deterioration of some blogs that have removed comments altogether or even just top commentators when they used to have them for a considerable time previously.
I hope that people who have been made to believe in keeping all the links to themselves while trying to get as many links from others will see the light soon.
Vance
I think the biggest problem comes about when comments link to bad neighbors. A lot of this can be blocked by manually approving links and its my personal opinion that google treats comment links in a different light to a normal link.
If you intentionally link to a bag neighbor then i can see the logic behind giving you punishment in the SERPS, however if the link is user submitted i think there is some leeway in the algo.
I am with you Danny, why Not be do follow? However I respect Keith’s comments and his position seems well thought out.
I thought the do Follow movement would grow but I see many sites that were formerly do follow have changed to no follow. That includes many sites that were writing about do follow and promoting it.
What is most disturbing to me is the big sites that rely on lots of content supplied by members trying to hoard their page rank by being no follow (which apparently doesn’t work according to Matt in your video.) Blog catalog is a great example.
.-= Ned Carey´s last blog ..Today’s Quote =-.
I definitely agree that building relationships with other bloggers is one of the real positive aspects of being do-follow. You’re giving people a real concrete reason to come back more then once, which is the goal isn’t it?
For me, I like to give back to the blogging community so I use both Comment Luv and am do-follow. My blog isn’t my primary business online (my wine club) is, so it does make it easier for me to not be very concerned about the perceived positive or negative affects.
I have seen a few studies that show do-follow and no-follow don’t actually exist when it comes to Google.
I love blogging and specially the do follow ones. They get a lot of quality traffic to my site. Whereas no follow are just NO No for me
Dofollow does have more quality. If you have time to moderate comments by yourself, I’d definitely go by dofollow
Looking for something to blog about? I saw this post about dofollow and thought you would like to know about a new site, Wiki Dofollow. It is a community compiled list of high ranking dofollow sites. That way, the list stays current.
wikidofollow.org
If you want, be one of the first to blog about it. I am sure you know how difficult it is getting visitors to a new site. Your help spreading the word would be greatly appreciated!
thanks.
If I was a blog owner, wouldn’t I stand to benefit greater if my blog allowed comments and was DoFollow, instead of allowing comments but is NoFollow? My reasoning is the traffic gained from DoFollow blogs is far more important… constant activity is good. Yes, there will be spam comments, but you get new visitors, and even returning visitors… things that Google considers. It’s a win-win situation for everyone. My opininon.
Great information. I believe that the only real downside to offering a dofollow blog is the amount of time it takes to moderate the comments. Other than that I think all the other possible downsides are not really down…just random things that people worry about but don’t really have any evidence that Google dislikes them.
>the only real downside to offering a dofollow blog is the amount of time it takes to moderate the comments
I hear that a lot but I don’t get it. I haven’t perceived a difference in traffic because I am do follow. You should moderate you comments whether you are do follow or not. I don’t see how it creates any extra work.
Hey Ned thanks for the comment. I get a good amount of comments and it doesn’t take me that long it really is a misconception. Yes I do agree you need to moderate comments regardless of nofollow or dofollow.
This is so absolutely ridiculous. Nofollow and Dofollow is like immigration. The people who have already made it big on the Internet want to close it out for any newcomers by banning the very same techniques that they had used to get their own sites good PR. I mean, how many of these Bloggers are complete hypocrites when it comes to applying nofollow and denouncing spammers when they themselves have spammed?
And what is spamming really? If I leave a comment such as this one and use a keyword as my name, will i be automatically considered spam even though all I am trying to do is promote myself? The definition of Spam is so subjective. I understand that there is such a thing as Blatant spam but there is a lot of borderline stuff as well that many well established bloggers have indulged in themselves when they were fledgelings. People are so full of crap.
So the net result of all this is that once when you could get a solid backlink for leaving a couple of solid lines of comment that contributed to the content on the page, now you have to bang out 400 word articles to get a dofollow backlink. Thanks a lot Google and all the whiny bloggers who are too lazy to moderate their blogs and just want a quick fix solution. How is this any different from profiling when you deem a person guilty before even trying them based on the fact that they are newbies and need some backlinks?
That’s a great way of balancing out the do follow/no follow links on your blog. From what I’ve heard Google favors neither for any particular reason, but a balance between the two is “optimal”
” Link is link.. whether it comes from… ”
no follow or do follow is same.. they giving advantage to our site
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No matter follow… no matter do follow..
it`s just a link
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From my limited experience, it seems obvious that Google and Yahoo treat the dofollow, don’t follow distinction differently – a search comparison with the same keywords will give you quite different results. The “not passing on page rank” with a no-follow link is something I don’t quite understand – after all, a website is gaining page rank in Google’s eyes if it has lots of comments/commentators, so why shouldn’t some of that be passed on to the commentators?
though I don’t understand why people do not want to reward people for leaving well constructed comments, comments that may increase their serps which is something that I value way more than Page Rank.
I think a lot of people think that by linking out that they are actually “leaking” page rank, like you said. So did I read you right when you said that Google does actually give some weight to the number of nofollow backlinks a site has, or no?
Regardless, offering dofollow links is a good way to get traffic to your site, and after Google Caffeine, it does sound like the amount of traffic a site gets (and the activity on a page) are also ranking factors. So dofollowing links sounds like a benefit, not a drawback, to me.
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Do follow links are very helpful in raising the ranking of the site as well as to increase traffic on a site whereas no follow links are only useful for traffic purposes.
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I’ve just added a plugin in my site to remove ‘nofollow’ from comments. This article is really help me decide to use ‘nofollow’ links or remove it completely. Just let the spam filtering engine to deal with those spammy comments.
I REALLY appreciate your video Danny. A few days ago we went dofollow, and before we get an onslaught of what could be detrimental comments that will drag our potential PR down, then we’ll just have to make sure that we’re very selective about who we approve. We are operating a G rated website, so we’re going to be making sure that we don’t let anything offensive slip through the cracks that could give us a bad reputation.
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In my own opinion, there is really nothing wrong with no follow blog sites. I for one do post on them and I also put comments on some of them, too. I read blogs on no follow sites which catches my interest. Although, I must admit for someone like me who sells Reno foreclosure, it is quite important for me to have some links leading back to my website to increase it page rank.
I don’t really know for sure, who are, in google’s eyes are spammers. So, how do I choose among those who leave comments in my blog? I depend it entirely on the content of the comment itself. I mean, why would I accept comments just like “good job”, ” great post” or “wow…” It only means that they never really read the blog.
I believe I may open up my own site like this, seems to be a very mutually beneficial model for everyone involved
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I’m sure that dofollow is made to encourage visitors to generate content. The most important word here is “relevant comment” which means that users have to produce unique content for you with your keywords in it and often update the page, which reflects in SERP. And you pay them with a dofollow link to their blog. It’s ok, but let’s remember why we are here and what do we want from each other.
I recently switched to using dofollow for comments on one of my WP blogs.
Personally I welcome useful, interesting comments that add value to my blog and give a bit of perspective. It also helps build community. If people take the time to write a thoughtful comment I’m happy to reward them with a link back to their site.
However sadly since applying the dofollow tags I’ve been flooded with spam – 99.9% of this is completely unrelated, automated rubbish, loaded with links. Completely useless.
Traffic has gone up, and I’m receiving a lot more comments, but am yet to see anything of value.
Hey Danny,
I certainly would go with the third point in your conclusion, that it is okay to build relationships with other bloggers even if they go with either ‘do follow’ or ‘no follow’ on their blogs. What is important is the value that they are creating and sharing on their posts and how they take care of their online reputation.
There has been a lot of talk about this PR sculpting and linking structures. But with all the changes on how Google wants to treat these, I can say that I don’t really worry about ‘no follow’ that much at present. I simply link to the pages I want ranked – I use my internal linking structure for this one and link to those pages, I want to rank, higher.
At the end of the day, I believe that the only use I have for ‘no follow’ nowadays is about page reputation. That relates well on how we provide value through our blog posts, etc. That is why I quit worrying and using ‘no follow’ for page sculpting purpose. And again as for the comments, it is better to really be appreciative of those insightful comments that they leave on your blogs, whether or not it is set to ‘do follow’.
Cheers,
Dave
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I really think the dofollow will be more popular than the nofollow.
It’s great to see other’s comment and advise.Most of them are good,however u still couldn’t avoide the spam,but i think u couldn’t set it as nofollow just because of the small part of spam.
Thanks for the information. I agree with you, comment is very important. It gives you a chance to listen to your viewer opinion and enhance communication.
I haven’t yet decided whether to install KeywordLuv. I do however offer dofollow links to regular users. I draw the line at Keyword Phrases as names. I want to know who my users are even if they use pen names.
As far as moderation goes, I moderate heavily. If I get one of those wow, what a useful site comments, I send it to Aksimet. I get a username like “Home Loans” I send it to Aksimet. If you want to Google Bomb a phrase, I don’t see why I should be helping. Most Google Bombers are spammers anyway. I have seen this over a number of years on various blogs.
The valuable contribution from Google Bombers is miniscule. A good followed link to your blog or site from mine has value even without the keyword phrase. Keyword Luv looks like it gives me an opportunity to allow keywords but I am unsure as to how it will react with my antispam measures which work.
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This Writer showed through his writing that he really has a great eye on SEO and its techniques, Great Post.
I do not follow no follow blogs, and I try my best not to post on them either.
My blog is no follow by default, but trying to change that.
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I have only come across the notion of Do Follow recently. I know a lot of people are very nervous about linking out but, duh, isn’t that the whole point of the web? Its very easy for some bloggers to sit in their ivory towers and vent vitriol about things that annoy them. yeah, thats fine, but where is the conversation in that? the dialogue? the progress? perhaps the best thing about blogging is indeed that it draws your attention to likeminded people as well as to people whose views differ from your own so much that it they become a great source of amusement.
Great site. many thanks :-]
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Danny,
Coming into this conversation late, but liked the post (and your position on do follow links) and wanted to leave a quick note.
Interesting to see both sides of the conversation here. I have been nofollow since I started, but I’m rethinking that now. I do moderate my site and approve comments, so that part won’t change if I go to do follow … and I’ll be able to delete the lousy ones.
I might try Keith’s method too (when I’ve got enough traffic so the top 5 have posted more than once!)
Good detail and food for thought.
Thanks,
Michael
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There are still a few things I seem to be slow about. NoFollow vs. DoFollow is one of them. It seems like I kinda understand the concept, but maybe not.
Anyway, it would be great if more bloggers/webmasters had your outlook about commenting, PR, etc.
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So here is the conclusion to this story – An excellent topic about nofollow and dofollow.And the video was great.
This goes for all links really. If you can’t vouch for it, don’t have a link. And as for internal pagerank sculpting, pfft, cargo cult SEO.
I have absolutely no use for nofollow.
Thanks to you Danny and Keith I really started to see how I should re-evaluate my commenting habits and my blog’s commenting section.
I also think that commenting is not the what makes you rank but still essential to network within your niche.
I try to think of it like I would go to a coffee shop with fellow bloggers and have a chat, the ones that “dofollow” will not bin my business card next day.
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This is a great post, I have been using dofollow for my blog as well. I think it’s important to help others if you want to be helped in return. If you want your work to hold any leverage you need to build relationships with other bloggers. You said it perfectly too when you said to just hit the delete button if you don’t like the comment. Why not reward others if they say something meaningful? We would all love to have the favor returned so that’s why I am keeping my blog dofollow.
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