14
2008
To Follow or Not to Follow?
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I’ve spent more and more time on other blogs over the last few months and one topic I wanted to learn more about was this whole “To Follow or Not to Follow” discussion I keep running into. If you’re not aware, I’m referring to whether or not your blog’s comment section allows the search engine spiders to “follow” the links in your visitors’ comments or not.
Truthfully, I wasn’t even sure if my blog was set up to follow the comment links or not. LOL
Well, last night I was reading Kristine Wirth’s blog and her post “Talk is Cheap & Free Here” shed some light on the subject for me (thanks Kristine!).
I spent some more time reading about the follow/no-follow issue and I can tell you I definitely want my readers to be rewarded for taking the time and energy to leave a comment on my blog. Kristine’s post lead me to Randa Clay’s post where I got the link for the Do Follow Plugin for my WordPress blog. I’m also in the process of adding the very cool “U Comment - I Follow” logo that Randa designed to support this “movement” of bloggers who want to incent visitors and readers to leave their comments.
If you already follow my blog then you know that I believe in the importance of leaving solid, meaningful comments on the blogs you visit and read.
So … Do you follow? Why do you or don’t you use the “follow” or “no-follow” on your blog? I’d love to hear from you. *SmiLes* Suzanne
Hey Suzanne!
Thanks for posting the comment. I’m glad to see that others are using these same ideas to reward those that post on their site.
So far *knock on wood* I haven’t seen a whole lot of SPAM come through on these but truly believe the benefit to my readers far outweighs the spam I get.
Have a great day!
- Kristine
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Great dillema,but I have instlled dofollow plugin to my blog.
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@ kristine ~ I too feel it’s totally worth it
@ trebinje ~ I like the dofollow plugin too and have grown a nice community of readers possibly due to it … report back with how it goes for yours too and I hope to see more from you
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