Link Juice is Good for You!
by Frank Jovine on 12/04/2008 in WordPress
How often do you comment on blogs? Did you know this is a good practice for a couple of reasons?
- Quality comments can gain fans and or followers
- Do-Follow blogs provide backlinks (Great for Google PR)
Do Follow is an action a blogger implements to remove the attribute rel=”nofollow” from their blog. This can be done either by installing a WordPress plugin, or manually for blogspot and movable type.
The TechJaws blog is a “Do Follow” blog and if you ever wanted to know how to check this, you can download the Firefox NoDoFollow Add-on to find out.
Downloads:
WordPress No-Follow Plugin – “NOFOLLOW FREE” can encourage your users to submit comments.
FireFox NoDoFollow Add-on – This is a simple extension to highlight links in a page according to nofollow / dofollow status.
Get your link juice here by commenting.
Ben McCann
Dec 4th, 2008
Nice tip! I was especially pleased to find out about the FireFox plugin.
I’m not sure why you made this blog nofollow though. Aren’t you worried about the potential for abuse? I.e. People spamming your blog for PR.
Ben McCann
Dec 4th, 2008
Haha. TechJaws is not a “Do Follow” blog like you stated.
The rel attribute from my last comment is “external nofollow”.
ptamaro
Dec 4th, 2008
I like link juice so I comment frequently. Sure, it’s important to building your organic traffic, page rank (etc.), but my primary goal when adding comments is to thank the writer, ask a question, or add an additional point not mentioned – or just to add something to the “conversation” and give some feedback. That said, it’s also important to make sure your comments have value and add to the post you’re commenting on. Don’t you think?
Frank J
Dec 4th, 2008
Ben,
I don’t worry about spam as all comments are moderated and I have a spam filter. You mentioned this blog is not a dofollow?
Guy Vestal
Dec 4th, 2008
I have indeed been getting out there and commenting, but alas I am on blogspot, so my lovely WP days are temporarily gone. But someday I will get back to the real weblog code! LOL
Ben McCann
Dec 4th, 2008
Looks like the WP configuration was updated since my last comment. The nofollow is removed now with the links showing up as rel=”external” now. You mentioned that you moderate. Perhaps the plug-in leaves comments as nofollow until you’ve approved them?
I’d imagine you’ll get a few more comments this way. I’m still not sure I’d take the nofollow off on my own blog though since people who have meaningful comments will post either way. I figure if you’re posting only because you’ve noticed the nofollow missing, then it’s probably not a comment that’ll add value.
DemoGeek
Dec 4th, 2008
The NoFollow’ers claim to stabilize the internet by adding NoFollow. Wonder how?
Frank J
Dec 4th, 2008
Ben,
I had it set that you needed to post 5 comments in order to remove nofollow. I usually get quality comments and there mostly from my fans and friends so I don’t see an issue yet.
Thanks for commenting!
Bonnie
Dec 4th, 2008
Great article !…Thank you for posting it !
spark
Dec 5th, 2008
I’m just learning this blogging and tech stuff and I don’t really have a clue what you guys are talking about, but I’m a big fan of Frank because he lays it out the way he sees it and frequently starts good dialogues like this which I think is a really good thing no matter what the subject or your position. Way to go Frankie.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge and opinions.
Frank J
Dec 5th, 2008
Bonnie,
Thank you for stopping by and hopefully you will visit again.
Frank J
Dec 5th, 2008
Spark,
In time we all learn something and if you keep up with tech that will happen sooner than you think.
mxyzplk
Dec 5th, 2008
is there any manual way for wordpress?
Frank J
Dec 5th, 2008
Download the NOFF plugin for WordPress. It’s the best way to add dofollow.
Total Lifetime Fitness
Dec 5th, 2008
This is an important post. Blogs are all about information – we want to share out materials as widely as possible. Commenting helps build the community. Backlinks are a way of saying thank you to the person who took the time to comment. Like everything else in life, traffic is a two-way street. The NOFF plug-in eliminates annoying “do not follow” tags and helps generate the spirit of community.
Frank J
Dec 5th, 2008
You’re right, it builds community all around and that’s what blogging is all about.
Hamdani Amin
Dec 6th, 2008
I used the dofollow plugin at me blog. In order to eliminated unnecessary comments, I had installed Akismet and Bad Behavior plugin.
Frank J
Dec 6th, 2008
My spam is controlled well and with comment moderation, I haven’t had any issues as of late.