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To “DoFollow” or “NoFollow” that is the Question

Posted by Ilka Flood | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 02-08-2010

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I bet, just like me, you have been pondering over the issue if you should set your blog to “DoFollow” or leave it at “NoFollow” as is the WordPress default.

To change your settings to “DoFollow” may raise some concerns about getting more spam. However, it would give some well deserved link juice to those who comment on your blog. And, if you have a plugin installed that combats spam, then it shouldn’t be a problem anyway.

As with everything there are Pros and Cons

My good friend Josh Garcia, who is very knowledgeable on this subject, wrote two blog posts recently that I don’t want you to miss. The information he put out sure helped me decide what was best for me.

Here are Josh’s great posts about “DoFollow” or “Nofollow”:

What Everybody Ought to Know About DoFollow Blogs

How to Tell if the Blog You Are Visiting is a DoFollow or NoFollow Blog

After reading this awesome information I went ahead and installed a free DoFollow Plugin right away because I want those people who leave comments on my blog to receive some well deserved link juice in the form of DoFollow backlinks.

So, there you have it, The Enlightened Networker is now one of the DoFollow sites.

So, without further ado, head over to Josh Garcia’s blog and read those two blog posts. And while you are at it, make sure to bookmark it, because Josh always puts out great content you don’t want to miss.

To your success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Josh Garcia said on 02-08-2010

Hey Ilka,

I must say that this is awesome post. Not because you mentioned my blog and my post. You created a post using other people’s content and reference it, I received a trackback, and most importantly it flows.

Because of the trackback on my blog pointing to your blog, you received a backlink from it. :) Awesome stuff!

I’m just glad to see that you made this blog a nofollow and now educating others on it.

Chat with you later…
Josh
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Josh Garcia Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Oh, one more thing…Thanks a lot for the plug! :)
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Hi Josh,

First, you are so very welcome. The pleasure has all been mine :)

I just thought the information you put out on that subject was awesome and everyone who’s out there blogging ought to know about that.

As soon as I read your posts about DoFollow or NoFollow I just knew that I HAD TO make my blog a dofollow blog.

So, thanks again for your awesome insights!!

Have an awesome week!

Ilka

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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:09 pm

Ehem, … Josh, I did make this blog a DOFollow! Just to set the record straight. Just noticed that little typo in your comment :)

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Peter Fuller MBA
Twitter:
said on 02-08-2010

Hey Ilka

Welcome to the dofollow club :)

And thanks to Josh for his great articles.
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 2:12 pm

Hey Peter,

Well, you know, after reading Josh’s post it was basically a “no brainer.”

Thanks for stopping by!

Ilka

P.S. I am listening to your great interview as I type this. Great to hear your voice :)

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Marcus Baker
Twitter:
said on 02-08-2010

Yes welcome to ‘the club’ Ilka! :)

I think a lot of people don’t know about this topic so the more people who can share the knowledge the better.

Referencing back to Josh’s post is being a clever blogger. Well done.

~Marcus
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:24 pm

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for the warm welcome! I didn’t know about this till I read Josh’s blog posts.

Oh, and I learned the referencing back trick from Ty Tribble :)

Thanks for stopping by and for your great comment!

Ilka

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Soren Egstrup said on 03-08-2010

Hi Ilka,

I sure didn’t know all this, (and I have build my site for years) so thanks for sharing this.

After been on Josh’s blog and watch this video, I send all my best wishes to all those who share this.

/Soren
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:26 pm

Hi Soren,

Don’t feel bad. Neither did I. We learn as we go and then we share it with our friends :)

Thanks for stopping by! Have an awesome week!

Ilka

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Neil said on 03-08-2010

Hey Ilka,

Thanks for the link to Josh’s blog.

I use the firefox plugin, but didn’t know about viewing selection source, which I think is really cool.

OK I’m a geek, code interests me LOL

Talk soon,

Neil

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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:29 pm

Hi Neil,

Thanks for stopping by! Great to meet you! I’ve got to check out that firefox plugin too. That was pretty neat wasn’t it?

Have an awesome day!

Ilka

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Melisa said on 03-08-2010

Hey Ilka!

I like Josh’s blog alot! He does have some good stuff over there. Thanks for sharing this as I just installed the same plugin myself.

Have a blessed day!

Melisa
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:32 pm

Hey Melisa,

I like Josh’s blog too. He puts out so much great information. Good for you that you installed the plugin. Like Marcus said, …welcome to the club :)

You have an awesome day!

Ilka

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Susanna Hess said on 03-08-2010

Hi Ilka,

I’m glad you’re helping to spread the word. It’s been a hot topic that’s for sure.

I do love the way you created this post. You included all we need to know in one, easy to follow, message.

Nice job!

Susanna

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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 pm

Hi Susanna,

Yeah, a lot of people don’t know about this. I sure didn’t and I felt I needed to help Josh out and put that info out there.

Oh and by the way, I learned that little trick of using OPC (Other People’s Content) from Ty Tribble.

Have a great week, Susanna!

Ilka

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Dave Chapple said on 05-08-2010

Hi Ilka,

I’m now in the process of experimenting with a blog I created recently – think I’ll try the “do-follow” and see if the Akismet plug-in will continue to weed out the spam.

Thanks for your great info
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 2:08 pm

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the club. Let us know how you’re doing. By the way, in addition to the Akismet plugin you might want to install a CAPTCHA plugin as well if you haven’t yet :)

Thanks for stopping by! It’s great to meet you!

Ilka

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Wayne Wu said on 05-08-2010

Hey Ilka,

I’m jumping on the bandwagon too. I’m going “DoFollow” ALL the way. Well, maybe not all the way, but certain in my comments section!

Thanks for sharing,
Wayne
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Hey Wayne,

Great! I think it’s awesome that you decided to give some link juice back to your commentators. You have such valuable content anyway and I always come away richer from your blog then when I got there.

Thanks for your visit and for your great comment!

Ilka

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Azuan said on 08-08-2010

Hi ilka..
1st time I’m comment here..
nice post.. but i still use nofollow..
maybe i should think to make it dofollow..
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 9th, 2010 at 12:14 pm

Hi Azuan,

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment! It’s great to meet you.

Only you can make the decision what’s best for you as far as dofollow or nofollow. After reading Josh Garcia’s posts on the subject, changing my comments to dofollow just made sense :)

Have a wonderful week!

Ilka

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Azuan Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 10:28 am

Ok ika.. I’m understand..
I’m will decided later..
Thanks again..
have a good day..
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Elmar Sandyck said on 26-08-2010

Great stuff, Ilka! I’m a fan of Josh myself (I visit his blog weekly) and those two posts you mentioned are indeed great. In fact, they’ve inspired me to write on the subject as well!
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Ilka Flood Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Hi Elmar,

Thanks for stopping by! Great to meet you :)

Yes, Josh wrote some excellent posts on that subject. It sure shed some light on the question whether to dofollow or nofollow.

Looking forward to reading your post about it.

Ilka

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Ilka Flood Reply:
September 12th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

Hi Carissa,

Thanks for stopping by! It’s very nice to meet you.

It’s wonderful that you didn’t give up on your dream but found a solution for your money problem instead.

Wishing you much success!

Ilka

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Icechen1 said on 13-09-2010

Making your blog DoFollow can result in a flood of irrelevant spam, but not automated. Making them impossible to filter out using anti-spam protection. So I do not advise enabling DF for established blogs, as they can become an easy target for spammers and abusive users.
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Craig White said on 28-12-2010

Another Excellent Post Ilka!
I gave a post on my blog very similiar to this, but I listed 50 blogs that are do follow blogs so my readers could get a quick head start on getting quality back links. After reading your post here I am going back to edit that list and ad your blog.

Thanks
Craig
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Ilka Flood Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Hi Craig,

Great idea to compile a list of “do follow blogs!” And thank you very much for the add! It’s very much appreciated :)

Wishing you a joyful and very prosperous 2011!

Ilka

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Carol Amato said on 20-01-2011

I am so glad to run across this post and the articles you linked. This time it paid well to click on a link from twitter! :)

Thanks for the info.

Carol Amato
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Ilka Flood Reply:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Hi Carol,

Thanks for your visit! It’s great to meet you and I’m glad I could share something of value with you. Feel welcome to stop back by any time :)

Have an awesome day!

Ilka

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Etieno Etuk
Twitter:
said on 12-10-2011

Thanks Ilka for putting out this post. I wasn’t aware that there were things as “dofollow” and “nofollow” blogs. I’ll have to spend a little time to research these. I’m glad for the links to the other articles. That has really opened my eyes to new things and I’m excited about that.

Your ROCK!
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Ilka Flood Reply:
October 13th, 2011 at 4:46 pm

Hi Etieno,

Don’t feel bad. I had absolutely no clue either until I came across Josh Garcia’s blog post.

Glad to hear that you’ll do your own research.

Have an awesome day!

Ilka

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Tim Singleton
Twitter:
said on 06-11-2011

So, if I am getting you right, setting your blog to DoFollow is worth the benefits because the downside to DoFollow is offset by something like Akismet?

Best Regards,

Tim

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Ilka Flood Reply:
November 7th, 2011 at 5:45 pm

Hi Tim,

Welcome to my blog! It’s so nice to meet you!

I am not quite sure what you mean by…because the downside to DoFollow is offset by something like Akismet?

Let me respond to what I think you meant. (That might be dangerous because I am “assuming” what you meant and we know what ASS U ME means :) )

http://enlightenednetworker.com/prospecting/assume-prospect-questions/

If someone takes advantage of DoFollow with leaving Spam, yes, Akismet will take care of that. And also, if you have set your comments so that you moderate them, you can choose which comments you want to approve and which you don’t.

(Also, the new CommentLuv Premium plugin lets you decide who gets DoFollow and who doesn’t. For example you can set it though the person has to have 3 comments approved before they get DoFollow. Or they have to re-tweet you in order to get that priviledge…and so on.)

But yes, there are definitely benefits of DoFollow. Mainly to your commentators. I love to to reward those individuals who take the time to leave me quality feedback.

Hope this answered your question.

Have a fabulous day!

Ilka

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