Comments on: Eliminate NoFollow to Stimulate Conversation

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:20:44 +0000

Been researching how to get more people to participate on my blog, and also how to get more traffic. In this I’ve seen lists of blogs that dont use nofollows, that I assume saavy bloggers will use to get backlinks. After reading your post I’m seeing things in a different want, I’d rather give out a link and get people posting comments on my site, if I dont like the comment I dont have to approve it. Good stuff, thanks!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:49:53 +0000

Useful post. I too have Akismet installed in my wordpress site which catches not less than a 100 spammers daily.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:04:46 +0000

Thanks for you great tip. I should have come up with it.
I’ll immediately make my blog dofollow.
.-= Anonymous´ last blog post: Spain Travel Insights =-.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:12:46 +0000

You’re absolutely right Chris – it does mean I have more comments to moderate when Akismet isn’t sure that something is spam, and while most of the time it’s pretty easy for me to tell right away (based on the use of keywords for the name and vague generalities about liking the post…) there are times when it’s a hard decision as the comment does offer value to the conversation. At those times I generally approve the comment but either change the keyword used to “anonymous’ or de-link the URL.

But in the end I think it’s worth it to help out fellow bloggers, after all that is the intention of TWE – to be a resource and to help others!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:43:23 +0000

Its a fine line to walk with nofollow/dofollow. You risk the possibility of spammers looking for links but you also want to help your fellow travel bloggers out.
.-= Chris´s last blog post: Kutna Hora and the Bone Chapel =-.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:02:12 +0000

I think that in the near future the comments will be entirely replaced by social bookmarking sites. I don’t agree with this trend but seems to be unstoppable. Anyway, meanwhile I stick to nofollow rule on my blogs.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:47:00 +0000

That webmaster is clearly totally confused – the whole point of “nofollow” is that you CAN leave a URL, but it won’t be followed. If you don’t allow people to leave a URL, then there isn’t any need for the “nofollow”.

Not only that, but ‘nofollow’ (and that webmaster’s policy) violates the original intent, and “spirit”, of the web, which was to create links from one site to another to another, and so on, which is what creates the “web”.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:41:13 +0000

Recently I was asked not leave my website URL in the “website URL space.” I didn’t even think of the No Follow rule. I asked the web admin to explain why I couldn’t enter my website URL and the response was “we use a No Follow” rule which you can read about at the bottom of our website. I scrolled down and saw the print about the No Follow and clicked on the link to read more about No Follow. My belief is if you don’t want readers leaving their website URL because you implement a No Follow rule then take out the website URL box!

By: ashimajain

ashimajain — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:15:45 +0000

Excellent post! I really enjoyed reading it. I will be back for more!
Sincerely
Ashima

By: travel bug

travel bug — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:34:49 +0000

Great move. Comments are often just as or more interesting than the articles themselves, so any move to encourage comment is to be praised