Blog Comments – DoFollow – NoFollow
Many bloggers are actually unaware of the NoFollow / DoFollow situation & the movement that is underway to get WordPress & many of the big social bookmarking / networking sites to drop the NoFollow meta tag.
Many blogs / sites have yet to convert over to DoFollow, is this because the owners of these sites don’t wish to help their fellow bloggers..? No! I don’t believe that is the case, bloggers are in general a very chatty friendly group (at least the ones I know are).
If you are anything like me, your interest in blogging is not just restricted to operating & running your own blog! I often spend hours reading articles & posts on my fellow bloggers sites & very often feel compelled to comment on some of them. All this commenting does eat into your available time & so it is always nice to be rewarded for your efforts, by receiving a backlink to your own site.
As our time as bloggers is so valuable, it makes sense not to waste it posting comments to sites where no one gets any benefit! However, the old method of scanning through the source code of a site, to check for the NoFollow meta tag was even more time consuming than writing the comment!
The answer to this dilemma comes in the form of a very clever yet simple add on for the FireFox Browser called NoDoFollow.
Simply dowload the browser if you do not already have it installed..? Then using the link above, download & install the NoDoFollow Add On, once installed you can enable or disable it from the tool menu on the FireFox Browser.
Viewing a comments page with NoDoFollow Disabled
The image above shows a typical comment page with no visible means of telling if the blog in question is NoFollow or DoFollow..?
Viewing a comments page with NoDoFollow Enabled
The image above views the exact same comment page with the add on for Firefox enabled, this highlights all NoFollow links RED & DoFollow links BLUE. This makes it very easy to check blogs, social network sites & social bookmark sites! No more wasting your valuable time, now you can easily see which sites are worthy of your comments.
Viewing a NoFollow comments page with NoDoFollow Enabled
The image above shows quite clearly that this particular blog is a NoFollow blog & therefore comments placed here are of very little value to you, as the NoFollow meta tag instructs the search engines to basically ignore the link to your own site! We as bloggers need to work to spread the word about the use of the NoFollow meta tag & the movement to get it dropped. The more we discuss this issue the more the word will spread & who knows, maybe one day we can go back to how things used to be.
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on Feb 24 2010. Filed under Blog Promotion.
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I was searching for a tool to find out the ways to get dofollow sites. Actually i am tried some tool also. It was trial version and they were asking for money to get full version. I am really thankful to you for providing such worth article.
I had seen the Firefox AddOn before but forgot the name of it so I’m glad you shared it. My blog is only a couple months old and I’m already getting a lot of spam and a lot of generic comments such as “great post, keep up the good work.”
I think what you do is a good idea to have people log in before leaving a comment. I would imagine it probably helps to cut down on your spam.
As far as I know there aint any! The only add on that I know about is for Firefox.
Where can I find do follow software to add ons to explorer ?
Hi Mike, (hmmm sounds so much better than hi, Fly Rods For Sale !), would you not agree
I don’t know how you fair on your blog Mike, but it does tend to get you down just a tad, when you repeatedly request that commentors use their own name and not stuff the name section with keywords ! Call me old fashioned, but I like to address people by their name, not by their website.
Anyway thankyou for amending your comment.
so I’ll hold my hands up to that one hahaha
As for Mormon John or Onliners club, yes they slipped through the net while I was preoccupied with some slightly more important matters
Sorry, didn’t see your comment policy. Perhaps you should make it a little more pronounced.
I guess onlinersclub and Mormon John were christened so at birth. You might want to be a little more consistent.
By the way, I am visiting your blog because it’s in my dofollow blog directory, and I even Tweeted about your blog. Perhaps I should remove the dofollow link from my directory that I am giving you
No, I am a generous person.
Anyway, good luck with our blog.
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Redington Fly Rods =-.
Yes Fly Rods For Sale, it is a pity you cannot read the comments policy!
Where it clearly states insert YOUR NAME..? Or would you have us all believe that you were christened as Fly Rods For Sale..?
Because you cannot follow a simple request, your backlink has now been removed!
Have a nice day
I use SEO4Firefox to find dofollow links. I’ll have to give NoDoFollow and try and see which one I like better.
A reminder for those that are commenting on dofollow blogs. Please leave good quality comments so these blog owners will stay dofollow.
.-= Fly Rods For Sale´s last blog ..
Wow really thanks for the article, it is really helpful.
Thanks for this informative article. I have been looking around wondering how to check the no follow or do follow sites and your article helps me a lot. Keep up the good work.
.-= onlinersclub´s last blog ..Online Job Workers Wanted – Apply Now! =-.
This add-on has totally changed my SEO experience. What a great find. Too often blogs are dofollow but quickly change to nofollow. Without an add-on like this, it’s impossible to keep track!
No Follow and do follow is a very critical issue while commenting. No body wants to comment on no follow blogs. I am using SEO quake tool for finding no follow or do follow blogs. Thanks for information about new add-on
Yes this addon really makes it very easy & quick to check !
.-= admin´s last blog ..WordPress Blog Transfer – New Host =-.
Thanks for the trick. I was using another addon for this, but this one is better. My blog also has Commentluv enable.
Thanks for this and really is a big help. I’ve been downloading the NODoFollow add-ons before on Firefox v. 3.6 but there are no add-ons for it.
You’ve shared a great information to add into my Firefox browser.
Hi Nicola,
Happy to be of service & please do let us know how you get on with it..?
It is a great time saver with huge benefits.
Thanks for the Firefox info. I am going to do that today, it will make all the difference.
.-= Nicola – Divorce Coach´s last blog ..I Feel Like My Husband Doesn’t Love Me Anymore and Wants a Divorce – Win Your Husband’s Love Back =-.