Comments on: Chasing a Dream is a Do Follow Blog

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:24:58 +0000

It should tell you what your total comments at the top left side of the screen when you come to my site, as long as you’ve posted before. I know you have. thanks!

By: dan

dan — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:32:08 +0000

Guess I need to slide over and test it… I think I’m sitting at 4…

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:24:47 +0000

Ok I just implemented it (i have to put the cool logo on the page) but if you have commented on my blog more than 5 times in total, it removes the NoFollow attribute from your URL when you post a comment.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:45:50 +0000

Give it a try… you can always change your mind later!

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:32:40 +0000

Interesting, I think I might implement it on my blog.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:51:33 +0000

I like that idea of removing the NoFollow after the person has posted a set amount of comments. This will ensure that they just don’t post silly things as ‘I agree’, ‘Yea that too’ etc.

Tomorrow (or tonight if I had time) I am going to impliment that into my site. I don’t run WordPress but it isn’t hard to modify a dynamic link that I already do some parsing on.

I also should pick up the U Comment -> I Follow icon too!

By: dan

dan — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:37:31 +0000

The point though is that the issue is the SPAM comments. Nofollow was supposedly designed to address that issue. It doesn’t, as I can attest from the SPAM I got before making the switch.

You need a different solution to adress SPAM. I use the built-in Akismet plugin for WordPress, along with moderating comments from first-time posters. I also am notified of, and read, every comment, even if automatically approved for a previous commenter.

If you prefer, there is another nofollow plugin, Link Love, that allows you to selectively approve removing nofollow for commenters that have exceed a certain number of comments. It defaults to 10, but you can customize.

By: Andre mag Spiele

Andre mag Spiele — Mon, 14 May 2007 13:06:42 +0000

The problem is that once your blog is popular and has no nofollow the people commenting start having funny names such as credit, mobile phone or ring tone. It is really not an easy issue…

By: dan

dan — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:09:21 +0000

Your welcome, Michael. It was excellent coverage of all the points that needed to be covered. I think we all know the real reason it was created…

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:34:16 +0000

Thanks for the link. I was hardly expecting people would still be citing my article two years on. Then again, with Google’s likely ulterior motives in promoting nofollow, I’m not terribly surprised that we’re still stuck with it.