Comments on: Why you ShouldN’T Nofollow your blog comments

By: Rieke

Rieke — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:24:23 +0000

Hi Josh,

still on my way to improve – when I read your thread and the comments it comes into my mind:

I get comments in form or backlinks (or s.th. like this… still very stupid with this technical stuff)

Josh, may be you like to post s.th. about this?!

Thanks in advance and lots of joy, success and whatever you desire

Rieke

By: Carolyn Thompson

Carolyn Thompson — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:46:20 +0000

Josh,

I love your site. There is plenty of insight. It is great to see sites promoting ethics.

Please email me when you have a chance, I would like to talk to you about Internet marketing.

Thank you!

CT
CFO
Zookfind

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:50:11 +0000

@ Rick - Did you think about reading my comment policy?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:41:53 +0000

What is your No-Follow policy now. I thought you took the no-follow tags off after 3 approved posts? It appears it is now on almost every post…

Rick

By: I’ve Changed The DoFollow Comment Policy

I’ve Changed The DoFollow Comment Policy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:18:29 +0000

[...] not going back to nofollow, but I am tightening the ropes a bit. After my recent post explaining why you shouldn’t nofollow your comments, I actually started to look into it a bit [...]

By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:07:14 +0000

@Josh – The funnier thing is…up until about 5 months ago I was of the “SEO” mindset, and using all the gadgets and tricks to gain traffic.

Once I changed that mindset to writing for humans, my valued readers, my unique visitor traffic TRIPLED in less than 4 weeks…and DOUBLED again the next month, and has been on a continuous upward trend since. My RSS readers also increased dramatically.

Testing, tracking, tweaking, and humans…the secrets to marketing.

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:02:05 +0000

@ Joseph – Well said! Most people, including myself, start off thinking SE’s are the end all be all. The free traffic is nice, but those who worry more about what people think of their site than what search engines think of their site, are generally those with the most traffic in the long run.

By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:59:03 +0000

Josh,

I am from the school of “dofollow”, as a matter of fact, I will add to this discussion a little.

Who cares if you lose a couple/few of Google spots (if that were actually happening)?

You are writing for your readers, and not Google right?

This is social networking, blogging, etc… we do not work for Google.

Anyhow…

I am of the firm belief that anyone who takes the time to read one of my blog posts, and then takes the time to comment and add value to the discussion…should be rewarded by a “dofollow” link. I also use CommentLuv, which links to that blogger’s last post.

I am careful not to allow SPAM comments “through the gate.”

Does that mean that this system I use is perfect? No.

Does that mean there is NO possibility at all that Google rankings could suffer a little for myself or anyone linking? No way.

But…

Humans read and comment on my blog, and that is who I would respond to any how…because that is who I write my blog for.

Right now, that means giving my readers “link love” when they are gracious enough to comment and add value to my blog is the way to go.

–Joseph Ratliff
Author of The Profitable Business Edge 2

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:50:26 +0000

I have taken the nofollow off my blogs and gotten a few more comments. There is always some who will spam just about anything. Seems like a big waste of time to me, but they do it. Like you said it only takes a few minutes to moderate. Keep up the good work

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:32:07 +0000

@ Forest – I use Luciaâ€™s Linky Love , which nofollows all new comments for a few hours and all comments left by those with less than 3 comments