What is a DoFollow?

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To better understand the difference between NoFollow and DoFollow, you may also want to read the following posts -

What is NoFollow

I’m Joining the DoFollow Movement

First of all, DoFollow is not a tag.  DoFollow simply means that when you take out the rel=”nofollow” tag in your links or in your comments, search engines will crawl the links thus giving them some of your link juice. The NoFollow tag is a code that tells search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing to not follow, disregard or totally ignore links found on your site.

A lot of sites I know have set their blogs to DoFollow. This blog’s comment  has been a DoFollow for a month now. So far so good.

To set your Blogger blog to DoFollow:

  1. Go to Layout and click EDIT HTML then you must DOWNLOAD a copy of your FULL TEMPLATE first before editing anything on your html. In case something went wrong, you can easily upload it again.
  2. Tick the checkbox for EXPAND WIDGET TEMPLATE and find the rel=’nofollow’ code by pressing ctrl+F.
  3. Type it in the box and enter. To delete rel=’nofollow’ for backlinks, make sure you see this on your screen:

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  4. Delete the highlighted
  5. For comments, delete rel=’nofollow’ in this code : <a expr:href=’data:comment.authorUrl’ rel=’nofollow’>
  6. Save template

For WordPress hosted blogs, there are plugins available to make it to DoFollow. Here are some examples:

DoFollow

NoFollow Case by Case

You can also use these to reward your commentators :

Comment Luv

KeywordLuv

Top Commentators Widget

Setting your site to a DoFollow has it’s advantages and disadvantages.   If you are familiar with link building, you have to know these things if you want to follow the movement.

Advantages :

  • Bloggers who are aware of the DoFollow Movement usually loves to comment on DoFollow blogs. So, be ready in case you get too many comments to moderate.
  • When you set your comments to a DoFollow, your commentators will get free backlinks to their sites.
  • This is one way of thanking those who commented because they will also benefit from you.
  • Great way to interact and exchange point of views from both sides
  • You can search DoFollow blogs and ask the owners to include you site to their list of DoFollow blogs. This gives you also free backlinks to your site.
  • There are DoFollow directories, Forums, Social Bookmarking Networks, Article Directories and Social Networks which you can add or submit your site for free.
  • Creates free traffic for your site which can help your site to get rankings

Disadvantages :

  • Getting lots of comments comes with an increase in spam. You will get a lot of these especially if you don’t moderate your comments. If  you’re blogging on Blogger, your blog is set to a NoFollow by default. If you set it to a DoFollow, you need to activate moderation and not set it to automatic. If you’re on WordPress, you can also moderate the comments and use the Akismet plugin to help you combat spammers.
  • If in case the spam gets through, you are giving the spammer link juice. Google doesn’t like that.  So be careful of what you are allowing to be posted on your site.
  • Apart from that, it doesn’t look good visiting a site full of spams with no relevance to the topic. Your site’s authority and integrity is compromised. You might want to put a warning on your would be commentators that you do not allow spamming and that their posts will be deleted.
  • Linking your sites to spammers will greatly affect your site’s ranking

Weigh it and think of the pros and cons if after reading this post should you decide to be a DoFollow or remain a NoFollow. With these in mind, I’m sure you only want the best for your site.

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Posted by admin   @    15 May 2010 39 comments
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May 15, 2010
7:32 pm
#1 Mursalin :

It’s me again :)

I’ve bad experiences with my previous Indonesian dofollow blog. Google marked it as splog. Maybe it was because I didn’t put more strict policies regarding spam links.

But after reading this post I decided to enable it again on my new blog. Thanks for your suggestions on how to avoid those spams :)
.-= Mursalin´s last blog ..Buxplode Site Being Auctioned =-.

EihdraG Reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:59 am

Hi Mursalin. Was your Indonesian blog also under Blogger or Blogspot domain? If it was flagged as splog, you may have violated their spam policies. Well, that’s one reason why I left and now at WP. Thou, I was blogging on my own domain but Blogger was hosting it, they were able to delete it. Read this post Migrated from Blogger to WordPress
If you have enabled it make sure to follow precautions. Don’t forget also to backup your blog posts just to be sure..Thanks for reading

May 17, 2010
1:43 am
#2 Sourav :

Hello. Everybody loves the link juice, so I have enabled the commentluv on my blogger blog. As you have said, it requires a lot of manual moderation to keep out the spams, as blogger doesn’t have any “spam blocker” widget. But the reward of sharing the link juice is good too.
.-= Sourav´s last blog ..SmartFaucet – Tap With A Touch Screen =-.

EihdraG Reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 4:30 am

Hi Sourav..you may use Disqus for comment moderation, it will help you moderate comments better than the default of Blogger..Thanks..

May 17, 2010
8:19 am
#3 jenie=) :

love ur advice…now on dofollow;) love it here, feeling your honesty and selflessness. can we link?

i am right now wondering if i were able to link spammers. how do i know? my page rank suddenly dropped from 3 to 0, the reason why im thinking i was spammed.

can u help me?
.-= jenie=)´s last blog ..MUSIC MONDAY #5 – SOMEWHERE IN TIME WITH VOCALS/LYRICS =-.

EihdraG Reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Hi Jenie..We’re already linked. As for your PR..Analyze what you have done and state of your blog (if you can still recall) when you got the increase in PR and the changes you made when it was decreased. Honestly, if I may say so, I used to have lots of banners (affiliates or not) and images on my previous site in Blogger that got deleted eventually. If your images (ads- paid or not) doesn’t have the no follow tag, you can get penalized by Google in terms of a decrease in rankings plus you’re sharing link juice with those sites, spammers or not. I am no expert but I read a lot. One more advise, remove the nav bar..someone might get naughty and flag you..thanks

May 17, 2010
2:06 pm
#4 Sourav :

Yup..I am using the Intense Debate system. It’s much better than the ordinary blogger one.
.-= Sourav´s last blog ..Future Kitchen Concept – Aion =-.

EihdraG Reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 3:15 pm

Whatever helps in combating spam will do..thanks..

Jun 6, 2010
2:02 am
#5 86 :

It’s nice information. I wanna change my blog setting to do follow
86´s last [type] ..SOUVENIR UNIK DARI LIMBAH TULANG AYAM DAN ENTOK

EihdraG Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 10:12 am

great..just take the precautionary measures seriously..thanks

Jun 6, 2010
2:04 am
#6 PWD :

What is the weakness of do follow blog?
PWD´s last [type] ..HIGH SPEED TO DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE’S VIDEO

EihdraG Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am

the spammy comments…

Jun 8, 2010
2:32 pm
#7 josie :

I support do-follow, at wp I manually edit the no-follow comment, and remove all spammers, I was not very familiar w/ template code WP yet, I came fr. blogger.

EihdraG Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 4:15 am

You can activate Akismet to block your spam comments and use CommentLuv so your comments can be DoFollow. I came from Blogger too and it took me a week to get used to WP..Thanks

Jul 9, 2010
10:01 am
#8 Jose :

I am already a Do Follow blog. My blog is under blogger, and my “comment” format I got from Intensedebate, and I do follow my blog, do I need to “moderation” too in my comments for me to avoid spamming? What will be your advice? Thanks! Or any suggestion? ^^
Jose´s last [type] ..What Must Be In A Comment

EihdraG Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Though you’re already a DoFollow, I suggest to always moderate. You don’t want to give link love to spammers unknowingly ;)

Jul 25, 2010
10:40 am
#9 sulfy :

All comments must be moderated, Dara did not want to wake up with a blog spaming

Aug 6, 2010
7:02 am
#10 jen :

i am really having a hard time configuring this one… i tried to add commentluv on my other blog http://iamjennyholic.blogspot.com but i guess i’ve done something wrong… the old comments from the default blogger comments are not showing… hmmm…
jen´s last [type] ..Girls Talk- Movie Date With Friend

Aug 19, 2010
4:44 am
#11 online tips and reviews :

Spammers alright…the greet for traffic and link back is sure intense that people just post even not relevant to the subject. But i do enjoy the dofollow modification and moderating the comments make real sense to me. BTW your blog is already added to my newly started DOFOLLOW list. I would like to fill it with link lol.

EihdraG Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 7:04 am

Being a DoFollow has it’s pros and cons too.. For me though I’m getting lots of comments now, I’d still prefer to moderate so as not give link juice spill to spammers. Thanks for adding my blog to the list.. :)

Aug 21, 2010
5:48 pm
#12 FreeMoneyMaker :

Hi eihdra once again,hey have added my site in your do-follow list?Anyway I have a information from my blogger friend,the no-follow tag can be back after deleting those,he had a close notice for many site and its true.One more thing through firefox adon all the outgoing no-follow link will be marked red even your are do-follow.I have some more adon to search sites all information,you can check my blogger plugin page.Thanks anyway.Have a good night.
FreeMoneyMaker´s last [type] ..Increase your revenue with Info links with related tags

EihdraG Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 5:26 am

Your blog has been in that list since you asked me to include it. But haven’t seen my blog in yours (: Ok, will check your page.. Thanks

Update:
Just checked your blog..thanks for including my site again, though the last time I checked it wasn’t there :)
Will add your blog later in my blogroll for backlink :)

Aug 21, 2010
5:56 pm
#13 FreeMoneyMaker :

Hi jen (comment no 10),its ok,comment luv will not show your old blogger comment.You can moderate your comment luv from new post or for all post,then all of your comments made previously will not be shown by comment luv,but they will not be deleted and readers can see those in your particular post.Now you can moderate more specifically from blogger,they have added new feature in comments section.

Sep 17, 2010
6:05 am
#14 Tom :

Please add my blog in the DoFollow list. I have just installed the DoFollow WordPress plugin in my blog. I have a self-hosted WordPress blog.

My blog is: http://www.americanmoneysolutions.com

By the way, I am Filipino.

Thanks a lot.
Tom´s last [type] ..Efficient Record Keeping Keeps More Of Your Money

EihdraG Reply:
September 18th, 2010 at 5:16 am

Checked your blog already and will be adding it to the list. Thanks :)

Oct 16, 2010
7:19 am
#15 Mona :

Salamat, i hope i made it right =)

May 4, 2011
9:17 pm
#16 Noypi :

Nice info.. I didn’t know it until I read this. Thanks for sharing..

EihdraG Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 3:17 am

Happy to know that I’ve helped you :)

May 19, 2011
12:50 am
#17 adaengkantada :

how do i do this using weebly?
adaengkantada´s last [type] ..Angel Wings

EihdraG Reply:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:42 am

aw sorry for the late reply. I don’t know how to use this with Weebly. Pls search Google and you’ll get many answers from there. Thanks!

May 19, 2011
5:30 am
#18 melandria :

thanks for sharing. I so like this Do follow plugin too although your correct many spammers tend to abuse this plugin. All my blogs are do follow too. hope you can drop by and leave some loving comment.
melandria´s last [type] ..Blog

Sep 11, 2011
1:56 am
#19 alynazanders :

I always wonder what is do follow and have tried searching it on google but I didn’t get as good explanation as this. Thanks for this.

Nov 14, 2011
7:14 am
#20 Leverenz Randall@Alaska Auto Shipping :

Nice information about do follow blogs. Thanks for sharing this blog. Alaska Auto Shipping

Nov 24, 2011
6:20 am
#21 Gladeexa :

Thanks for sharing the details about do follow.. Keep up the good work! Post some more!

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