Comments on: Does Your Blog Follow?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:14:08 +0000

@Dave – Bad Behavior can’t be beat, it works so well with both Akisment and Spam Karma2. Also, I believe Spam Karma 2 will allow you to do some blacklisting of IPs as well.

I’m also a “DoFollower” and I’ve been very pleased with the plugin I’m using: http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/dofollow/

The key feature is it allows me to configure a time value that determines when the “nofollow” is removed. I have it set for 1 day, so it gives me a bit of time to catch mistakes (aka spammers) in case one slips through.

I’ve recently captured some interesting discussions related to the “DoFollow” movement that might be of interest. Some great stuff in the comments as well.

By: Cade @ Write To Right

Cade @ Write To Right — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:06:54 +0000

I think that this is such a great concept and adds so much to individuals sites. I think that it gives the little guy a great shot to become a marketing powerhouse. It gives options for hardworkers and intelligent marketers to get more out of their business. Have you seen benefits from doing this in your blog?

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:01:39 +0000

I agree Rob (Jamdo) that if you abandon your blog with dofollow in place then you are just leaving out the welcome map to the spammers.

For me dofollow is part of the conscious actions that I take in the regular “care and feeding” of my blog. If I ever decide to let it go then the dofollow plugin (and probably a number of others would probably come out.

The other option to help stop the spammers on old posts (whether the site has been abandoned or not is to close posts over a certain age to new comments.

Thanks for dropping by and having something to say.

By: Jamdo

Jamdo — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:18:45 +0000

I have been using dofollow for quite a while.

I think the problem with dofollow is that if you abandon your blog, the bots and spammers actually get a benefit from spamming your sites (which is basically why nofollow was implemented by wordpress in the first place).

By: Adam Kayce : Monk At Work

Adam Kayce : Monk At Work — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:25:04 +0000

Dave — I’m no pro, but maybe something like “Bad Behavior” would do the trick for you… do a search at http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com and it’ll pop up quick.

I’m a do-follow-er from the start, too… although I made my own itty-bitty badge. Anyone’s welcome to it, although it’s much more subtle than Randa’s.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:56:12 +0000

Hey Leah – I want to share the link love too! I’m sure I already am but will check it now.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:34:41 +0000

Leah, I found your site from the Cutline review thread. This plug in is useful but I’m also looking for something that would block certain IP addresses. Any ideas?

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:29:49 +0000

Glad that the tip was useful. I know at times I can be a little on the geeky side but I try to keep things simple enough for the regular business owner to use as a regular part of the business.

I appreciate you sending this thank you through.

Typepad’s implementation of the do-follow is a little more geeky but I will post the instructions on a separate post today.

By: Steve Roesler

Steve Roesler — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:53:55 +0000

Leah,

Now that’s a simple and unbelievably useful tip, especially for those of us who are busy writing and speaking vs. geeking!

I’m using Typepad and am now off to check the no-follow situation there.

Thanks, Leah