When I became a dofollow blogger, I did it out of contempt for the system. I was frustrated at how difficult to was to get backlinks as a blogger. I kept seeing all kind of links with my name on them but for a number of historical reasons the nofollow attributes meant that there would be no link love for me.
Then I started finding small lists of do-follow bloggers. I checked out their blogs, commented on a few and sort of forgot about the whole thing for a while. Then I found that my blog had made it onto one of the larger lists of dofollow blogs currently available. Big deal right? I got one backlink out of it. Not so fast, suddenly as time goes by, people are not only using the list, but they’re copying the list. I’m slowly acquiring sporadic backlinks from all over the place which is the best kind of link building from where I sit. Sure it’s great to get a whole heap of them all at once, but slow growth shows better patterns than a flash in the pan.
So if you want to join the revolution, go get the dofollow plugin, and add yourself to the list of dofollow bloggers.
Steve S // May 17, 2007 at 10:36 am
I just added my blog to the DoFollow movement, I really think it’s a great way to build community.
Bucky // May 17, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Don’t you just love logging into your admin panel and seeing all of those new links coming in?
Marc // May 17, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Steve: Welcome to the club! It is indeed a great way to build a community. The dofollow blogs just give that extra bit of incentive to post a comment
Bucky: I sure do, it’s the best part of my day
Markk // May 18, 2007 at 7:04 am
I didn’t much like the idea of dofollow blogging at first, but ultimately I do want people reading and commenting on my blog, so I think I’ve just changed my mind!
I’ll be installing the dofollow plugin in the near future.
Marc // May 18, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Awesome
Glad to hear you’re signing up to the cause. At the end of the day the nofollow was brought in to try to stem the spread of spam. We’ve got better tools today like Akismet and other spam fighting systems. The nofollow attribute has long outlived its usefulness and it’s time for all of us to get back to our community based roots.
Aimee // May 22, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Glad to see that so many people have joined this movement. Our site has recently joined it as well.
I didn’t even know there was a nofollow tag until my partner installed the plugin and I’m glad that he did it.
Marc // May 23, 2007 at 8:46 am
Welcome to the club Aimee
It is unfortunate that it takes a while before people even become aware of the nofollow attribute. Fortunately there are now a lot of people talking about it so we can hopefully spread the word further every day
Julie // May 27, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I totally agree. I think some commenters deserve recognition for their comments, expecially if they contribute significantly. I think it’s been proven that the no follow tag does not neccessarily limit spam.
Marc // May 27, 2007 at 8:59 pm
That certainly has been proven Julie
I think we’ve all cleared out thousands of spam messages from our Akismet queue.
Hobo SEO // Jun 26, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Welcome aboard. Check out the Dofollow community on Bumpzee for likeminded bloggers (including me)
Shaun
Marc // Jun 27, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hey Hobo, thanks. I’ve been on board for quite some time now though
Bumbpzee looks neat, but I’m already involved in too many systems for my own good at the moment.