
HOW TO: Convert Your Blog Into A Do Follow Blog
- Updated On 13/05/2011
- Author : Pradeep Kumar
- Topic : Guides
- Short URL : https://hellboundbloggers.com/?p=1632
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No Follow is simply a piece of code in a link. It normally looks like this : rel=”nofollow”
Top Blogging platforms like Blogger and WordPress has this “No Follow” attribute by default in comment links ! By this, search engines won’t follow the link to any other web sites. It is originally designed to combat comment spam.
Do Follow is the opposite of No Follow. Do Follow Blogs are blogs that has no “no follow” tags.
This means that when you leave a comment, it will appear on search engines as a backlink. Do Follow Blogs are a great way to obtain backlinks, increase traffic and your Google page rank.
Turn your Blogger Blog into a DoFollow Blog
Go to Blogger.com, click Layout | Edit HTML. Check the box near Expand Widget Templates. This is recommended . Now search for this piece of code :
<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl' rel="nofollow">
Here delete rel=”nofollow” and now the code looks like this :
<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl'>
This makes all the comment links in Blogger blogs Do Follow links !
Turn your WordPress Blog into a DoFollow Blog
WordPress users are blessed with a plugin ! So it is more simple than Blogger. Download this plugin and activate it. Follow the instructions included in the plugin.
You can also convert your blog into do follow blog by customizing the code (without a plugin). But I don’t recommend it, because it is too risky !
Why To Convert Your Blog Into A Do Follow Blog?
You can see many blogs attracting tons of comments and turns into a fun place. Similarly there are blogs which are quiet and you can hear the echo ! “Do Follow” is the reason for the difference here.
A Blog with “nofollow” attribute tells Google that the link should not be followed. That means it doesn’t count as a backlink ! If you want people to comment in your blog, you have to give them something in return. Turning your blog into do follow is the best way for saying “Thank You” !
Moreover, your blog will be included in different dofollow blog directories.
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Nizam
Turning the blog dofollow is really a good strategy, to reward the commentors and another benefits is that the blog will be listed in dofllow blog directories. Great that you showed how to turn a blog into dofollow in both Blogger and WordPress. Thanks a lot Pradeep 🙂
Rick
Most of my blogs are do follow. I have a handful that aren't because I use an old version of Thesis on theme and when I try to change them from no follow it doesn't recognize the change. Everyone of my blogs moving forward will be do follow though. It's only right.
Vinod aggarwal
i was thinking to convert my blog to dofollow and after reading this post i can easily do it
HAmza
Great Sharing ! if searched alot on conerting a blog to do follow blog but finnaly got it here u made my day man !
DSQ
thanks for this tip, I realy didn't heard about this.. "do follow" thing before. Great blog!
ajay singh bisht
Yep..i have also made my blog a do follow..
and yes,m getting lots of comments now..
Friv
Thanks for giving me the useful information. I think I need it. Thank you
friv
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Mark
I've always been confusion about and do not follow the blog. Thanks for clearing it. I'm thinking of moving my blog to do-do! You can suggest an anti-spam plug-in?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Akismet. 🙂
Pranav Jain
I am thinking to convert my blog into Do Follow
Pradeep please give some suggestions 🙂
S.Pradeep Kumar
Are you ready to face the consequences? 😉 Unexpected increase in SPAM comments & SERP problems (may or may not be true)!!
Lalit
Good one 🙂 I’m converting my Blog to do follow right now..!! Though i don’t have many commentators 😛 🙁
Irfan Siddiqui
Thanks for the tutorial but i have converted my movie blog from nofollow to dofollow a year ago. 🙂
Sonia
I do not have dofollow links in my comments section, but what I do have is for the top commentators, they get a link on my sidebar is at the site and is dofollow.
So basically, I reward people for comments on my blog a lot. They get a backlink to their site and people see if they get additional traffic.
mujra
He this is my blog please tell me how to do in this i couldn’t find any nofollow attribute
abhitraffic@gmail.com is my id
S.Pradeep Kumar
Mujra, do you have an option to Check the box near Expand Widget Templates.!?
iraq4ll
thank u friend about your tips
we can help us to get the best results
Suresh Khanal
I am strictly against dofollow comment links
NOT because it floods the spam comments, Akismet can intelligently help you to thrash them out.
NOT because it leaks your PR juice to the blogs of commenters, I’ve run a test and found its not the primary reason for reduced PR value.
NOT because I don’t want to thank my commenters, no doubt, comments are life blood that flows to prove a blog alive. But there should be other methods to reward comment authors, not mad flow of PR juice.
NOT because comment author does not expect link back, but how can you offer somebody the reward of the type that you should not?
Comments evolve when you are moved after reading a post, not because the blog has offered dofollow links.
When you make your blog ‘dofollow’ it will be proved you don’t know the philosophy of nofollow.
Search engine has given you the authority. You have the power at disposal to flag follow or nofollow. When you get power, there is naturally your duties. If you can’t visit and verify the link is worth following, how can you award that link a dofollow. Blindly assigning all the links dofollow is just misuse of authority. Everybody who comment in your blog are not worthy. Their comment might be good, impressive, authenticated but the link they leave, how can you certify that it is of the type authentic?
If your post is great, there will be flood of comments, no matter there is dofollow or nofollow. If your content is not good, what’s the use of false praises and comments as a shiny tail?
With lots of dofollow links you will attract the comment authors, but what about the advertisers? They won’t accept paying you good money if it has too many out going links.
I’m not trying to be rude, but expect we blogging community should reconsider the matter. Why nofollow or dofollow tags are developed. Should we not use the tools wisely if they are offered to us?
Nabeel
don’t do follow increase the spam rate too?
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I hope this article will encourage more bloggers to turn there blog into a do follow to increase the traffic of the blogs. I think there is lots of advantage in do follow blogs than no follow blogs.
Laptop Price
wow..nice info..i’m going to make some of my blog a dofollow..
sudharsan @ technoskillonline
I changed my Blog to Do-follow…
very nice tips
wolkencloud
I am used to plugins and there are many for wordpress.
Though I'm getting many spams, there is no increase after changing to dofollow.
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ebusinessmom
I took your advice and recently installed the “Do Follow,” plugin. Not sure if I’m a fan yet. I’ll see how it goes. I will come back here and let you know if I can tolerate this plugin or not. I hate spam and I do get a lot even before this new plugin.
Arhur
Thanks for the useful info.
Ruth @ WordPress Toronto
I’ve been considering changing to a DoFollow – You’ve convinced me!
Pallab
I have considered going do-follow in the past, but I am afraid that it will lower the quality of comments and encourage spammers.
non plagiarized paper
Thanks very interesting information.. i also converted my blog into dofollow to attract more commenting. my blog address is http://customessaywritinguk.blogspot.com
Mrpant
Thanks for the tip. I made my blog do follow today. http://mrpant.com/make-wordpress-blog-a-do-follow-blog/
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Mrpant
How do I check if it is working?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Check this one buddy.. 😀
http://hellboundbloggers.com/2009/07/28/find-whether-a-blog-do-follow-or-not/
MostlyBlog
Good post buddy, my blog is dofollow and i have installed plugin to save my time, and what about you blog?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Yes Mohan, HB is also Do Follow… 😉
SalesProfessionals
Thanks for your comments Matt. So nice of you.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks for your first comment here dude ! 😉
Bill Bartmann
Excellent site, keep up the good work
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks your first comment here Bill ! 😉
Chabad
Nice and informative article.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks Chabad.. glad you liked it ! 🙂
And thanks for your first comment here ! 😉
Matt Dofollow Wannabe
It did not work for me. I replaced all “nofollow” with blank, saved the template yet the links in the comments are still coming out as nofollow.
Have you tried recently in a blogger blog?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Matt, did you delete rel=”nofollow” in this code
<a expr:href=’data:comment.authorUrl’ rel=”nofollow”>
? ? ?
My friends tried it.. and it worked like a charm ! 😆
Matt Dofollow Wannabe
Hey man Kumar thanks for answering. Hope you got my long reply. Matt
S.Pradeep Kumar
You are welcome buddy ! Cheers ! 😉
Matt Dofollow Wannabe
Let me see if your blog works: a link to my parking ticket website is it not nofollow?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Matt.. what is your conclusion now ? 😀
machoman
thank you! I really liked this post!
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks for your first comment here buddy ! 😉
Glad you liked it ! 🙂
johnny
Hello. Thank you for this great info! Keep up the good job!
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks for your first comment mate ! 😉
mahi manral
thanx for this information.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Glad it is helpful buddy ! 😉
Thanks for your first comment here…
Swagat
Great post. now my blog is doFollow. Anyone want to evade the echo prevailing? 😉
S.Pradeep Kumar
Wow ! First of all, thanks for your first comment here ! 😀
And it is a gr8 news that you are going to become Do Follow, that really helps commentators ! Cheers ! 😉
Internet Marketing forum
i going to take the advantage of do follow attribute in your blog. i hope you wouldnt mind that?
S.Pradeep Kumar
Buddy I want all my readers to take advantage ! 😉
But, in a good way ! Hope you will do the same ! 😛
Chris
Have done this on my blog and think its a great idea. Akismet blocks any spam that trys to get through 🙂
S.Pradeep Kumar
Glad you became Do Follow buddy and Akismet is trying its best to protect us from SPAM ! 😉
Anish K.S
thanks buddy , will check that plugin.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Cool Anish ! 😉
Ping me when your blog becomes Do Follow Friendly ! 🙂
Yasinta
Hey Pradeep..! You know, mine is no follow and a bit messy. But I am considering to have a new one that’s do follow and more professional. Still thinking anyway, and yet I’m busy with some stuffs. This post gives me some other point of views..! Thank you.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Buddy.. there is no wrong in converting your blog into Do Follow .. unless you are afraid of spam comments ! 😉
Ping me when you are ready with your new blog Yasinta ! 🙂
turisuna
I have both of them, do follow and no follow blogs, I just want to compare their progress in the future 🙂
S.Pradeep Kumar
Congrats buddy ! 😉
But the yield depends on the type of blog also ! Cheers !
Yasinta
This was what I meant exactly with my previous comment, lol..!
S.Pradeep Kumar
I can understand Yasinta ! 😆
Tech News
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more articles from you in the future.
– Jack
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks mate ! 😉
Caden Grant
I don’t have dofollow links in my comments section but what I do have is for the top commentators, they get a link on my sidebar that is sitewide and is dofollow.
So basically I reward people for commenting on my blog a lot. They get a backlink to their site and people see it so they get some extra traffic.
S.Pradeep Kumar
That is really a cool idea Caden ! 😉
I appreciate it. I got some worthy commentators from your blog. Cheers to that ! 🙂
Tech-Freak Stuff
Hey Pradeep,
Good tutorial! You know the advantages and disadvantages of DoFollow and NoFollow very well. Then why don’t you convert your Blog into Do-Follow? We are looking forward to it. Also, the New Page-Rank sculpting algorithm of Google must back you up for that!
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks for commenting here Rohit ! 😉
And you asked a very good question indeed.. tomorrow HellBound Bloggers becomes Do Follow Friendly ! 😀
You can see the official announcement tomorrow … ! ..
Tech-Freak Stuff
Good work man! You are on target…I just snatched the words from your mouth!…
S.Pradeep Kumar
We Became Do Follow Rohit ! 😀
Richael | Domain Marvelous
First of all, I wouldn’t want to make my blog comments do-follow; I just cannot face the influx of spam comments. I would rather compensate for this by making my top-commentator list and link-love do-follow.
However, this is a great tutorial, Pradeep.
S.Pradeep Kumar
I agree in your view Richael ! 😉
But Akismet can protected your site I guess !
I interviewed do follow blog owners.. they said they can manage this SPAM and they develop an interactive community ! 🙂
Richael | Domain Marvelous
I have installed some spam filtering plugins in my blog, however, spam comments do manage to evade these blockade. Akismet takes time to train and differentiate spam from good comments, so till then, you have to live up with quite a lot of spam in your comments section.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Akismet protected from blog from almost 1000+ SPAM comments ! 😉
But, of course, some genuine comments go to SPAM queue if it contains some mysterious links .. so I have to spend some time to differentiate between a genuine and fake comment !
dofollow
Great job. keep coming up this great resource
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks for commenting mate ! 😀
Dinesh
http://teentechguru.com
Hey buddy this is my first comment.
S.Pradeep Kumar
Thanks buddy ! 😀
Welcome to HellBound Bloggers ! 😉