Do Follow
April 6th, 2007 by Cass
Today’s neat thing is the do follow plug-in for WordPress. WordPress automatically adds rel=nofollow to links people leave in the comments, including their name. In theory, that’s supposed to reduce spam, but it doesn’t. You might have noticed that I’ve been linking folks who comment over in the sidebar. Well, now I don’t have to do that anymore. If you comment here, or on any of my other blogs, you get a link. That simple. And it’s automatic. Less maintenance, more writing!
Now, just so you know, and those who comment here already know this, so they need not read any further: I patrol my comments vigorously. I respond to them, too. Don’t be thinking you can drop some spam here. Un-unh.
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I saw this option on my Plus 1 blog, now I need to go get the plugin for Suncoast Scribe. I have all my comments on moderation. It’s a pain, but boy do those spammers hit me HARD. If I approve a comment, I sure do want their links to count toward ratings, etc.
[...] Why do I love Six Neat Things? Because there is always something to chew on that is, indeed, neat. I’m adding a plugin to nix the automatic NoFollow tag on comments and would not have thought about it, if not for Friday’s Neat Thing. :) [...]
Glad you find it useful!
Beautiful blog design- love your cute header!! Want to tell everyone that you’ve turned off the nofollow in your comments? Check out my new “ifollow” logos- grab one for your sidebar!
http://randaclay.com/archives/the-i-follow-movement
I have noticed more comments now that I am using Do-Follow.
Hope you notice an increase too!