Encourage comments on your blog!
Do you have your own blog or website? If so, it’s pretty much a given that you want to increase your incoming links, right? Wouldn’t it be great, if the comments we left on other sites ‘counted’ with the search engines? THEY CAN!
Find out how to make the comments on your site ‘count’ below.
If you scroll about 1/2 way down my sidebar you’ll notice a graphic that looks like this:
It means I have installed a wordpress plugin that will disable the ‘nofollow’ attribute in my comments. The ‘nofollow’ is an HTML attribute that can be attached to a hyperlink. Basically, it tells search engines not to ‘count’ (or follow) that link.
It was set up to keep comment spam to a minimum, but it doesn’t work. Spam is now controlled by other means, so why not share the Link Love and disable the ‘no follow’ attribute?
When you fill out my comment form with your name, website and url, the search engines will follow that link and you’ll get an ‘effective’ back link from mommyknows.com. U Comment I Follow – You too can help your readers and encourage commenting all at the same time!
Here’s how you can join the ‘i follow movement’:
Wordpress: Install and activate this plugin: DoFollow
Blogger or Blogspot: use this guide
Typepad: use this guide
Moveable Type: use this guide
Want to know more? Check out these great posts, by bloggers who explain this way better than I do.
RandaClay – find out more about why, who and how; and get a your own graphic while you’re at it.
Paul Enderson – @ Reflections
Chris Garrett – @ chrisg.com
Ben Yoskovitz – @ Instigator Blog
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REMEMBER:
Mommyknows together with www.pippalily.com and www.thebabymarketplace.com is giving away TWO Pippalily baby slings (Value $75 each).
In addition, if I receive more than 100 ‘unique’ comments on any post between January 19th, 2007 and January 31st, 2008 (@ 9:59 pm MT) I will give away a FREE pair of Bical Grippers to one lucky commenter on that post (random draw) – Value $26 each! That’s 13 pairs of shoes!
You may enter by commenting on ANY or ALL posts between between January 19th, 2007 and January 31st, 2008 (@ 9:59 pm MT). Comments will be turned off after 48 hours on each post – so come back often.
See full rules here: CONTESTS!
MK xo
January 27th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I so don’t get it. Maybe I’m just too tired right now. I’ll think more about it later. :S
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January 27th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
@ glittersmama – when you put a link in a post on your blog, the search engines and technorati count that link and use it to assign page rank etc. All the things that make your site more popular.
BUT, they don’t ‘count’ the links in comments, due to a small little piece of ‘nofollow’ code.
If you deactivate that code, you will give your commenters comments a back link.
You use blogger so you need to go here: http://betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/2007/03/remove-nofollow-attribute-on-comments.html
January 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
nak….
that was really interesting! i went and did that to my blog. thx
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January 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I love these plugins but am always scared of Google not liking them as much… I think they are good for blogs looking for interaction and no so good for those looking for SE traffic… As a compromise I have them on about 1/2 my blogs
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January 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Very very interesting. I hope this gets you a higher google rating. I think that is the point. I so do not get all of this fancy stuff:)
January 27th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Hey thanks MK. I’ll do it!
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January 27th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I wish I understood half of your post I have just read
!! Every once in
awhile, I think about starting up some type of blog. I would definitely have so much to learn. Take care, Cindi
January 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I’m so new to blogging that I’m totally lost… lol. I’ll have another look later today when I have some “ME” time. Right now we’re (I mean I’m) just trying to dig out from the disaster zone my house has become. We had no power this morning and we rushing around trying to get out the door to swimming and somehow it looks like a tornado traveled through the house.
January 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Yes, I agree, very interesting. Something I’m going to look into here. Thanks for sharing!
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January 27th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Very cool!
Now I just need something other than the crap blog that I have.
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January 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Gosh! That is so incomprehensible to me. I was starting to think that I should start blogging too, but now I just realized I know absolutely nothing about blogging.
January 27th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I’m such a follower! I’m all fixed up with the “no follow” code deleted.
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January 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I linked my “you comment, I follow” graphic to your post (because I’m being lazy and don’t want to write my own post right now). I hope that’s alright!
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January 27th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I think I sorta get it. I’m going to try and follow the instructions..
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January 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Okay – if nothing else comes out of my visiting your site, I think it will be that you are slowly inspiring me that I REALLY need to set up a blog. I am just so not computer friendly laugh. I do have to say that your prize this time has to be one of your best – I am desperately trying to find a pouch sling for my dd!
January 27th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Try the Lucia’s Link Love plugin. It gives you better control over who you want to remove nofollow tags. You can select how many times they have to comment for the tag to be removed. This movement is a nice idea however you may start to get “real person” spam. I had joined a while back and I’m still getting nonsense comments from people who use the i follow list to advertise. Be careful!
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January 27th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Okay, so I’m in the clueless category, too. :) Ditto on probably too tired to think right now. :)
January 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Also clueless…
January 27th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Even better is your CommentLuv plugin. I love that one!
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:56 am
It’s way too early in the morning for me to comprehend any of this…
January 28th, 2008 at 8:52 am
I’ve thought about setting up a blog but really I am just too damn tired and busy. I will just read other peoples!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
i’m so out of this blog thing…i have our son’s website where i try to keep new pictures up and running…but, i need Blogs for Dummies or something… you are SO good to do this blog and stay so up to date on it! A huge pat on the back for all of it!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I honestly have no idea what that all means. Seriously. Come enter my Bloggy Carnival contest, though!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
All it means is … if you ‘disable the nofollow’ using the instructions above, the people who comment on your site will get a link that ‘counts’ with google and other search engines.
A good reason to stop lurking … and comment.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I need to add this to my blog…because I do it anyways, so this’ll be perfect. :)
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Count me in ! Thanks!
January 28th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Thanks for the info…I’m going to look into it…
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January 28th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
very cool idea
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January 29th, 2008 at 12:43 am
I have had to read this twice now and I am still not sure I get it. I am a slow one, aren’t I?
January 29th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I’m been blogging since March 07 and still don’t get some of this stuff. I’m still learning new stuff everyday. I’m off to learn some more.
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January 31st, 2008 at 6:48 am
I right there with everyone else I am clueless to these blogs thing!
February 11th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
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February 19th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Congrats for the plugin. I’m happy every tiem I see someone disabling the no-follow attribute. It doesn’t serve any purpose in my opinion.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 2:21 am
May do follow movement continue to grow stronger and stronger :-)
March 4th, 2008 at 12:26 am
What I’m also curious to know is how you have your comments set up to note the person’s last blog post. Interesting! I want that!
Thanks for the tips. I’m gonna try to get that done!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Glad to see you’re part of the do follow movement
March 19th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Great,
Thanks for spreading the link love!
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Hi, sorry about your diagnosis. I must say that I have personally experienced healing and seen family and friends experience healing. I do not pretend to be a theologian, but this is how I see it. Jesus took our sins and disease on the cross. Disease is a direct result of sin being in the world. Sin is simply missing the mark and falling short of God’s perfect standard. Anyway, Jesus rose again and defeated death out of his love for us. Anyway, Jesus said to pray,
Our Father, Who is in heaven;
Hallowed by thy name;
Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven;”
If you were in heaven right now you would not be suffering from disease. So just as Jesus said “the kingdom of Heaven is at hand”
I said a prayer for you.
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May 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Thx..nice topic.I will try asap in my blogs…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Its odd how many people are blogging and do not know about these plugins or the dofollow movement. The dofollow movement is a great one and when you incorporate some of the other plugins like CommentLuv, and the newest one being KeywordLuv (really awesome) you can do wonders with your blog. Tons of comments and interaction. Just have to make sure that you have a great program to take care of all the spam you will get. Nice Post!
May 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I have incorporate the dofollow on my blog and I am not really getting spammed. It’s helping me with fresh content every other day as well.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Here’s my blog, I have do follow.
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