I Do Follow … again
Back in December I started using the CommentLuv plug-in. At the time, I incorrectly assumed that this turned off “nofollow” on comments … I was wrong. If my post back on Dec 6th led anyone else to believe that this was a Do Follow blog, I sincerely apologize.
That being said …
I am now following links in my comments again. I simply went to my plug-in directory, and reactivated LinkLove. However, now that I know a bit more about the ways that Do Follow is being used by some bloggers, I have set the “posts required” before your links are followed, a little bit higher than they had been in the past.
Basically, what this means is that a few of my friends who’ve been commenting here for a while are already getting all of their links followed. And those who plan to stick around and join the conversation can also expect the same, without expending too much extra effort. But, if you found this blog via the search engine term “Do Follow” (or one of the various “D-Lists”, and you were planning to just leave one or two comments, using your keyword instead of your name, you’re probably barking up the wrong tree … sorry.
(now for my friends, it’s a different story, if you want to use a keyword instead of your name, no worries, go right ahead … at some point in the future, I’m bound to have some PR worth passing .. at least that’s the plan)
Keep havin FuN!
Todd
Comments
By RT Cunningham on February 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hi Todd,
I don’t mess around with the numbers. I’m using the original dofollow plugin. I can usually sniff out the spammers pretty good. Akismet catches the rest (because someone usually dimes them out before they get to me).
So, it really doesn’t matter which dofollow plugin you use, you’ll always have someone that breaks the rules. I recently spamified 11 comments from the same person — the spamminess was easily identified even those that guy probably thought he was being slick about it.
Anyway, as long as commenting is allowed, it’s always going to be an issue.
By todd on February 11th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Hey RT,
To be honest, it’s no big deal to me one way or another. I figure if people have something to say, they’ll leave a comment. I shouldn’t have to “bribe” anybody to type a few words.
That said, I know how much “fun” this whole silly link building thing can be … so, if I can help my real friends by following their links, I’m all for it.
Keep havin FuN!
Todd
By Heather on February 20th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
How difficult was it to implement the caching so to speak of user comments? I’ve kind of given up and now am moderating all comments because like RT am finding so many of the posts are just spam. Literally one person posted the exact same thing as a comment on over 100 blogs when I searched and the most ironic thing about it is one of my articles actually had a link in it to that company talking about how reputable their practices were.
Incidentally I found your site by looking for CommentLuv feedback. I like the idea and it seems you do as well.
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By todd on February 23rd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Hi Heather,
I suppose there are still some advantages to being a (relatively) low-trafficked blog. I really don’t get that many comment spam posts … that akismet doesn’t catch anyway. In fact, for me it’s more likely that a legitimate post or trackback will be marked as Spam, than a bad on will get through. That being said, If I see something in my moderation queue which consists of anything even close to “nice post”, or “good point”, I’ll almost never approve it … unless I know the person who posted it.
Todd
By Heather on February 26th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Hi Todd,
Count yourself lucky! In an average day Akismet will mark 10-15 comments as spam - basically all of them. Likely this is a few of those competitors I mentioned throwing as many posts (spam) as they can out there and not realizing 99% is getting dumped.
It’s silly really as many of them do it through 3rd parties. When I post I figure I might as well be honest about who I am and the interests I have and represent. I’m not sure it really reflects well on a blogger and or business person to post blatant spam and disguise it through the use of 3rd parties. In fact as I said I know I think less of companies that do it - and the list grows.
Great information and I appreciate you answering. Sorry for the delay in response - kids vacation week.
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