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I LOVE to see your comments posted on my blog, IF…
you add a great and valuable contribution to the discussion!
And if you leave your awesome comments, you should be rewarded with a link back to your site. Because that’s exactly what you deserve for such efforts!
However ….
Most blogging software come with a ‘nofollow’-feature installed. That means, that although a link is created, it is of little or no value, because the search engines will not ‘follow’ the link and credit your site with link value.
This ‘nofollow’-feature originally was implemented to prevent spam, but instead it’s now used to prevent backlinks. That means, that everyone who makes the effort to add valuable content to my site will NOT get rewarded for the wrong reasons.
In fact, they’re punished.
That didn’t sound good to me.
Spam should be fought with anti-spam measures, NOT with a nofollow link!
Therefore, one day, I decided to remove the ‘nofollow’ attribute.
Now that I have set that one straight, I encourage you to post useful and valuable comments. By that, I mean submitting information that adds value to the discussion.
And if you do, you deserve a juicy backlink from me.
The same applies to a trackback link.
Only ….
Since there IS so much spam around, and since comments are often used to spam the blogs, ALL comments are moderated! By ME!
Links that I will delete immediately:
- irrelevant links (only submitted to get link juice), like
“Ooooh what an awesome article,
I will use it for my web at: (URL).
Thank you so mucha….” - worthless comments (that have nothing to do with the content)
- affiliate links (tsk, tsk, tsk, don’t know how to do this properly?)
- links to sales pages, garbage or scraped content sites
- links to offensive sites (porn, hate, violence, gambling)
For the rest, it’s up to me. I’m quite tolerant, but don’t push it too far, otherwise…..
So please …. don’t spam the comments section of this blog, so I can keep the link juices flowing!
Of course it’s up to you, but I encourage you to do the same. After all, THAT’S what makes the Internet tick!
September 21st, 2007 at 6:54 am
This is a great way of doing things. I would agree with you that great commenting contributors should be rewarded. The only downturn to this is that many will not as your article mentions due to the amount of spam that it can bring. As long as you moderate every comment you should be fine, which is what you are doing.
I hope you have great success with this and am sure you will get much more comments.
October 14th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Since a couple of weeks I’m using Spam Karma 2 to detect spam.
This plugin does a wonderful job, sends me a nice overview of actions taken by email and allows me to moderate doubtful comments.
Moderating using this plugin is a breeze!
November 12th, 2007 at 5:43 am
i really appreciate your thought of giving followable link for the commentors who are posting valuable comments for your post. good.
keep it up to increase more traffic for your site.
November 12th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Case,
Very generous of you, giving out link juice to those commenters who you think deserves it. Much kudos to you.
I actually was reading your post about Powerful Alternative For Wordpress Adsense Plugins, which you discussed at ForumKnowHow.com and was about to leave a comment at that post but decided to read your comment policies first.
Ended up leaving the comment here.
Anyway, I’ll probably just bookmark that post and learn how to integrate it with my blog so I can have better control of the adsense placements which is very difficult with adsense deluxe.
I struck gold when I found your site, just the right one for a wordpress newbie like me.
Thanks mucho.
Manuel
November 13th, 2007 at 2:13 am
De nada Manuel.
Glad you like it here. Come back soon.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:28 am
An Experiment On Dofollow, Trackback, Proper Blog Commenting And SEO All In One Swoop….
In recent days, I’ve been researching on how to remove the nofollow default in Wordpress blogs, trackbacking and commenting properly following the lead of bloggers like Case Stevens, Teli Adlam, Jim Morris, Andy Beard and so on. There are a lot o…
November 14th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Comments Policy - NoFollow…
Why you should link back to useful comments on any blog that enhances the value of the content….
November 28th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Case,
I am new to blogging, WordPress and SEO in general. I have read optiniche’s Tutorial on Trackbacks and also seen Andy Beard’s List of NoFollow plugins and the Experiment On DoFollow from Internet marketing Wannabe listed a few comments above. Somehow on one of those pages I found a link to your site. I am still trying to figure out this nofollow thing. The implications with regard to trackback or comment spam are still a mystery to me, but I am learning quickly. Thank you for your easy to read (for a noob like me) article.
November 29th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Hi Bud,
It’s a pity you don’t have your name on your blog. Would make it more personal, especially since you share your story with your readers.
Great blog by the way.
In general, the no-follow feature shouldn’t be used to fight spam. Instead, it is meant to avoid passing link juice to the pages you refer to. Some great plugins are a better solution to fight comment and trackback spam. Check out Andy’s site too.
December 30th, 2007 at 6:50 am
Andy Beard hates the Top Commentator but he used Dofollow Plugin. Any way blogging is part and parcel of an internet marketer. We blog to get valuable knowledge while building quality links. Of course good internet marketers do not spam and they only leave behind quality and valuable comments.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:44 am
I think it’s very admirable that you allow do-follow links in your comments. It really shows that you care about your readers and you want them to come back.
A good blog that has useful info, and comments by readers that add to the message of each post create a positive environment that encourages thoughts and communications.
Thanks Case!
May 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Just posted a comment on your post about twitter, it was only afterwards I saw the Comments Policy. And I have to say I 100% agree with it, because I don’t find it fair that readers of our blog are not encouraged to comment on and discuss our posts.
Problem is, one of my dofollow blogs suddenly achieved PR6 and now is being comment spammed. So I have had to introduce comment moderation which means a lot more work for me :(. Never mind…