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I’ve joined the “dofollow” movement

Today I removed the “nofollow” attribute from links in comments using the LinkLove plugin. So now if you are a regular commenter (5 or more comments) on my blog you’ll get a backlink (provided you enter one in the URL field). Note that I still moderate all comments due to all the spam I get , so please keep your comments on topic. Comments like “Nice post” are indistinguishable from spam, so I won’t approve them…unless I know who you are, of course.

If you’ve left 5 or more comments in the past, don’t worry–the link is already being followed. Hopefully this will encourage participation and be some sort of reward for helping me improve my blog.

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    • This entry was posted on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 12:48 pm and is filed under Blogging, Website updates. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    6 Responses to “I’ve joined the “dofollow” movement”

    1. ' src= Sicarii says:
      August 31, 2007 at 11:45 am

      Sweet!

    2. ' src= mlankton says:
      September 1, 2007 at 2:10 am

      Congratulations, hope you don’t have too much trouble with comment spammers.

    3. ' src= casey says:
      September 1, 2007 at 9:50 am

      Hi mlankton,

      Thanks for stopping by.

    4. ' src= Linden man says:
      September 13, 2007 at 4:09 pm

      isn’t there a settings in the comment where you can automatically call one word comments spam plus akismet?

    5. ' src= casey says:
      September 13, 2007 at 4:13 pm

      I don’t know. I’ll have a look. I’m still looking for ways to quit moderating. Once you’ve commented once and I’ve approved it any subsequent comments will automatically be approved.

    6. ' src= Adam says:
      September 28, 2007 at 4:14 am

      Bravo! I use the same plugin on my WordPress sites. I also use Akismet to fight the spam. I find that Akismet works wonders….