Comments on: A Criticism of NoFollow Links: Why You Should Not Use Them

By: Kevin Kane

Kevin Kane — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:27 +0000

Right on, Barry.

I haven’t been able to get my blog’s comment links to follow. I’ve tried the following plugins: Do Follow, NoFollow Free, and Follow My Links.

I can only get comment text links to follow — but not comment author links.

For example: http://www.kevinkane.com/2010/11/how-to-make-sure-that-your-toastmasters-experience-doesnt-suck/#comments

Any suggestions from anyone are appreciated!

By: business communication

business communication — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:44:48 +0000

I think that including nofollow links defeats the whole purpose of people taking the time to post a comment. I mean, it’s a trade-off.

By: Lawrence Walsh Group

Lawrence Walsh Group — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:50:26 +0000

Great article! I complete agree with the fact that nofollow really closes down on many opportunity to have your information shared with others.

By: Dennis Bellows

Dennis Bellows — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:53:05 +0000

I agree with Scott above. The sites that horde link juice are doing an injustice to the quality sites that they use as references. If you get a good comment on your blog or site then you need to follow that comment.

Dennis B.

By: Silk Flowers for Weddings

Silk Flowers for Weddings — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:14:56 +0000

adding the dofollow plugin to my blog increased the number of comments.. and that is a welcome change :)

some of them are spam but that is what akismet is for

By: Inmate Locator

Inmate Locator — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:11:15 +0000

I have several websites and i support “do follow”. Thanks for the great article and I hope this movement contiues. :)

By: SEO Nottingham

SEO Nottingham — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:55:05 +0000

We need to be very warey of how google looks at NoFollow links. It was recently announced that using NoFollow links for PR Sculpting was a method that had carried no weight whatsoever for the last 18 months. Nobody noticed, so they didn’t tell us!!

By: Mike - Sibelius 6

Mike - Sibelius 6 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:03:55 +0000

I can’t understand why Google would implement a nofollow attribute. They should have thought of other creative ways to pick up on comment spam. The nofollow tag eliminates incentive to share content, and the whole idea of the internet is to benefit from each other, and share ideas and information. It is a shame most blogs these days, and wikis, by default come prepackaged with the nofollow attribute. I wonder how many people actually understand the effects of a nofollow tag, or are aware of its existence.

By: Hot Springs

Hot Springs — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:46:39 +0000

I have to agree with you on believing the bots actually follow the nofollows. Thanks for your articles. I’ve been reading all morning different SEO things you’ve written about and learned a lot.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:02:27 +0000

I’d like a widget which showed who was reading my blog at any time–like a more public version of the Sitemeter “who’s on” function, which allows me, as blog owner to know who is reading my blog at any time.