Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at
1:54 pm
I have had one of the best weeks as far as the content I have come across this week on several blogs I read so I thought i would share them here:
Comments:
Do-Follow:
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at
5:30 pm
The very first thing I wanted to do with this site is add do-follow and comment luv plugins. I use Wordpress for all my blogs, and the range of plugins is vast.
Do-Follow:
First thing I want to say is there really is no such thing as “do-follow” as an attribute in html (code). The term is slang and is used commonly to refer to the <rel=no-follow> attribute being removed from the code for a link. The general thinking on this is that the search engines see this as a “trust” issue and links that are “do-follow” (removal of no-follow) will be seen as a link that you “trust” and therefore the search engine will give “value” to that link. This is believed to help the site that leaves the link. Of course, that is another argument whether this is true or not. I comment on both no-follow and “do-follow” sites because I like the interaction i get, and because I have something to say that I think will contribute to the conversation.
I like to add this do-follow plugin to my sites to encourage comments because that is an important part of blogging, interaction. If people are encouraged to comment because of a do-follow link, then they may pass the word on and more people will comment, which creates a buzz for your site.
Some bloggers might see this as a “ploy” of sorts, but there actually is a community of commentators that you will see commenting on the same blogs, and this is a good way to network with other bloggers.
In addition to all that, if you start getting comments on your blog, you naturally get excited about the fact that people are actually reading your content! Keeps you motivated.
CommentLuv:
This plugin, again for wordpress, gives a link to the commentator’s latest blog post in their comment. You have the choice to make the link rel=no-follow or not, I choose to remove the no-follow from these links as well. Once again, it encourages comments and there are multiple reasons this helps your success as a blogger.
Top Commentator:
This plugin creates a list of the “top commentators” in your sidebar. The benefit of this plugin for the commentator is they are encouraged to return for every article because not only do they get links from the individual article, they can “earn” a link in the sidebar on your home page by being listed as someone that comments frequently. The advantages of this is that the link can be on every page of your site giving the commentator the benefits of maximum exposure on your site. You can opt out of the links being on every page, but I don’t see the use in doing that.
Links To Comment Plugins I Install: