Find Blogs With No-Follow Removed and Get PageRank
A lot of my subscribers have been asking me the same question: “How do I find blogs with the no-follow attribute removed?”
They want to comment on blogs (proper comments I may add) but they feel their time would be better spent if they can somehow find blogs in their niche market that rewards them for doing so, in terms of passing PageRank. If a blog imposes a “no-follow” on comments, it tells search engines not to follow the links on the comments section, and not to pass any PageRank to them.
A lot of blog owners do this with rather basic reasons:
- They have no idea what no-follow is or the fact that it’s already there on their blogs by default
- They don’t want to attract spam comments or “PageRank hunters”
- They don’t want to lose their precious PageRank to others and keep it all to themselves
Personally this blog still has a no-follow tag for reason number 2. I’m not sure if I can cope with the comments by PR-hunters if I remove them, although I do plan to at least try this soon.
But some blogs actually remove the “no-follow” tag attribute, either manually or by using a specific theme or plugin. These blogs are sometimes terms “do-follow” blogs, a coined term to mean the opposite of no-follow. (The actual “do-follow” codes themselves can’t be found in the coding, it’s either you have a “no-follow” or you remove it)
The question is how to find them.
John Leger has a $1 video that shows you to do exactly that and you can get it here. Then, he also offers a list of blogs he’s personally researched that have removed the no-follow attribute from their comments section.
It’s a simple technique really, but in respect for someone else’s intellectual property I’d rather ask you to pay the $1.00 for access to the video instead of listing it here, especially since I didn’t know of this before I watched the video itself.
See: Find Blogs With No-Follow Removed
21 Responses to “Find Blogs With No-Follow Removed and Get PageRank”
Hi Gobala,
I know exactly what you mean since I had to install the Lucia’s Link Love Plugin and switch to it from the basic “do follow” one.
I got so many crappy spam comments from idiots really who thought I was dumb enough to let them slip though the front door and give them a link it ended up taking away too much of my time manually monitoring them.
Since I switched it has lightened up big time and the number can be set from 1-10 so whatever number you choose, that is when the links become a do follow.
It gives something back to your most active commenter’s and then rest will miss out.
That sounds good, maybe you can do a review of that plugin on this blog, I’d love to read about it
For a newbie like me, this is something I have been searching for. In the beginning, I did not understand the ‘no follow’ concept at all, and questioned why would someone have it in the first place. Frankly most of use could use all the Link Love we can get. Maybe if you were a John Chow, you feel you don’t need to do a Do Follow. What I would like to know is what is the correct etiquette for track backing and Do Follow?
I just use a $5 program I got that runs on my server. but its pretty simple to find…
I have pretty much solved the issue of spam comments by using the Spam Karma 2 plugin. It is a good plugin for catching any spam, and allows me to run a dofollow blog in the process. It will send you a daily digest of what it has eliminated if you’d like, and is customizable so that you can filter pretty much anything. Works for me!
Alden~
My view is that if you run Akismet and moderate comments anyway what’s the problem with having a Do Follow policy?
Using my Firefox Browser Add-on I can see at a glance when a blog has a No Follow default and this actively discourages me from commenting.
It is valuable to make good comments just because you can actually draw traffic from the comments themselves even if the search engines ignore them. I’m very anxious to try out the plug-in mentioned above. I’ve been trying to encourage commenting on my most active blog for my mortgage related business.
I’ve seen Johns video, but don’t do what he suggests as I prefer to just write comments where appropriate, not searching out “do follow”. However, if you do want to try I think he misses a trick by not using “searchstatus” to instantly show if links are blocked or not (rather than searching page source). Also if you are going to compile a list of such sites, why not do it with del.icio.us – so you can quickly click through?
Perhaps I’m tempting fate, but I don’t have any problems using a “do follow” plugin!
Gobala: did it
jacjorjac: I understand what you are saying. The do follow and no follow movement is divided throughout the blogosphere and some are for it and others aren’t. In the end, you have to do what you feel comfortable with.
As for the “rules” I use the following. When I blog on my blogs and mention another blog, it is always with the do follow. If I mention a big site, like Google and Yahoo, then I attach the “nofollow”. My thinking is that since those sites are already huge, they don’t need more link juice.
Clive: What is the name of this addon you are using in Firefox (is it search status)? The problem I had with my own blog is that it resulted in a LOT of spam trackbacks and spam comments that sucked away my valuable time.
Carl: you can also encourage readers to comment by asking them questions. I wouldn’t worry too much about whether a blog is do follow or no follow since if they write good posts, then i feel inclined to comment.
David: I’m with you on this one. I don’t even bother looking for the do or not do I comment because of the valuable information.
Sjoe – I finally figured out how to remove the no-follow tag in my template.
Yay – No I can truly say that I do follow.
I think the do-follow movement will build a lot in the near future as Google penalized so many blogs for link sales. However, if it gets too popular, then Google will pull the switch and find a way to discredit all blog comments from passing any PR.
i don´t think so Shaun. PR yes, but not the SERPs.
I think the same like seoline. The PR may be but not the serps…
I think the same like sumosari. The PR may be but not the serps
That sounds good, maybe you can do a review of that plugin on this blog, I’d love to read about it
I think the same like sumosari. The PR may be but not the serps
I’m a bit new to this. Does Blogger use a No follow? I didn’t see it when I looked at the source, but then again I might have missed it. IF so, how do I remove it?
I find it´s ok if someone chose to nofollow. But I find it´s not ok when someone nofollows and he let people commenting on his/her blog. It´s not fair because comments are content, and content is always welcomed.
@ Handtasche: it´s totally dumb what you are telling! Do you have a blog? Probably not, otherwise you´d know how much time it costs to check the comments. I can understand that some people do not follow anymore!
I think on the SERPS it hasn’t any consequence.
First things first : Lot of folks have no idea about NOFOLLOW tags and they come in default with blogs!
I agree with Handtasche.
Having comments turned ON with NOFOLLOW tags won’t stop spammers from commenting, would it?
If you have a hard time going through comments, disable it!