Comments on: We are now ‘nofollow’ free

By: airlinebagfees.com

airlinebagfees.com — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:24:59 +0000

Hi Daniel, this is an old post but I am wondering if you ever composed a list of ‘nofollow free’ travel blogs?

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:46:47 +0000

Hi! I think this is great! Following your example I just made my blog ‘no follow’ free too

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:40:43 +0000

Thanks Daniel for the example. I get it now.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:40:42 +0000

Hi Johnny — sorry missed your comment! Just wanted to let you know that we’re still nofollow free.

After five comments have been recorded, a user’s author comment link will be automatically changed to a ‘trusted link’ that search engines are encouraged to follow.

However, we still moderate comments—and if a comment’s been left with the sole intention of gaming Google—then we’ll likely disallow the URL, especially if the URLs are overtly commercial.

By: Johnny Vagabond

Johnny Vagabond — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:46:41 +0000

just curious: are you still ‘no follow’ free?

By: Prenotazione Traghetti

Prenotazione Traghetti — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:21:16 +0000

I do “no follow free” in my blog

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:50:19 +0000

Hi Tam — the attribute is called "nofollow" with rel="nofollow" being the format inserted within an anchor tag. Have a look at the HTML output of the page on your site. To check if the plugin is working — this is how the HTML markup for a 'dofollow' link might look: < a href="http://www.site.com/page.html" >Visit My Page < /a > This is how the link would look after the nofollow attribute has been added — < a href="http://www.site.com/page.html" rel= "nofollow" >Visit My Page < /a > Let me know if this explanation helps.

By: TheFlyOnTheWall

TheFlyOnTheWall — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:40:29 +0000

I too am now a “dofollow” or “nofollow free” blogger. I am just understanding how this works. How can we test it to ensure it is working properly? I had a commenter tell me they had it installed buy couldn’t tell if it was working now it’s got me wondering.

Thanks,
Tam

By: KewlGadget

KewlGadget — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:05:22 +0000

I just wanted to say thanks for the link love. I imagine it helps generate some traffic, and most people would try to leave better thought out comments to show their appreciation. I have to agree with Tammie, there is a great sense of comraderie (I hope I spelled that correctly) on this site. Thanks and have a blessed day.
Kewl Kat

By: Tammie Dooley

Tammie Dooley — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:28:00 +0000

funny, I love your site for the camaraderie and the way you’ve been able to convey your goal for a RTW trip on such a personal level, but everytime I visit, I learn something techie. Thanks for throwing all this into the mix!

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:44:55 +0000

Thanks for the plugin. I will have to check my wordpress. I’m still pretty green with this blog business so I don’t even know what ‘no follow’ is till I read your post.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:23:55 +0000

I know where you are coming from! If that were to happen, I think that Kathryn and I would revisit our policy. I like your alternative too (monthly link roundup) — we sort of do something simlar on Friday’s with out “What we’re reading…” series. It’s really six of one and half dozen of the other, eh?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:20:04 +0000

Hi Daniel,

I should clarify. Comments on MSW aren’t nofollow. I tried that for a while but I was getting a lot of weirdo folks looking for link love for things that I didn’t want to represent on my site. I really hate it when people drop by and load their comments up with links. It drives me crazy. However, I do reward regular commentators with a link love roundup each month. Those links are always do follow.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:22:37 +0000

Hi Paul — thanks for the comment. No fiddling. As easy as installing a plugin. Here's the link.

By: TravMonkey World Travel

TravMonkey World Travel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:11:18 +0000

That’s a great idea Daniel. Is there a quick and easy way of switching this from within wordpress or do we have to tinker with the code?

Thanks,

Paul @
TravMonkey World Travel

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:03 +0000

I wasn’t aware of the, Carrie. Cool. I think that I will try to comprise a list of ‘nofollow free’ travel blogs. Would make afor a good post!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:30:17 +0000

I’m really glad to hear this, Daniel. MSW has always maintained a nofollow free policy. It’s nice to see someone also as an advocate for it.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:59:07 +0000

Thank you for the comment, Trisha. I agree with you that the ‘nofollow’, while once necessary to preserve the integrity of search results, is no longer needed and does more to hamper conversation than it does to encourage it! Thanks again for the comment — it is much appreciated!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:52:50 +0000

Bravo! I’ve been preaching this for a long time, because I’m a big believer that the ‘nofollow’ tag has done more to inhibit conversation than anything else – busy bloggers have only so much time to comment on other blogs, and many choose to focus where they can also help improve traffic to their own site – I don’t blame them. This is a great move!