Comments on: When a Blogger’s Generosity is Exploited…

By: Ronald Stewart

Ronald Stewart — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:09:40 +0000

I do think it’s a real shame that you’ve decided to turn nofollow back on.

I think this problem is way more insidious than a few hand-written spam comments that are fooling a few human eyes – I believe that all blogs are suffering because of the increasingly poor network of links between ourselves that are stifled by correctly- and incorrectly-used nofollow tags.

I appreciate your reasons even if I don’t agree, and I hope that this has solve your spammer problems!
All the best,

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Following the dofollowers at On Blogging Australia — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:33:32 +0000

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I Will Still Follow - Very Carefully — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:31:16 +0000

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DoFollow: is it really worth it? :: miLienzo.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:21:52 +0000

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"do follow" dead? : “Do Follow” Blog — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:36:21 +0000

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Affiliate Marketing Speedlinks » Affiliate Program — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:17:53 +0000

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When Good Bloggers Go Nofollow - WordPress SEO and Blog Marketing — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:37:13 +0000

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Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:14:40 +0000

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By: AgentSully

AgentSully — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:43:37 +0000

thanks for the heads-up!

By: Jeri

Jeri — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:45:40 +0000

Mine is set to follow too – it is too bad that this is such an issue! The “buy comment spam” business model is just sick, sick, sick.

So question for you – I noticed I just popped up in your frequent commenters list – but linked to an old, dead blog, the one I was on when I first started commenting here many many months ago. Any recent comments would be linked to my newer business blog… but that’s not what the plugin is picking up.

Maybe something to go on your technical “check it out” list – pretty low priority.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:06:11 +0000

I have all my blogs set to be “follow” right now and I am on the blogrolls and lists for doing so. So far I’ve had a little extra spam that I’ve had to get rid of but nothing too horrible yet. There have been some spammy days where I’ve considered changing my blog. But, then I feel like the spammer is still winning I definitely don’t want to give them any kind of victory so I’m trying to keep up with it. It’s definitely tiresome somedays.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:53:58 +0000

I was just directed here, because I made a similar comment. It’s amazing the length people will go through sometimes. I always find it amusing, because I have multiple blogs, so I know when people are hitting the ‘do-follow’ list…i get 5 or 6 emails from the same exact person, strategically leaving me a comment on each one…usually a crap comment, or some long one that doesn’t make sense. I’m about to remove myself as well. Thx for the post, I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling it.

By: The I Follow Movement is not dead at Randa Clay Design

The I Follow Movement is not dead at Randa Clay Design — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:03:49 +0000

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By: ms danielle

ms danielle — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:29:05 +0000

hi wendy. i had to leave a comment here because i had the same issue recently. i deactivated the dofollow plugin about one week ago, and it was actually a really hard decision to make. as a blogger you want to give back to your readers, but when it’s at the expense of your content, you have to consider the long term health of your site. great post!

By: George

George — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:24:31 +0000

The truth of the matter is that with or without the do-follow tag, people are going to spam your blog with comments. The comments still generate traffic and may help your Search rankings in Yahoo.

I have never been a fan of the no-follow tag, because in my opinion it is an attempt by the Search Engines to make webmasters fix a problem with their product. I am not paid by the Search Engines to deal with their faulty algorithm.

I don’t blame you for deactivating the plug-in, but I will keep it active on my blog.

Just my 2 cents.

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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:54:11 +0000

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By: JoLynn Braley

JoLynn Braley — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:06:05 +0000

I have conflicting thoughts about do-follow, too…I don’t get nearly as many comments as you do, so if one adds to the topic then I will let it through, unless it links to an obvious splog.

I also used to examine the comments that made it through Akismet, but now I’m tending to just delete them.

Something else that has been on my mind ever since I read it here is that you found that past comments you approved ended up changing to adult sites, when they weren’t pointing to them when you approved them! That concerns me and I keep thinking that now I must go back through all of my comments to see if the url’s are redirected…

By: David Airey :: Creative Design ::

David Airey :: Creative Design :: — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:59 +0000

At the end of the day, Wendy, we come here to read your content and join in the discussion. We don’t come here for a tiny bit of link juice, so don’t worry about turning DoFollow off.