Comments on: Selective Use of DoFollow on WordPress Comments

By: Laura Fletcher

Laura Fletcher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:03:13 +0000

I think it is important for people to start moving towards this. Real estate professionals find it hard to show off what they have if the juice doesn’t flow to their houses for sale. Anyway, just my two cents worth. Greenville, NC real estate and homes for sale in Greenville / Winterville, North Carolina

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:46:46 +0000

Well - let’s use you for example… Thanks for the set-up!

The fact that you’ve used anchor text “Computer Repair” instead of your real name is a perfect illustration of where some blog owners may choose to draw the line, and allow the comment, but no follow the blatantly obvious spammy text link?

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:48:56 +0000

I don’t get the point of allowing a post but having nofollow for it. If the post is not on topic or is just spammy then deny the post. I can’t think of anyone on my blog that has posted a legit comment and when to a spam or bad website.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:58:24 +0000

Great Jeff, and thanks for the list!

By: Jeff Starr

Jeff Starr — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:22:12 +0000

Thanks for the link! I too encountered problems when reviewing Dax’s otherwise promising dofollow plugin. Testing on WP 2.3.3, the plugin failed to deliver the per-comment moderation functionality as advertised. As soon as they fix it, I will be adding it to the “Dofollow Blacklist” post mentioned in your article, as well as my comprehensive reference of all dofollow/no-nofollow WordPress plugins. It sounds like a great plugin — I hope they fix it soon!

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:39:15 +0000

I’m running the latest version 2.33 - You are too John? Using Gregs plugin?

By: John Hunter

John Hunter — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:02:32 +0000

I use it and I don’t seem to have any problem. I don’t have the no follow option in the “awaiting comments” section /wp-admin/moderation.php. But in the comments section (/wp-admin/edit-comments.php) that options is there. I would like it if they added the no-follow option to the “awaiting comments” page.

By: Julie Davis

Julie Davis — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:07:34 +0000

Interesting article. Since I have most of my domains on your same host, I am not sure any link love will do me much good, so I will stick to unlinked comments for now

I block comments on my blogs since I don’t want any back talk, but a few get through anyways when I forget to set the options correctly. It does take me awhile, often, to determine if the comment is spam or not.

I can see that a DoFollow comment guidelines page could be something that some more popular bloggers who really want to maintain their following may want to adopt. For instance, you could state on the domain’s Do Follow Policy that you only Do Follow comments related to the topic and that are at least X characters long. That way people who really just want to say “Great job” to your article, won’t get offended if you No Follow them.