Do you Follow? Get yourself on the “D” list
Edited to add: I have had to close comments on this post due to an annoying amount of spam. If you are legitimately interested in adding me or having me add you to this list, please email me at elizabeth@table4five.net.
Did you know that when you leave a comment on a WordPress blog, a “no follow” tag is automatically inserted into the comment? The “no follow” tag tells search engines not to bother following that link. Everyone who blogs with WordPress should add the Do Follow Plugin to their site so that each person who leaves you a comment is getting “link love” from you. The plugin strips that “no follow” attribute from your comments, so each comment you leave generates a backlink for you. There are several different Do Follow plugins for WordPress; I use this one from Semiologic.
To make it easier to know which blogs have already added the Do Follow plugin, Colleen at GeekySpeaky created the “D” list. I’d like to thank J.E. at The Fire Pit for adding me to the list! It is open to anyone using the Do Follow, so if you want to participate, follow these instructions:
HOW TO JOIN THE “D” LIST:
1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra link back.
2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.
3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.
4. Add at least 1 new blog that you KNOW us using the DO FOLLOW plugin to the list in the “My Adds” section. (Add no more than 5!) Let the people you’ve added know, so that they can keep the list going!
5. Leave relevant comments on the blogs listed and get a link back to your site thanks to Do Follow!
6. For links to plugins that will put in Do Follow automatically, and for logos for your sidebar, visit Randa Clay Designs.
- My Adds:
Charlotte’s Tips
As the Garden Grows
Randa Clay Design
The Article Writer
- The Originals:
The Fire Pit
Reviews and More
Table for Five
Confessions of an Everyday Housewife
Midlife Musings
Utterly Geek
Whatever I Feel Like
My Dandelion Patch
Surviving NJ
GeekySpeaky
Simple Kind Of Life
3DayMom
BuyMeBlog
The Hockey Dad
Psst…the blog titles are supposed to link to the blogs *wink*
Cool! Glad this is catching on! I created the “U Comment, I Follow” logos, and if you’d like to use it, but want one in a different color to go with your blog scheme, you can pick one up here: http://randaclay.com/blog/i-follow/
I added the “do follow” plug-in yesterday and blogged about it today. Your site is on the list, so feel free to check it out and keep on blogging!
This is such a great tool. I think it has helped motivate me so much with what I am doing. What benefits have you seen from it? Have you seen the list of do-follows on Courtney Tuttle’s site?
Cade, I’m so glad you reminded me to stop by Court’s site, because he has a great post about three ways to bump up your Google Page rank, including adding nofollow to your outbound links that go to sites like BlogCatalog and Digg. Why should they siphon off our page rank? I have a LOT of editing ahead of me tonight!