What are dofollow blogs? Can  you answer correctely, or are you confused about  dofollow blogs? Some people are definitely confused..

What’s The Confusion
About Dofollow Blogs?

The confusion about dofollow blogs concerns the core of the movement. Let me give you an example.

I recently responded to a comment from a blogger who got upset with me for emailing her a thank you for her comment.

She proposed that I should have gone to her site and left a comment. Below is my response:

“I just left a comment on your dofollow list. I agree, we dofollow bloggers should visit each other’s blogs and leave comments, especially if the blogs are in the same niche or serving the same target market.

But dofollow doesn’t mean that if you come to my blog and leave a comment, I will come to yours and leave a comment. Dofollow is a way to get linkbacks and encourage comments, rather than traffic. It’s NOT like Entrecard.

Dofollow means that the blogger overrode the nofollow commands with a dofollow plug-in so that people who leave comments will get linkbacks. According to my tool for highlighting nofollow, your comments are nofollow.”

What’s Causing The Confusion
About Dofollow Blogs?

I think her misconception about dofollow blogs is a common one, and the icon used on many sites that says “You comment, I follow” causes some of this confusion. I was confused similarly when I first saw the icon. Don’t misunderstand.  I’m not putting the icon down or the graphic designer who produced it. She contributed her skills to the dofollow movement with the best intentions.

That this commenter participates in Entrecard may also have contributed to her confusion. Entrecard is a traffic generation program. It’s build on the idea that if  you visit enough sites and “drop your card” a large percent of those people will come to your site and  “drop their cards. Entrecard also partners with SezWho to encourage comments. I participated in Entrecard for a while. I quit because I wanted readers rather than droppers. You can read about my decision by clicking Entrecard.

Who Needs To Clear The Confusion
About Dofollow Blogs?

As with any movement, the burden of explaining the dofollow movement and clearing confusion about it falls on the shoulders of movement supporters. In this case that’s every site and blog owner who provides dofollow blog lists.

We also have a responsibility to encourage proper use of dofollow comments, and to weed out those who abuse the system. Otherwise, the movement will fail.

I frequently get comments from former dofollow bloggers, who changed back to nofollow because they got so many irrelevant and spammy comments. I see this abuse as the greatest threat to the dofollow movement. The best defense against it is a comment policy noting that such comments will be deleted, and due diligence to assure that they are.

Dofollow Blogs Conclusion

I consider deciding to maintain a dofollow blog, commenting on other dofollow blogs, and building relationships with other dofollow bloggers a marketing tactic.  Like all marketing tactics, these tactics can be used correctly or incorrectly.

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P.S. If you  want to know what tool I’m using to highlight nofollow comment links. I just recently tracked it down. It’s “Search Status.” If you search for the name in quotes, you’ll find several sites that offer it as a free download with instructions. So I’m not going t repeat that information here.

Posted 11-16-09:
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