Random Ramblings is now Do Follow
I’ve installed the Comment Luv plugin on my blog because I think its really cool and it allows you to add a link to your last post in the comments. This I thought has two major benefits, firstly other readers can see you the link to your then last post and thus you can get visitors to your blog and secondly it helps you to build backlinks to your blog.
I was very happy about it until I noticed, while moderating a comment, that there was a no follow tag attached to the link. Apparently WordPress automatically adds no follow tags to links in comments. Its not really a big deal, but I thought that the Comment Luv links were extremely useful to my commentators so I was slightly disappointed.
I’ve now installed Lucia’s Linky Love plugin that removes the no follow tag from the comment links. Also it lets you can set a threshold for the number of comments from a commentator before the no follow tags are removed from the comments for new commentator. I would encourage you to install the plugin too if you really want to share the Link Luv . 
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January 13th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
i love comment luv too, it probably the best plugin for comment ever.
glad you join the group of comment luve
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January 14th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Thanks for dropping by and welcoming me.
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January 14th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Welcome to the club buddy!
You’ve got a cool blog here. What’s this theme called?
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selurus Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Thanks. Its the Pixel theme.
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January 15th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
wow! Good News! i gonna Visit everytime!
Thanks for Making it do-follow!
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January 16th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Thanks. You’re always welcome and do help spread the word too.
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January 16th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Wow This is a great news.. will visit ur blog so often and I would like to appreciate you the initiative ..
Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats´s last blog ..RT Love: A Retweet Club For Bloggers
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selurus Reply:
January 17th, 2010 at 12:30 am
Thanks. Your always welcome and do leave some nice juicy comments.
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January 17th, 2010 at 9:53 am
YAY! That’s really cool, you gave me a reason to spam this blog
J/k
Definitely, you get more and more comments through comment luv plugin which is pretty cool, but, at the same time, people make small comments just to gain the comment luv juice!
In anyway, I wish you luck with this blog. Have a good time.
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January 18th, 2010 at 12:48 am
I’m set comment moderation to allow me to approve every comment, so any spam will not be tolerated.
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January 18th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Just check weather the Do-Follow plugin is actually working. I checked the links of all the above comments and they are No-Follow. Anyway, My blog is also Do-Follow and it is indeed a good thing that you also plan to make your blog Do-Follow.
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selurus Reply:
January 19th, 2010 at 1:46 am
Yes the Lucia’s Linky Love plugin is active. Its set at the default options of 3 matches before author or comment links become do follow to avoid spam.
BTW how do you check if a link is do follow or not?
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Spatt Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Simply use this firefox plugin – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5687
nice blog you got here. Opera fans eh?
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selurus Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Thanks but I’m using Opera Mini.
Opera Mini Rocks.
Rohit Sane Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Just select the linked words[Firefox] and then Right click and “View Selection Source”. Now check the “rel” attribute.
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selurus Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Thanks but I’m not using Firefox.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Welcome to the do follow movement. I am glad you have switched over and I am using the same plugin. I have it set to remove the no follow tag after the second comment. This helps stop some of the spam drive bys
Tycoon Blogger ´s last blog ..Are you part of the blogging revolution?
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selurus Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Thanks. I’ve set it to 3 approved comments.
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Jayce Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
At least 3 comments and link turn to dofollow?
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selurus Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Yup
January 27th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
I use the commentluv also. I think it works great. I haven’t tried the other Luicia Linky love. I had grabbed another plugin I believe its just DoFollow. I might check yours out as I cannot set the number of comments. though I don’t get alot of spam comments just some.
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selurus Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
You’re welcome to try Lucia’s Linky Love. I also have Akismet to block spam comments, and it has blocked 14 comments already. Comment moderation would be so hectic without Akismet.
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