As it seems many people have discovered, I changed my blog to allow do-follow links. This is just my way of giving a little back to those who actually want to engage in conversation and leave their comments and thoughts. All comments are personally moderated and doing any of the following will send you directly to jail. You will not pass go, you will not collect $200.
- A blog post is NOT an open invitation to those with the first name “SEO” or whatever brand of shoe it is you’re peddling. Anyone who uses a keyword as their name is lame and not the type of person who’s opinion I care much about.
- If your site is riddled with pop-ups, in a language other than English, the newest nutritional supplement packaged to look like an actual pharmaceutical, get your spam on someplace else.
- You get one link, two on occasion if the link you suggest could be an actual benefit to my readers. If not enhancing the conversion with an actual informative link, get lost.
- Enough with the self promotion. This is my blog, not yours. If I wanted to promote you, I would interview you or otherwise mention your products and services on my own. If you were really that good, you wouldn’t need to post on someone else’s blog how great what you have to offer is.
Get the idea, folks? Yes, spammers suck, and will not be given any link love from me. For all the awesome people that know where it’s at – you rock and thanks!
Edited on April 25, 2010 to add:
Oh, and if your comment is nothing at all relevant to the discussion and is riddled with spelling errors and typos, your comment will also end up in my virtual round file.
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You’re right, too many blog comments are nothing, but spam and shameless plug ins of commenter’s own websites. This being said, it’s a fairly good way to promote one’s own site/blog and build links to it.
Too many blogs nowadays have no-follows, undoubtedly thanks to all the spam and pointless comments such as “nice post!”. So it’s nice to see that you decided to change to do-follow links.
Thanks, Yelena. I know it’s kind of against the grain, but I figured I’d give it a go and see what happens. I completely agree with you that blog commenting is an excellent way to generate traffic to your own website, and when do-follow links are allowed, a great way to build links. It’s the spammers that ruin it for everyone. Just hoping the spam doesn’t get too out of control.