Using the WordPress plugin NoFollow Free we offer Do Follow comment links in NetStartUpBlog.com. As most WP users will know by default WordPress applies the rel=”nofollow” attribute to any comments left on your blogs posts by your users. Obviously this is done for the simple reason of preventing losing your link value to spammy sites that tend to spam blogs with thousands of rubbish links.
While this application of the rel=”nofollow” attribute is an excellent way of making sure the spammers don’t get your link juice it also prevents genuine commentors gaining anything from comment links on your blog. We feel blogging is a community orientated publishing platform, therefore links to other relevant blogs and websites should be allowed to pass some valuable link juice.
A keen eye will need to be kept on comments to make sure that spam doesn’t slip through the moderation net of Akismet but we feel it is worth the extra work to help the community. To help on the moderation front the Wordpress Plugin No Follow Free offers the option to set a blacklist of keywords that will trigger the rel=”nofollow” attribute to be reapplied to the commentors link. Another handy NoFollow Free function allows admin to require a certain number of comments are made by the commentor before the rel=”nofollow” tag is removed for that commentors links.
Other snazy NoFollow Free options include graphics to add to your blog that show you are a DoFollow blog (as we have used in the top right corner) available in various colours to match your WP theme. This link loving Wordpress Plugin is available in various language formats so why not give it a try and pass some of your blogs link juice to the rest of the community.

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