A few days ago,
Randa Clay had the great idea of creating a badge. Great idea, I thought. Why didn’t I think of that? Well, the great thing is, she has.
What does nofollow do?
What it was supposed to do is greatly
reduce comment spam. We all know that
didn’t work. What it does do is tell
Google bots, and other search engines bots, not to follow links in your comments. That means, when someone posts a comment, they get no
Google Juice. I don’t feel that’s right. It’s sort of like thanking your clients by cutting off their hand (okay, maybe not that extreme).
Why should we remove it?
First, it doesn’t work to reduce comment spam. Or if it does, it’s quite minimal. Second, by removing it, you reward your commenters with
link love. And link love is good. I’m all for spreading as much link love as I can.
Why the U Comment, I Follow Badge?
It’s one way to let your readers know that when they leave comments, they’re going to get link love. Sure, you can write a few post about it and even remind readers from time to time. But many will not see it. But the badge, that stays and your readers can see it.
More and more bloggers are removing nofollow every day. So what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Randa’s blog and get yourself a nofollow badge.
Let me know when you’ve removed nofollow from your comments. If you need help, let me know. And please, keep spreading the word.
