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• At 2009.11.10 12:02, Surender Sharma said:
  

  It’s good to get increase PR by commenting on some dofollows blogs.But nofollow blogs are not bad in the sense of PR.

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  • At 2010.05.23 01:24, Luke said:
    

    Nofollow blogs do not give PR like follow blogs do, but with that being said if a nofollow blog is popular you will get some traffic from leaving a comment on that blog because people will click on your link if you left a informative comment. This is the same with a follow blog but you will get PR from that blog plus traffic from the informative comment you left behind.
    Luke´s last blog ..Doodle 4 Google – Vote!

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• At 2009.11.10 12:18, Gabe Young said:
  

  Commenting is never bad, regardless of DoFollow or NoFollow. It’s just that if I had a choice, if I commented somewhere and the page has link juice, I wouldn’t mind having some!

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  • At 2010.01.28 10:21, David Wei@Your Money Online said:
    

    I totally agree with you more. As a comentator, I prefer Dofollow to Nofollow, and as a blogger, I would use dofollow to get more active readers for my blog, although this will get more spam comments on my blog.

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    • At 2010.01.28 12:07, Gabe Young said:
      

      Akismet catches over 95% of the spam so it’s marginal work for me personally. Well worth it!

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• At 2009.11.10 13:26, Blake @ Props Blog said:
  

  Last summer (2009) Google announced that link juice is used whether you put no follow or dofollow. The only difference is nofollow doesn’t pass the juice on to the next page and the link juice is “wasted.”

  If I was linking to a site that I didn’t want to be successful, I would put a nofollow tag. I think text ad links is one of the only programs where link juice is important for the product being advertised.

  I’m all about Do Follow comments link you mentioned. There is no point in wasting outbound links; If someone takes the time to comment on my blog, they deserve some link love imo.

  Thanks for sharing the gospel about nofollow/dofollow.. More people need to be informed!
  Blake @ Props Blog´s last blog ..Are You Really Trying To Be Successful (or Are You A Schmuck)

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• At 2009.11.10 14:09, Ricky said:
  

  I tried keywordluv plugin once to make my comment section dofollow but unfortunately it didnt work out well for me.

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• At 2009.11.10 14:20, Gabe Young said:
  

  Thanks for the input about the wasted juice.

  As you said, if the spam is controlled, most of the time it makes total sense to reward those who swing by and offer some thoughts on your topic.

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• At 2009.11.10 14:24, Gabe Young said:
  

  There are a handful of good DoFollow plugins, some only removing the NoFollow tag after a visitor has commented a user-defined number of times.

  I like to keep mine simple. Just grab the DoFollow plugin by Semiologic I mentioned above and you should be all set.

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• At 2009.11.10 14:52, Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend said:
  

  Ok, I’m going to do the dofollow thing. I don’t personally care, and I don’t personally thing it matters much, but then again, if it helps build community, I’m all for it. I’d rather have the community than the “linkn juice.” (Which Google controls completely, so I don’t worry about it.)

  Ok, done.
  Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend´s last blog ..I’ve Just Wasted $53 on Hosting and a Domain, s***, What Now? HELP!?

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• At 2009.11.10 15:15, Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend said:
  

  I’ll strip the tags from existing comments as well. Any recommended plugins for that?
  Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend´s last blog ..I’ve Just Wasted $53 on Hosting and a Domain, s***, What Now? HELP!?

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• At 2009.11.10 15:30, Gabe Young said:
  

  Building a community is what most of us are striving for but part of that includes giving back what you can. As a visitor, I comment on sites regularly, never really looking to see if I’m getting any link juice return.

  As a blogger, even if some of my visitors are commenting just to get some juice, I’m OK with that if they provide some value to the site. I’m not going to judge everyone’s motivation for posting, as long as there’s activity, I’m happy.

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• At 2009.11.10 15:32, Gabe Young said:
  

  I don’t know of a plugin that would retroactively remove NoFollow tags.

  I wouldn’t worry too much about past comments but if you look around and find one that does that, let us know.

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• At 2009.11.10 15:36, Susan said:
  

  Hey, thanks for the shoutout, homey!

  Beautifully explained. The whole no/do-follow thing is a little known fact, I’ve found.
  Susan´s last blog ..SEO and PPC: Bert and Ernie or Skywalker and Vader?

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• At 2009.11.10 17:18, Tweets that mention NoFollow vs. DoFollow: Who wins? | Free Blog Help dot Com -- Topsy.com said:
  

  [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brad Ward, Dave Doolin. Dave Doolin said: RT @pnstlion NoFollow vs. DoFollow: Who wins? | Free Blog Help dot Com http://bit.ly/2U9ipo (<– dofollow just do it) [...]

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• At 2009.11.10 17:25, Brad said:
  

  Oh really? So I will install the plugin ASAP! As I do want dofollow!

  And nice to know you have dofollow as its better to attack the spam then the links.
  Brad´s last blog ..Apple Releases 10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006

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• At 2009.11.10 18:36, Justin L said:
  

  Make note of this: Ensure ALL your affiliate links contain the Nofollow attribute. That way you can ensure not to hamper your SEO efforts by linking to a poor quality landing page.

  Peace out Gabe!
  Justin L´s last blog ..With mobile browsing growing in the US, how do you adapt?

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• At 2009.11.10 22:15, uberVU - social comments said:
  

  Social comments and analytics for this post…

  This post was mentioned on Twitter by halftrack64: NoFollow vs. DoFollow: Who wins? http://bte.tc/w-u #RTW…

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• At 2009.11.10 23:20, Dana @ Online Knowledge said:
  

  Thanks for link juice from this comment.
  Dana @ Online Knowledge´s last blog ..Keyword Optimizing

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• At 2009.11.11 00:01, Rajesh Kanuri said:
  

  nice info oi would like to know wch one were u using on you rblog.. no follow or do follow.. ??
  Rajesh Kanuri´s last blog ..How to Backup Your Current WordPress Theme

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• At 2009.11.11 02:07, Phaoloo said:
  

  It has pros and cons, but IMHO I don’t think commenting is great for SEO. Guest posting and article marketing work far more better. So what is the benefit of commenting for me? It’s relationship, do you agree?
  Phaoloo´s last blog ..6 Effective Tools To Check Your Site For Broken Links

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• At 2009.11.11 07:43, Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach said:
  

  I don’t worry about follow/nofollow/whatever anymore…I just comment where I like. And it does seem to be working well….
  Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog ..The Great Eyeglasses SCAM – Simple Ways to AVOID Being Ripped Off

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• At 2009.11.11 08:43, Gabe Young said:
  

  This site has DoFollow across the board.

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• At 2009.11.11 08:46, Gabe Young said:
  

  I agree that commenting is great for building relationships. However, getting link juice on DoFollow sites do help SEO, especially if you are commenting on sites that are related to yours. Also, DoFollow encourages some folks to join in the discussion, which adds more content on your site.

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• At 2009.11.11 08:48, Gabe Young said:
  

  I don’t worry about DoFollow or NoFollow when I leave comments either.

  I just prefer to give something back to my visitors if they do comment thus the DoFollow on here.

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• At 2009.11.11 08:48, Gabe Young said:
  

  Excellent point Justin!

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• At 2009.11.11 11:53, mostlyblog said:
  

  good post about DoFollow or NoFollow blog and i like all the point which you covered here
  mostlyblog´s last blog ..How to Schedule Multiple Drive Defragmentations in Windows 7

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• At 2009.11.12 01:10, George Serradinho said:
  

  This topic has been discussed on many blogs and everyone has their own opinion. Some of my links are dofollow and others not, I swop and change every now and then.

  BTW, your post was well structured and sure it will clear things up with newbies
  George Serradinho´s last blog ..Thesis Tutorial – Displaying Users Twitter link in the Comments Section

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• At 2009.11.12 02:28, agnes said:
  

  Thanks for providing the information about no-follow and do-follow.But commenting on both we can get the traffic only the difference is we can get a backlink from a do-follow comment.

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• At 2009.11.12 05:51, Phaoloo said:
  

  Totally agree, but do you think Google still count links in comment area? Google Caffein is going to be out of date and some guys out there say we have to change the way we SEO now. I just hope commenting may be still helpful for us.
  Phaoloo´s last blog ..6 Effective Tools To Check Your Site For Broken Links

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• At 2009.11.12 08:20, Gabe Young said:
  

  You’ll get a backlink no matter what, you just won’t get link juice if it’s NoFollow.

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• At 2009.11.12 08:28, Gabe Young said:
  

  Let’s assume that Google doesn’t count comments for link juice. You’ll still have direct benefits when people see your comments and come to your site. SEO is more than just passive boosts to rankings, it’s also about driving traffic to your site anyway you can.

  In other words, although the SEO landscape is always changing, commenting will always be beneficial in some way.

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• At 2009.11.12 23:40, Tinh said:
  

  I myself think maybe differently from you guys as I think nofollow will rule the internet sooner or later. Google will kill PR and there is no reason that DoFollow can win. Only the content! And as @Phaoloo said, comment can not be a good way for SEO, just making relationship
  Tinh´s last blog ..WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

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• At 2009.11.13 00:44, Gabe Young said:
  

  You might be right with your first statement but until then, DoFollow certainly doesn’t hurt.

  As for commenting, it’s a nice indirect way to increase traffic. Although it doesn’t actively boost SEO per se, I think we all agree that building these relationships lead to a bump in traffic.

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• At 2009.11.13 01:33, Tinh said:
  

  Yes, I do agree with you on this point
  Tinh´s last blog ..WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

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• At 2009.11.13 03:23, Tejas, PSD to HTML said:
  

  I have seen a lot of people starting to use DoFollow, then switching to Nofollow. My personal opinion is that on a general site it makes sense where you want a discussion. On niche sites, the spam may be a lot higher as many people comment without being aware of what the site is about.
  Tejas, PSD to HTML´s last blog ..The Ultimate image optimizing guide!

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• At 2009.11.13 17:52, satrap said:
  

  i used a plugin for removing the nofollow, i dont get the big deal some bloggers make out of their nofollow deal. i wish more people would have dofollow blogs.
  satrap´s last blog ..5 Powerful Secrets To Making The Most Attractive Squidoo Lens For Gaining More Traffic And Sale

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• At 2009.11.14 23:50, Dofollow blog said:
  

  Here is dofollow blog with PR4 – http://itezer.com
  You can post articles with your links

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• At 2009.11.16 10:43, ravi said:
  

  Thanks for providing the information about no-follow and do-follow.But commenting on both we can get the traffic only the difference is we can get a backlink from a do-follow comment.
  ravi´s last blog ..Free graphing polynomials simulation for your Mac

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• At 2009.11.19 06:59, sleep tips said:
  

  I’m a little confused about the nofollow dofollow.
  Does the nofollow just apply to the comments or to the whole WP blog?
  For example if I had a link in my post to another website of mine would that be dofollow?
  What about links in the sidebar? Are they also nofollow?

  In any case I think it is beneficial to have dofollow on the comments because whenever I leave a comment I bookmark the page, thus sending lurve to that page…:)

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• At 2009.11.19 09:04, Gabe Young said:
  

  It all depends on how the blog is set up. One simple way to check is to look at the page source of the page you want to know about and do a find on “nofollow”. If the tag doesn’t exist, then that page is DoFollow.

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  • At 2010.05.23 01:57, Luke said:
    

    Ok I give in here is a tool for fire fox that is free and will help you see no follow and do follow.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/321/

    I just ask of one thing come on over and comment on our blog.
    Luke´s last blog ..Doodle 4 Google – Vote!

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• At 2009.11.19 10:05, sleep tips said:
  

  …will do, thanks…

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• At 2009.11.27 17:37, Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant said:
  

  I have been researching this all day and earlier ran across the WordPress plug-in you mentioned as I def. wanted to have my blog as DoFollow.

  One resource I found that may be of interest is http://dofollow.info/ – I submitted my blog there as well, their database is small at this time but I’m sure as more people become aware of it and add their blog to the directory it will be a great resource for all parties that are interested in building more links.

  The one thing that I’ve had a hard time figuring out today is this:
  What is the difference between a trackback and a backlink – is one more beneficial than the other? Does one affect SEO or traffic more than the other?

  Any advice anyone can give me on this would be highly appreciated!

  Thanks!
  @mmangen on Twitter
  Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant´s last blog ..Alex Mandossian’s business card suggestion results in Social Media encounter

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• At 2009.11.28 01:34, Gabe Young said:
  

  A trackback is a type of backlink. It’s essentially a ping (or pingback) from one site to another.

  For the most part, you can assume all backlinks have some influence on SEO since they “tell” search engines that you are within a certain niche. DoFollow is a bonus since you get some link juice.

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• At 2009.11.28 01:49, Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant said:
  

  Gabe – thanks so much for the speedy reply. I knew you’d reply just based on your previous replies to other questions.

  Having that extra info is really helpful.

  I’ve put your RSS feed into my TweetMiner so I can easily share your posts on Twitter and I make sure I don’t miss any of them!
  Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant´s last blog ..Alex Mandossian’s business card suggestion results in Social Media encounter

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• At 2009.11.28 10:09, Gabe Young said:
  

  I always respond whenever it makes sense to. I treat this site as a community, that which requires some level of two-way communication.

  Anyway, glad I was able to help.

  Looking forward to see you here again!

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• At 2009.12.06 12:54, Blog Handbook said:
  

  My blog has always been dofollow and in my opinion the best thing about is the value that I give my commenters by passing on link juice. I see it as a thank you for the comment and I appreciate you commenting.
  Blog Handbook´s last blog ..Writer’s Mindset – Think and Write Better

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  • At 2009.12.06 14:53, Gabe Young said:
    

    You got that right. I mean, who couldn’t use a little link juice?

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• At 2009.12.16 20:18, Iskander said:
  

  I also agree , you should always show appreciation for the time spent to comment on the blog.
  Iskander´s last blog ..The Arras Theme

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• At 2009.12.21 08:21, High Pagerank said:
  

  You have obviously done your research on this topic. Where did you get your information from ? good

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• At 2009.12.28 00:48, Justin said:
  

  I am hosted at wordpress dot com, so unfortunately I don’t think I can make comment dofollow.
  Justin´s last blog ..Have a Very Merry Christmas!!!

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  • At 2009.12.28 01:07, Gabe Young said:
    

    I’m not real sure either. If you find a way, please fill us in.

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• At 2009.12.30 04:12, Nick said:
  

  It actually makes the job for any SEO consultant a bit of a nightmare. Using something that highlights nofollow links but surely in blogs particularly they can moderate the good posts from the bad. Let the good benefit and the bad not?

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  • At 2009.12.30 13:06, Gabe Young said:
    

    Not sure I fully understand your statement.

    Still, all comments that are posted get some benefit in this case. The only comments that don’t get any juice are the ones that are in the spam/trash folders.

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    • At 2010.01.15 08:20, Nick said:
      

      Well what I meant was, why have nofollow anyway, moderate a blog so trash gets filtered out and let the good posts benefit from juice.

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      • At 2010.01.15 17:05, Gabe Young said:
        

        Some people get sick of the increase in spam with a DoFollow blog. Akismet does catch most spam but we still have to scan through for false positives.

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• At 2010.01.10 00:50, Read This Link » NoFollow vs. DoFollow: Who wins? said:
  

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• At 2010.01.11 04:52, Tech Tips & Tricks said:
  

  Even though “Big Google” might want to disagree, making your blog is “almost always” a win-win situation for you and your readers as long as we make sure we are not encouraging spammers! Absolutely agree with you Gabe!
  Tech Tips & Tricks´s last blog ..Best “Technology” posts in Year 2009

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  • At 2010.01.20 23:18, Gabe Young said:
    

    DoFollow will surely attract spammers but luckily Akismet does such a great job that it’s hardly anything to worry about.

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• At 2010.01.12 04:34, Thai Food said:
  

  I like do follow. It encourage reader to leave a comment. But I still don’t understand why do follow win.

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• At 2010.01.18 15:28, John Andrean said:
  

  Very nice information. Thanks for this. Added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. I really liked your blog!

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• At 2010.01.18 22:51, Andi Samoah said:
  

  This is one of the best post i even seen today, many thanks for this and i was bookmarking your site. Hope to see more article from you in the near future. Thanks for this buddy.

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• At 2010.01.20 19:31, Jim Clark said:
  

  What a wonderfull post dude, thanks for sharing this. For sure i will check your another post later, i just bookmarking this site. Again happy posting

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• At 2010.01.23 15:16, Barry Green said:
  

  Have you considered installing the db-cache plugin ? It will help your site load faster.

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  • At 2010.01.24 00:32, Gabe Young said:
    

    I’m using WP Super Cache for fast caching.

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• At 2010.01.23 16:28, Barry Green said:
  

  You should look at installing commentluv or disqus on your blog. This will make it dofollow and hence you will gain more traffic.

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  • At 2010.01.24 00:31, Gabe Young said:
    

    This site is already DoFollow and CommentLuv is on here too.

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• At 2010.01.26 15:01, sumit said:
  

  Great and useful post, thanks for sharing.

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• At 2010.01.26 18:59, Mike said:
  

  I think dofollow is a great way to get more content to your website.
  Thanks for the post!

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• At 2010.01.28 11:46, Your Money Online said:
  

  Your Money Online Becomes a Dofollow Blog too…

  Following Ching Ya and Nicole, Your Money Online is now a DoFollow blog too. Why Your Money Online a DoFollow Blog?…

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• At 2010.02.16 13:51, Naturallpills said:
  

  i finally get the difference between do follow and no follow!great work guys!!

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• At 2010.03.04 18:50, Las Vegas property management said:
  

  You explained both of these so clearly. thanks! I definitely struggle with these no follow and do follow links on my blog. I want to gain PR and link juice but sometimes you need to allow do follow links to get links. you know what I am saying?

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• At 2010.03.09 05:38, Janet said:
  

  thanks, nice explanation I’m clear in nofollow and dofollow links. but can you explain what this means -rel=’external’ .

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• At 2010.03.15 04:54, Sanfran said:
  

  Nice post, now i clearly get into the concept of DoFollow and NoFollow links.

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• At 2010.03.16 08:49, French said:
  

  Excellent article and a clear explanation about dofollow and nofollow.
  Well understood.. Thanks for sharing
  French´s last blog ..French bulldog Puppies and salon for them

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• At 2010.03.18 05:18, transfer dvd to avi said:
  

  got a clear explanation about the dofollow an no follow tag.

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• At 2010.03.18 09:02, mp4 convertion software said:
  

  if it is in the video explanation, it was good
  mp4 convertion software´s last blog ..Hello world!

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• At 2010.03.24 21:33, business blog said:
  

  I was just searching google and found your blog, love it.

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• At 2010.03.30 03:12, Printing Irvine said:
  

  Nice post and clearly explained well. keep on moving well..

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• At 2010.04.04 04:32, privadasi said:
  

  because of the advantages I love dofollow link so much
  privadasi´s last blog ..Hello world!

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• At 2010.04.05 20:33, sonnerie portable gratuite said:
  

  I am doing blog comment for a customer but i do not know why he always asks me to work on Do Follow blogs. Thanks to your explanations, everything is clear. Please keep on and i will come back.
  sonnerie portable gratuite´s last blog ..Je téléphone, donc je suis

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• At 2010.04.26 13:00, Kevin said:
  

  Interesting stuff… as I just started my blogging adventure, I am only starting to learn about no-follow vs. do-follow. However, I always wondered; isn’t paying for a sponsored do-follow link against Google’s TOS? I do remember reading that such links should be mentioned with a “no-follow” attribute.
  Kevin´s last blog ..Ask the Readers

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• At 2010.05.03 00:07, fleet delivery said:
  

  I think the main advantage of a “nofollow” attribute placed on a forum or blog is that you will not have your hands full of posts or comments that need to be moderated

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• At 2010.05.04 09:31, Rajni said:
  

  Thanks for the great tips.Never thought it is easy to find do follow blog using google.

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• At 2010.05.12 06:34, kamdrag said:
  
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• At 2010.05.25 08:12, Summer said:
  

  It is difficult to find the right balance between wanting people to post comments and having to clean up spam.

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• At 2010.06.14 09:01, Link Building SEO Services said:
  

  In my opinion, never avoid Nofollow links. if you just build Dofollow links Google may change their alog later and you will loose your ranking.
  Link Building SEO Services´s last blog ..Search Engine Optimization – All You Need To Know

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• At 2010.06.15 08:39, SEM Dubai said:
  

  I completely agree with you at this point. Never ever avoid No Follow links because you never know when Google changes its algo and starts giving importance to No Follow links and if you have bunch of nofollow links it will be a sudden benefit for your site.

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• At 2010.06.19 11:16, Martin said:
  

  Great and useful post, thanks

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• At 2010.06.19 12:18, Gamer said:
  

  Great and useful post

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• At 2010.06.20 02:56, Grand Pressigny said:
  

  I agree with the opinion that one should not avoid nofollow as with the spread of dofollow bloguing and the fact that nofollow is manipulated for strategical end could induce a change in google’s critera. Nevertheless a found myself that do follow was enticing better level of quality in comment publishing and generating new job like Comment Posting Concept, which finally for many reasons I find good.

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• At 2010.06.22 11:52, Renan@iphone wallpaper said:
  

  i think do follow its better!
  when i used it on my blog, it gave me better results than nofollow!

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• At 2010.06.24 21:43, Jennifer R said:
  

  Another way to dofollow your blog is using Link love plugin: http://www.intenseblog.com/wordpress/link-love.html

  The Link Love WordPress plugin will count the number of approved comments each commentator has left on your blog (based on the author email address) and then reward he/she with a Do-follow link in the Comment Author Link field.
  Jennifer R´s last blog ..How To Use, Style and Implement WordPress Shortcodes

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• At 2010.07.05 05:09, Peter Harrison said:
  

  Hi – I use do follow on my blog and seem to spend time everyday getting rid of seo people putting up spammy comments!

  My blog is http://www.printbuyingdirect.co.uk/blog

  Peter Harrison
  Print Buying Direct

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• At 2010.07.11 12:17, René Girard said:
  

  I am very happy to see that my dofollow plugin has given great result though a lot of bad comments i have filtered. I just realize now that there is a specific badge for dofollow blogs.
  René Girard´s last blog ..Between pride and desire – Entre fierté et désir

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