I kept bumping into these cute li'l buttons saying "U comment, I follow" on the blogs I visited. Curiosity killed the cat and I tried to find out more. A lesson in history enlightened me that there;s something called a "nofollow tag". The “nofollow” is a tag that can be added by a webmaster to certain hyperlinks, and it will tell search engines that they shouldn't visit that particular link. Most blogging platforms today include the nofollow tag in all signature links. The "no follows" have noble intentions of stopping spam via comment or otherwise.
There has recently been an outcry against the "nofollow tags". Randy Clay became the poster child for this movement and came up with a small picture to put up on your blogs to indicate the "No NoFollow Movement". Read more about it here. Several other prominent bloggers have also jumped on the "U comment I Follow" movement. Most sport that li'l badge on their blogs.
Comments are vital for exchanging ideas, getting opinions and generating traffic, since blogging is all about building a community. I too like the idea that we can be judicious in our comments and avoid spamming. So I am joining in the "U comment I Follow" movement.
I wanted a badge that was different which gave me a reason to install and use Adobe Photoshop. It took me a REALLY long time to hunt for tutorials that helped me bring my idea to life. But I finally managed...and the result is for you to see on my sidebar. I am not a Photoshop guru (at least not yet!)..so if anyone has any pointers about making this badge a little more sleeker and kool, please do let me know. If you want to experiment with it yourself, just give me a shoutout and I will send across PSD. Or just drop me a comment and let me know how it looks.
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Good luck to you!
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good day!
have a nice day
Thanks!
Jason
commenting is a vital aspect of blogging. Without any comment on your blog you fell like something is missing. This icon gies users confidence that once they comment , you will follow.
Thats the part that i like about allowing do follow on my blogs.
Great icon, by the way.
I still don't know how to remove those nofollow thingy though. Not very much of a techie I guess.
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Cheryl
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I am glad to got this info.This is really useful for me.
Great post,
I am quite new to this field So its a new information for me that The “nofollow” is a tag that can be added by a webmaster to certain hyperlinks, and it will tell search engines that they shouldn't visit that particular link.I am thankful to got this info.
I am thinking of doing the same with my blog.
thx for the article :D
Not nicking it though ;o)
But a nice one there.
Rob
Some bloggers who switched to do-follow blogs also declared that they noticed a nice increase of visitors and comments. Also, a big increase of spammers, but that's another story.
So, dofollow increases comments for posts!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for information.
thanks
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I really liked your blog!
You've done a great job with the icon.
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and i love your follow icon by the way :)
because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
thanks for you for all your effort
notice: i love your I follow logo it's great
Paisa
Its helps me in various methods.
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you are definitely someone that has something to say that people need to hear. Keep up the good work. Keep on inspiring the people.
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