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 Did you notice the little icon in the sidebar?
It’s been there for about 2 weeks. I thought I would quietly reward all of the people who contribute to the Blog by Commenting. And I intend to keep it there for as long as I own this site.
I never really got the reason behind “no follow” other than as a tool for the SE’s in the Fight Against Spam. Since I have Akismet, that is not really a problem any longer for me, so allowing links to get credit as a link back to the commenter is not a problem either.
However, there are always Some who try to take advantage of the kind-hearted nature of Bloggers and people that have a community built up over time by trying to get link backs for things that are Totally Unrelated to the Content of Posts or the Intent of the Blog Itself by posting Totally Irrelevant Comments just for the Sake of a Link. (sorry for the run-on sentence).
Therefore, I Have Been Forced to Write a Comment Policy. I never wanted nor did I find the need for one before, but I feel it has become a necessity. So, I will have a link to the page in the sidebar for those who have questions if I Deleted Their Comment(s).
Sorry for the inconvenience to any and all of the regulars who visit. Please don’t be discouraged from commenting. We are still a strong community and the “Do Follow” will Stay as Long as I Own This Blog.
[tags]do-follow,comments,spam,splogs,Comment Policy[/tags]
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5 Comments
Congrats on the change. I have been thinking about making the change for my site as well.
Have you found any increase of comments since you installed it?
Hey Brett,
Thanks for the encouragement, but I really haven’t seen any change in the amount of comments. But for me, it was mostly something to tell my regular readers and commenters that they WOULD get a link back.
As far as the new comment policy, not much has changed. I still get the same amount of freeloaders, but now I feel a little justified in deleting or spamming their comments.
Thanks, Joe
Yeah I just installed it to see how well it does for others. I hope it does. Thanks for the info!
This is maybe one of the best things that bloggers can do to raise their comments and the participation of the webmasters, now people can get a link while share they opinions