How to determine if a blog's comment are dofollow

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There has been a few people requesting how to determine if a blog's comments are dofollow. I hope this explanation helps.


First of all when dealing with a Word Press blog it may be hard to find a post that has comments on some sites. Rather then clicking on each post looking for one with comments append "/comments/feed" to the website's URL. An example is http://example.com/blog/comments/feed or http://example.com/comments/feed depending on where the site has installed the Wordpress blog. This is the RSS feed URL for comments on Wordpress blogs. This will bring up a webpage that displays the comments RSS feed in a readable format. You then click on one of the links and go directly to a post that contains comments.


Once you locate a post that contains comments you want to view the source of the page. In Internet Explorer right click with your mouse and choose "View Source". In Fire Fox right click on the page and choose "View Page Source". This will open another browser window showing the code source of the page.


Once you are viewing the source press "CTRL+F" to open the search box. Enter "nofollow" without the quotes in the search box. If any results are found confirm it actually applies to the comment(s) by locating a link in the comments and looking at the code around the link. If the link has "nofollow" within the code before the link then the blog is nofollow.


Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rezbi
    On my site its pretty simple. It actually says, "This is a do-follow blog..."
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    • Profile picture of the author dwightsmith2009
      Originally Posted by Rezbi View Post

      On my site its pretty simple. It actually says, "This is a do-follow blog..."
      Hi,Rezbi, do you mean that you add such a line yourself on your blog or you are using some plugins or tools?


      To check whether a link is dofollow or nofollow, there is an easy way: Add a plugin called SeachStatus in Firefox, nofollow links can be highlighted.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rezbi
        Originally Posted by dwightsmith2009 View Post

        Hi,Rezbi, do you mean that you add such a line yourself on your blog or you are using some plugins or tools?


        To check whether a link is dofollow or nofollow, there is an easy way: Add a plugin called SeachStatus in Firefox, nofollow links can be highlighted.
        I've got a do-follow plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author santacruz
    for one interest in the do follow blog here is the list of do follow blog with PR8

    hxxp://www.seedz.org
    hxxp://www.reddit.com
    hxxp://www.mixx.com
    hxxp://technorati.com
    hxxp://www.digg.com
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  • Profile picture of the author jaratvit
    Too often blogs are dofollow but quickly change to nofollow. Without an add-on like this, it’s impossible to keep track!
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