Feb 07
Wordpress by default, just like other blogging platforms, has automatically been adding the “nofollow” microformat extension to all links from user generated content such as comments and trackbacks. To support the growing rejection of NoFollow for blog comments, I have compiled this list of plugins that help you remove nofollow from your blog forever.
- Lucia’s Linky Love Plugin - I was going to liken this plugin to a Ferrari, because it is built to be fast, but it is probably more like a Subaru, not just fast but designed for rugged terrain and can handle the twists and turns of comment spammers without slowing down.
- DoFollow - many look on this as the granddaddy of NoFollow plugins - you just switch it on and it works, all nofollows are removed from comments and trackbacks.
- Dofollow (WP Plugin) - Sometimes I wish this one has been given a better more descriptive name. It includes the ability (optional) to remove nofollow from comments after a period of time.
- Link Love - this is a brand new plugin that removes nofollow after a certain number of comments have been made - this rewards regular commenters - one thing I like is that the detection is based upon email address and not domain or URL, so it allows a commenter to spread the links how they like.
- GoodLinks - This plugin looks extremely useful for many people who have layout problems when people post long URLs - it also removes NoFollow as an option
- Blank Target Comments - Another multi-purpose comment link plugin - it removes nofollow from only the comment author links, and adds target=”_blank” - no link because it doesn’t seem to be available for download any more which is a shame.
- Remove Nofollow - Cristian Mezi from SeoPedia’s plugin - I am not sure of the history or features, but it is probably similar to the original DoFollow plugin.
- NoNofollow - Including this link for historical reasons - Bronski’s plugin doesn’t work with newer versions of Wordpress, but credit where credit is due.
- WP-Nofollow - Again included for historical reasons - one of the first plugins for WP 1.2 based on the original MT plugin code
For those that like hacking core files Rob has a simple guide to removing nofollow, though I prefer to avoid hacking any core files as it makes keeping Wordpress up to date easier.
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Tags: doFollow, domain, GoodLinks, nofollow, Ping, Plugins, SeoPedia, target, trackbacks, URL, user generated content, Wordpress
When nofollow was first introduced I was a little skeptical as to how it would be implemented. I became further skeptical when it became the default setting in blogging software since it would have made more sense to have an option to turn it on or off at will. Now, with the dofollow Wordpress plug-ins were are right back where we should have been a year or so ago. This seems like a common sense consensus to me and I’m all for it.
yes! i power DoFollow
Rani the Brainy | General Fun
please add it to the list!