A Word of Advice on D-lists and Comment Luv

The reason for writing this article is noticing the upcoming trend of using Do-Follow lists of blogs that have their no-follow option turned off and therefore pass on link juice every time somebody comments on their blog. Another upcoming trend is the number of Comment-luv lists posted where people can go and leave their comment and have a direct link exposed to the latest blog entry on their blog.

Even though I chose to turn of the no-follow on my own blog MeMyselfandI ????????a few months ago, I am becoming worried by the number of people who have started distributing these type of lists without warning their readers not to destroy the system.

You might have noticed that the number of do-follow blogs is becoming smaller every day and many blogs that found themselves listed at one point in time actually start switching back to no-follow again.

Speaking from personal experience, I do feel that having my blog set to do-follow does improve the participation on a blog in general and I am in favour of using this option. It saddens me though to see that so many people are starting to abuse these type of lists in order to get a few back links to their blog or website.

And yes, I am using the word ABUSE on purpose.

I consider my blog to be my own place in the blogosphere and I take great pride in what I send out into the world. It takes up quite a bit of my time to keep my blog going without having a financial purpose in mind.

I appreciate the time people take to comment and add to the conversation which is why I turned off no-follow in the first place, but seeing that more and more people think they can take advantage of other people’s blogs and services by putting up a lame “great post” comment just to get a back link is actually making me think of returning to no-follow and get rid of the crappy comments that way.

Even worse, some make a comment without having read the post at all (yes, it does show when you are commenting without having read the post) and just pick 2 or 3 post where to put a few words comment and than go on to the next blog.

If you are using do-follow blogs in your SEO tactics (and I have absolutely nothing against it as long as you work for it and in fact add something to the content of the blog) think about that before you start leaving your comments, that is, if you want do-follow blogs to exist …

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18 Responses to “A Word of Advice on D-lists and Comment Luv”

Vivienne (1 comments.) June 4th, 2008 at 5:20 am

I experimented with do follow on my first blog, which is now 1 year old. Thankfully, I only got a handful of lame comments and they were posted repeatedly by the same bloggers. I ended up following them to their blogs and posting comments calling them out. They stopped spamming me, I’m happy to say.

I also found my blog linked on a number of these do follow lists on personal blogs, which didn’t bother me at the time because I didn’t know much about SEO. Now I request to be removed.

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colleen (1 comments.) June 8th, 2008 at 9:42 am

what is SEO downside with being on d-list on personal blog? We have akismet that filters most spam.

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Mirjam (4 comments.) June 10th, 2008 at 2:46 am

I don´t think there is that much of a downside SEO-wise.

TIME-wise I do believe there is. Akismet doesn´t catch all spammy comments, but I am receiving more and more lame comments on my blog and tracing back, most of those commentators seem to arrive through d-lists.

Sorry, but I just can´t stand to see my blog abused by lazy commentators who don´t even take the time to read my posts!

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Stephan Miller (1 comments.) June 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

I am one of the culprits, at least at creating the lists. Didn’t mean for them to be used as spam material, but I guess that’s what happens.

Just to let everyone know. It’s not what I intended.

What are you doing over here, Mirjam? Nice to see you.

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jason (1 comments.) July 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Its true, going do follow and installing luv comment would certainly help increase traffic in your blog. I did it for my blog, and traffic increased 3folds! Amazing isn it. I’m sure you’ll be a great success!

Gavin (1 comments.) July 27th, 2008 at 11:05 am

Comment luv is here to convert traffic to comments not to create worthless traffic.

Just apply the spam button where needed and police your blog :( )

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Prestamos Personales (2 comments.) August 10th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

First time I\’ve ever stopped by here. May have to add to my favorites ;) Ciao!

Social Bookmarking 2.0 (2 comments.) September 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

I agree with your post. Which is not something I will usually do! :) I enjoy reading a post that will make one think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

Muffstoonee December 19th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

Site really resource

Ann Anderson (4 comments.) April 13th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

This is so true. I always try to at least read the article and make some type of useful comment with regards to the article. I really like the comment luv idea.

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India Property (14 comments.) May 26th, 2009 at 6:26 am

I agree with you, Do follow and comment luv attract spammers because they get juice from search engine.but some times no follow discourage some good readers. they read your post and move away without leaving comments.

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Guaranteed SEO Services (1 comments.) June 18th, 2009 at 5:37 am

Hi,
Wordpress provides us lot of useful plug-in.But i like the commentluv most because it gives the an extra link to the commentator as reward and brings lot of the traffic.So win situation for all.
Thanks for the sharing.

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RFossum (6 comments.) August 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 am

Tell me about it!
CommentLuv, do-follow and similiar plugins is without a doubt a tool that is easely being abused by anyone who want easy backlinks.
Its a pity as they would hate attracting such spammy behaviours on their own blogs, yet many spam with no valueable content.

If this continue, the trend will just continue to grow and eventually it’ll just be a handful of blogs up with these plugins. Hope people stop exploiting the system, and instead read and add valueable content when they post as you suggest.
.-= RFossum´s last blog ..Free Sample – Acnezine =-.

Slow computer (4 comments.) August 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Its so obvious when someone does not read the complete post (hey I read the whole post) and many people just throw up a quick great resource type of quote. If your page has high PR you’re toast-watch the crappy backlinks appear.
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mech (1 comments.) September 3rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Abuse in the blogosphere is very common. I prefer no follow to keep spammers from flooding my backyard. Although, d-follow has more advantage when it comes to generating traffic.

Norman Rockwell Art (4 comments.) September 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

There is no doubt that these plugins increase visitors and comments. The question we all need answered: Do they increase income? Or just frustration with the lazy people who want a free lunch (link?)

The lazy bloggers who abuse do-follow blogs will eventually make these plugins obsolete unless better filters are made available.
.-= Norman Rockwell Art´s last blog ..Sep 1, The 1939 Norman Rockwell Santa, Extra Good Boys And Girls =-.

Short Sales in Las Vegas (2 comments.) October 28th, 2009 at 12:42 am

Certainly, those crappy remarks are such a headache. Though traffic may have been increased as well as the number of page views, there are those taking advantage to back links. It is a tedious work rejecting or deleting comments that are not sensible enough to read. Hopefully, this won’t stay this way.
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Luther Sunstrom (1 comments.) July 5th, 2010 at 9:41 am

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