Ana - You bring up a good debate. …

Comment posted on DoFollow Express: Is Traffic Generation Cafe Getting Off? by John

Ana - You bring up a good debate. I think it depends on who you talk to when it comes to do follow vs. no follow. I know for me, it is definitely a balancing act for the blog owner.

On one end you want to increase your blog’s readership and community, and on the other end you don’t want spam or loose pagerank due to linking out. For me as a I love do follow blogs but I would still leave comments on blogs that are no follow if the post really inspired me or if I can relate to it.

At the end of the day Ana, it’s up to you. If you feel like the SEO Super Comments can allow you to keep your blog do follow and still solve concerns like spamming and loosing pagerank to linking out then it’s definitely a win win situation for you and your commentators.

However, if you try out the plug in and it doesn’t really solve your growing concerns then do what you have to do and switch to no follow. I think you have a good, loyal community already and your content is good enough to still make people want to leave comments and join in the conversation. Just my 2cents.

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