Hi Ana, I made my blog Dofollow, and really …

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

Hi Ana,
I made my blog Dofollow, and really don’t have any plans to change it. I thought about it in the beginning and it was a philosophical. My thought was that I didn’t want my blog to be all about ME. I wanted my blog to really focus on helping out my readers. So I looked for things to implement, such as my job board, so that I could feel like I was helping others get jobs and make money online. (I won’t lie, these are also affiliate programs, but I focused on picking programs that give value, rather than just the most profitable ones. Many of the programs I recommend are actually free.)

Anyways, after I did that, I felt like it didn’t fit with my overall philosophy to stay nofollow, so I changed to a dofollow blog. That way, I’m giving link love back to my visitors. Based on that, I don’t think I’d change away from dofollow, even if it affects my ranking, as I want to stay within my philosophy.

I do try to moderate out spam links. Although, people are getting pretty clever about spam. At some point, I may tighten up my moderation policy on spam, as I currently err on the side of approving comments when I’m not sure if they’re spam or not. I think I can protect my rankings somewhat by moderating my comments more carefully.

As for what I pay attention to when I visit a site, I try to look for good content. However, I must admit that what attracts me to good content most of the time is commentluv. I tend to find blogs a lot of times by surfing through comments. So when I see a commentluv blog title that catches my eye, I’ll visit that blog and many times end up leaving a comment. I don’t really pay attention to whether the blogs I visit are dofollow or not. I just try to comment when I read something interesting.

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