How to Tell If Your Blog Is DoFollow

January 19, 2010
By Jenny

A while back I made a post entitled “NoFollow and DoFollow Blogs – What Are They?”  In that post I attempted to explain the difference between what a dofollow and a nofollow blog were.  Well, the post went well and I seemed to do a good job explaining it.

BUT…….

Shortly after I posted it I was notified by one of my fellow blogger that I was not dofollow……..way to make a “you know what out” of myself huh?  Regardless, I am thankful for the fellow blogger who alerted me to this and it turns out that I did not do something correctly with the dofollow plugin.

I KNOW……….. How could you screw up a plugin, but I did, so it is fixed now.

So here is how you can tell if you are a dofollow blog (you should be dofollow if you do the plugin correctly but it can’t hurt to check)

1.      Go to a page on your blog that has comments

2.      Go to “View Page Source”

3.      Find one of your comments and a snippet of code that should look like this

<div>

<span><a href=’http://websitename.com’ rel=’external ‘ class=’url’>Name</a></span><br />

If it says rel=’external ‘ that means that you are following the link.  If you are a not
following the link you would find a piece of code that looked like this rel=’external nofollow’.

NOW I AM A DOFOLLOW BLOG and if anyone has anymore information please leave me a comment and make me aware, before I put the dofollow widget up………… don’t want to make a “you know what” out of myself again!!

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26 Responses to “ How to Tell If Your Blog Is DoFollow ”

  1. Ileane on January 19, 2010 at 10:11 am

    Ha, this is ironic. I just asked someone this question about my blog this morning. They didn’t get back to me yet, but now I know how to check.
    I think the confusion is with the different plugins. The one I’m using is called External Links plugin,is that the same one? The confusing part is that it’s like a double negative. “No” to the “No Follow” attribute. I’m like HUH. WTF does that mean. LOL

    Thanks for letting me know I’m not the only one and for showing me how to find out the real deal!

    Cheers!
    @Ileane
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  3. admin on January 19, 2010 at 11:16 am

    Hey Ileane

    I understand completely and I WTFed through this whole thing……..LOL. As far as the plugin goes not the one I am using is called dofollow. We will get this figured out!!

  4. John Sullivan on January 19, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    When I first started blogging do follow was popping and I was going around telling people I was NO FOLLOW somehow thinking that was the GOOD one :) LOL had red all over my site and didn’t realize for a while till I actually came across that FF plugin nonofollow and saw how wrong I was about my site. now I just right click select NODOFOLLOW and see everything.
    Smiling now that I thought about it Yes it was a little confusing at first :)
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  5. admin on January 19, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Glad I’m not alone John:) I will check out the FF nonofollow plugin it sure sounds easier, Thanks!

  6. Suersh Khanal @ icttrends.com on January 20, 2010 at 1:17 am

    There is another easier way to check if the comments are dofollow or not. If you are using Firefox you can add a small plugin named ‘Nofollow’ that will color code the links that are dofollow and nofollow.
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  7. Ching Ya on January 20, 2010 at 2:39 am

    It is, after I switched from blogger to WordPress last year, the do-follow idea was the one that caught me thinking: the concept is simple but the plugins are tons, some with NoNoFollow = DoFollow, I was a little worried I misunderstood it etc. Luckily a good friend appointed me a particular app that I finally feel safe about using it. Yes, I believe DoFollow is the app I’m using too. :-)

    @wchingya
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  8. mk akan on January 20, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    just read how to use a plug in in Firefox to check the same thing(seo).now i have 2 ways

  9. lawmacs on January 20, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Another easy way is if you use firefox you can download the q search extension and install it and check highlight nofoolow links

  10. admin on January 20, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    Someone just told me about this today, I appreciate Gary, it sounds like a much easier way:)

  11. admin on January 20, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    I just found out about the firefox plug today and i believe it may be a bit easier, thank goodness for it!

  12. Sporty Techie on January 21, 2010 at 2:52 am

    Great post, I was actually wondering also if my blog is dofollow or not. Now my question is, how can you tell if a blog not yours is a dofollow?

  13. admin on January 21, 2010 at 4:48 am

    You can use the same technique on other blogs or use the nonofollow plugin for firefox, hope that helps!

  14. Dennis Edell on January 21, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    I’ve been using them since the movement first started. I prefer “Lucia’s Linky Love” do follow plugin as it has some nifty admin options.

    Nice home ya got here Jenny, I just followed you over from your latest piece at Hesham’s place.

    I think I’ll subscribe to see what you continue to offer. ;)
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  15. Ileane on January 21, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    Hey Jenny, I sent you an email and I hope it’s not sitting in junk mail. Let me know on Twitter if you got it – @Ileane

    Also, did you add your blog to the dofollow directory yet?

    http://dofollow.info
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  16. Dennis Edell on January 21, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Perhaps I spoke to soon, is there a way to subscribe to blog updates via email here?
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  17. admin on January 21, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    I am redoing the blog, there will be email subscription back up over the weekend

  18. Dennis Edell on January 22, 2010 at 9:07 am

    Please email me when it is up, I’m afraid I’ll never remember to check back. :)
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  19. admin on January 22, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Hey Dennis the email is below the newsletter form

  20. Dennis Edell on January 22, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    Excellent, subscribed. :)
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  22. onlinersclub on March 6, 2010 at 8:15 am

    I had been idle in my blog in the past months and now planning to update it again. But I just came across this question in my mind if my blog is a dofollow or not. Thanks for this informations right here.
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  23. Eugene Cj on March 31, 2010 at 1:16 am

    In order to find which blogs are Dofollow and Nofollow I am using Quirk SearchStatus, I simple enabled Highlight Nofollow and this is it.

  24. Forest River Rv on May 18, 2010 at 5:01 am

    I used search status for finding do-follow & no-follow links. This is one kind of plug-in which you can easily install in Mozilla because of this it is easy to know is it blog or links are do-follow & no-follow. I think this is the best option.

  25. Trina Colon @ nv henderson foreclosure on July 15, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Dofollow blogs is easy to identify just download plugins from mozilla and there are several plugins that does that kind of functions.
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  26. Pay on Results SEO on August 21, 2010 at 8:41 am

    I really dont know much about DoFollow and NoFollow but upon reading this article and reading those, i think i would try these one.

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