List of DoFollow & Nofollow Plugins
- 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
Blogger styled layouts
Login to your dashboard and click on the Layout Link. If you are already managing your blog, then click on the Template Tab. Confused, don't be -- there really is a reason for that.Click on the Edit Html Sub-tab for Templates.
Here is the important part. On the upper right of the template edit area, there is a checkbox labeled Expand Widgets. Make sure it is checked.
Every tutorial I have read failed to mention the checkbox. The items we will be deleting are inside of sections, which in turn are inside of a widget. If the widget is collapsed, then we will not be able to see anything inside of the widget.
Now do a search for nofollow in your expanded template. You can either use your browser menu by clicking on Edit>Find in page or via the keyboard Ctrl-F. When the dialog box comes up, type in nofollow, and enter.
You should come across a line of code that looks something like this:
Delete the portion of the code that says rel='nofollow' and Save Your Template.
Optionally remove Nofollow from backlinks
By doing another search for nofollow in your expanded template, you will find another one for your backlinks. You can choose to delete this as outlined above -- or not.
If you do delete the reference, do at your own risk. Backlinks are outside of your control and cannot be moderated. You can turn them off altogether via your Settings>Comments Tab. It is up to you.
