You Scratch My Back… (DoFollow)

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It’s always good to give something back.

So by way of thanks for all the encouragement & feedback I’ve been sent recently via our blog comments I’d like to offer you guys some things in return:

BlogPiG is Now DoFollow!

We’re enabling dofollow on your blog comments so you get the link juice for all your hard work. For obvious reasons we cannot just enable dofollow on all comments, that would lead to a spam tsunami. Instead we’re rewarding our most generous members.

Anyone with 10 or more approved comments is automatically promoted to DoFollow status on all their past a future comments.

Our DoFollow heroes will see a star icon appear next to their username in the comments section when DoFollow status is achieved.

Basic anti-abuse rules apply:

  • We dofollow link your comment username
  • Use Your name or nickname NOT “Golf Clubs” etc. that sucks.
  • No pointless links in the comment body
  • Be consistent with your comment email address
  • Only useful & relevant comments are approved
  • Username should be linked your FaceBook or Twitter or personal blog

Get a Gravatar Already

If you’ve not setup your Gravatar, why not? It takes 2 minutes and it makes much more fun to respond to real people when I’m answering comments. We’ve also improved the recent comments widget to display all the latest comments with a lovely mugshot from your gravatar, you can see it in action here. This is a great way to build a public profile.

If you don’t have a Gravatar it’s a free service run by the folks behind WordPress – get one here.

Comments = Prizes

Lower down you’ll another widget with a league table for the top comments this month. On the first working day of each month I’ll give a free Pro license for any one of our products to whoever had the most comments for the previous month.

Just another way of saying thank you.

I’m also testing CommentLuv, KeywordLuv, and rewards for retweets and FB Likes but that’s a bit more tricky to setup – stand by for more info soon.

Do you have other ideas or suggestions?

Do you think this is cool or dumb?

Is anybody out there….?

Click below to leave me a comment ;)

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  1. Larry Wilcox
    581 days ago

    Very creative approach. It’s kind of a contest where there can be many winners.


    • Gary
      581 days ago

      As our lottery advert in the UK says “It could be you!”


  2. David S.
    581 days ago

    Interesting feature. I already seen such promotions based on post count in some forums, but it is the first time I see this for blog comments !

    Anyway, this is my first post, hope I will find useful things to say to reach 10 quickly !

    An happy TagPIG user, writing from Switzerland :)


    • Gary
      581 days ago

      Good for you David, you’ll be there in no time. Just keep talking from the heart.

      And I’m glad you like TagPiG. Tried CommentPiG yet?


  3. Mike
    581 days ago

    This is a great idea to get more comments. I think that more blogs should have dofollow links. Unfortunately we are all obsessed with follow, nofollow, index, noindex, when we really should just be focusing on creating good content.


    • Gary
      581 days ago

      Thanks, you make a good point. Good content is what keeps the whole thing ticking. That’s why a wanted to give people who right good content (comments) on my blog the chance to link it back to themselves, it just seems…..fair.

      ps. now get a gravatar already :)


  4. TheShamanMarketer
    581 days ago

    Nice move.

    Personally I was always hesitant to “bribe” people for more comments – but that way it makes sense, will not encourage the spammers and bots too much, and reward regular readers/commenters.

    Looks like something I will implement on some of my sites as well… ;-)
    Thanks for the idea!


    • Gary
      581 days ago

      Yes, I was hessitant but I figure if people are giving me free content (comments) then I should at least allow them to reference where it came from.

      Glad you liked the idea. I can share the plugins I’ve used so far to implement it if you want?


      • TheShamanMarketer
        581 days ago

        wow, Gary, if that is not a super-secret home brew you are using for it – please share the wisdom! Would be awesome and save me (and probably others) quite some trial&error…


      • Gary
        581 days ago

        Okay, not a problem, I’ll write it up into a post if others find it interesting too. It’s a bit rough & ready right now as it uses a few different plugins, once I know exactly what I want I’ll probably have it coded it into a single plugin.

        At the moment it’s +10 comments and you go dofollow permanently, I’d like it to be a rolling 30/60 day average, that would ensure loyality and regular generosity was rewarded.


  5. Marcel
    581 days ago

    oooo comment competitions, yes please, I like that. Still, you’ve made it easy to comment on such great articles, I haven’t commented on other blogs like I do here… ever. Great posts, great products, keep up the great work!


    • Gary
      580 days ago

      Thanks for the compliment, and I’ll keep the gifs coming then :)


  6. Marcel
    581 days ago

    this is NOT to up my comments… now I’m worried, but got to say I love the gifs! :)


  7. Denny
    580 days ago

    Love the chicken video! I got attacked by a rooster when I was a young’n… so can relate to that lad! Thanks for the great content here!
    Peace,
    Denny


    • Gary
      580 days ago

      Thanks Denny, hope I didn’t bring back too many bad memories for you :)


  8. yli
    580 days ago

    i like this… but why the nickname is image?


    • Gary
      580 days ago

      it’s not, well there is the gravatar, which you should get btw.

      But we also link the nickname too.


  9. Russ
    580 days ago

    Sounds good!

    Looks like I have a late start. Need to get my fingers working faster!


  10. Dave
    580 days ago

    Competition sounds good and do follow is great. I tried do-follow on one of my blogs and askimet almost broke.


    • Gary
      571 days ago

      Yes, I’m hoping the 10 comment limit will keep out all but the most determined spammers… we’ll see, it’s an experiment.


  11. Jill Christopher
    579 days ago

    I like this idea! Cajoling people into comments – and real gravatars. Using TagPIG right now and trying CommentPIG next week. Love the products – easy to use and effective. Thanks!


    • Gary
      571 days ago

      Thanks, I’m glad you like our products too. I see we have pigs in common although yours are way cuter :)


  12. Pankaj Pandey
    534 days ago

    I want to use same feature on my blog. Is there any WordPress plugin is there to achieve this. Also i want to know is any data available to share this efforts output.

    Thanks


    • fiona
      531 days ago

      Hi Pankaj,

      interesting questions! I don’t know of a WP plugin for this, and I don’t know of any data but I will look into it. Is anyone else able to answer Pankaj’s question?

      Fiona