Okay, I have to admit I’m still cracking up about the “DoFollow” movement. I hadn’t paid any attention to the issue. As far as I was concerned, the nofollow tag, as it related to blog comments made complete success. People who comment in your blog should do so, not because they expect a reward in the form of Google Juice, but because they actually feel like contributing something.

Anyways, a whole different school of though grew up where people decided that “following” blog comments was somehow a sacred thing. Of course the main people interested in whether comments allow live un-nofollowed links are search engine marketers. Obviously, who would give a rat’s ass otherwise. Certainly not the millions of webmasters who don’t trivialize themselves with such issues.

So now you will see “tips” for search marketers like this tip, a compilation of “dofollow” blogs where you can go and “add your link.” You can sense the excitement of the amateur “link builders” as evidenced in comments like this one:

July 21st, 2007 @ 12:15 am
Mihai says:

Great list. I am a fan of blog comments. While even the nofollow links help, these are better.

LOL, truly adorable. Mihai is a fan of “blog comments.” Frankly, rewarding comment-makers for such contributions seems laughable. I guess if you’re feeling truly lonely and hard up it might be worth it.