12th June 2007

Annoucements: We Are D-List Compliant

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Hey Guys,

Today is maintenance day. It’s a day I reflect on our blog, what we have done/posted, what have gone right/wrong and more importantly what we can do better! I have also taken in suggestions on how we can improve our site, improve our readability, our delivery of content and create more values for our readers. Actually, the reflecting has been going on for a while, but today is the day I take action after some serious consideration!

I have made the some changes to our site for the following reasons:

1) To encourage and reward participation using comments

- We are now D-list Complaint. Meaning that any comment that has a website url listed in the URL box gets a link back to their site. Goodbye to “nofollow”. But please follow this guidelines
- Comment constructively. Avoid 2 word comments like “Nice post”. If you have to, at least tell me why it’s a nice post so I know what I have done right :) A constructive comment will entice readers to take a look at your site.
- Don’t spam your link, use the URL box for your website url. 1 link is enough to link back, 2 is spam.

2) To reduce spam

- Due to removing of “nofollow”, I have enhanced my spam filtering with 2 other plugin’s mainly to remove robot spams. You can see one of them when you try to comment.

3) Improve readability

- I have reduced the front page to 5 post for faster loading and shrank all my images.
- The –more– tag has been removed so RSS feeds will not be cut off midway.

I personally love the changes, especially the D-list part. It allows me to build links back from sites with good relevant content while I comment constructively at those blogs. I also get to reward my readers in the same way. This is, in my opinion, a better way to get technorati rating then viral link exchanges. It creates real value to readers at each D-list sites.

Last but not least I would like to thank Court over at http://courtneytuttle.com. It is there that I got a lot more in depth understanding about D-list, technorati and many useful plug-ins for wordpress.

Now is the time for your feedback :)

Love,
James

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  1. 1 On June 12th, 2007, kevin said:

    I think this is a good idea, I need to look into the coding end of it a little more and do this with my personal blog.

    Thanks for the heads up about this!

  2. 2 On June 12th, 2007, James said:

    Hey Kevin,

    You are welcome. :)

  3. 3 On June 13th, 2007, Marc said:

    I think that should be spelled COMPLIANT. Otherwise you’re on a list of blogs people complained about. ;)

  4. 4 On June 13th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Opps …. Thanks Marc. I must be dreaming or half asleep. Sometimes I still missed something even with spell check and proof reading. Luckily, I have wonderful readers like you :)

    Love,
    James

  5. 5 On June 13th, 2007, steve said:

    Nice post :)

    Only joking…I would never leave a 2 word comment on such a comprehensive article! Excellent information and you’ve put mine to shame.

    I hope I didn’t miss it on your blog, but there’s a great range of badges on Randa Clay’s great web site that let’s everyone know “U Follow”!

    http://randaclay.com/blog/i-follow/

    I chose the CSS option: http://randaclay.com/ifollow.html

    Good luck with it!

    –Steve

  6. 6 On June 13th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Thank You Steve. Will head over to take a look!

    Cheers
    Karen

  7. 7 On June 13th, 2007, Gerri said:

    I went do-follow last night. I think it’s a great improvement for blogs who do this. Saw your post at blogcatalog.com so I came over to give you a comment. I can see you’re also someone who works hard on their blog to make it a great experience for everyone. Thanks!

  8. 8 On June 13th, 2007, Weng said:

    I fixed up my nofollow to do-follow about a month after I got settled into blogging. It is a great way of encouraging interaction on your site and also helps in the ’stickiness’ of the site :)

    Wordpress plugins makes blogging so simple.

  9. 9 On June 13th, 2007, Gabriel said:

    I disabled rel=”nofollow” too. I got a complaint from one visitor though. He/She said that McAfee Site Advisor (part of the McAfee Security Suite) considered my Web site as “illegitimate”, meaning my blog could be a spammer or something that steals information.

    I had another encounter when I tried to follow the URL of one of my commenters. Her Web host somehow posted a warning that the referrer site (which is mine) could be a spammer. There was also a mention of the rel=”nofollow” attribute that was disabled.

    I do believe in DOFOLLOW movement. You’re right! It’s a way to encourage participation. I’m just wondering why sites with nofollow disabled are being treated as spammers.

  10. 10 On June 14th, 2007, James said:

    Hi Gab,

    So far I have no such complain (fingers crossed). But I guess quite a fair bit of spammers exploited “dofollow” so some Antivirus filters are being conservative. My Norton does not complain about it though.

    I still support “You Comment, I Follow” movement :)

    Cheers
    James

  11. 11 On June 22nd, 2007, Ian Lee said:

    Nice work on all the updates. Just noticed one thing about the anti-spam function you have. Looks like Pete’s anti spam plugin? I used it for quite some time but recently, it was getting by-passed with a few persistent spam commenters. I finally had to install Spam Karma 2 + Michael W’s Math Comment Spam Protection. They work together and I hope they can help you fight spam as well.

    Although Spam Karma was flagging all these as Spam, Akismet was filling up fast. Instead of risking Akismet blowing up, I find that banning the offending IP address permanently via the server’s firewall works even better!

    Good luck & nice work!

  12. 12 On June 22nd, 2007, Susie said:

    awesome improvements to your site! I am a subscriber. Karen, you are awesome part of the BlogCatalog community and so happy to have you there. I also did no follow to my green blog. Took awhile to figure it out but it’s done. Cheers@

  13. 13 On June 26th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hi Ian,

    Yes, it’s Pete’s Anti Spam that we are using, works quite fine actually. Thanks for the recommendation, will check them out.

    Love,
    James

  14. 14 On June 26th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Susie,

    Thanks for subscribing. Do let me know what you think of our newsletter. How’s your experience after joining D-List?

    Hugs,
    Karen

  15. 15 On July 20th, 2007, nicusor said:

    Hi,

    I’m keeping an updated Do Follow List on my site and since yours is do-follow as well, I want to ask you if you want to join my list too.
    There are over 220 websites featured here, so go on and start commenting on those appealing to you.

    Let me know!

    Thanks,
    Nick

  16. 16 On July 21st, 2007, inspiroi said:

    Thanks,
    Your post inspired me to join the D-list.
    I use DoFollow plugin.

  17. 17 On July 23rd, 2007, jessica in rome said:

    I saw your discussion on this a blogcatalog. I had no idea about any of this! I am going to change my blog as well. Thanks for the info! :)

  18. 18 On July 23rd, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    nicusor: Hey, sure! Count me in. :)

    inspiroi & jessica: Great! Welcome to the club :)

  19. 19 On July 25th, 2007, Marenda Taylor said:

    This is a really great plugin I am going to get started on this today. Thanks for the heads up maybe now I’ll get more comments lol

    Best wishes always,
    Marenda

  20. 20 On July 25th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Marenda,

    Thats great and welcome to D-list :)

    Cheers
    James

  21. 21 On July 28th, 2007, T.C. Coleman said:

    Hi James,

    This is great information. Thanks to Marenda and you, I’ll update my blog to be D-list compliant.

    Take Great Care,

    T.C. Coleman, Business and Career Coach

  22. 22 On July 28th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Coleman,

    Welcome to the Club. I wish all the best to your improvements to your comment participation on your blog :)

    Take Care Too
    James

  23. 23 On October 1st, 2007, Martin said:

    I am pleased to say i have also just installed the do follow plugin! i think it will make the internet a better place.

  24. 24 On October 2nd, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Martin,

    Great! Welcome to the D-list family :)

    Cheers
    James

  25. 25 On October 4th, 2007, alex wong said:

    i love your blog james and karen

    Your article is timely and quite insightful. I think social media marketing is only going to get bigger and bigger. New resource-sharing websites are appearing almost daily, so smart marketers are going have to be wise in choosing which networks are worth getting involved with, and which ones are going to waste their valuable time.

  26. 26 On October 5th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Alex,

    Thank You, we love it when readers show their appreciation :)

    You are right that Web 2.0 is the way forward and we need to ride the wave. So which is right for you? Depends on your niche and where the buzz is :)

    Cheers
    James

  27. 27 On October 9th, 2007, Online Option Trading | Options Trading School : Online Options Trading said:

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  28. 28 On October 9th, 2007, Tanady said:

    Hello James,

    Thank you so much for the links and guidance about this ‘U Comment I Follow’. It is awesome!

    I’ve yet installed this in my blog and of course give you a link back from that.

    Will keep in touch with your blog, hopefully I will get into the same niche as yours in the near future.

    Cheers,
    Tanady

  29. 29 On October 10th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Tanady,

    Welcome to our growing family of do follow sites :)

    Drop me an email if you need help in brainstorming a PD niche :)

    Cheers
    James

  30. 30 On December 28th, 2007, luukmuu said:

    I love this project …good idea

  31. 31 On January 9th, 2008, dazzlecat said:

    thanks for the info on d-list compliant stuff. I’m still trying to figure out if my blog has it on/off correctly or not. and thanks for the inspirational info too. Its a passion of mine.

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