I decided I’d like to have something in my sidebar indicating to my future readers that I’ve turned off the nofollow in my comments, and I thought others might be interested as well. So, I’ve set up a page that has the little logo you see to the right in several different colors and some CSS code that would work well if you weren’t interested in a graphic. What do you think? I think if you Digg this post, we could spread the “movement” to more than just the small (but growing) list of bloggers who are already on board*:

UPDATE: I appreciate all who have requested to be added to this list, but the list is now closed and I will be making no more additions to it. Thanks!

*Naturally, this list is too large to be kept up to date as to who has continued to follow comments.

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209 Responses to “The I Follow “Movement””

  1. Char
    April 11, 2007 10:18 am

    Love it Randa! Did you create the logo? It is perfect.

  2. Randa
    April 11, 2007 10:25 am

    Yes! I created it this morning. Thanks!

  3. Dawud Miracle
    April 11, 2007 10:28 am

    This is great. Thanks Randa. I’m picking it up and will write a post about it.

  4. Randa
    April 11, 2007 10:29 am

    Great! Thanks Dawud.

  5. David Airey :: Creative Design ::
    April 11, 2007 10:35 am

    Great stuff, Randa.

    Thanks for spreading the link love!

  6. Kirk M
    April 11, 2007 11:42 am

    Most excellent. I placed your logo under my comments field for a single post page rather than in the sidebar.

    Add me to the list as well, I installed the “Do-Follow plugin nearly 2 months ago.

  7. Ponn Sabra
    April 11, 2007 11:53 am

    Hi Randa!
    Thanks for the link-love :-)
    Great little logo…I’ll definitely work it in (as best I can). Techie-I-am-not, and I just learned how to put images on this week. I see you worked out a dark-pink and black one–was that one specifically for me!? hee hee.
    Peace.

  8. Ponn Sabra
    April 11, 2007 12:16 pm

    HI Randa!
    Got it up…woo hoo! In my post and right underneath my “Recent Comments” Category. It matches perfectly :-)

  9. Randa
    April 11, 2007 12:32 pm

    Looks great! Glad I made one that worked well with your site!

  10. Chris Cree
    April 11, 2007 1:22 pm

    I like it, Randa. Good stuff. I’ll help you get the word out.

  11. Karen
    April 11, 2007 3:27 pm

    Thanks! I will put it up on my blog pronto!

  12. Jonathan-C. Phillips
    April 11, 2007 3:47 pm

    awesome, thanx for letting me know about this Randa, i will put that i-follow badge on my site this week-end, when i launch my new design :)

  13. Aaron M. Potts
    April 11, 2007 7:11 pm

    Dugg! And I was happy to do it, too. I have had the DoFollow plug in installed on my blog for months, and I believe that everyone should do the same.

    The blogosphere is a community, so let’s make sure that the community thrives!

    Big props to you for putting this together, Randa! :)

  14. Susan
    April 11, 2007 8:08 pm

    Excellent! Thanks for the icon. I will be adding it at LifeIsRisky.Com

  15. Vin
    April 11, 2007 8:57 pm

    Lovely Logos! Thanks for visiting Dummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta. The Do-Follow Hack for Blogspot is at :
    Remove Nofollow Attribute on Comments

  16. Chris
    April 11, 2007 9:22 pm

    Great logo - the orange one looks like it was built for my blog. :-)

    Now how come I don’t see it in your sidebar? Hmmm?

  17. Randa
    April 11, 2007 9:30 pm

    Chris: Are you wearing your glasses? It’s at the top in the left sidebar. :)

    I’m so appreciative of everyone’s visits and comments!

  18. Chris
    April 11, 2007 10:12 pm

    Oh ho! I had to switch to Firefox to see it. I was in IE7 earlier — it doesn’t show up in that browser. How odd.

  19. Chris Stark
    April 11, 2007 11:50 pm

    Excellent idea and I love the graphic. My site has officially joined the iFollow movement! Lets hope a lot of people follow all of our leads and start dropping the NoFollow attributes…

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  21. marhgil
    April 12, 2007 2:30 am

    I just turned off the nofollow on my blog. I’m going to put one of your logo there! ;)

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  23. Rene Kriest
    April 12, 2007 4:00 am

    Hello!

    Great idea, I appreciate it. I totally agree with you.

    You can put me on your list, if you want to.

    Regards,

    René
    ProBloggerWorld

  24. Randa
    April 12, 2007 5:52 am

    Chris- thanks for letting me know that. I threw that on there so quickly yesterday that I forgot a >. Firefox forgave me, but IE didn’t!

  25. Owen
    April 12, 2007 6:01 am

    Randa, what an excellent logo! I’ve been looking for something like this ever since installing DoFollow. I’ve blogged about my support here:

    http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/12/the-i-follow-movement/

    Stumbles, Dugg and signed up to your RSS ;)

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  27. Cristian
    April 12, 2007 7:54 am

    Great Idea Randa ;)
    Keep up the good work

  28. doris
    April 12, 2007 7:59 am

    Hi Randa… great logo - I FOLLOW!!

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  31. Jules
    April 12, 2007 11:25 am
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    April 12, 2007 11:27 am

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  33. Eve
    April 12, 2007 11:41 am

    Great idea! Writing up a post and adding to both blogs now!

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  35. Jennifer
    April 12, 2007 2:21 pm

    I have installed a Do Follow Plugin, and I plan on putting one of your buttons on my site…

    though I turned on my “highlight no follow links” option, and at least half of the comments on this page are displaying as no follow links…

  36. Randa
    April 12, 2007 2:29 pm

    Right - that’s because I’ve set the plugin to remove “nofollow” after the comment has been there at least 1 day. That allows me to moderate and remove spam comments as needed before the links are followed.

  37. Jennifer
    April 12, 2007 2:54 pm

    Ahh, that makes sense! :) Thanks for clarifying… I was wondering how half could be and the other half weren’t! :)

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  40. Confessions of an Everyday Housewife
    April 12, 2007 3:36 pm

    Do-Follow Blogger List…

    I just got added to the D-List from BizMark Tech, it is a great list started by Colleen at Geeky Speaky adding to the Ifollow movement I posted about earlier. Thanks for adding me Deb, and my two adds are below. Hopefully this thing keeps growing. Co…

  41. Eve
    April 12, 2007 3:38 pm

    I added you as my add to the Do-Follow bloggers list-

    http://homebizblogger.com/2007/04/12/do-follow-blogger-list/

  42. Randa
    April 12, 2007 4:05 pm

    Cool! I’ll post the list soon!

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  45. Henri van den Hoof
    April 13, 2007 6:21 am

    Great! I was already using the DoFollow-plugin en have now added the logo to my sidebar at http://www.marketingland.nl

  46. Mohan
    April 13, 2007 8:25 am

    Hiya,
    Great stuff here! I’ve been using Do Follow on both my WP blogs (www.blogforpeace.org and http://www.bloggingindia.net) and I’ll add this button later today :)

    Thanks a lot for starting this :) I’ve Dugg the post to show my appreciation :)

    Cheers,
    Mohan

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  51. Sheena
    April 13, 2007 11:25 am

    I do follow! I grabbed the logo!

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  56. Dave
    April 13, 2007 8:41 pm

    Thanks Randa, I’ve grabbed the logo and now I do follow too!

  57. John Alexander
    April 14, 2007 12:20 am

    Fantastic!! I’ve just written an article talking about what a wonderful thing this is for the web, and pointing back here after telling people why this is morally urgent. ( http://alexandersarchive.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-follow-movement-democracy-on-web.html ) Can you tell me how to set Blogger up to follow links so I can participate?

  58. Armen
    April 14, 2007 1:20 am

    Ok…it would appear that I ought to join the bandwagon too. I’ll have to get this sorted soon.

  59. Danny Dang
    April 14, 2007 5:37 am

    I Followed! Thanks for the cool badge.

  60. Gary Reid » Blog Archive » DoFollow Link Love
    April 14, 2007 9:16 am

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  61. Gary Reid
    April 14, 2007 9:17 am

    Great idea, great badge, thanks

  62. Today is that Day
    April 14, 2007 9:19 am

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    This is Volume 10 of the Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love series.
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  63. InvestorBlogger
    April 14, 2007 11:16 am

    I implemented DoFollow just a few mins ago!

    Thanks.
    Kenneth

  64. I Follow, do you? | Foobr, forever beta
    April 15, 2007 5:58 pm

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  65. Aaron Bassett
    April 15, 2007 6:09 pm

    I think this is a great idea, not that I don’t see the merits in nofollow - but it is not a “silver bullet” and should only be used on untrusted links. Hence my 24hrs period when all new links have nofollow applied (long enough for me to check for obvious spam!)

    Anyways I’ve been using dofollow for some time now and think this is a great way to educate people about why they should not be using nofollow on all links (abd wikipedia setting such an awfull example!) So I’ve added the button to my site as well as doing a quick write up :)
    http://foobr.co.uk/2007/04/i_follow_do_you/

    I also wrote a quick javascript function which might be of interest to you. You could think about offering something similar so that people can just drop in a script tag and have it display a random colored logo and a link. You cna view the js at: http://foobr.co.uk/ifollow.js

  66. Bryan Eisenberg
    April 15, 2007 6:28 pm

    We’ve always felt that if you build our community by providing a relevant comment that we should share the link love.

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  68. Elaine
    April 16, 2007 9:50 am

    I got mine added too. Nice choice of colors by the way :-) Please add me to the list.

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  72. 2Perfect
    April 16, 2007 7:01 pm

    I took your logo from another blog (before I found out about this blog) and I was wondering why multiple blogs had different colored ones, so I thought we were supposed to change th color.

    I changed it to black and white for my D List but it didn’t really turn out well :P It still links back to you but if you only want the originals used, I’ll just pick another color.

    But if you could make a black and white version, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I’ll stick with the one I have

  73. Randa
    April 16, 2007 8:35 pm

    Ok! Check it out- I made a white one.

  74. Aaron Bassett
    April 17, 2007 3:00 am

    Hi Randa,
    any chance you could put the pdf/ai/eps or whatever source file you are using for the logos so people can adjust the colors to suit their site?

    I currently rotate through all the different colors on mine randomly - but would be nice to be able to add a few of my own to the mix :)

    Oh and if you could add me to the list that’d be great!

  75. Bob
    April 17, 2007 6:56 am

    I have been using a similar plugin for a few weeks now. Good to see I’m not the only one that think nofollow will not work :)

  76. You Comment, We Follow at Bob Meets World
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  77. Tracy
    April 17, 2007 9:45 am

    Hi I’ve also removed my NoFollow from my blog and have used your logo. Thanks for creating them in many colors :)

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  79. Julie
    April 17, 2007 8:10 pm

    I’ve joined! I put it on my personal blog and also on http://www.hitechpink.com. Thanks! Cool logo by the way.

  80. Ryan
    April 17, 2007 9:50 pm

    I follow!

    This is such a perfect idea:) This will have a huge impact on the blog community!

    I’m looking forward to the extra links, and this will do wonders for comments:)

    Thanks again for the info, and keep up the great work!

    *I will bribe to be put on that list!!!* :p

  81. Randa
    April 18, 2007 7:29 am

    Ryan- you are in luck, because I just happen to be accepting bribes at the moment! I’ll let you decide what the appropriate amount is.

  82. robwatts
    April 18, 2007 8:34 am

    Its in the sidebar on my homepage Randa, good work :)

  83. robwatts
    April 18, 2007 8:36 am

    p.s hey randa, maybe its a moderation thing, but um..my comment is nofollowed, as are a few of those above me, were you aware of that?

  84. Adam Henningsen
    April 18, 2007 11:33 am

    Hey this is a great idea. I really think it is catching on. I have just recently added the DoFollow plugin to my site.

  85. Bob
    April 18, 2007 4:18 pm

    So how come I’m not in the list? :(

  86. Randa
    April 18, 2007 5:54 pm

    Bob -now you are!

    Rob - that’s because I’ve set the plugin to remove “nofollow” after the comment has been there at least 1 day. That allows me to moderate and remove spam comments as needed before the links are followed.

  87. Manila Mom
    April 19, 2007 1:53 am

    Hi! I’m so sorry but I’m entirely clueless on how to put your badge on my blogs. All 6 are already dofollow and I have the text announcements posted but your badge would really look great on them. Could you tell me how to do it please? Thank you so much. (I love the orange one.)

  88. robwatts
    April 19, 2007 2:09 am

    Duh - silly me, thanks for clearing that up! I hadn’t looked at that plugin in any depth -

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  91. Homemom3
    April 19, 2007 8:20 am

    Can this be done on the regular blogger accounts? Like the one in this link? I can’t find the words follow.

  92. Randa
    April 19, 2007 9:12 am

    HomeMom3 - There is a link to instructions on how to do this on Blogger on my I Follow page: http://randaclay.com/blog/i-follow/ (end of the third paragraph)

    Manila Mom - You can right click on the badge you want and choose “save image as” and save it to your computer. Then upload it to wherever you host your images (Photobucket, Flickr, etc.). Then go into your blogger account and put the URL of the image in the sidebar item you want to add it to. The URL of the image will start something like

    Thanks for your interest!

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  95. Sarakastic
    April 20, 2007 3:27 pm

    Hi, I disable nofollow on my site & would love to be added to the list!

  96. 2Perfect
    April 21, 2007 11:18 am

    I would also love to be added on the list :D

    If you need real names, it’s B.J. :D (you can go right ahead and laugh at the acronym :P )

  97. Mark Blair
    April 22, 2007 7:13 am

    Great campaign! I’ve added it to the comments area on each of my posts with a link back to this page. Let the links flow naturally!

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  99. frankp
    April 23, 2007 1:10 pm

    Bah humbug. I don’t follow.

    :P

  100. Niki
    April 24, 2007 12:27 pm

    Could I also be added to this list? TY!!

  101. Lyman Reed
    April 24, 2007 12:37 pm

    Thanks for setting this up, Randa! I (re)added the plugin and put up the logo a couple of days ago… things seem to be working great! :)

  102. The-A-TEAM » Blog Archive » I Follow, Do You?
    April 24, 2007 1:02 pm

    [...] This afternoon I added a new plugin- Dofollow. You can find out more about the “I Follow Movement” here. [...]

  103. Matt Keegan
    April 25, 2007 11:46 am

    Nice! Although I did join up to a similar movement mentioned here I think that it is great that so many bloggers are pulling together to make certain that comments get followed.

  104. Lisa
    April 26, 2007 12:51 am

    I have taken the no follow out of my blogger template. But I am having difficulty putting the do follow button on my site. It always shows up corrupted, so that you can’t really make out the words. I’m not sure why. Any suggestions? Thanks!

  105. deyey
    April 26, 2007 3:51 am

    Hi Randa! I’m a Filipino and would love to support the cause for “I Follow”… it’s a great thing to have! I’d also like to be part of this cause! Cheers!

  106. gilda
    April 26, 2007 9:34 am

    hello there. i just started my blog a few days ago, but read this and turned off the nofollow comment, and put up the logo on my blog. hopefully more people will know about this soon!

  107. Feed my Feed at Bob Meets World
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  110. Eric
    April 27, 2007 9:54 am

    Very nice little graphic. a smaller one might be nice too…chicklet style?

    Eric

  111. Randa
    April 27, 2007 10:42 am

    Nice idea Eric- I will see about making some.

  112. Asgeir Hoem
    April 27, 2007 8:50 pm

    Hi, Randa,
    Great initiative. I made a smaller one for my own blog, and decided to make it in a couple of other colours for those who thinks yours is too big.

    http://www.asgeirhoem.no/2007/04/lets-all-follow/

  113. Randa
    April 27, 2007 9:22 pm

    Those look great Eric!

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  116. Laptop Repair Guy
    April 30, 2007 2:22 am

    Hey Randa,
    Found your site through http://www.fuzzyfuture.com
    I’ll try removing nofollow from one of my blogs and see if it affects my rankings in any way, I don’t want to be wrong. If everything is OK, I’ll move to my main blog.
    Thanks.

  117. gilda
    April 30, 2007 5:57 am

    ooh. can i also be added to the list? :D

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  119. Chris
    May 2, 2007 5:59 am

    Hey, set it up on my blog, actually had the plugin for a few weeks but never knew there was a movement about it

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    May 2, 2007 9:32 am

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  121. gilda
    May 2, 2007 3:45 pm

    thanks randa!

  122. Aggie
    May 3, 2007 2:53 am

    Hi! Thanks so much for the logos, I got mine up in my web site :) Thanks again!!!

  123. Sharing The Link Love at Lost in Cyberspace
    May 3, 2007 6:19 pm

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  124. johno
    May 5, 2007 11:34 am

    I’ve installed the plugin to:
    http://redsil.com/blog/

    Great idea!

  125. Fashion Fotos
    May 6, 2007 7:30 pm

    Im on board too!

  126. Lu
    May 8, 2007 2:16 am

    I love the logo that you have created! It is a wonderful idea to let people know at a glance that your blog is a “DoFollow” blog. Count me in! . . .And Thank You so much!

  127. Bucky from bloggingwv.com
    May 9, 2007 5:44 am

    I have been part of the dofollow movement for a couple of weeks now. This graphic is exactly what I have been looking for.

    Thanks a bunch!

  128. Optical Illusions
    May 9, 2007 5:45 pm

    Interesting concept although one of the main reasons I keep nofollow on my blogs is to stop people abusing the comments.

  129. Daniel M. Clark
    May 10, 2007 12:16 am

    Hi Randa!
    I saw your logo on someone’s site a few days ago and started reading about the whole ‘nofollow’ fiasco. So, your movement is working ;)

    I’m a new blogger - just installed a no-no-follow plugin and added the orange/black version of your graphic to my comments area (for example: http://www.modestopinions.com/2007/05/09/review-top-10-signs-youre-addicted-to-wootcom/#respond )

    Thanks for turning me on to all this - nofollow definitely sucks.

  130. Link Love - Removing the No-Follow Tag : Modest Opinions
    May 10, 2007 12:34 am

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  131. nicole
    May 10, 2007 8:23 am

    I added your “I Follow” image to my blog today, and wanted to thank you for taking the time to help other bloggers!

    nicole

  132. Frank
    May 10, 2007 8:35 am

    I noticed that some people are using the graphic on their blogs but not actually following links…

    I assume this is through possibly misunderstanding the concept, or due to the confusing interface/options in some platforms like blogger…

    Still though, a bit of an issue - quick call the blog police :D

  133. Randa
    May 10, 2007 9:04 am

    @ Frank - while it is possible that some have implemented the plugin/fix incorrectly, the other possibility to consider is that they have set the plugin so that comments will be followed after they have been there several days (the time frame can be set to whatever you want) so that they have time to moderate comments before they are “followed”. There would be very little benefit to someone doing it on purpose.

  134. forumpress.net » Blog Archive » Comments Policy: Spread the Link Love!
    May 10, 2007 9:39 am

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  135. janee
    May 10, 2007 10:02 am

    Thanks for the great selection of “i-follow” gifs—–just installed one on my site!!

    Janee

  136. Daniel M. Clark
    May 10, 2007 10:54 am

    I hedged my bets so to speak, and installed a plugin that allows you to clear the nofollow based on the number of posts someone has made in the past. I have it set at zero so all comments get the nofollow stripped, but if I ever see a need to put a restriction in place at least I’ll have the option *shrug*

  137. Chris
    May 10, 2007 10:20 pm

    Thanks Randa! I now have my DoFollow plugin and my sweet looking YCIF .gif! I appreciate you taking the time to create the images and share!
    Chris

  138. Wolf Stone
    May 11, 2007 12:54 pm

    Love the logo…i’ve seen quite a few…but like this one the best !!

  139. Deaf Musician
    May 11, 2007 5:52 pm

    I love the graphics. I am thinking about doing “i follow” also

  140. Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love, Volume 10 : Today is that Day
    May 12, 2007 8:52 am

    [...] 5) The DO-Follow Movement - A lot of people don't know it, but many blogs prevent search engines from finding your blog or your website after you post a comment on their blog. It's called a no-follow reference, and it is a total outrage to people who participate in online discussions. A number of people (including Today is that Day) have banded together to start a DO-Follow Movement. Check out the details and some of the thought leaders at Essential Keystrokes, MomGadget, and Randa Clay Design. [...]

  141. HOBO SEO
    May 12, 2007 9:17 pm

    We’ve done the same and joined this exciting movement. We’ll soon add your image too. (Faved you 2)

    :)

  142. Dietriffic » NoFollow no more at Dietriffic.com
    May 15, 2007 6:22 pm

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  143. Did You Ever Join a Movement? | Petersen Inc.
    May 16, 2007 7:07 am

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  144. Dennis Bjørn Petersen
    May 16, 2007 7:08 am

    I’ve heard about this movement and today I joined it.

    I’ve always been a good boy, but today I joined a movement! ;)

    A really good initiative.

  145. Kenneth Mendoza
    May 17, 2007 7:01 pm

    Hello,

    I have recently installed the plug-in unto my blog and I’m fixing some things on the theme to make sure that everyone else who would like to comment would benefit from these. Also, thank you for this nice and favorable idea of yours. :-)

  146. derek
    May 17, 2007 11:24 pm

    I just installed the DoFollow plugin myself and used your logo in my post, although I have yet to add the logo in a permanent location.

    I love this movement and am happy to have joined in an effort to return the favor to the readers of my blog. Thanks for making the logos!

  147. Marc Chase
    May 18, 2007 11:36 am

    I think its a great concept. I think everybody should jump on board.

    Love the Logo as well.

    http://www.mycreditgroup.com/blog/

  148. Fruit Engine
    May 18, 2007 1:54 pm

    Thank you, thank you for the link love!

    Nice little logo

  149. Inner88
    May 18, 2007 2:20 pm

    U Comment, I Follow: Dofollow Wordpress Plugin…

    After learning more about it I’ve decided to remove the NoFollow attribute from all comment posters here at Inner88. WordPress, by default, uses a NoFollow attribute that basically tells Google and other search engines not to follow a link when…

  150. Evelyn
    May 18, 2007 5:46 pm

    I rather like the idea of us following each other around! :) I can’t even imagine anyone standing in the way of such a thing! Thank you for starting this movement. Your post has been Dugg from here… because it’s for real and has significance!

  151. Bittersweet Coffee
    May 19, 2007 2:05 pm

    Thank you for the Logo. Got the white one Love it! ;-)

  152. CoffeeChic
    May 19, 2007 2:08 pm

    The Orange and Black logo is my fave! Thanks so much!

  153. Bull3t
    May 19, 2007 2:49 pm

    Sounds like a good idea, but I think that a Web 2.0 style logo would be the tip of the iceberg for this movement! I wonder whether that could be arranged?

  154. PinoyBlogoSphere.com
    May 20, 2007 1:19 am

    ok let’s follow :)

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