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The I Follow “Movement”

Published April 11th, 2007 in Blogging.

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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    1. 1 MyAvatars 0.2 Char Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:18 am

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

    2. 2 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:25 am

      Yes! I created it this morning. Thanks!

    3. 3 MyAvatars 0.2 Dawud Miracle Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:28 am

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

    4. 4 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:29 am

      Great! Thanks Dawud.

    5. 5 MyAvatars 0.2 David Airey :: Creative Design :: Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:35 am

      Great stuff, Randa.

      Thanks for spreading the link love!

    6. 6 MyAvatars 0.2 Kirk M Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 7 MyAvatars 0.2 Ponn Sabra Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 8 MyAvatars 0.2 Ponn Sabra Apr 11th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

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

    9. 9 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

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

    10. 10 MyAvatars 0.2 Chris Cree Apr 11th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

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

    11. 11 MyAvatars 0.2 Karen Apr 11th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

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

    12. 12 MyAvatars 0.2 Jonathan-C. Phillips Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 13 MyAvatars 0.2 Aaron M. Potts Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 14 MyAvatars 0.2 Susan Apr 11th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

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

    15. 15 MyAvatars 0.2 Vin Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 16 MyAvatars 0.2 Chris Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 17 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 18 MyAvatars 0.2 Chris Apr 11th, 2007 at 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. 19 MyAvatars 0.2 Chris Stark Apr 11th, 2007 at 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…

    20. 20 MyAvatars 0.2 marhgil Apr 12th, 2007 at 2:30 am

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

    21. 21 MyAvatars 0.2 Rene Kriest Apr 12th, 2007 at 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

    22. 22 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 12th, 2007 at 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!

    23. 23 MyAvatars 0.2 Owen Apr 12th, 2007 at 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 ;)

    24. 24 MyAvatars 0.2 Cristian Apr 12th, 2007 at 7:54 am

      Great Idea Randa ;)
      Keep up the good work

    25. 25 MyAvatars 0.2 doris Apr 12th, 2007 at 7:59 am

      Hi Randa… great logo - I FOLLOW!!

    26. 26 MyAvatars 0.2 Jules Apr 12th, 2007 at 11:25 am

      I’m on board! Great idea :)

      http://www.utterlygeek.com/2007/04/12/i-follow-movement/

    27. 27 MyAvatars 0.2 Eve Apr 12th, 2007 at 11:41 am

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

    28. 28 MyAvatars 0.2 Jennifer Apr 12th, 2007 at 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…

    29. 29 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 12th, 2007 at 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.

    30. 30 MyAvatars 0.2 Jennifer Apr 12th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

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

    31. 31 MyAvatars 0.2 Eve Apr 12th, 2007 at 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/

    32. 32 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 12th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

      Cool! I’ll post the list soon!

    33. 33 MyAvatars 0.2 Henri van den Hoof Apr 13th, 2007 at 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

    34. 34 MyAvatars 0.2 Mohan Apr 13th, 2007 at 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

    35. 35 MyAvatars 0.2 Sheena Apr 13th, 2007 at 11:25 am

      I do follow! I grabbed the logo!

    36. 36 MyAvatars 0.2 Dave Apr 13th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

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

    37. 37 MyAvatars 0.2 John Alexander Apr 14th, 2007 at 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?

    38. 38 MyAvatars 0.2 Armen Apr 14th, 2007 at 1:20 am

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

    39. 39 MyAvatars 0.2 Danny Dang Apr 14th, 2007 at 5:37 am

      I Followed! Thanks for the cool badge.

    40. 40 MyAvatars 0.2 Gary Reid Apr 14th, 2007 at 9:17 am

      Great idea, great badge, thanks

    41. 41 MyAvatars 0.2 InvestorBlogger Apr 14th, 2007 at 11:16 am

      I implemented DoFollow just a few mins ago!

      Thanks.
      Kenneth

    42. 42 MyAvatars 0.2 Aaron Bassett Apr 15th, 2007 at 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

    43. 43 MyAvatars 0.2 Bryan Eisenberg Apr 15th, 2007 at 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.

    44. 44 MyAvatars 0.2 Elaine Apr 16th, 2007 at 9:50 am

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

    45. 45 MyAvatars 0.2 2Perfect Apr 16th, 2007 at 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

    46. 46 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 16th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

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

    47. 47 MyAvatars 0.2 Aaron Bassett Apr 17th, 2007 at 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!

    48. 48 MyAvatars 0.2 Bob Apr 17th, 2007 at 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 :)

    49. 49 MyAvatars 0.2 Tracy Apr 17th, 2007 at 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 :)

    50. 50 MyAvatars 0.2 Julie Apr 17th, 2007 at 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.

    51. 51 MyAvatars 0.2 Ryan Apr 17th, 2007 at 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

    52. 52 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 18th, 2007 at 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.

    53. 53 MyAvatars 0.2 robwatts Apr 18th, 2007 at 8:34 am

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

    54. 54 MyAvatars 0.2 robwatts Apr 18th, 2007 at 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?

    55. 55 MyAvatars 0.2 Adam Henningsen Apr 18th, 2007 at 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.

    56. 56 MyAvatars 0.2 Bob Apr 18th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

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

    57. 57 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 18th, 2007 at 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.

    58. 58 MyAvatars 0.2 Manila Mom Apr 19th, 2007 at 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.)

    59. 59 MyAvatars 0.2 robwatts Apr 19th, 2007 at 2:09 am

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

    60. 60 MyAvatars 0.2 Homemom3 Apr 19th, 2007 at 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.

    61. 61 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 19th, 2007 at 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!

    62. 62 MyAvatars 0.2 Sarakastic Apr 20th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

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

    63. 63 MyAvatars 0.2 2Perfect Apr 21st, 2007 at 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 )

    64. 64 MyAvatars 0.2 Mark Blair Apr 22nd, 2007 at 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!

    65. 65 MyAvatars 0.2 frankp Apr 23rd, 2007 at 1:10 pm

      Bah humbug. I don’t follow.

      :P

    66. 66 MyAvatars 0.2 Niki Apr 24th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

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

    67. 67 MyAvatars 0.2 Lyman Reed Apr 24th, 2007 at 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! :)

    68. 68 MyAvatars 0.2 Matt Keegan Apr 25th, 2007 at 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.

    69. 69 MyAvatars 0.2 Lisa Apr 26th, 2007 at 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!

    70. 70 MyAvatars 0.2 deyey Apr 26th, 2007 at 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!

    71. 71 MyAvatars 0.2 gilda Apr 26th, 2007 at 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!

    72. 72 MyAvatars 0.2 Eric Apr 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am

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

      Eric

    73. 73 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 27th, 2007 at 10:42 am

      Nice idea Eric- I will see about making some.

    74. 74 MyAvatars 0.2 Asgeir Hoem Apr 27th, 2007 at 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/

    75. 75 MyAvatars 0.2 Randa Apr 27th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

      Those look great Eric!

    76. 76 MyAvatars 0.2 Laptop Repair Guy Apr 30th, 2007 at 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.

    77. 77 MyAvatars 0.2 gilda Apr 30th, 2007 at 5:57 am

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

    78. 78 MyAvatars 0.2 Chris May 2nd, 2007 at 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

    79. 79 MyAvatars 0.2 gilda May 2nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm

      thanks randa!

    80. 80 MyAvatars 0.2 Aggie