We are taking a brief break from the Social Media 101 series to mention a slight change we have made to the blog.  We have decided to join the “U Comment, I Follow movement” and implemented the change this weekend.

Most blog platforms default to a “no follow” setting for comments.  In other words, when you leave a comment on a blog, even though you may leave the URL to your website, the blog is coded to advise search engines not to follow the link. 

This was initially implemented to combat spam, but with spam programs like Akismet, which we use on our blog, the spam comments are automatically removed.  We want to encourage readers to leave their comments and allow links back to their sites for those who participate.

To implement the change, we installed the Do Follow plugin for Wordpress and then used one of the cool U Comment, I Follow badges developed by Randa Clay design to let our readers know. 

So - enjoy the content, leave a comment and gain a link.

 

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