I've joined the DOFOLLOW movement

Just a quick note to let Google know how much I HATE the rel='NOFOLLOW' attribute added to links. It's especially bothersome that Google has made Blogger a NOFOLLOW blog by default. In an earlier post, I gave instructions on how to change your blog to a DOFOLLOW site.

If I link to another site, I'm "voting" for them just like Google wants. They have something of interest to me, or content that might be useful to other readers. If Google wants to enforce the NOFOLLOW on paid links, so be it, but leave my damn blog code alone!

How to remove the NOFOLLOW from your blog

I hate the fact that the Google owned Blogger.com software defaults to a NOFOLLOW tag, essentially killing any link juice from being passed out of the blog. If I link to someone, there's a reason. They have received a natural, organic link (a 'vote') from me. I like what they have, and I have chosen to link to them. The idiotic NOFOLLOW tells the Googlebot that the link is somehow worthless, and that it shouldn't follow it to index that page. STUPID!.

Here's how to remove the rel='NOFOLLOW' from your Blogger blog. (note: if you use another blogging software, this method won't work - leave me a comment if you have links to other guides on how to remove the NOFOLLOW)

1. Login to your Blogger blog
2. Click the 'Customize' button from your blog's home page
3. Select the 'Template' tab
4. Click 'Edit HTML'
5. On the Edit HTML page, make sure that the 'Expand Widget Templates' checkbox is selected
6. Search for the text rel='nofollow' (click edit->find in this page in Firefox or CTRL-f)
7. Delete any instances of rel='nofollow' you find. Make sure that you only delete that exact text and none of the other characters around it
8. Click 'Save Template'
9. Voila, your blog should now be a fully compliant DOFOLLOW website

If you want to let your readers know that you allow comment links and that your blog is a DOFOLLOW site, you can use one of the logos here:

I Follow Logos