Big blogs and there no follow tags

Today Dave Naylor announced he has removed the no follow tags from his blog and replaced them with strict moderation. His blog is one of my favorite sources for SEO news and updates and this is a big deal because so many "authority" blogs wrap their links up tight and keep all their juice to themselves. If this becomes a trend across the board, you may begin to see more quality discussions on these blogs. By his statement alone he should at least triple his traffic from curious SEOs. www.davidnaylor.co.uk is a great source for information, but the best parts of some blogs are the discussions that follow the posts, blogs are meant to be interactive, and I believe he is simply encouraging more user participation.

They say that Web 3.0 will be completely user generated content, and by current blogs encouraging such interaction and participation, this maybe the perfect segway into the next development of the internet. Blogs with only a few pages could soon become giant sites with hundreds of pages of user generated content and quality discussion.

Strict moderation is the key, I have never been one for spammy comments. I much rather participate in the discussion and try to learn something while I gather my links. If you are serious about SEO and link building you should try to become a regular contributer on quality blogs. Genuine, intelligent comments could lead to so much more than just a link from a page that has 50 outbound links.

Thanks Dave.