Spring Cleaning For Blogs – Building My Blogroll & DoFollow

by Christian Hollingsworth on April 16, 2009

2290688775 1ddf42934b Spring Cleaning For Blogs Building My Blogroll & DoFollow

During the months of April and May, homes across the world participate in the ritual of Spring Cleaning. The chaos of painting, building, vaccumming, throwing out & washing – immediately ensues. I’m of the opinion that blog owners should do the same with their “homes” on the net.

This spring I’m implementing two major modifications of SmartBoyDesigns.com. I’m Buildling My Blogroll & activating DoFollow for comments.

Building My Blogroll

Blogrolls are an excellent way for bloggers to connect and share readers. Some of the best blogs I’ve found have been through browsing Blogrolls.

In order to “jump start” my Blogroll – I’m rewarding blog comments. Add a comment to this post – and you’ll be rewarded with a link to your SEO/Blog/Design related blog in my Blogroll.

Rewarding Blog Comments – DoFollow

Many blogs horde links like squirrels protecting acorns before a heavy winter. I personally feel that individuals who take the time to comment should be rewarded with a juicy, visitor rich link to their site/blog. As of today, DoFollow has been enabled on Smart Boy Designs – allowing search engines to follow comment links.

I will say though that spamming will not be taken lightly. Please don’t spam your link throughout the comment body – your comment will be deleted.

The Cleaning Continues

I’ll be honest. I’m a clean freak. I like my home and blog to be clean and orderly. Take the time this spring to include a few new features on your blog – or spruce up the features you already have implemented. Trust me – your readers will appreciate the extra effort.

Don’t forget to add a comment with a link to your SEO/Blog/Design related blog – as I’ll be adding these to my Blogroll!

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johnwaire April 16, 2009 at 11:46 am

glad to be part of your spring cleaning/blogroll effort. thank you smartboy! bring on the traffic

Henrik April 17, 2009 at 4:13 am

Thank you smartboy for your effort. You have a very nice designed blog!

Bram April 17, 2009 at 4:30 am

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along.A very good information. Thanks for sharing. I like this topic as I am also interested anything related to Tutorial And Tips Computer Internet And Software. Keep on posting.

Regard

SmartDad April 17, 2009 at 4:44 am

Hi Son,
Mon and I told you a thousand times to clear that room of yours up. When you gonna start and I don’t mean just shicking it under the bed either..

Great work starting the spring clean anyway

Dad

Man on a Mission April 17, 2009 at 4:47 am

Good news on the cleaning schedule..

Got any polish left over? Come give me a dust out too

cheers M8

Kedar April 17, 2009 at 4:49 am

It would be great if you could include my Blog “Inspiring News from around the World” in your Blogroll.

Nelson Tan April 17, 2009 at 5:54 am

One related tip to ‘cleaning’ is to have redirect links in place of pure affiliate links in case when the merchants switch their affiliate programs or the product is no longer sold (thus have to replace with another link), your redirect links remain consistent to the readers (a.k.a. prospects).

nintendo video games April 17, 2009 at 6:01 am

Interesting blog design by smart boy…Nice to meet you.

Tuenti April 17, 2009 at 7:33 am

I like your initiative and your blog.Thak you smartboy

suzen April 17, 2009 at 9:01 am

Love it! The spring cleaning here (in the house) is easier – last child moved out and we are done with the dog drama. As for the blog, I just met with an SEO gal who is trying to teach me a thing or two for traffic. Hope whatever each of us do, it’s all good!

Rich Tseng April 17, 2009 at 9:27 am

Thanks so much Christian, this is a great idea. Getting it out there that I check your blog is probably going to lend mine some credibility too. I’ll add yours to my blog roll too.

Freebies April 17, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Yea it seems like offering dofollow links is a great way to get more comments… Just make sure to check them… kinda makes a nice target for spam bots

Gabe Boning April 18, 2009 at 9:16 am

It’s nice to see that some bloggers are finally sharing. Lots of people cry out for comments, and then don’t give anything back to the community.

Shubhamoy April 18, 2009 at 9:16 am

Hi Smartboy,
Its really amazing way to build your blogroll. Well do add me also.

BR,
Shubhamoy

Smart Boy Twitter: smartboydesigns April 18, 2009 at 9:35 am

Thanks all for posting thus far. I’ll be going through comments, and building the Blogroll within the next day or two.

Be sure to spread the word!

James kelly April 18, 2009 at 9:39 am

I’m also doing the same with my new blog @ jlk.me mixed with an extreme web spring clean getting rid old domains and dumping some sites all together. Keep up with a great blog.

Tenny April 18, 2009 at 11:03 am

If you have any soap leftover, can you spare a little for my grandson? He’s a mud freak as opposed to a clean freak!

Enjoyed your blog!

Carol April 18, 2009 at 2:59 pm

I may not make it on your blogroll, but I wanted to come by and thank you for the follow in Blog Catalog. I try to clean up my blogs now and then too. And not only in the spring. Have you thought about using CommentLuv also? I’m not an affiliate or anything, I just mentioned it because I use it and it works very well as some linky love too.

Sheila April 18, 2009 at 3:02 pm

lol…what a mess. Hope that is not your home, or I’d be glad you are not living in my house. I’d have to scream!…lol

Smart Boy Twitter: smartboydesigns April 18, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Most definitely not my home.

Jeremy E. Sarber April 18, 2009 at 9:20 pm

I’m diggin’ your site, friend. Great information and a fantastic design. I used to do some web design myself. Keep up the good work.

Clark April 19, 2009 at 4:23 am

Hi Christian, thank you for favoriting my blog on Blogcatalog. What a nice surprise. I need a good spring cleaning. How did you get that picture of my living room?

David April 21, 2009 at 10:45 am

I agree about the juicy links. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoyed your medium well done link! Let me know if you would like a blogroll sandwich!
I try to click on all visitors who show up on the blog catalog widget. You find mostly quality and interesting subjects. And it’s a good exercise to help avoid too much introversion.
Enjoy the wonderful weather. I bet it’s as nice in N Cal as it is here in Virginia (or almost).

iCan't Internet (self-acclaimed adsense and seo guru) April 27, 2009 at 2:38 am

I really like your attitude, there should be more “do-follow” blogs in the world. Life is not about getting more through taking away from others, but about sharing, which will benefit more people in the end!

micro sites campaigns April 30, 2009 at 9:26 am

That is a pretty interesting idea, definitely if the design is not a passion there is not success to get.

I Lost T h i r t y P o u n d s in Under a Month May 5, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Hi, cool post. I have been thinking about this topic,so thanks for posting. I will probably be coming back to your posts. Keep up the good posts

Smart Boy Twitter: smartboydesigns May 7, 2009 at 3:16 am

Thanks for sharing your thoughts – will take a look at these latest blogs shortly.

Honolulu house cleaning lady August 30, 2009 at 9:16 am

Well… DoFollows are important. How else can you get links to your website?

Henrik November 9, 2009 at 12:27 am

Thank you smartboy for your effort. You have a very nice designed blog!

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Veselina October 11, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Your blog is really interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Shouvik Mukherjee Twitter: ishouvik January 25, 2012 at 11:29 am

I love reading your blog. Gives me blogging ideas.

One tip: Maybe you could consider making your blog mobile device friendly as well.

Christian Hollingsworth Twitter: smartboydesigns January 25, 2012 at 11:31 am: The mobile version of Smart Boy Designs is in the works at the moment. We’re excited!
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