The Blog Doctor.

Setup OpenID Comments To Follow In Blogger.

Ever since Blogger changed it's comments system to prevent other bloggers from leaving their URL, discouraging the DOFOLLOW brigade, it was found impossible to share or pass on the Google Juice to encourage your commentators. Now that Blogger has rolled out the OpenID system it has become possible once more.........

Here are the steps to follow :

1. Register at https://www.myopenid.com/signup and get an OpenID in the format :

http://USER_NAME.myopenid.com

2. Login at Blogger.com and click on Layout link on Dashboard for your blog. Then click on Edit Html subtab of Template tab.

3. Copy the code below and paste it in the Template code box below <head> tag at the top of the template :

<link href='http://www.myopenid.com/server' rel='openid.server' />
<link href='http://USER_NAME.myopenid.com' rel='openid.delegate' />

Instead of USER_NAME put in the actual user name you registered at the OpenID site.
Save Template.

IMPORTANT : Do not use doublequotes or you may get an error message.

4. Test the comment by making a comment on a DOFOLLOW Blogger Blog. After making the comment choose the Identity "Sign in using any Open-ID". In the text field which opens below paste in your blog url. Then Publish the comment. I made a comment here. The first time you make a comment you will be required to set up your persona at the OpenID site.

5. Check by View---->Page Source. If you see the Page Source for the blog page (from the browser menu) you will see :

<dt class='comment-author' id='comment-8224629199091623054'>
            <a name='comment-8224629199091623054'></a>
         
              <a href='http://betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/' rel='follow'>Vin</a>
         
            said...

Enjoy!

Remove Nofollow on Blogger Backlinks.

The No-No Follow Movement has gained quite a momentum. We have already seen how to remove it from the Comments. Today we will go after the second No-Follow tag in the new Blogger Layout Templates and remove it..........

This no=follow tag is present in the code for your Backlinks. Blogger does not incorporate Trackbacks per se. Instead Blogger has Backlinks.

Blogger has the Backlinks feature which enables you to keep track of other pages on the web that link to your posts. For example if someone else posts on a topic similar to yours and links back to your post then your post will automatically show a link to the other post. To enable Backlinks go to Settings------>Comments----->Backlinks---
---->Show--------->Save Settings. These links are shown under the posts with the title "Links to this Post" next to the Comments link. Clicking that link takes you to the post page where all the backlinks are shown under the post and the comments.

You have to wait until Google indexes the post which has a link to your blog post. Then the link of that post will appear under "Links to This Post" on the post page.
This link has the no-follow tag on it. Which means that Googlebot will not follow that link back to the originating post and index it. Hence the originating post does not get any "link-love" though it has given it to you.

Here is how to give the originating post some of your link-love back. Login to Dashboard and click on Layout. Then click on Edit Html subtab of Template tab. First backup Template by clicking the Download Full Template link. Then put a check in the Expand Widgets Template checkbox. Scroll down till you come to this code in the Blog Posts widget :

<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'>
<a name='links'/><h4><data:post.backlinksLabel/></h4>
<b:if cond='data:post.numBacklinks != 0'>
<dl class='comments-block' id='comments-block'>
<b:loop values='data:post.backlinks' var='backlink'>
<div class='collapsed-backlink backlink-control'>
<dt class='comment-title'>
<span class='backlink-toggle-zippy'> </span>
<a expr:href='data:backlink.url' rel='nofollow'><data:backlink.title/></a>
<b:include data='backlink' name='backlinkDeleteIcon'/>
</dt>

Delete the code in red and save the template. Now GoogleBot will follow the backlinks back to the original post which will also gain from having mentioned your blog/post. You can also mention in a prominent place in your blog that backlinks are FOLLOWED and thus encourage people to link to your blog/posts. See this badge I have inserted to show that my backlinks are followed :

If you want to insert it in your template Login to Dashboard and click on Layouts. Then click Edit Html subtab of Template tab. First backup your template and then put a check in Expand Widgets Template box and scroll down till you come to this code in BlogPosts widget :

<div id='backlinks-container'>

Paste the line below immediately below the above line :

<img src="http://betabloggerfordummies.googlepages.com/BacklinksFollow.gif" style="border-width:0px"/>

If you want another just after the backlinks paste the img src line code again just before the closing tag for the backlinks-container. These images will appear before and after your backlinks on the post page.

Preview and Save template.

If you want to add the above logo to your sidebar with two clicks then click on the "GET BACKLINK BTTN" low down in the right sidebar of this blog.