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I have to give a short update to my previous post on the CommentLuv plugin. I installed CommentLuv to provide an automatic backlink to my commenters, and wanted to make sure it was working properly as a dofollow link. First of all, the plugin author, Andy Bailey, showed up on his own to test the plugin, by leaving a comment on my blog, as soon as it was installed. And when I had a question about whether the nofollow tag had been removed, I sent him an e-mail. He replied within hours, and helped me figure it out. It turns out you have to install a plugin to turn off the nofollow tag. (I used NoFollow Free.) Over the course of several e-mails and a couple of test comments, Andy made sure his plugin was working properly, on its own and with NoFollow Free. He was very friendly and good-humored. CommentLuv is a free plugin, and I did not pay for his service. Likewise, neither Andy nor anyone else has paid me for this post. Sadly, it's becoming rare to receive excellent, personal, human service these days, and I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Andy. Keep up the great work! By the way, everything is working perfectly now, and when you leave a comment, you will receive a nofollow-free link back to your latest blog post. Links for everyone! (Unless your comment is spam, in which case it will be deleted.) Cheers!

I don't want to offend anyone here, but I guess I might. It seems that Pay-Per-Post (PPP) badges are popping up on blogs everywhere. I understand that most bloggers are hoping to make some money. I know what kind of time goes into writing posts and maintaining a site, not to mention that most bloggers have families, "real" jobs, and lots of other things going on in their lives. I'm right there with you! I get it! But when I read a post on a blog that has a PPP badge, or maybe a disclosure statement (explaining that some posts may or may not be influenced by sponsors), I wonder whether I'm reading a genuine article or a paid advertisement. Is it just me, or does a blog that accepts PPP writing assignments lose some of its credibility? Maybe I should read the whole blog before I decide whether it's too commercial for me, but how many of us have time for that? Is that how you surf blogs? Probably not. I'm not trying to sound high and mighty. Pay-Per-Post bloggers aren't bad people. I've considered getting in on PPP myself, but I've decided against it. I've decided this blog is going to be all mine. Now if somebody wants to hire me to write for a separate publication, that's a different story. But like it or not, this one's all me. There you have it.

Yes, GeekMom now offers double the love to readers who leave comments, thanks to a nifty plugin called CommentLuv. I don't know exactly how it works, but it's easy to download and install on WordPress, and it was written by Andy Bailey. Now when you post a comment, you can check a box to "enable CommentLuv," which will display the title of your latest blog post as a link. That's a free text link directly to your post -- not just to the front page of your blog -- and that's in addition to the link you can include with your name. You get two links for the price of one comment! Isn't that sweet? It's not supposed to slow down loading of the site at all, although it may take some number of seconds for the thing to hunt down your feed once you post your comment. Give it a try and let me know what you think! Thank you!