Wordpress plugins are just that easy
Plugins are useful - and easy to install in Wordpress. I’m sure that many bloggers have several plugins installed - and I do too. I’ll give a short and concise list of what plugins I have and why they are useful.
Akismet
Definitely the staple plugin for all Wordpress bloggers - this anti-spam plugin just stops spam dead in it’s tracks. If I couldn’t live without one plugin, it would be Akismet.
Dofollow
I’ve talked about the dofollow plugin earlier - it’s a very good plugin that basically forces my agenda on my blog - I think that links should be counted by Google - as long as they’re not spam.
This is a great plugin! I don’t like to hotlink my images, so I just hot link them, run hot-linked image cacher, and then boom! My images are now locally hosted.
This automatically updates my Facebook profile and feed with a thing saying “Edward has posted a new blog entry” - linking to my blog on here. This helps me get a few extra visits.
“Yet Another Related Posts Plugin”
Interesting name, right? I think that having a “related posts” section really helps increase pageviews on a blog - and I wanted a good related posts plugin. Unfortunately, the plugins that I found were either too complex, or didn’t have enough customizability. I found the perfect match with YARPP.
What plugins do you use on your blog?
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Yea, I’m not sure about having a DoFollow blog for the simple fact that you would get so many spam comments. In my opinion the only good thing about it is that you gain more traffic, although for the wrong reasons I guess and not quite so targeted.
I haven’t seen any extra comment spam on my blog since enabling it. If people make constructive comments, why not reward them for doing so?
Akismet handles the spam pretty well, anyways.
I agree with edward, i have enabled dofollow because its the right thing to do, everybody should be rewarded with backlinks, obviously all spam will just be deleted, anyone can post on my blog for a backlink, Regards Mick…
And there is what some alternative? 
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