Do-follow blogs are blogs where links in your comment are counted and you receive maximum SEO benefits for participation. Many blogs use a special “no-follow” attribute in their comment links that prevents search engines from indexing or following the links. This reduces the benefits received from commenting on discussions.

Do-follow blogs on the other hand do not use the “no-follow” attribute in their links. This allows search engines to index the links in comments and pass page rank accordingly. As a result, commenting on these blogs offers improved SEO benefits.

This article provides 10 ways to find do follow blogs. By participating and commenting on do-follow blogs, you will get back-links, improved search engine rankings, and more visitors and leads to your website.

1) Technorati Blog Search

Technorati is the top blog search engine and directory to find influential blogs in any niche. The blog search feature at the top of the site and the top 100 list across several topics are some of the best ways to indentify influential blogs to comment on. Although Technorati does not indicate which blogs are do-follow,  it is a great all round tool to indentify influential blogs to comment on. You can use it in conjunction with the Firefox do-follow browser plugin to find which blogs are do-follow. It may be more tedious than some of the other methods on this list, but it works and great for finding an up to date list of blogs.

2) Do follow Diver

Do Follow diver is an online search engine. No installation is required and it can be accessed via your web browser. It is a custom search engine that allows you to search its vast database of do follow blogs. You are required to manually visit the links one by one and post  your comment as required.

3) Do follow Blog Directory

http://www.bigfootwebmarketing.com/dofollow/

This is a directory that features “dofollow” blogs only. It is a great source for finding blogs to comment on. Blogs are categorised by niche. Categories include Web Development and Design , Affiliate Marketing and many more.

4) Follow List

http://followlist.com/

Follow List is another directory of do follow blogs. Users can suggest new Do Follow Blogs to ensure the directory is up to date. Blogs are listed in many categories including web design, business, travel, marketing and real estate. Most Recent and Most Popular Blogs are listed on the home page.

4) Comment Hunt

http://www.commenthunt.com/

Comment hunt is a custom search engine for do follow blogs. It is implemented using Google’s Custom search engine platform and is simple and easy to use. You can search for do follow blogs on any topic.

5) EZ Business – Do Follow Search Engine

http://www.ezbusinessneeds.com/dofollow.php

Do follow search engine is another online search engine implemented using Google’s custom search engine platform.

6) Links do Follow

http://linksdofollow.com/

This site offers a wide range of information on do follow SEO links. The site offers advice on different ways to get “DoFollow” back links to your website. It includes a list of Blogs, Forums, Social Bookmarking, and other sites that allow you to add a DoFollow link to your website. The site also features a directory of do follow blogs although at the time of writing this article, very few sites were listed in the directory.

7) PDF List of do follow blogs

http://www.digeratimarketing.co.uk/toolshop/DM_BlogsThatFollow.pdf

A list of over 160 categorized, PR ranked blogs which don’t use the “nofollow” attribute on comment links. The blogs are sorted by page-rank and category so it is easy to select blogs that meet your needs. Just pick out the relevant blogs and make nice quality comments so the bloggers will approve them.

8) D-List

http://courtneytuttle.com/blogs-that-follow/

This is a post that includes a large list of do follow blogs. The blogs are not categorised so it can be difficult to locate blogs related to your niche. Nevertheless, it is an extensive list that can be a useful addition to other sources for obtaining dofollow blogs.

Other Methods:

9) View Source method of browser

All browser including Firefox and Internet Explorer offer a way to view the source code of the web page or blog. You can do a view source and perform a search for the words rel=”no follow”. This indicates that the links are not do follow.

10) Firefox Plug ins

Although you can use the view source method in Firefox as well, a more direct approach is available via Firefox plug-ins. There are many do follow and general SEO plug-ins for Firefox that will automatically let you know if a link on a website is do follow or no follow.

Conclusion

There are sevral other ways to find and comment on do-follow blogs. I have come across many blogs that publish a list of do-follow sites but as blogs change, it is easy for such lists to get out of date. There are also many desktop software that allow you to identify and obtain back-links from do follow blogs related to your keywords. But I am wary of such methods and highly recommend that all blog comment is done manually.