diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 2d643400a7..5fdb938157 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 		// NOTREACHED
 	}
 
-	$url = $orig_url = notags(trim($_POST['url']));
+	$url = $orig_url = notags(trim($_REQUEST['url']));
 
 	// remove ajax junk, e.g. Twitter
 
diff --git a/mod/suggest.php b/mod/suggest.php
index aedf3fd46a..bbffe8fb0f 100644
--- a/mod/suggest.php
+++ b/mod/suggest.php
@@ -39,19 +39,23 @@ function suggest_content(&$a) {
 	$r = suggestion_query(local_user());
 
 	if(! count($r)) {
-		$o .= t('No suggestions. This works best when you have more than one contact/friend.');
+		$o .= t('No suggestions available. If this is a new site, please try again in 24 hours.');
 		return $o;
 	}
 
 	$tpl = get_markup_template('suggest_friends.tpl');
 
 	foreach($r as $rr) {
-			
+
+		$connlink = $a->get_baseurl() . '/follow/?url=' . (($rr['connect']) ? $rr['connect'] : $rr['url']);			
+
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
 			'$url' => $rr['url'],
 			'$name' => $rr['name'],
 			'$photo' => $rr['photo'],
 			'$ignlnk' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/suggest?ignore=' . $rr['id'],
+			'$conntxt' => t('Connect'),
+			'$connlnk' => $connlnk,
 			'$ignore' => t('Ignore/Hide')
 		));
 	}
diff --git a/view/suggest_friends.tpl b/view/suggest_friends.tpl
index 8e60564944..c66cdd65d1 100644
--- a/view/suggest_friends.tpl
+++ b/view/suggest_friends.tpl
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
 	<div class="profile-match-name">
 		<a href="$url" title="$name">$name</a>
 	</div>
+	{{ if $connlnk }}
+	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="$connlnk" title="$conntxt">$conntxt</a></div>
+	{{ endif }}
 	<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
 </div>
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