Building Backlinks With Comment Posting

derek_thomas · 01-07-2009, 04:48 AM

Hello fellow warriors...

I have a question for you today, and will greatly appreciate your help. I will try to word it in a way that makes sense.

When you leave a comment in a blog with your website link as part of the form you fill out (along with your name, email address, and the like) but NOT as part of your actual comment, does it still count as a backlink?

This might be a stupid question, but I just don't know.

Thanks in advance, and I hope that made sense!

daddyg · 01-07-2009, 04:54 AM

Hi Derek,

Yes it's a backlink to your site but many blogs use the nofollow attribute in the link so the search engines don't follow or count the link as a backlink. Ofcourse you can still get click through traffic to your site from that link

Blogs that have the nofollow attribute removed (known as Dofollow) will count as a backlink with the SE's.

You can find Do Follow blogs with Comment Kahuna or FastBlogFinder.com

Hope that helps,

derek_thomas · 01-07-2009, 04:57 AM

That helps greatly!

The reason I asked is because I was actually using Comment Kahuna. Have you seen results from such tactics, provided I leave a quality comment?

And thanks for the FastBlogFinder.com tip. Never heard of that before.

daddyg · 01-07-2009, 05:05 AM

No problem.

I havn't done extensive blog commenting though I did outsource some recently which helped get one of my sites indexed quite quickly. It's very much a numbers game. I'd recommend outsourcing it and monitoring the results by checking your sites progress in the SERPs and using Google Analytics to see how much traffic the comments generate.

mjbromley · 01-07-2009, 05:26 AM

This website (seo-traffic-guide.de) has a good service I have used, which will email you a list of dofollow blogs based on your keyword that you can leave comments on. You have to sign up for his list (but you don't need to confirm the subscription!)

derek_thomas · 01-08-2009, 03:46 AM

Thanks guys for your help.

As always, greatly appreciated!

Jared Alberghini · 01-08-2009, 03:50 AM

Be careful not to be labeled as a 'blog comment spammer'...

There are many many other excellent ways to build backlinks to your site...

- Jared

daddyg · 01-08-2009, 04:22 AM

Jared makes a good point. If you do outsource, make sure you monitor the blog comments carefully to make sure they are quality comments. Be very specific about the quality of comments / comment length you want.

When I outsourced some blog commenting recently, I was after 100 comments but I asked for updates after the first 10, 20, 50 comments etc.

I also used a shared spreadsheet in Google Docs which the outsourcer used to post the url's to the comments they were making and I could monitor them as they came in.

Jon Alexander · 01-08-2009, 05:41 AM

it does count, even if it's no follow. Not all search engines pay attention to nofollow, and you'll likely get some real traffic from the link anyway.

BIG Mike · 01-08-2009, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Alexander

it does count, even if it's no follow. Not all search engines pay attention to nofollow, and you'll likely get some real traffic from the link anyway.

Well said - and it was the same comment I was going to make.

This also works at places like Amazon and other online stores where you can leave reviews or comment on reviews.

Tim Dixon · 01-08-2009, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Alexander

it does count, even if it's no follow. Not all search engines pay attention to nofollow, and you'll likely get some real traffic from the link anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

Well said - and it was the same comment I was going to make.

This also works at places like Amazon and other online stores where you can leave reviews or comment on reviews.

That's a very good tip guys. I hadn't really considered the Amazon and online store angle for leaving reviews and comments.

I had read about some studies done to see if Google actually does follow a nofollow link, but just doesn't count it for backlink and PR purposes (i.e. it's still useful for indexing).

I think the jury is still out on that one but this Wikipedia article gives some background on it:
nofollow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks
Tim

01-07-2009, 04:48 AM	#1
derek_thomas Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 39 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Building Backlinks With Comment Posting Hello fellow warriors... I have a question for you today, and will greatly appreciate your help. I will try to word it in a way that makes sense. When you leave a comment in a blog with your website link as part of the form you fill out (along with your name, email address, and the like) but NOT as part of your actual comment, does it still count as a backlink? This might be a stupid question, but I just don't know. Thanks in advance, and I hope that made sense!
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01-07-2009, 04:54 AM	#2
daddyg HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 111 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting Hi Derek, Yes it's a backlink to your site but many blogs use the nofollow attribute in the link so the search engines don't follow or count the link as a backlink. Ofcourse you can still get click through traffic to your site from that link Blogs that have the nofollow attribute removed (known as Dofollow) will count as a backlink with the SE's. You can find Do Follow blogs with Comment Kahuna or FastBlogFinder.com Hope that helps,
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01-07-2009, 04:57 AM	#3
derek_thomas Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 39 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting That helps greatly! The reason I asked is because I was actually using Comment Kahuna. Have you seen results from such tactics, provided I leave a quality comment? And thanks for the FastBlogFinder.com tip. Never heard of that before.
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01-07-2009, 05:05 AM	#4
daddyg HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 111 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting No problem. I havn't done extensive blog commenting though I did outsource some recently which helped get one of my sites indexed quite quickly. It's very much a numbers game. I'd recommend outsourcing it and monitoring the results by checking your sites progress in the SERPs and using Google Analytics to see how much traffic the comments generate.
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01-07-2009, 05:26 AM	#5
mjbromley Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK, North West Posts: 59 Thanks: 10 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting This website (seo-traffic-guide.de) has a good service I have used, which will email you a list of dofollow blogs based on your keyword that you can leave comments on. You have to sign up for his list (but you don't need to confirm the subscription!)

01-08-2009, 03:46 AM	#6
derek_thomas Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 39 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting Thanks guys for your help. As always, greatly appreciated!
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01-08-2009, 04:22 AM	#8
daddyg HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 111 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting Jared makes a good point. If you do outsource, make sure you monitor the blog comments carefully to make sure they are quality comments. Be very specific about the quality of comments / comment length you want. When I outsourced some blog commenting recently, I was after 100 comments but I asked for updates after the first 10, 20, 50 comments etc. I also used a shared spreadsheet in Google Docs which the outsourcer used to post the url's to the comments they were making and I could monitor them as they came in.
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01-08-2009, 05:41 AM	#9
Jon Alexander Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,543 Thanks: 0 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Building Backlinks With Comment Posting it does count, even if it's no follow. Not all search engines pay attention to nofollow, and you'll likely get some real traffic from the link anyway.
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