Blog commenting question, please

13 years ago

That's up to you. I tend to just bounce around blogs, commenting on posts that I like, but don't try to build a relationship unless I find myself coming back to that same blog a lot because I like a lot of the posts.

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AbsolutJake82

13 years ago

Originally Posted by mandark

That's up to you. I tend to just bounce around blogs, commenting on posts that I like, but don't try to build a relationship unless I find myself coming back to that same blog a lot because I like a lot of the posts.

I pretty much do the same thing....

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Lumpy Rutherford

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by mandark

That's up to you. I tend to just bounce around blogs, commenting on posts that I like, but don't try to build a relationship unless I find myself coming back to that same blog a lot because I like a lot of the posts.

Thanks. I think, as of right now, PR isn't nearly as helpful in terms of ranking for my chosen keywords unless I find blogs with content as closely related to my site as possible. For example, I just checked out a site with a ton of high PR backlinks, and yet the home page was still a PR 0. Not many of those backlinks seemed to come from sites with related content, and many of the pages where the site owner linked from had a large number of outgoing links. That has to be less than ideal.

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MarkPereira

13 years ago

Sure it helps if you can build a relationship with the blog owner and post useful comments. This will ensure your comments don't get deleted.

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ReportKing

Banned 13 years ago

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Lumpy Rutherford

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ReportKing

I have a swipe file of around 50 blogs that have proven to produce traffic from the comments I posted.

I try and hit each blog and post a comment at least once or twice a week.

If you take the time to post well thought-out comments (I don't believe in that Scrapebox or Xrumer spam comment crap), the blog owner will likely get to know you over time, and your comments will be posted without even having been read in many cases.

I have a relationship with a few of the blog owners, and have even done some guest posting.

Ah, very nice. Thank you!

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patadeperro

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ReportKing

I have a swipe file of around 50 blogs that have proven to produce traffic from the comments I posted.

I try and hit each blog and post a comment at least once or twice a week.

If you take the time to post well thought-out comments (I don't believe in that Scrapebox or Xrumer spam comment crap), the blog owner will likely get to know you over time, and your comments will be posted without even having been read in many cases.

I have a relationship with a few of the blog owners, and have even done some guest posting.

This is a very good advice, and I can see how ReportKing uses blog commenting as a traffic strategy, because he is not just getting backling juice, he is creating authority (when he is a guest blogger) and he is giving valuable content with his comments, he is absolutely right that a few good post on a reputable blog will give you a lot more than the spamming stuff many people is doing.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Lumpy Rutherford

Once you find a decent blog to comment on, will you try to build some kind of relationship with the blog owner

Sometimes, yes.

Especially if it's not a marketer/competitor.

And especially if I think I can offer them content (and if they're not a marketer/competitor, they often won't mind giving me plenty of backlinks to various different pages of my site, all of which I'll happily take if I can).

Originally Posted by Lumpy Rutherford

and also start commenting on upcoming posts - posts that don't have any PR yet - in the expectation that these pages will gain PR over time?

PR doesn't matter to me, in this context. I barely look at it. Any backlinks from context-relevant sites are worth having. They're good for my off-page SEO and good for getting relevant traffic that someone else's work has already targeted, too. This is what article marketing's all about.

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Lumpy Rutherford

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Any backlinks from context-relevant sites are worth having.

Thank you. Would it be a safe assumption, in your mind, to say that a PR 0 link from a contextually related site is of more value than a PR 5 link from a site that is not contextually related?

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Michael Shook

13 years ago

I comment on other marketing blogs, wedesign blogs and even some pet blogs. I don't use a keyword as my name, and I comment in a polite way on a post which I am interested in.

Even though I am a marketer kind of person, I often find that I am the only person to comment on a blog where it is obvious that the person has spent a great deal of time thinking about and writing up the post.

And quite often I am the only person to leave anything more than "Hey nice post". It is possible that those are spam comments that were not recognized as such and my post really sticks out there.

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Lumpy Rutherford

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by JMichaelZ

And quite often I am the only person to leave anything more than "Hey nice post". It is possible that those are spam comments that were not recognized as such and my post really sticks out there.

Thanks! What about PR, how much of a factor does that weigh into whether you decide to leave a comment?

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Michael Shook

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Lumpy Rutherford

Thanks! What about PR, how much of a factor does that weigh into whether you decide to leave a comment?

No problem.

I like blog commenting. I am interested in all kinds of things in the world. My wife tells me that I know more s*** about more s*** than anyone else she has ever met. And I don't even pay here (much) to say that.

I don't pay any attention to PR, I uninstalled the little toolbar that showed PR and have not missed it one bit. I look at the blog, see if I can find something to be interested in, not too hard most of the time, and just write up a comment.

I have my gravatar set to the same graphic as my forum avatar and I use that for my branding online. Kind of like a little bonus.

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Lumpy Rutherford

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by JMichaelZ

I don't pay any attention to PR, I uninstalled the little toolbar that showed PR and have not missed it one bit. I look at the blog, see if I can find something to be interested in, not too hard most of the time, and just write up a comment.

Thanks again!

Oh, what's your opinion on this - would you rather gain a PR 0 link from a contextually relevant site or a PR 5 link from a site with content completely unrelated to yours?

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Michael Shook 13 years ago

Hmm. If those were the only 2 choices, I think I would go with the PR 0. If I am understanding correctly that you mean the general subject of the blog is the same as the subject of my own?

In my commenting, I comment on both subject related and other blogs as well. I also do not pay any attention to whether or not the links are do/no follow.

Do/No follow was implemented as a way of reducing PR bleed form a particular page online. And I have heard that PR is being phased out as a supported technology at Google. If that is true, and there is not a substitute, it is possible that do/no follow as an idea will cease to have much relevance.
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Dahlia Valentine

13 years ago

Last week I started promoting a brand new blog. My only marketing strategy (because of time constraints) was blog commenting. An average of 2 blog comments a day yielded 27 new subscribers to my new blog. Good, quality comments -- not the 'nice post' fodder.

I think you have to consider whether your strategy is to go for PR heavy backlinks, or authority in the niche. Sometimes you can't have both.

Personally I opt for authority in the niche. I think when you build authority, your rank automatically follows.

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SingerRinging

13 years ago

If the blog benefits you, yes, by all means, build a relationship with the owner. If not, don't waste time on comments. You're in business to make a profit. So if you aren't profiting in SOME WAY, commenting on the blog or trying to build a relationship would be wasteful or artificial. And you always want to be genuine in business, right?

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grandfaraone1

Banned 13 years ago

i think with the time when the page start to get pr ...your link will be important for your site

i think......

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