Commenting on high PR blogs

12 years ago

When one talks about high PR blog commenting it has to do with commenting on pages that have PR themselves - this has some powerful ranking power.

But the awesome thing about blogs that have domains with high PR is that the inner pages will also increase in PR, so your commenting wasn't done in vain. In fact your approach may be the better way to do it as pages with high PR are usually spammed out anyway!

But you should check whether the links you are getting are not nofollow, if they are then you will be wasting your time (seo-wise), unless you actually looking for traffic from the blog itself.

PS: just looked at your blog and I like your theme but definitely overkill with the ads above the fold. Google has a filter that they send out that penalizes sites that have too many ads above the fold. You may want to reposition the ads on your site.

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MoneySavingLisa

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Eleva8

When one talks about high PR blog commenting it has to do with commenting on pages that have PR themselves - this has some powerful ranking power.

But the awesome thing about blogs that have domains with high PR is that the inner pages will also increase in PR, so your commenting wasn't done in vain. In fact your approach may be the better way to do it as pages with high PR are usually spammed out anyway!

But you should check whether the links you are getting are not nofollow, if they are then you will be wasting your time (seo-wise), unless you actually looking for traffic from the blog itself.

PS: just looked at your blog and I like your theme but definitely overkill with the ads above the fold. Google has a filter that they send out that penalizes sites that have too many ads above the fold. You may want to reposition the ads on your site.

Oh ya I made sure all the blogs were dofollow for sure!

Thanks for the comment! I'm actually not working on that blog that you mentioned, but my micro niche blogs. MoneySavingLisa.com is for sale right now. It was my hobby when I wasn't working, but now that I'm employed and in college.. no time anymore for an authority site like that!

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IM Ash

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

Oh ya I made sure all the blogs were dofollow for sure!

Thanks for the comment! I'm actually not working on that blog that you mentioned, but my micro niche blogs. MoneySavingLisa.com is for sale right now. It was my hobby when I wasn't working, but now that I'm employed and in college.. no time anymore for an authority site like that!

You may also want to look into guest posting on PR4+ blogs! I have guest posted on various blogs in the past and many of the posts increased in PR which passed PR to my sites and there is also the added advantage of generating targeted traffic from the blogs that you guest post on.

Search for a list of "blogs to guest post on" and I'm sure you will find a list in no time. There was actually an awesome list here on the forum (can't find it now).

One last thing: you should sign-up with Elance and apply for writing jobs there. The problem with Fiverr is the number of people offering writing services and the fact that you will only earn under $4 once Fiverr take their cut.

I did a bit of freelance writing on Elance a while back and I was able to secure a few clients that paid well and they had a continuous stream of work.

TIP: before applying for a job check out the clients history to see what they have paid writers in the past. In this way you can weed-out the bargain hunters and secure clients that pay well, and try and connect with the employer in your proposal by detailing exactly what you bring to the table.

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MoneySavingLisa

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Eleva8

One last thing: you should sign-up with Elance and apply for writing jobs there. The problem with Fiverr is the number of people offering writing services and the fact that you will only earn under $4 once Fiverr take their cut.

I did a bit of freelance writing on Elance a while back and I was able to secure a few clients that paid well and they had a continuous stream of work.

TIP: before applying for a job check out the clients history to see what they have paid writers in the past. In this way you can weed-out the bargain hunters and secure clients that pay well, and try and connect with the employer in your proposal by detailing exactly what you bring to the table.

Thanks for the tip. I started the process but never finished LOL! I am signed up with Odesk, but nothing there yet. I know Fiverr takes that $1 cut, which sucks, but my intent with Fiverr was only temporary. I figured that I could build a good "log" of customers, so when I'm applying to jobs on Odesk or other places I can link them also to the reviews as well.

There's no way I'd want to keep making $4 an article when I can be making more LOL!

I have checked out a few client history on Odesk to determine the "seriousness" of them. I'm a little confused when it comes to Odesk if fixed rate or Hourly was better. I'd go with hourly, but I need to look into it a little bit more.

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IM Ash

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

Thanks for the tip. I started the process but never finished LOL! I am signed up with Odesk, but nothing there yet. I know Fiverr takes that $1 cut, which sucks, but my intent with Fiverr was only temporary. I figured that I could build a good "log" of customers, so when I'm applying to jobs on Odesk or other places I can link them also to the reviews as well.

There's no way I'd want to keep making $4 an article when I can be making more LOL!

I have checked out a few client history on Odesk to determine the "seriousness" of them. I'm a little confused when it comes to Odesk if fixed rate or Hourly was better. I'd go with hourly, but I need to look into it a little bit more.

A true marketer.

But I am going to poke holes in your strategy:

If you intend showing people reviews from your fiverr gigs, what's stopping them from ordering your gig at 5 bucks? Just saying!

I personally always went the fixed rate route coz I didn't want to be governed by the clock, but that's just me!

If you can secure clients that require articles related to what you are studying then that will be cool! I was able to do just that and was paid well in the process. Having some sort of specialized knowledge allows you to set a higher rate!

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MoneySavingLisa

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Eleva8

A true marketer.

But I am going to poke holes in your strategy:

If you intend showing people reviews from your fiverr gigs, what's stopping them from ordering your gig at 5 bucks? Just saying!

I personally always went the fixed rate route coz I didn't want to be governed by the clock, but that's just me!

If you can secure clients that require articles related to what you are studying then that will be cool! I was able to do just that and was paid well in the process. Having some sort of specialized knowledge allows you to set a higher rate!

Oh I've thought of that! Well, my hope is after 5-10 orders I want to put my gig on hold.

If I remember right, which I don't (LOL!) couldn't a contractor not pay you after a fixed rate? I love to write about health, especially things with weight loss. I've always wanted to be a dietician/fitness instructor but my life didn't take me down that road and I can't afford to do it right now.

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IM Ash

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

Oh I've thought of that! Well, my hope is after 5-10 orders I want to put my gig on hold.

Hhmmm, you got me confused coz the client at Odesk is going to still see what you were charging in the past (on fiverr) and if you bid a higher rate (on Odesk) then the client may feel they're getting a raw deal.

If you open to ideas, here's one: take your positive testimonials from fiverr and paste them to your profile page on Odesk... it will help you to sell your service, I think!

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

If I remember right, which I don't (LOL!) couldn't a contractor not pay you after a fixed rate?

This is the stuff you suppose to remember.

Not sure about Odesk but on Elance they have an "Escrow" system, where a holding account is funded before the job begins and the funds are released once the project is completed.

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

I love to write about health, especially things with weight loss. I've always wanted to be a dietician/fitness instructor but my life didn't take me down that road and I can't afford to do it right now.

There are many jobs that I have seen for writers in the health niche!

My Mum is 52 yrs. old and this year she joined a college as a fulltime student studying theology. She didn't have the opportunity when she was younger but now she is able to pursue something she always wanted and it has kind of rejuvenated her.

Circumstances may not permit it now, but it's never too late.

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imfusa

12 years ago

That backlinks will be viewed my the search engine as a PR 0 backlink. If the blog is PR 6 it means that only the index page has that value.

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SeoKnightsInc 12 years ago

Originally Posted by imfusa

That backlinks will be viewed my the search engine as a PR 0 backlink. If the blog is PR 6 it means that only the index page has that value.

May you are seeing 0 PR of that page but ultimately some PR juice will be there on that also due high PR o domain. We cant see the PR of that page instantly because the PR we see in Google toolbar or any other tool is updated by Google quarterly. So may be PR 0 page too have a PR of 2-3 or anything we just cant calculate.
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MoneySavingLisa

12 years ago

Thanks for the tips! I was curious once I noticed a page I commented on actually showed a PR vs the other sites that I commented on with a high PR domain. Just as long as it's helping then that's good. I'm only commenting 10 a day, but it's a start. That's about 280 comments that will be pointing to my blog in 30 days. I'm trying to find other ways to up my page rank without relying on others to do it for me. 10 comments a day is doable for me.

I was even thinking of writing some small 300 word articles and posting them on social bookmarking sites that would link back to my site, but I can't do that every day right now since I've started writing for others to earn some extra cash.

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SeoKnightsInc

12 years ago

Make sure the link is Do Follow as most of the blogs comments links are no follow these days. No follow links are not fruitful for Ranking purposes.

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Fixers

12 years ago

I know from a client perspective (or I guess this may just be me) on ODesk but I prefer to offer jobs based on a set fee rather than hourly. I found people work slower on hourly rates and I can get things cheaper on a set fee basis (plus I think the people work quicker so could end up better off too).

In regards to blog commenting, make sure you are also doing other link building and not just comments. Comments will only get you so far and then if too many of your links are comments then it could look a little spammy, just dilute them with articles, web 2.0's bookmarks etc

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OliviaSSLGuru

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa

Since I decided to not out source my blogs so much, I decided to start some of my own SEO since I really need to learn it anyways.

I've started commenting yesterday on some high PR blogs with anchor text pointing back to one of my blog pages, but I'm wondering, if the blog is high PR (say PR 6) does it matter if the page isn't high PR? Example, I commented on a new blog post. I was not sure if that mattered at all, or if the overall PR of the domain was all I needed to be aiming for.

On the plus side, I commented on 10 high PR blogs yesterday and my rankings are starting to increase.

First of all let me bring update you that blog PR and post PR, both makes different. If you comment on blog then it will surely offer you gain in SERP, but if post has low PR then it won't work.

Apart from this let me bring update you that blog commenting should be natural and your niche.

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braincandy7

12 years ago

You might. Also want to try commenting on a few .EDU blogs/sites as well Lisa. If you want i have a list of EDU sites ready researched. You are welcome to use the list if you want. Just send me a pm if you want them.

Good luck

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MSC

12 years ago

You can try commenting with disquss powered blogs, here is how you can find blogs to post comments with disquss system:

keyword+blog comments powered by DISQUS

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Openxcell Inc

12 years ago

Nice sharing about the the dofollow blog links. I think nofollow is not useful for increasing ranking but it is very useful for increasing traffics towards your site.

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braincandy7

12 years ago

It's also good to have at least a bit of a mixture of do and don't follow links. 100% of either is not natural and therefore in principle would not be liked by google

Originally Posted by Openxcell Inc

Nice sharing about the the dofollow blog links. I think nofollow is not useful for increasing ranking but it is very useful for increasing traffics towards your site.

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webdevpro 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MSC

You can try commenting with disquss powered blogs, here is how you can find blogs to post comments with disquss system:

keyword+blog comments powered by DISQUS

Discuss comments may not be useful for building backlinks as they use JavaScript to render the contents and are invisible to search engines.
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- SeoKnightsInc 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by webdevpro
  
  Discuss comments may not be useful for building backlinks as they use JavaScript to render the contents and are invisible to search engines.
  
  Sorry but i think you are wrong, SE do know how to crawl through Java Script according to Matt Cutts.
  
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Beno27 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MSC

You can try commenting with disquss powered blogs, here is how you can find blogs to post comments with disquss system:

keyword+blog comments powered by DISQUS

Is all of Disqus dofollow?
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patco

12 years ago

In most cases blog comments are on pages with a low PR (very often N/a or 0!) and full of spam (if the blog has a higher PR!)...

That's why blog comments most times are just a waste of time, because they are also no-follow (most of them!)

They can help you to get traffic, but for SERP... Not a lot!

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Jashandeepmax

12 years ago

I prefer the do follow rather than finding the high PR sites on the internet.Because High PR sites usually us no-follow attribute.

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cashtree

12 years ago

Nofollow absolutely help you with SEO. Because it balances out your backlinks overall. Imagine google looked at all your links and saw they were all dofollow, how do you think that looks? not good. You need nofollow backlinks, it makes it natural and is critical.

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