Internet Marketing with Blog Commenting

Blog commening is used for SEO juice, I can tell you from experience that its trading time for money and that is the same as a job.

I didn't see anyone else mention it so I just wanted to say that if the commenting system does not have a specific website link field most names of those that comment are links which is where you can alternatively place your URL. In addition you could use a name that is the keyword you are targeting, but I would not recommend this if it comes off as spammy.

Yes! Agree with fpforum. Do not comment on sites woth low pr, 'coz I've heard that it can also pull you down. Just not sure if that's really true or just hearsay.

Blog commenting is one of the many types of content marketing methods I've used extensively over the years, with a huge amount of success. Significantly, this is still an "undiscovered" traffic source when fully leveraged and unleashed; even among so-called marketing "gurus".

For best results the blog comment really needs to be more like an article of at least 300 words, or as much as allowed. Ideally, consider your comment (ie article) to be an extension of the original post. And as mentioned here in this thread previously, you must be the first or second to comment. By subscribing to the blogs, you most likely will be notified of new posts.

For starters go to blogs relevant to your niche(s) and post comments that compliment the bloggers, adding your own input that increases the value of the post. Make sure your comments are at least 300 words long. You want to make an impact. Wait a few days, then follow each of the bloggers on Twitter. After a few days or so ask them to tweet your articles. If the articles are good, almost all of them will comply with your request.

It is important to build a relationship with bloggers who have large audiences. Post regularly with great content relevant to the bloggers' topic. If you write valuable comments on a regular basis, they will trust what you say. You will make friends with the blogger and his audience. Apart from all these advantages, you will also be building social proof.

What happens now perhaps is seldom considered by most marketers. When someone Googles your name (or brand) they will come across all these comments you have posted. It builds your authority and online reputation. You come out as someone who is knowledgeable in your niche(s).

The main idea behind blog commenting is not to gain a backlink or to drive traffic. Our goal is to brand ourselves, to increase our visibility in the online world. You need to think of it like old-school advertising. Remember, do not use blog commenting to sell. We use it to build relationships.

Couldn't agree more, keep reading and adding value information to the post you're reading and in time you'll get value traffic to your own site, the referrals might not be on the thousands at first, but I keep getting traffic from years ago to my sites on comments I did at the time, those prospects will be interested in knowing more about your niche/market.

Is it better to add quality comments until you have established yourself on a blog then start linking?

Listen to what MYOB says !

Some really good stuff.

In a sense, blog commenting is like a miniature version of Article Marketing via Syndication.

You market yourself on a smaller, discreeter level with short commentary. But it can be quite effective if you are skilled in saying a whole lot in a small amount of space


- Robert Andrew

I would dedicate one hour every week just to comment on several websites (quality, interesting comments, of course).

Pretend that this hour is part of your work routine. It's just one more thing within your job description.

To make it even easier, do you remember or ever knew "iGoogle?" It let you store many websites in a grid, showing you when they were updated in real-time.

iGoogle doesnt exist anymore, but there are alternatives (ighome.com, for example).

So use that free service, add a bunch of niche websites, and comment on all of them once a week. Again, you will always be kept up to date because all the latest articles will automatically show up in real-time.

Definitely isn't something I would invest a TON of time in but I feel that if you are adding something really valuable to the conversation, it could have a benefit.

Well I'm not a "newbie" and I do it daily. The reality is.. it is WORK ( god forbid ) and since work is a "Task" and tasks generally all require some sort of systematic pattern for completion this is where many fail

If you are going to comment on blogs...

#1 seek out sites that are the same or very similar to your site in CONTEXT. - commenting to comment will work against you and not for you.

Use sites such as icerocket and blogsearchengine and searchblogspot, and google.com/blogsearch and technorati to name just a few. - these site will help you pin point potential context match sites for you to look at.

#2 I would say NEVER leave a URL that points directly to the home page of your site. don't understand this rule refer to #1

#3 Don't ever leave a URL in the comment itself, unless it is pointing to a piece of content that IS NOT your own. ( and if you are on top of your game, you will have commented on this 4th party article as well - the site you are commenting on, the site you are linking to, and the page on your site the 4th party site comment is linked to is unified in CONTEXT and hopefully targeting the same post on your site )

#4 The user name... Think of this, Google last year dropped "Authorship", so there has to be a way that somehow they would still be able to track this. Well hmm Every blog post has an Author right? Every Social profile requires a name right? Schema tags can be added to a post to reinforce this right? So what should the user name on a comment be? The one that matches the online trail of user names for that site, and its associated social properties. ( we will assume they match across the board )

#5 as already commented here. you want to leave content of value. you want to leave content that relates in context to the post you are commenting on, and if you are really good, it will relate in context to the URL you are linking to.

Commenting in terms of a tool to gain traffic and SEO effect is not "work" it is a skill. It is not about the effort, it is about the return in exchange for your efforts. If everyone focused less on "Work" and more into the concepts and ideas of dedication and the drive to succeed, this thread would not be 80% struggle and 20% success.