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15 years ago

Some great tips there!

And yea top commenter is an awesome plugin for the backlink builder. Try to find blogs not commented on much and 3-4 comments will get you that spot for a sitewide link for months and months if not forever.

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neil10anderson 15 years ago

great work,
this is very useful tips for blog commenting. Blog commenting is useful for off page recommendations. Back linking gives a major part to improve website rank.
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Trieu

15 years ago

Thanks for the tip. I should start reading more blogs

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Loren Woirhaye

15 years ago

This top commentor plugin - how does one go about looking
for blogs with it?

I'm an advocate of quality commenting, btw, I've just never
heard of the plugin and I'd like to know more.

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sportsfan54

15 years ago

how do you find good blogs to comment on for good backlinks?

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Harrison Ortega

15 years ago

Great idea about the top commentators.
Keep in mind that the Yahoo site explorer result shows all the nofollow blogs too. Make sure you check if the blog it is really dofollow before commenting on it.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by sportsfan54

how do you find good blogs to comment on for good backlinks?

I mentioned my main way of doing it in my original post. Re-read it when you have the chance.

Originally Posted by Harrison Ortega

Great idea about the top commentators.
Keep in mind that the Yahoo site explorer result shows all the nofollow blogs too. Make sure you check if the blog it is really dofollow before commenting on it.

Yep - I went through and did some research to see whether or not they were dofollow, and all of the blogs I posted on thus far have been. There are a few that are not dofollow, but I posted on them anyway, because while dofollow links are the best, a quality link is still a quality link and can bring in traffic.

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DianeBrandt 15 years ago

Free Traffic System has tons of blogs that you can find that are related to your niche.
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rednimer

15 years ago

hmm, cool. Wasn't aware of the top commenter plugin.

I was looking around the other day at wordpress commenting (top google results) and wound some pretty cool stuff to do with wordpress commenting on your own blog

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www111 15 years ago

I've been commenting on the blog of virtually every guru that's sending me emails and I seem to be getting some traffic.
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- hometutor 15 years ago
  
  One thing I learned. Don't post the same comment all the time. You want these to be spidered and it could end up making you look like a spammer or an idiot when they do all get spidered
  
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Sheryl Polomka

15 years ago

One problem I found with blog commenting is if the have 'recent comments' in the sidebar then you can gain a couple hundred backlinks very quickly as all of their indexed pages will give you a backlink. But as soon as another five or so people comment and your link drops of the 'recent comments' list then all those backlinks will disappear.

I don't know how this affects your site in Google if you have backlinks appearing then disappearing. Some sites can be difficult to keep up that spot in the most recent columns list unless you are commenting once or twice a day.

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LiamP 15 years ago

What I most like about blog commenting are the 'extras' you mentioned. That it can be enjoyable reading the posts and contributing to the conversation, and that you can learn a lot too.
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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka

One problem I found with blog commenting is if the have 'recent comments' in the sidebar then you can gain a couple hundred backlinks very quickly as all of their indexed pages will give you a backlink. But as soon as another five or so people comment and your link drops of the 'recent comments' list then all those backlinks will disappear.

I don't know how this affects your site in Google if you have backlinks appearing then disappearing. Some sites can be difficult to keep up that spot in the most recent columns list unless you are commenting once or twice a day.

I think part of this would depend on how often the google spiders are crawling/indexing those pages. Plus I don't know about you but my backlinks take a while to show up (I know they're there just not "visible"). I'm no SEO expert but I think it is in the nature of blogs for the comments and the resulting backlinks to be constantly shifting so I doubt google would frown on these 100s of backlinks disappearing over night.

As far as posting on top commentor blogs, I think it is a decent enough short term strategy for link building. This is of course assuming that the links are do follow and are not the only element of your backlinking strategy. I think these types of backlinks would be useful for someone who wants to build a microniche site and get it up the SERPS as fast as possible and then sell that site off. Just my two cents.

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michael_dans

15 years ago

What I don't like about blog commenting is the number of increasing spam posts per minute. This cannot be prevented as I have also tried to stop it but failed. Is there any way to stop this?

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thebitbotdotcom

15 years ago

Blog commenting as an SEO tactic can indeed be very beneficial. You are correct in what you said. You have to read the article and make an insightful comment. Use your actual name as your name. Add value to the page and you will receive link love in return.

If you do not follow these rules you usually get blacklisted.

I blacklist spammers daily because once you remove the no-follow attribute, spammers come out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Many are automated. All get their IP's blacklisted.

About 800 out of every 1000 comments get rejected. Many are sadly pathetic. Real ones are prized. All get responded to.

Learning something from reading the article is an added benefit...

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom

Blog commenting as an SEO tactic can indeed be very beneficial. You are correct in what you said. You have to read the article and make an insightful comment. Use your actual name as your name. Add value to the page and you will receive link love in return.

If you do not follow these rules you usually get blacklisted.

I blacklist spammers daily because once you remove the no-follow attribute, spammers come out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Many are automated. All get their IP's blacklisted.

About 800 out of every 1000 comments get rejected. Many are sadly pathetic. Real ones are prized. All get responded to.

Learning something from reading the article is an added benefit...

Exactly. Unfortunately, most people get too excited when they start finding blogs and see the backlinking benefits starting to take shape, so they hit blogs up with tons of comments. Even if they are good comments, you need to find a balance.

If people would just slow down, take some time to read the post and make a legitimate, thoughtful comment, they would realize how easy it really is.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom

I blacklist spammers daily because once you remove the no-follow attribute, spammers come out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Many are automated. All get their IP's blacklisted.

One of my blogs get about 5 spam comments a day. It got annoying deleting them every day, so I stopped deleting them. I now just change the commenter's URL to point to one of the other sites I own.

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harryc

15 years ago

Originally Posted by GameVoid

One of my blogs get about 5 spam comments a day. It got annoying deleting them every day, so I stopped deleting them. I now just change the commenter's URL to point to one of the other sites I own.

LOL! Do you think that it does any good?

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TheMarketingGuy

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

I usually input my name and then the keyword I'm targeting (i.e. Dave @ Legit Home Jobs).

I really like this tip. It's one of those small details that can really make a difference.

Nice post, sir.

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Amenda Jessera

15 years ago

That is a good news dude, Is there anyway to findout the blogs with top commenter plugin?

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bhuff85 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Amenda Jessera

That is a good news dude, Is there anyway to findout the blogs with top commenter plugin?

No real "easy" way to do it (at least with my method of going about it). I don't just target ANY blog with the plugin, but narrow it down to only those blogs that are in the niches that I'm involved in. Makes more sense that way, too, as I'm not only getting relevant links, but will also pull in traffic from relevant sources.
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- JohnMcCabe 15 years ago
  
  First off, a tip of the hat to bhuff85 for showing that results can come from doing things the right way.
  
  Finding blogs you can make valuable additions to via your comments is like finding a well - you can drop the bucket over and over again without jeopardizing the source.
  
  As for finding sites using a given plug-in, most of them leave a footprint of some sort. If you can find a single page that uses that plug-in, you can usually figure out the footprint. They'll either have some standard bit of text ('powered by' with a link is a classic) or a bit of code that exists for all of them.
  
  You can figure out the latter by doing a "view source" for the page and looking at the section displaying the output from the plugin.
  
  To find others using the same plugin, search for your keywords plus the footprint text in quotes. For example, if you were looking for Wordpress blogs exclusively and your niche is acne cures, you'd search for 'acne cures +"powered by Wordpress"'...
  
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REHughes

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Amenda Jessera

That is a good news dude, Is there anyway to findout the blogs with top commenter plugin?

Amenda, try this. I think it will work

put this command into the google search engine:

EXAMPLE:

site: cooking blogs + "top commentator"

Type it exactly as you see it, replacing "COOKING" with your keyword, and this should give you search results of blogs you can post to.

Also, as an added benefit, you can run SEO Quake or another program that gives PAGE RANK to determine which ones actually will give you the best results from Google.

Hope this helps, and I think I am right!:rolleyes:

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raviv

15 years ago

Thanks bhuff85 for sharing the benefits of blog commenting. A very thought provoking post that has generated good comments right through from the WF community.

My 2 cents worth in response to some questions/observations by everyone

You may already be familiar with these. If not, I hope it is useful.

@bhuff85 - An easy way of finding nofollow links is to use a Firefox plugin (this is browser specific) called Quirk Search Status. Once installed, it is found on the bottom right of the FF browser. Right click on it and select Highlight nofollow links. This is easy for those who are not very good at reading code using View > Source

@Harrison Ortega - It is true that backlinks matter and it is a benefit to get backlinks from high PR sites/pages. Not all links created are equal. Even if it is a nofollow link, as long as the blog resides on a good clean domain with a healthy PR, that itself is a great benefit as a backlink to your site can inherit other powerful characteristics of the blog site such as domain authority, the trust the domain enjoys etc. Though search engines may not consider link juice from a nofollowed link, they will still consider the other attributes mentioned above with respect to that domain on which the blog resides.

@Sheryl - You have raised a valid point. Sitewide links used to be very powerful as in the case of getting 100 links from one site because of the link being part of the global site template. Over the years, the search engines have modified their approach and they consider only the most valid relevant link and ignore the rest. You can look at it this way - getting 5 links from 5 powerful unique domains is more powerful than 100 links from 1 domain

@michael_dans You can try the Akismet plugin if you have a WP site. It still gives you a chance to release valid comments.

@REHughes - great tip on using Google to search for blogs with top commenter.

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jlxsolutions 15 years ago

Only problem is to many Abuse this
My blog spam filters are filled whit it lol.
One day i got so much spam it exceeded the Memory limit on the host O_O
I had to wipe the DB lol never seen such mega spam in my life must ahve been thousands of automated comments....
the 400+spam emails i get is nothing in comparison
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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by raviv

Thanks bhuff85 for sharing the benefits of blog commenting. A very thought provoking post that has generated good comments right through from the WF community.

My 2 cents worth in response to some questions/observations by everyone

You may already be familiar with these. If not, I hope it is useful.

@bhuff85 - An easy way of finding nofollow links is to use a Firefox plugin (this is browser specific) called Quirk Search Status. Once installed, it is found on the bottom right of the FF browser. Right click on it and select Highlight nofollow links. This is easy for those who are not very good at reading code using View > Source

@Harrison Ortega - It is true that backlinks matter and it is a benefit to get backlinks from high PR sites/pages. Not all links created are equal. Even if it is a nofollow link, as long as the blog resides on a good clean domain with a healthy PR, that itself is a great benefit as a backlink to your site can inherit other powerful characteristics of the blog site such as domain authority, the trust the domain enjoys etc. Though search engines may not consider link juice from a nofollowed link, they will still consider the other attributes mentioned above with respect to that domain on which the blog resides.

@Sheryl - You have raised a valid point. Sitewide links used to be very powerful as in the case of getting 100 links from one site because of the link being part of the global site template. Over the years, the search engines have modified their approach and they consider only the most valid relevant link and ignore the rest. You can look at it this way - getting 5 links from 5 powerful unique domains is more powerful than 100 links from 1 domain

@michael_dans You can try the Akismet plugin if you have a WP site. It still gives you a chance to release valid comments.

@REHughes - great tip on using Google to search for blogs with top commenter.

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Great sstuff here Raviv. I'm well versed in code, so the view > source method that was mentioned above works good, but I'm always up for finding more tools to save some more time. I'll definitely look into this.

I just rechecked some of my stats on Site Explorer and my one particular site I've promoted the past week using blog commenting went from 400 links overall to 2,400+. Like I said, even though I may not get all of that link juice, it still looks good for my site overall.

Now I'm just waiting for Google to crawl my site again so I can get more of these pages indexed. I've submitted an updated sitemap, created a manual RSS feed and placed that on Feedburner and update it with each piece of content I add, but yet Google STILL has yet to crawl my site (last time was 8/24). Anyone have any suggestions on getting a static site crawled faster?

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raviv

15 years ago

Hi bhuff85,
You have done well with the sitemaps and RSS feed using Feedburner. To get the most accurate # of backlinks to your site, you would be best off logging into your Google Webmasters account and verifying the site (if you have not done it already).

Google will show you accurately the number of backlinks you have to your site. You as the site owner are privy to this info and no one else can see it. All other backlink tools including Yahoo site explorer do have a tendency to inflate the backlink count and thus skew it.

If you have an RSS feed to your static site, then submit it to feedagg.com and you can bet big G will be knocking on your doors at short notice

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by raviv

Hi bhuff85,
You have done well with the sitemaps and RSS feed using Feedburner. To get the most accurate # of backlinks to your site, you would be best off logging into your Google Webmasters account and verifying the site (if you have not done it already).

Google will show you accurately the number of backlinks you have to your site. You as the site owner are privy to this info and no one else can see it. All other backlink tools including Yahoo site explorer do have a tendency to inflate the backlink count and thus skew it.

If you have an RSS feed to your static site, then submit it to feedagg.com and you can bet big G will be knocking on your doors at short notice

Best
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Good deal. I've actually submitted to quite a few RSS sites (feedagg.com included), yet I still have yet to have Google come by my site since 8/24. Oh well - patience wins in the long run, right?

On another note, I did just login to my webmaster tools on Google and just realized I'm now ranked 16th for the keyword I'm targeting (60,500 searches a month and 675,000,000 - yes, 675 MILLION results). I was NOWHERE before I started using blog comments as a backlink building technique, even more proof that it DOES work

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Dennis Gaskill

15 years ago

Originally Posted by IMStudentforlife

Also ensuring the blog you are about to comment on, is not too old maybe a year to a few months old. And allows DoFollow, you can find this by looking at the Page Source (CTRL + U) and then performing a search for DoFollow in Find. This is about the most low-key way to find if the blog is DoFollow or not.

As far as I'm aware there is no such thing as a DoFollow tag, so you'd get no where searching for it. There is a "nofollow" attribute, which is what you'd need to search for. If you don't find it, it's do follow by default. Searching for "dofollow" will yield nothing every time ... or did I miss a memo somewhere along the way?

At any rate, I use the Swoosty plugin for Firefox. It has an option to have "no follow" links highlighted, so when you're blog commenting you know at a glance if the links are do follow or not, no need to search for anything. That's easier and less time consuming. Swoosty has a lot of other nice features too.

Originally Posted by Megan Elizabeth

These are great tips! Be careful not to post the same things over and over, doing so will hinder your sites backlink performance, not to mention make one look incompetent! Very good help for those who have never considered blogging!!

Megan Elizabeth

Megan, that's true. If you follow the OP's advice and only post meaningful comments then the comments would never be the same because they would always be relevant to each specific blog post.

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15 years ago

Also ensuring the blog you are about to comment on, is not too old maybe a year to a few months old. And allows DoFollow, you can find this by looking at the Page Source (CTRL + U) and then performing a search for DoFollow in Find. This is about the most low-key way to find if the blog is DoFollow or not.

How to find them, go through Google... there's nothing black hat about using Google to find DoFollow links(after all it was Google that created this..).

The other plug-ins I'm testing at the moment is Commentluv and Disque seems to be great too.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

First off, a tip of the hat to bhuff85 for showing that results can come from doing things the right way.

Finding blogs you can make valuable additions to via your comments is like finding a well - you can drop the bucket over and over again without jeopardizing the source.

As for finding sites using a given plug-in, most of them leave a footprint of some sort. If you can find a single page that uses that plug-in, you can usually figure out the footprint. They'll either have some standard bit of text ('powered by' with a link is a classic) or a bit of code that exists for all of them.

You can figure out the latter by doing a "view source" for the page and looking at the section displaying the output from the plugin.

To find others using the same plugin, search for your keywords plus the footprint text in quotes. For example, if you were looking for Wordpress blogs exclusively and your niche is acne cures, you'd search for 'acne cures +"powered by Wordpress"'...

John - Thanks for adding those tips! That's a similar way I go about finding good, solid blogs. Plus, like I mentioned above, I usually now come back to those blogs to read up on their latest posts.

Originally Posted by IMStudentforlife

Also ensuring the blog you are about to comment on, is not too old maybe a year to a few months old. And allows DoFollow, you can find this by looking at the Page Source (CTRL + U) and then performing a search for DoFollow in Find. This is about the most low-key way to find if the blog is DoFollow or not.

How to find them, go through Google... there's nothing black hat about using Google to find DoFollow links(after all it was Google that created this..).

The other plug-ins I'm testing at the moment is Commentluv and Disque seems to be great too.

That's a solid tip for checking whether or not a site is dofollow. I had a few other methods that involved some more work, but I'll definitely try this one out next time I find a new blog.

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IMStudentforlife

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

That's a solid tip for checking whether or not a site is dofollow. I had a few other methods that involved some more work, but I'll definitely try this one out next time I find a new blog.

Its a good thing to know really, since both Facebook and Twitter have both bowed to Google and stopped DoFollow linking. They claim its a effort to stop spam.. (Ok I'll go along with that, for awhile..)

Its odd thou on the Yahoo Site explorer it still shows up so maybe you do get a link but not a DoFollow therefore no Link Juice...

Who knows it seems like Google changes the game every 4 nano seconds rather than every quarter like it once was...

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Megan Elizabeth

15 years ago

These are great tips! Be careful not to post the same things over and over, doing so will hinder your sites backlink performance, not to mention make one look incompetent! Very good help for those who have never considered blogging!!

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johnben1444

15 years ago

One thing i love about blog commenting is, you can get all the links the blog you comment on has. This will enable you to quickly build your link in the most preferred way without the search engine raising an eye brow.

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Martin Pupke

15 years ago

bunk bed "Enter YourName@YourKeywords in the Name field to take advantage." - Google Search

use the link above to get a list of related blogs where you can leave a comment with your link using any anchor text you like by use of KeywordLuv plugin.

Just replace "bunk bed" (which is at the beggining of the search query) with a keyword relevant to your site. I find that brand names work quite well.

Just make sure in the name field you put your "name @ KEYWORD"

the keyword you enter will be used as the anchor text for the url you give.

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BonganiS

15 years ago

Thanks for the tips. They are a good reminder to me. I have been using this method for backlinks among other reasons. But recently I have not been using it. I will have to do it again. You have added some new insights to me.

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Luke McCormack

15 years ago

Just goes to prove that giving value and over delivering produces results in all arenas of IM traffic building.

Well done

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Rukshan

15 years ago

Dofollow Blog Commenting is a nice way to improve SERP within a very short time. I use following phrase to find dofollow blogs.
site:"powered by drupal"
site:add comment

Use many combinations and get more backlinks.

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johnotin 15 years ago

true it does work, but one should do research on blogging before they attempt at doing , so as not to make to many mistakes
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bhuff85 15 years ago

Originally Posted by pradiprg

Thanks for this valuable inforation. However, would you please further share the names of the blogs which provided with desired backlinks etc.

Without sounding harsh, you've got to go out and do the work. I did a lot of legwork to find high quality blogs to comment and participate on daily. Plus, the blogs I comment on may not even be relevant to your niche.

Just follow the methods I listed in my original post and I'm sure you'll have no problems finding quality blogs to comment on. It's really not that hard to find them once you start digging in.

You can feel free to checkout my blog below (first link in my sig). I've made it a dofollow blog with the top commentator plugin. I also use the CommentLuv plugin for people to link back to a related blogpost on their own blog as well. BUT - even though this is a new blog, I highly monitor ALL comments. Irrelevant comments are stuck on a blacklist.
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plifter

15 years ago

good tip I just used the Yahoo's Site Explorer tool to find blogs to comment on links should show tommorrow. I would like to find blogs that have dofollow though so I know I am getting links for sure will reasearch tommorrow. good tip

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Bharat2010

15 years ago

Thanks for the tips . Thats why I Look always for blog Traffic. I am getting 200+ Visitors per day from Blogs Only.

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JohnMcCabe

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

As far as I'm aware there is no such thing as a DoFollow tag, so you'd get no where searching for it. There is a "nofollow" attribute, which is what you'd need to search for. If you don't find it, it's do follow by default. Searching for "dofollow" will yield nothing every time ... or did I miss a memo somewhere along the way?

Dennis, you are technically correct. I have seen some supposed SEO experts advocate adding a 'dofollow' tag, even though it has null meaning.

You might find some following bad advice, but looking for the absence of the 'nofollow' tag is more productive...

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Thanks for this valuable inforation. However, would you please further share the names of the blogs which provided with desired backlinks etc.

You are kidding, right? :rolleyes:

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Lauryn

15 years ago

Great info! :-)

Slightly offtopic question on do follow vs no follow:

Doesn't "no follow" mean that the SE won't juice up your pagerank through the site your link is on, but allow your links to stay relevant in terms of linkbuilding purposes? Or is it absolutely essential to only perform linkbuilding on dofollow blogs? From the way I understood it, dofollow/nofollow only referred to the spiders applying the original sites "cosignment" of the content within the site the link leads to.

Thus, my hypothesis is that as long as you leave a quality response, and the blog owners see this, your links will be allowed and with time you'll still have great backlinks whether the blogs use dofollow or not.

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IMStudentforlife

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

As far as I'm aware there is no such thing as a DoFollow tag, so you'd get no where searching for it. There is a "nofollow" attribute, which is what you'd need to search for. If you don't find it, it's do follow by default. Searching for "dofollow" will yield nothing every time ... or did I miss a memo somewhere along the way?

At any rate, I use the Swoosty plugin for Firefox. It has an option to have "no follow" links highlighted, so when you're blog commenting you know at a glance if the links are do follow or not, no need to search for anything. That's easier and less time consuming. Swoosty had a lot of other nice features too.

That is the other way, but some are still stuck on IE (Internet Exploder) and won't go to FireFox so I didn't suggest that. And with the recent update to Wordpress (since that's the most common website template) it may have been taken off.

I have programs that tell me what is DoFollow and what isn't, I do find thou that even the NoFollows get listed though.. So really not sure what to believe these days and I'm sure Google doesn't either.

Also I find that getting better links from higher Page Rank like PR 5 or 4 even will help you having a few hundred, but I find tons of websites have like a 1,000 links from a single PR0 which helps a bit but it would take years to perform.

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Michael Ellis

15 years ago

Finally a blog commenting tip that doesn't involve SPAM. Thank you!

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

- ALWAYS POST MEANINGFUL COMMENTS!

Great post

I think this is so important - can build relationships with blog owners as well, which could be profitable for partnerships in the future.

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discrat

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

I have to be honest - I never really used blog commenting as a link building tactic. I recently started working on an older website that I'm really trying to build up in a tough niche market, and while look at some of my competitors backlinks using Yahoo's Site Explorer tool, I noticed quite a few of them were getting TONS of backlinks from blogs.

So, I visited those same blogs and actually READ the posts and contributed valuable, meaningful comments. A few days later, I see myself on the top commentators list for that blog and have generated over 400+ links back to my site. I keep finding new blogs daily, all with dofollow comments and the "top commentator" plugin. The thing is, while doing this, I have discovered some unique blogs and have started reading them regularly in addition to adding my comments. So, it's a win-win - I keep returning to read posts and offer valuable feedback, they get a return reader and I get some links back to my site.

Since I've noticed that dofollow blogs and the "top commentator" plugin increase readership, I've even added these to my new blog that I've recently started to help increase readership.

Now, you can't just start blasting blogs with comments that are meaningless. That will get you nowhere and often ruin any reputation that you could've built with that site. Here are a few tips I picked up that have helped me gain solid links and be looked upon as a valued contributor to discussions:

- Never use a blatant keyword as your name. I usually input my name and then the keyword I'm targeting (i.e. Dave @ Legit Home Jobs). Doing this gets my keyword in there, but comes across as less spammy and more authoritive.

- ALWAYS POST MEANINGFUL COMMENTS! Take the time to READ the blog post. Offer something more than "hey, that was a great post!" or "thank you for the tips". I usually will try to add some value to the post, give additional tips, or if I disagree with the post, I will explain my reasons why. I also sometimes will reply to others who have a question or will elaborate more on their responses.

- Never post multiple comments and leave, especially on a new blog that you've never posted at before. Comments are timestamped and blog owners can easily see you comment dropping, never to return. I always start with a well rounded comment on a post that I can give the most feedback on. If it's approved, I'll return and post more each day. Plus, on most blogs, once you have a good comment approved, Wordpress has a setting that will automatically approve any commenters who've had a previous comment approved.

- Look for blogs with the "top commentator" plugin. On some blogs, this list will refresh daily, once a week, once a month, once a year or whenever the blog owner decides it's time for a change. Either way, it's a great way to get a lot of backlinks, as this widget is usually on every page of that blog.

I hope you all can use these tips the next time you try to work on blog commenting. Not a bad way to get a lot of link love with minimal work. I can say this is now in my overall link building plan for every site I have.

Good stuff, bhuff. I am getting away from the automatic commenting. It just ends up hurting everyone in the long run. The fact is there aint no shortcuts for the most part in IM.

And what you present in this Post is something that helps not just the IMer but the internet in general. That is well thought out comments that contribute toward the topic at hand. It takes time but is so worth it.

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duia

15 years ago

It really works. However, when more and more people find it helpful to create backlinks, then those DoFollow blogs will be filled with spam comments.

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Originally Posted by duia

It really works. However, when more and more people find it helpful to create backlinks, then those DoFollow blogs will be filled with spam comments.

I see what you're saying, but I think that commenting will stick around despite all of that. With the different tools that are out there, it's becoming easier to weed out blatant spammers and blacklist them before they have a chance to wreck any havoc. In my eyes, blogs really can't survive much without the user interaction. It plays a huge part, especially if you've been following a certain blog or person for so long and they take the time out to reply to one of your comments. Plus, it rewards those who use it the right way.
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  I've also doing this and is an easy and great way to get backlinks. I got a blog also and many,many times I've had to delete spam comments because the only thing they wanted was to get hundreds of backlink. I hate this and I never write a comment on someone elses blog if it's not good quality.
  
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IMStudentforlife 15 years ago

Originally Posted by duia

It really works. However, when more and more people find it helpful to create backlinks, then those DoFollow blogs will be filled with spam comments.

Well the only ones to blame are Google for creating this mess we call "Backlinks". I know I'll get some back lash from the Google Worshipers. But the more I find out how evil G! is I am looking to the other articles written on WF that say we should be listing with Google but then looking for other traffic sources to hedge our bets.

If Google does another Mayday fiasco like they did this year who knows where I businesses will be then? Down the G-toilet!
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plifter

15 years ago

I just found out you get no link if the blog has nofollow in it and the blogs I have been posting to have it. I love contributing but my goal right now is to build links. though I will still post to these blogs is there any other benefit to posting to them?

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by plifter

I just found out you get no link if the blog has nofollow in it and the blogs I have been posting to have it. I love contributing but my goal right now is to build links. though I will still post to these blogs is there any other benefit to posting to them?

No, you still get the link. It just doesn't carry as much link juice as a dofollow link. Trust me though - you definitely still get credit for it. I have some nofollow blogs I commented on and got into the "top commentator" spot and have been getting a mass of backlinks from them and my rankings are still increasing. Like I mentioned in my post, this stuff works. The key is to be consistent and post real comments. Be a real person. It's really that easy.

Another tip - I have a speadsheet I use to keep track of all of my blogs. I have various sites and list all my blogs that I'm commenting on at the time, as well as what my name is on that particular blog (so I can remain consistent). I plan on posting up a sample of this spreadsheet later today on my blog for any of you who would want it.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

Another tip - I have a speadsheet I use to keep track of all of my blogs. I have various sites and list all my blogs that I'm commenting on at the time, as well as what my name is on that particular blog (so I can remain consistent). I plan on posting up a sample of this spreadsheet later today on my blog for any of you who would want it.

I went to your blog and couldn't find your sample spreadsheet anywhere, but perhaps I missed it. Have you posted this yet? I am very interested in it, as I'm sure others reading this thread may be too...

I'll add to my thanks here for this helpful post about blog commenting. I've not done very much blog commenting to date, as I've focused most of my attention on article marketing, but I intend to do more very soon.

Kudos to all who have contributed such great information here.

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your tips are too good and apreciated........thanx for the sharing online
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dominodivine

15 years ago

I have been using blog commenting for a while, it works well for both backlinking and traffic generation if you are giving valuable content.

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mikebrooks

15 years ago

I just did some research and I found out (at least I think I am correct. please correct me if I'm wrong), the factory setting for Wordpress is 'NoFollow' on comments.

I just installed a dofollow plugin on my blog, (which by the way is http://www.mikebrooksonline.com in case anyone wants to comment on it

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If this is true, and I read it on Google so it must be true, then many blogs are nofollow and people don't even realize it. If so, that makes it difficult.

By the way, I do have other blogs that get loads of spam comments every day. If you go into your dashboard settings then click on discussion, you can select to have all comments require moderation. Then you get emails with the comments and can delete the 95% of them that are spam without having them show up on your blog.

If any other blog owners would like to swap comments, PM me with your blog. And I don't mean fake posts just for SEO. Lets just help each other out. We each post meaningful comments to each others blogs. Any interest?

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by mikebrooks

I just did some research and I found out (at least I think I am correct. please correct me if I'm wrong), the factory setting for Wordpress is 'NoFollow' on comments.

I just installed a dofollow plugin on my blog, (which by the way is http://www.mikebrooksonline.com in case anyone wants to comment on it

)

You are correct -- they are no follow by default. The aptly-named "Do Follow" plugin strips out the no follow attribute.

If any other blog owners would like to swap comments, PM me with your blog. And I don't mean fake posts just for SEO. Lets just help each other out. We each post meaningful comments to each others blogs. Any interest?

I just commented on your SEO post. Very well written post, I must say! I'll be PMing you, too, about this. Thanks for the offer.

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mikebrooks

15 years ago

Thank! That rocks!

I have added the Dofollow plugin as well as the top commenter. I went to look for your comment but it didn't appear. But you show as the top commenter!

I looked at my settings and it defaulted to people must have 2 comments approved before they show. THat seems weird. I unchecked it but your comment still doesn't appear. Not sure if I am supposed to do something special to get comments to show, but i will keep at it.

Originally Posted by billspaced

You are correct -- they are no follow by default. The aptly-named "Do Follow" plugin strips out the no follow attribute.

I just commented on your SEO post. Very well written post, I must say! I'll be PMing you, too, about this. Thanks for the offer.

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billspaced

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mikebrooks

Thank! That rocks!

I have added the Dofollow plugin as well as the top commenter. I went to look for your comment but it didn't appear. But you show as the top commenter!

I looked at my settings and it defaulted to people must have 2 comments approved before they show. THat seems weird. I unchecked it but your comment still doesn't appear. Not sure if I am supposed to do something special to get comments to show, but i will keep at it.

Ah, read my PM to you

In short, I took a look at the post I commented on and my comment is there. Your browser might just be serving up a cached page rather than the most current version of the same page.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mikebrooks

I just did some research and I found out (at least I think I am correct. please correct me if I'm wrong), the factory setting for Wordpress is 'NoFollow' on comments.

I just installed a dofollow plugin on my blog, (which by the way is http://www.mikebrooksonline.com in case anyone wants to comment on it

)

If this is true, and I read it on Google so it must be true, then many blogs are nofollow and people don't even realize it. If so, that makes it difficult.

By the way, I do have other blogs that get loads of spam comments every day. If you go into your dashboard settings then click on discussion, you can select to have all comments require moderation. Then you get emails with the comments and can delete the 95% of them that are spam without having them show up on your blog.

If any other blog owners would like to swap comments, PM me with your blog. And I don't mean fake posts just for SEO. Lets just help each other out. We each post meaningful comments to each others blogs. Any interest?

You're right - A lot of blogs are nofollow, which is why you look for the ones that have the "dofollow" plugins, the top commentator plugins, keywordluv and/or commentluv plugins.

And I will say this - Every blog that I've contributed to thus far, I've actually become an avid reader of. That's what's cool about blog commenting when you do it RIGHT - You find a lot of cool blogs that you may have never noticed otherwise.

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JRCarson 15 years ago

Great post huff. I like those posts that just share great knowledge like that.
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15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

I have to be honest - I never really used blog commenting as a link building tactic.

I hope you all can use these tips the next time you try to work on blog commenting. Not a bad way to get a lot of link love with minimal work. I can say this is now in my overall link building plan for every site I have.

Yes, this still does work. The Top Commenter idea is gold.

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Simon Ashari

15 years ago

I like the idea of putting your keyword after your name. Not sure how effective that will be as anchor text but it might work.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Simon Ashari

I like the idea of putting your keyword after your name. Not sure how effective that will be as anchor text but it might work.

-Simon

Works amazing if the blog has the KeywordLuv plugin, which uses anything after the @ symbol as anchor text

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Dennis Gaskill

15 years ago

Originally Posted by IMStudentforlife

I have programs that tell me what is DoFollow and what isn't, I do find thou that even the NoFollows get listed though.. So really not sure what to believe these days and I'm sure Google doesn't either.

I look at it this way. If your links occur naturally you'll have a mixture of do follow and no follow links, and I think that's the best way to build links. They look naturally occurring that way. If the search engines suspect a portion of your links are not natural, they could devalue them. If I'm a search engine programmer trying to prevent webmasters from gaming the engine, I think trying to detect unnatural link patterns might be one thing to look at.

Besides, Matt Cutts has said or wrote (can't remember if it was on his blog or in a video) that Google still follows no follow links, they just don't get as much link juice. He said they still do pass some link juice though. And other search engines pay no attention to the no follow attribute.

So, I pretty much don't worry about it and my main site performs pretty well in the search engines.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

I look at it this way. If your links occur naturally you'll have a mixture of do follow and no follow links, and I think that's the best way to build links. They look naturally occurring that way. If the search engines suspect a portion of your links are not natural, they could devalue them. If I'm a search engine programmer trying to prevent webmasters from gaming the engine, I think trying to detect unnatural link patterns might be one thing to look at.

Besides, Matt Cutts has said or wrote (can't remember if it was on his blog or in a video) that Google still follows no follow links, they just don't get as much link juice. He said they still do pass some link juice though. And other search engines pay no attention to the no follow attribute.

So, I pretty much don't worry about it and my main site performs pretty well in the search engines.

I think you are correct because I'm seeing a lot of NoFollow links showing up in my competitors linking patterns, I posted in one thread that I see a lot of PR0 links all coming from the very same site, like they got on a widget or whatever and it was spamming their site with backlinks.

As far as Matt Cutts, they seem so vague like there's no here's what we accept do this and things are fine, kinda like in the old days. Mind you it was more like the wild west back then too...

I do have a few issues with Google, and their vagueness but I guess if we keep threads up like this one. One day the truth will come out! :rolleyes:

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

Works amazing if the blog has the KeywordLuv plugin, which uses anything after the @ symbol as anchor text

Hey Mr. Huff, would the anchor text still matter a lot if the blog didn't have CommentLuv/KeywordLuv installed?

For instance, if we put "Name @ Keyword Phrase" on blogs that didn't have those two plugins installed, do you think the search engines would still count the "keyword phrase" as the terms we want to rank for (in anchor text), and not pay too much attention to the "name @" before the "keyword phrase"?!

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billspaced

15 years ago

Originally Posted by subse7en

Hey Mr. Huff, would the anchor text still matter a lot if the blog didn't have CommentLuv/KeywordLuv installed?

For instance, if we put "Name @ Keyword Phrase" on blogs that didn't have those two plugins installed, do you think the search engines would still count the "keyword phrase" as the terms we want to rank for (in anchor text), and not pay too much attention to the "name @" before the "keyword phrase"?!

THANKS, Bro'!

I know, you didn't ask me...but here's my take anyway

I don't think the SEs care (your keyword variant is in there) but the blog author might. He might think that you're gaming the system and may just not approve your comment or flag it as SPAM.

However, if you make an intelligent comment or ask a good question, most blog authors will approve your comment with or without the KWs after the @

What is effective is calling yourself something like "Bob the Handyman" if your KW is handyman, for example.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by billspaced

I know, you didn't ask me...but here's my take anyway

I don't think the SEs care (your keyword variant is in there) but the blog author might. He might think that you're gaming the system and may just not approve your comment or flag it as SPAM.

However, if you make an intelligent comment or ask a good question, most blog authors will approve your comment with or without the KWs after the @

What is effective is calling yourself something like "Bob the Handyman" if your KW is handyman, for example.

Agreed. I use it more as a brander, too. For example, with my blog about article marketing and making money online, I'll put Bryan @ MoneyWithArticles.com. To other readers, you can tell exactly what I do before you even read my comment, which can help to build your brand and make you out to be an expert in your field. I'm not saying that it shows you ARE an expert, but it can give off that perception. Plus, it gives them that curious thought to click on my name to visit my blog.

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Originally Posted by bhuff85

... I'll put Bryan @ MoneyWithArticles.com.

or you could use 'Article Marketing Brian' or 'Brian the Article Marketer'
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15 years ago

Here is what you should enter into google:

.edu inurl:blog"post a comment"-"you must be logged in"-"comments closed""your keyword"

and use the mozilla firefox addon Nodofollow.

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snapcontent

15 years ago

blog commenting is indeed effective. And another thing worth realizing is that you should put comments on your OWN blogs too - to the search engines, a blog without comments is... not that interesting. Comments also increase the frequency with which spiders return to check your pages.

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Mark Jordan

15 years ago

For getting good back links go for do follow blogs.There are still some good do follow blogs where you can get high page rank backlinks. The hard part is to find them.Keep in mind that relevancy is the key and always make useful and relevant comments

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richgrad

15 years ago

Sometimes I get comments like "Nice article..." and it makes me question whether 1) It's a legitimate comment, 2) The person even bothered to read the entire article 3) Is that the kind of response I'm looking for (NLP: the meaning of your communications is the results you get - so it could be time for self-reflection too)

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Haussingen Peter

15 years ago

thx for your tips

but it costs a lot of time,especially for some niches,it is really hard to find enough relevant blog posts to leave a comment.

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15 years ago

Great tips and I learned it.

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Daniel Jones

15 years ago

Fantastic post that comes from the right place - advocates genuine engagement and mutually beneficial results for all parties. Blogging code to live by imo!

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angelaparker26

15 years ago

thanks for the tips..can you help me to find some dofollow blogs

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Originally Posted by angelaparker26

thanks for the tips..can you help me to find some dofollow blogs

Read through this entire thread. If you actually read them, the methods are screaming at you.
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deloriagod

15 years ago

Great tips, especially the top commentator. I've been pushing the idea of actually reading blog posts and leaving meaningful comments for some time now. I even did a post about it on my blog. The exact post got hit with a bunch of spam as usual which sort of annoyed me. So all of those websites are now blocked from my blog

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15 years ago

Finding niche blogs and really getting involved in the topic can spark off great conversations too

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nica

15 years ago

I recently launched my own site with my own companies real products (not e-based) and the spammers are driving me nuts! no, I take that back, they are downright pissing me off! I even tried emailing one in particular to ask them to quit spamming me and the email isn't even legitimate! The worst offenders are IM people selling Auto Traffic Avalanche, Mobile Monopoly and Mobile Marketing, just to name a few. As a somewhat beginner internet marketer I would never buy those products simply for the way they are marketed.

I also do IM but will never spam legit websites with nonsensical posts. Some must be 'spun' or else English is most definitely not their first language. Internet marketers should think, 'hmm, will pissing off a potential buyer actually get them to buy my product or will they tell people it is just a scammy product?' Do penis enhancers really have anything to do with say a product like crockpots, religious blogs, best childrens toys, etc.. (pick any unrelated topic of choice)?

Please quite spamming non relevant comments to bloggers, they are trying to make a buck and you are taking up their valuable time when they have to go through and delete all the IM stuff. Just gives all internet marketing programs a bad name, in my opinion.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by nica

I recently launched my own site with my own companies real products (not e-based) and the spammers are driving me nuts! no, I take that back, they are downright pissing me off! I even tried emailing one in particular to ask them to quit spamming me and the email isn't even legitimate! The worst offenders are IM people selling Auto Traffic Avalanche, Mobile Monopoly and Mobile Marketing, just to name a few. As a somewhat beginner internet marketer I would never buy those products simply for the way they are marketed.

I also do IM but will never spam legit websites with nonsensical posts. Some must be 'spun' or else English is most definitely not their first language. Internet marketers should think, 'hmm, will pissing off a potential buyer actually get them to buy my product or will they tell people it is just a scammy product?' Do penis enhancers really have anything to do with say a product like crockpots, religious blogs, best childrens toys, etc.. (pick any unrelated topic of choice)?

Please quite spamming non relevant comments to bloggers, they are trying to make a buck and you are taking up their valuable time when they have to go through and delete all the IM stuff. Just gives all internet marketing programs a bad name, in my opinion.

While I understand your rant, this thread is clearly about doing it the RIGHT way. I'm sorry that you've had a lot of spammers to deal with. Some sites seem to get hit worse than others at times (or so it seems). I'm not giving the advice to spam blogs. Not even close.

Like I mentioned earlier, by actively engaging in blog commenting, there are a few blogs I now read daily (such as Pat Flynn's blog - he's a Warrior here I believe, and he has some GREAT content). And, I only post comments to posts that interest me or that I have more questions about. That's what it's all about - when it's done correctly, it can lead to some interesting things.

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billspaced

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

While I understand your rant, this thread is clearly about doing it the RIGHT way. I'm sorry that you've had a lot of spammers to deal with. Some sites seem to get hit worse than others at times (or so it seems). I'm not giving the advice to spam blogs. Not even close.

Like I mentioned earlier, by actively engaging in blog commenting, there are a few blogs I now read daily (such as Pat Flynn's blog - he's a Warrior here I believe, and he has some GREAT content). And, I only post comments to posts that interest me or that I have more questions about. That's what it's all about - when it's done correctly, it can lead to some interesting things.

This is right on the money! Great starter post about blog commenting. See, if you just look, you might find something useful when you seek out a blog to comment on. Happens to me all the time. This is how I find most of my reading material.

It's really amazing how people talk about "junk blogs" and how they offer very little value. I totally don't run across that too much.

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Tom E

15 years ago

Thank you for this valuable information, and thank you for contributing selflessly to the Warrior Forum.

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jhonsean

15 years ago

I also get to use blog commenting on my SEO strategies because it helps me a lot creating backlinks with the do follow blogs that i've read, its not only posting but you comment something informative to others.

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marky12345

15 years ago

I wouldnt worry about no follow blogs too much, obviously you dont want to post purely on no follow blogs but your backlink profile should look natural which would mean you have no follow links and also have anchor text which is not targetted as well.

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15 years ago

One of the more useful, helpful tips, posted in a while.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by marky12345

I wouldnt worry about no follow blogs too much, obviously you dont want to post purely on no follow blogs but your backlink profile should look natural which would mean you have no follow links and also have anchor text which is not targetted as well.

Right - That's why you want to have a good mixture of various sites, be it nofollow or dofollow.

Originally Posted by theseoguys

One of the more useful, helpful tips, posted in a while.

Thanks man. Appreciate that.

A little update guys - When I started, I had around 400 backlinks on ONE site. Now I'm sitting at over 6,000. Rankings have increased on Google drastically. I'm now 11th for my main keyword. Just gotta keep pushing, but like I said, this is pure evidence that blog commenting is still alive and well.

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jhonsean

15 years ago

Blog commenting is one of my favorite activity as an new SEO, reading different articles with informative and usable content will surely benefits the readers then in return more backlinks in your site as an relevancy.

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adam westrop

15 years ago

This method has been around for ages. I occassionally give instructions to my outsourcers to target these blogs, although there are more valuable links to get IMO. Great for Newbs though

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Felt like I had to update this one - I finally cracked the top 10 in Google for my keyword with 647,000,000 competing pages! Started ramping things up with article submissions, but I can say that blog commenting on high quality dofollow blogs has been the key in my rankings shooting higher and higher.

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Jacob Martus

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

Felt like I had to update this one - I finally cracked the top 10 in Google for my keyword with 647,000,000 competing pages! Started ramping things up with article submissions, but I can say that blog commenting on high quality dofollow blogs has been the key in my rankings shooting higher and higher.

647,000,000 isn't how you determine competing pages. Just because 647 million pages mention your keywords doesn't mean they are competing for it. It really doesn't mean anything when people say, "I got #1 for a term that has 800 trillian competing pages."

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Jacob Martus

647,000,000 isn't how you determine competing pages. Just because 647 million pages mention your keywords doesn't mean they are competing for it. It really doesn't mean anything when people say, "I got #1 for a term that has 800 trillian competing pages."

Understandable, but it's a heck of a lot harder to rank for keywords like that when competing pages in the top 10 have high PR and thousands upon thousands of backlinks.

I think you may have missed one of my posts above when I mentioned that this keyword has 60,500 searches per month and around 30,000 exact searches monthly. So, being on the top 10 with "800 trillion competing pages" in this case DOES mean something.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

Understandable, but it's a heck of a lot harder to rank for keywords like that when competing pages in the top 10 have high PR and thousands upon thousands of backlinks.

I think you may have missed one of my posts above when I mentioned that this keyword has 60,500 searches per month and around 30,000 exact searches monthly. So, being on the top 10 with "800 trillion competing pages" in this case DOES mean something.

It does mean something but not because of the number of competing pages but because of the search volume.

I can dig you up keywords with "900 million competing pages" with no search volume at all.

I just think to give people a true representation of the competition or value of your search term you'd be better off mentioning the search volume and page 1 competition.

The only people that see 'competing pages' as a good representation of competition are newbies and people who don't know any better.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Jacob Martus

It does mean something but not because of the number of competing pages but because of the search volume.

I can dig you up keywords with "900 million competing pages" with no search volume at all.

I just think to give people a true representation of the competition or value of your search term you'd be better off mentioning the search volume and page 1 competition.

The only people that see 'competing pages' as a good representation of competition are newbies and people who don't know any better.

Understandable. I think I mentioned the search volume in my OP, but if I didn't I apologize for leaving that out. The good news is I'm beating out domains that are aged nicely and have a fair number of backlinks, so that's good news. Just going to keep at it and also keep updating the site with new, fresh content. Eventually, I can nab that number one spot...It'll just take a bit longer, but well worth the wait.

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DavidMaddux 15 years ago

Hi bhuff85,

You always put out good quality stuff. This is no exception.

As you mention, there are so many "collateral" benefits of blog commenting too. It takes time and effort, but I always end up meeting some cool people, finding great content to share, and discovering really neat widgets and tools (which I immediately must have).

It's kind of like I get traffic and links for making friends and educating myself, two things I like to do anyway.

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15 years ago

Thanks I'll try this.

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markv 15 years ago

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for making the time to write this great post - it was just the information that i needed at the right time.

Have you posted your spreadsheet up yet that you use to record your commenting activities? I would be really interested to see what you have come up with. Nice blog BTW as well.

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manishrawat

15 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

I have to be honest - I never really used blog commenting as a link building tactic. I recently started working on an older website that I'm really trying to build up in a tough niche market, and while look at some of my competitors backlinks using Yahoo's Site Explorer tool, I noticed quite a few of them were getting TONS of backlinks from blogs.

So, I visited those same blogs and actually READ the posts and contributed valuable, meaningful comments. A few days later, I see myself on the top commentators list for that blog and have generated over 400+ links back to my site. I keep finding new blogs daily, all with dofollow comments and the "top commentator" plugin. The thing is, while doing this, I have discovered some unique blogs and have started reading them regularly in addition to adding my comments. So, it's a win-win - I keep returning to read posts and offer valuable feedback, they get a return reader and I get some links back to my site.

Since I've noticed that dofollow blogs and the "top commentator" plugin increase readership, I've even added these to my new blog that I've recently started to help increase readership.

Now, you can't just start blasting blogs with comments that are meaningless. That will get you nowhere and often ruin any reputation that you could've built with that site. Here are a few tips I picked up that have helped me gain solid links and be looked upon as a valued contributor to discussions:

- Never use a blatant keyword as your name. I usually input my name and then the keyword I'm targeting (i.e. Dave @ Legit Home Jobs). Doing this gets my keyword in there, but comes across as less spammy and more authoritive.

- ALWAYS POST MEANINGFUL COMMENTS! Take the time to READ the blog post. Offer something more than "hey, that was a great post!" or "thank you for the tips". I usually will try to add some value to the post, give additional tips, or if I disagree with the post, I will explain my reasons why. I also sometimes will reply to others who have a question or will elaborate more on their responses.

- Never post multiple comments and leave, especially on a new blog that you've never posted at before. Comments are timestamped and blog owners can easily see you comment dropping, never to return. I always start with a well rounded comment on a post that I can give the most feedback on. If it's approved, I'll return and post more each day. Plus, on most blogs, once you have a good comment approved, Wordpress has a setting that will automatically approve any commenters who've had a previous comment approved.

- Look for blogs with the "top commentator" plugin. On some blogs, this list will refresh daily, once a week, once a month, once a year or whenever the blog owner decides it's time for a change. Either way, it's a great way to get a lot of backlinks, as this widget is usually on every page of that blog.

I hope you all can use these tips the next time you try to work on blog commenting. Not a bad way to get a lot of link love with minimal work. I can say this is now in my overall link building plan for every site I have.

Those were some really cool tips. Thanks for sharing them. And yea everyone should comment with a noble objective of adding some value to the post and not just only to leave your link. Other wise such comments do not get filter and the admin mark them as spamm.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Still on the blog commenting kick after my original post and proud to say my website is now on the first page of Google ranked #5 for me keyword! Traffic is starting to finally pour in, too

Obviously, as mentioned previously, blog commenting wasn't all I did in terms of SEO (article writing, video promotion, forum posting, social bookmarking and a few "answers" type websites is also what I did), but blog commenting help take my site out of obscurity to a #5 ranking. Now I just need to work on nabbing that top spot

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attorneydavid

15 years ago

Instead of top commentator I know one guy who uses "powered by wordpress"

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bhuff85 15 years ago

Originally Posted by attorneydavid

Instead of top commentator I know one guy who uses "powered by wordpress"

Which will show you blogs that are just simply powered by Wordpress....Using the "top commentator" phrase in your research will help narrow your results considerably.
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15 years ago

awesome thread

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JaxxTiom

15 years ago

It seems like your approach is pretty smart. That is a lot like how I would do it. I have noticed that most blog comments I get are spam, but I do reward the ones who are trying to contribute to the content of a blog post positively.

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James Woods

15 years ago

Thanks for the post. Im just getting into posting comments on blogs and your tips are most helpful.

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dagaul101

15 years ago

Great tips, the blatant keyword as your name won't work, some won't even let you register

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walesfootball

15 years ago

It really works. However, when more and more people find it helpful to create backlinks, then those DoFollow blogs will be filled with spam comments.

I guess it's a case of finding a good quality 'do follow' Blog related to your niche, that isn't spammed or deserted, quite a difficult task I've found.

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evanlambda

15 years ago

+1 for the top commentators plugin. I'm working on writing a script to find relevant blogs with that plugin installed. Awesome Google link juice.

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bhitesman

15 years ago

Thank you, I just started my own blog and have added these plug-ins. I agree that you have to create blogs with content. How do you start? What topics do you use? That has been a bit of a stump for me. Again thanks and informative post.

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fortony

15 years ago

I have not tried blog commenting yet, but you have got me thinking..

If I do though, I think it would certainly be worth the money to invest in software to speed things up. I hear blog commenting demon is good but have yet to try it. Anyone have recommendations on software?

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by snapcontent

or you could use 'Article Marketing Brian' or 'Brian the Article Marketer'

Too general - By using my domain, not only am I conveying the message that I probably know about article marketing and that's what my site is about, it also helps brand the name of the site, too. Just try to be creative with it.

Originally Posted by bromig

This thread is a wealth of info. Thanks!

No problem! Take advantage of the info here.

Originally Posted by evanlambda

+1 for the top commentators plugin. I'm working on writing a script to find relevant blogs with that plugin installed. Awesome Google link juice.

Good deal. Let me know how that develops. I'd be interested to hear/see how that would work.

Originally Posted by bhitesman

Thank you, I just started my own blog and have added these plug-ins. I agree that you have to create blogs with content. How do you start? What topics do you use? That has been a bit of a stump for me. Again thanks and informative post.

Just start with what you know and go from there. It's always best to write what you know. For example, if you write a blog all about dogs and you don't have a dog, you might run out of content ideas and get disinterested quickly. Another idea is to offer people the ability to guest post (as long as they provide good content that you'll approve of first). The more popular your blog, the more people will want to guest post.

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I have not tried blog commenting yet, but you have got me thinking..

If I do though, I think it would certainly be worth the money to invest in software to speed things up. I hear blog commenting demon is good but have yet to try it. Anyone have recommendations on software?

I think this isn't such a good idea. To me, software + blog commenting = spam. Blog commenting shouldn't be used as a "Hey, I found 100 blogs that are dofollow and have the top commentator plugin, so if I blast those with a few comments to get on that list, I can be done with it" type of deal.

You should truly WANT to contribute to a blog. That's why I've been successful with it. Plus, due to blog commenting the right way, I've had other blog owners come to MY blog and read my posts.

Like I said, when you take a little time out of your day to do it correctly, the results you can reap are far worth what you could do with any software.

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fortony 15 years ago

Actually, I meant using software to make finding the blogs easier. I get comment spam on sites I have now and delete every single one.

Thinking about it though, I suppose software might not help much since you are only commenting on limited number of blogs and do not spend much time looking anyway. Or do you?
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mavericace

15 years ago

Write a comment, not spam.

Spam is the bane of all webernet existence and has caused many a blogger to resort to counterproductive measures such as closing their comment section. Even worse than spam, however, are comments that do little more than consume bandwidth. What most bloggers are looking for is feedback that continues the discussion about the topic at hand. Comments like "You don't know what you're talking about" or "I was here first," are not helpful.

Take the time to read the blog entry and put some effort into writing a response that adds to the conversation and/or helps the blog writer. Your comment is your calling card. The webernet is an open rolodex and as such, how you present yourself through your words will tell people whether or not they want to look you up.

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japal

15 years ago

I'm just starting blog commenting and have been advised to find 10 blogs and comment on them daily at least once.

They say check Technorati.com and inlineseo.com (for do follow blogs).

The blogs should be quite active so they say to find blogs and posts that get at least 10 comments per day per post. And to join the rss feeds so you are teh first to post a comment on a new post.

Does anyone have any more ideas on finding the right blogs for your niche to get the most traffic and permanent links?

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hireava

15 years ago

Commenting on blogs isn't worthless; I've found a lot of fun, new blogs by reading the comments sections on the blogs I already read. If somebody is consistently making good, funny, and/or insightful comments, I'll probably start checking out their blog as well.

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Originally Posted by fortony

Actually, I meant using software to make finding the blogs easier. I get comment spam on sites I have now and delete every single one.

Thinking about it though, I suppose software might not help much since you are only commenting on limited number of blogs and do not spend much time looking anyway. Or do you?

Makes sense. With the niches that I'm involved in and the methods I use to find blogs, software really wouldn't help in my case. But, it's something that could work. Only downfall with software is I could see people abusing it either way, but that would be out of anyone's control.

Originally Posted by 1byte

I went to your blog and couldn't find your sample spreadsheet anywhere, but perhaps I missed it. Have you posted this yet? I am very interested in it, as I'm sure others reading this thread may be too...

I'll add to my thanks here for this helpful post about blog commenting. I've not done very much blog commenting to date, as I've focused most of my attention on article marketing, but I intend to do more very soon.

Kudos to all who have contributed such great information here.

Yeah - I haven't had a chance to upload it yet. I'll try to get that on there sometime this week.

Definitely consider blog commenting and interacting with other blog owners. It's well worth it.

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zebraremovals

15 years ago

Hi, I'm new here and new to blogs so please be patient!

I find a relevant blog and leave a relevant comment with a link to my site, why does the blog owner and other blog owners then link to my site?

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Domenic Carlson

15 years ago

I have learned many of these tips from experience. It is great that you laid them out here for anyone as commenting can be a very useful way to ad links. The keyword tip is one that I had never heard of before.

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valiantbearded

15 years ago

I commented on the blog almost every guru who sends me emails and seems to be a bit of traffic.

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marklucas8

14 years ago

Attempt to find blogs not commented on much as well as 3-4 comments will get you that spot for a sitewide link for months as well as months if not forever.

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Peggy Baron

14 years ago

I use paid software called www.trafficsponge.com (not an aff link).

I have 9 or 10 blogs I've listed on it that I like to follow and comment on. It let's me know in the bottom right corner of my screen when one of them has posted on their blog. You can set it to show the little popup for as long as you want. That way I can read the blog posts and be one of the first commenters, if I have something intelligent to say.

Being one of the first means the people who then read the post and the first couple of comments are more likely to click on your link, if you've posted a worthwhile comment. More likely than if you were commenter #34 anyway.

You still have to pick which blogs you want to follow though.

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bhuff85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Peggy Baron

I use paid software called www.trafficsponge.com (not an aff link).

I have 9 or 10 blogs I've listed on it that I like to follow and comment on. It let's me know in the bottom right corner of my screen when one of them has posted on their blog. You can set it to show the little popup for as long as you want. That way I can read the blog posts and be one of the first commenters, if I have something intelligent to say.

Being one of the first means the people who then read the post and the first couple of comments are more likely to click on your link, if you've posted a worthwhile comment. More likely than if you were commenter #34 anyway.

You still have to pick which blogs you want to follow though.

Peggy

Thanks for the info Peggy! I just checked it out and it looks interesting. Seems like a nice way to bring in some traffic, because I definitely get plenty of clicks for a certain group of blogs that I follow and post regularly on. Would be nice to be at the top of those comment lists though

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

Thanks for the info Peggy! I just checked it out and it looks interesting. Seems like a nice way to bring in some traffic, because I definitely get plenty of clicks for a certain group of blogs that I follow and post regularly on. Would be nice to be at the top of those comment lists though

I bought it a year ago and was using it kind of hit or miss. But about a month ago I really started using it everyday and I've had some really interesting results. One blogger was so appreciative of me commenting often that he gave me his latest product for free. I've also built some great alliances.

Peggy

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14 years ago

Great tip. I had heard about looking for blogs with the top commentator plugin but now I will really put some legwork into finding those gem blogs

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14 years ago

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14 years ago

Commenting is a valuable tool for creating a sense of community on a site. It should go without saying that people who abuse the system detract from the community rather than add to it.

So keeping this in mind I wanted to share some helpful things that I've learned about finding blogs worth commenting on.

Sites that use the plugins we want to target leave a specific footprint, this makes it easy for engines to spot them.

For instance to find blogs using the "keywordluv" plugin you search for the phrase "Enter YourName@" exactly how it is in the quotes (just copy/paste)

I'm sure there are other ways to go about targeting different plugins. Something interesting I found was a search engine dedicated to finding blogs using the "commentluv" plugin: commentluv search engine

There is a nice blog post here that goes into a bit more depth if you're interested (btw, this is not mine and I'm not affiliated with them): Finding blogs with keywordluv

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Rukshan

14 years ago

Nice writeup. Can you teach us some methods to fight with Akismet plugin. Actually I don't need to write spammy comments in blogs. But this plugin mark some of comments as spam. How do you sort out it?

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tessa

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bhuff85

- Never use a blatant keyword as your name. I usually input my name and then the keyword I'm targeting (i.e. Dave @ Legit Home Jobs). Doing this gets my keyword in there, but comes across as less spammy and more authoritive.

Yes, this is what I would like to do. I will always search for a blogs that uses Keywordluv plug-in.

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