I decided to share this link building strategy with you guys so that you too could benefit from it. I am all about helping a fellow blogger out. The Commentluv plugin is an extremely useful tool for building relevant backlinks to a blog. If you take advantage of it, you can make sure that your posts stay indexed and that your blog actually builds real niche authority over the next few months.
Here is how I use it and you can too.
After I have published a new blog post, I will immediately visit the www.commentluv.com to use the search feature. I type in a keyword into the search box that is relevant to my post. The search engine then returns a list of blogs that are relevant to that keyword. These blogs all have the Commentluv plugin installed. If I get a link from a few of those blog posts, I will be instantly generating relevant backlinks to my post.
Remember, people use the Commentluv plugin because they want people to stop by and leave comments. You are going to get a lot more comments approved because these bloggers actually welcome them. You are getting a perfectly anchored link because the Commentluv plugin anchors your post title.
I always read the post and always leave a quality on topic comment. I hate when people try to just leave a freaking spam comment like “nice post”. If you do that on my blog I will delete it. I figure the least you can do for the other blogger is leave them a relevant content that adds value to the post itself. This way they are also far more likely to leave your comment intact and approve it.
I also use my first name to comment with. I know that I am going to get a keyword anchored in the part of the comment where Commentluv does what it was designed to do. So, why go nuts trying to stuff more keywords in there? That is retarded.
If I really like the other blogger’s post, which I often do, I will bookmark it using my Onlywire account. That way his post gets a dozen or so bookmarks. It helps to diversify his link profile too. Then I know that his post is going to get more love from Google. If his post gets more love from Google, then so does my comment once it is approved. You will find that a blog with high PR on its homepage will quickly pass more of that PR to a particular post if that post acquires just a few external links. That is what your bookmarks help to accomplish.
I know you are thinking “but, what if he doesn’t approve your comment; isn’t the juice from those bookmarks wasted?” Yup it is. It doesn’t do me any good unless he approves my comment. Still, it is worth the effort in my opinion. Here is why: You can tell right away when you visit a blog whether or not that person takes his blog seriously. If his blog posts are only 4 sentences and a video or 4 sentences and an image, then it is safe to assume the blog is a splog. I don’t waste my time with these. These blogs pass zero trust.
Sooner or later you will realize that trust is more important than just about anything when it comes to links. I know that a lot of the people who use Commentluv do it so that they get more traffic to their blogs. Many of them will not contribute to the blatant spam community. Doing that is essentially suicide for your blog unless you are marketing something to those spammers.
I look at the Commentluv plugin more as a way for us bloggers who share a common interest to network with each other. We can leave thoughtful comments that add value to each other’s posts. Plus we can also get a little link love back for our contribution. By bookmarking each other’s posts we are spreading even more love around to them and back to us.
Give it a try.
Remember this:
- Use your first name – not another keyword
- Leave a detailed thoughtful comment using proper grammar
- Vote for the post with bookmarks if you think it is worthy
It is that simple and it works.
P.S. If you register your site on the Comluv.com website, every time you leave a comment on a Commentluv enabled website you will be able to select from one of the last ten recent posts that you wrote. That way you can pick from your last ten posts to find the one that is most relevant to the post you are leaving your comment on. That is an extra special benefit if you ask me.
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Smart, very smart.
You found me through my accounting post.
Now, notice how we’re both writing about CommentLuv at the same time.
Sweet!
BTW, consider keeping your comments open for a year. If you start to get bad spam problems, you can close them down later. I think you will find it’s worth it.
I second that. I’ve just wanted to comment on your blog post of June 14, but couldn’t, because the comments are closed
Great post! I hadn’t realized the power of comment luv. Since I read this I signed up for the service and added the plugin to my blog! thanks for the tips!
Just wandered on in. I’ve bookmarked your post on my browser as a reference – you’re actually using a strategy I tried myself, but I failed at it. I didn’t feel the search feature at ComLuv was really that good, but then again, I didn’t try with enough keywords.
Thing is, independent of spammers, every other blog at ComLuv is a blog about blogging. At least that was what I was running into.
In any case, your experience does encourage me to try this again. It’s a good idea of yours: it should work, that’s for sure.
I had registered on Comluv.com long back, but I wasn’t aware of commentluv.com which enables us to search Comment Luv enabled blogs and I think this is a good way to get follow backlinks for our recent post. Thanks for this tip!
I really love commentluv plugin because it has really helped me in getting more backlinks and traffic. I think the creators of commentluv plugin has done a great thing for us bloggers.
And Ya I agree with your viewpoint about small and spammy comments. I too don’t like it. I think as a commenter we should read the post and then write a good quality comment to it: Be it negative or positive
To tell you the truth, I’ve found your website with the help of this DoFollow Blog directory. :)
And I would like to ask David, why one should keep comments open for exactly 1 year?
I have installed Commetluv on one of my blogs.
I will check for results. it seems quite powerful
Absolutely great tips Kathy. I love this plugin, and I definitely agree with using your first name. On my own blogs, I automatically remove all comments with keywords, even some that use KeywordLuv as well, because of the low quality of the comments.
It is not that I don’t want to give people the keyword juice. Normally I would be happy to. It is just that I can’t stand link thieves. I consider people to be link thieves when they are on your website for less than ten seconds just to drop a comment. I don’t mind when people visit to get comments for linking back to their site. But, if you don’t even notice the big red letters next to my comment box that say “Do not use keywords in the name field”, then I feel pretty safe that they are 100% selfish and could care less about me or anyone else for that matter. I say screw those people. You have to give a little to get a little. That is all I ask. I don’t expect everyone to like me and I certainly don’t expect everyone to like what I write about. But, if you want a link from me, you had better at least read my post and make an effort to leave a thoughtful comment somewhat related to the topic of that post.
I also know that the people who visit this site and try to stuff keywords are probably running MFA websites or pure affiliate sites. They have spammed the living daylights out of every dofollow blog they have found. Inevitably Google is going to identify their site for what it really is —-pure spam. If I link back to their site, Google will lose trust in my site. Then when I want to use this site to give one of my friends a little link love for a good post, it won’t have any juice to give because Google won’t trust it. This is why so many people who are experienced in this business still use nofollow on their comments even though they bleed PR. They don’t want to risk vouching for a website that Google considers spam.