Heads Up On Blog Commenting

A lot of experts suggest commenting on blogs as a way to build SEO and as a way to network. This can be very effective but you need to go about it the right way otherwise your comments will never see the light of day and you won’t make any online friends through your efforts.

This article will share three do’s and three don’ts of Blog Commenting and tell you a bit about why it’s useful to spend a bit of time in the blogosphere commenting on other blogs.

Blog Spam Is Out Of Control!

A lot of bloggers install spam filters like Askimet to block spam from their blogs so if you don’t write your comments the right way, they’ll just get caught by the Askimet filter and your time will have been wasted. Incidentally, if you have a WordPress blog it’s free to activate this plug-in. You’ll find it in your dashboard (under Plug-Ins) and it stops the vast majority of spam.

The thing is, because backlinks are so valuable, a lot of people try to attach their links to other blogs so that it’ll elevate their own site’s status. People don’t want spam on their blogs. It takes away from their blog’s status and turns off their readers.

If your comments don’t get posted on a blog after a few tries, consider moving on. The author may not like your commenting style or may have your IP blocked so save your time for blogs that want commenters and for blog authors who are receptive to your style of commenting.

Here are some tips for getting your blog comments published so that Blog Commenting can work in your favour for search engine optimisation and for attracting visitors to your website.

Blog Commenting Do’s

1. Comment on relevant blogs. Link back to your blog from relevant blogs. Not only will you get more chances of getting that blog’s visitors over to visit your blog but you’ll improve SEO with your links because of being linked from relevant blogs.

2. Comment on blogs with ‘Comment Luv’ often. Comment Luv is a blog plug-in that people use which lets commenters list their last post on the linked blog. This puts your link out there without your having to resort to creating a link in your comment.

3. Write helpful /interesting/charming comments. The best way to get published on a blog is to write something useful to that actual blog. This is also the best way to get noticed by the blog’s other visitors so that they’ll click through to your blog.

Blog Commenting Dont’s

1. Don’t blatantly try to lure readers away from that blog. That’s not going to make the blog publisher want to keep your comment around.

2. Don’t criticize or insult anyone. Like your Mom probably told you, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t bother saying anything at all.

3. Don’t post needless or useless blog comments. If your comment is useful that’s going to give readers and the blog author every reason to be happy about your comment and if the blog owner is happy, your comment can stay. If your post comment is useful, the blog owner will probably comment on your blog to return the favour and their readers might click over to your blog or link as well.

Once you find some blogs that are relevant, friendly and receptive, you should consider subscribing and adding them to your RSS Reader so you can periodically comment. You should also consider checking out their blogroll as there’s a good chance that if you’ve found their blog useful and relevant to your niche, there will likely be some similar blogs in their blogroll.

You might even consider blogrolling particular blogs you visit regularly as that can make the blog author very receptive to your comments and may result in their returning the favour.

Friendships and great networking opportunities could be found in the blogging world, so make visiting blogs and Blog Commenting a part of your weekly self-promotion efforts.

Have a most outstanding day.

Sean Rasmussen
Aussie Internet Marketing
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