Here at SeanSEO.com we know that commenting on blogs can help your site’s SEO. We knew this already but we especially know this when we look at our spam filter in the back end of this blog!
If you’re not already commenting on blogs, you might consider doing so because:
- Blog commenting can get you relevevant links pointing to your blog which is good for SEO
- Blog commenting can get you reciprocal comments from the blog owner you visit
- Blog commenting can bring you new visitors to your site (when you post in relevant topics to your topic)
Some people go off and try to get their links at any cost. They simply go off and comment with links in their comments and little other value. Chances are that when you do that, the blog owner is going to just zap your comment out into spam oblivion instead of approving it. We get all sorts of comments from adult themed blogs as well as non-sensical comments and paragraphs filled with weird links or strange characters. We don’t approve them. We love Askimet (a free anti-spam WordPress plug-in! as it catches a vast majority for us so we don’t even have to look at 90% of the spam that comes in.
When we do get comment notifications, what we do approve includes:
- Interesting comments that provide value to our readers or the topic
- Questions that are genuine, not just an effort to get a link published
- Comments that aren’t filled with obvious self-serving links
- Comments relevant to our niche here at the blog
P.S: Don’t build nofollow into your comment. Talk about obvious!
When you go out into cyberspace to promote, look to related blogs and provide value when you comment. Not only does that value help you get your comment approved but you may also get interested people clicking on your link so see what your site is all about.
Happy promoting!
About Sean Rasmussen
Sean
I get a fair amount of spam and a little bit of stupid comments. In the main however they seem to be genuinely interested.
You raise some very good points about the way to comment. I am taking that on board
Hi Sean,
I do comment a lot on other people’s blogs. However, I look for sites that I genuinely enjoy reading. I think people know when you’re just being self promotional and you don’t care about what the post is really about. I think it makes a huge difference if you really believe in the comment you leave.
I’ve found that by sticking to that rule I’m visiting the same blogs more often and the bloggers and their visitors are following me back to my site. It’s starting to feel more like a networking situation than just commenting and running off to find the next backlink.
Also, I love CommentLuv and I couldn’t live without Akismet.
Hi Sean
I have just started commenting on other people’s blogs. Maybe I have been a slow starter or something but I am really enjoying it as I get to read others comments too and learn about new things and ideas.
I also know it is a great way to build relationships with other bloggers especially if you are like minded and a good way to build my own reputation on line.
In the past, I commented rather infrequently on blogs. But getting involved in the Learn and Earn competition has really illustrated the benefit of commenting.
After I read an article and the subsequent comment I always try to chip in with a few thoughts of my own. However, if I happen to draw a blank on relevant content my rule of thumb is “Always leave them laughing.”
And it’s amazing how frequently that works.
There’s nothing like a good laugh Don
I’m sure everyone is getting lots of value out of your comments, well done mate, keep it up!
I never treally took the time to leave a comment on a blog I was reading as I read the article and moved on. Recently I have started to comment – this is a blog I have actually started practicing on and I have really enjoyed doing so. I have tried to make my comments relevant and to add value to the initial article.
Interesting…. I was doing some due diligence on blog comments and stumbled upon your article (#1 on Yahoo). I have been receiving a ton of comments recently and was curious if people were sending automated messages or if there we just some really not so bright people out there not reading the articles.
Ian
There is a lot of blog comment automation out there Ian. If the comment mentions nothing about the content at hand and sounds very general, it could raise a red flag that it may be automated. You can also copy and past the comment into a Google search to see if it’s been spammed all over the net
This is great seo tips for blog comments: – Thank You for sharing this article with us.