Blog commenting the right way

Blog commenting definitely works and it is an extremely powerful search engine optimization technique. Blog commenting is simply when you leave a comment on someone’s blog post, leaving a link back to your site in the comment as well.

A lot of people have abused this backlinking strategy, a lot of blogs will first moderate comments before accepting them and even more blogs will make all links in the blog comments no follow so you won’t get nearly as much power from their links. Here are a few tips to make blog commenting as effective as possible, and also to make sure your comments stick.

Don’t Spam

If you are blog commenting then the number one rule is to not spam. Do not hiring someone to do a mass submission of blog comments to thousands of people’s blog that have nothing to do with your site. It is much better to manually blog comment, it is much more effective as blog owners can spot a spam comment a mile off, and they will just simply delete it.

The best way to avoid making your comments being classified as spam is to post on relevant blogs. If you are run a website on dancing, then leave a comment on blogs about dancing. Read the entire post you are commenting on first. Participate in the discussion and add value for the blog readers.

It should really go without saying, but when you leave a comment don’t make it generic and meaningless, putting “Great article, well done.” just looks like a copy and paste job. Actually read the blog post and leave a blog comment sharing your opinions on the post, maybe even quote a section of the text or another comment.

Anchor Text

When you leave a comment on most blogs, the anchor text will be whatever you type in the name field, most people will leave their anchor text as their keyword, their comment will then be removed because the blog owner doesn’t want comments made by people called ‘iPhone Reviews’ or ‘Weight Loss Pills’ on their posts.

If you want your comments to stay not be removed, be smart about the anchor text and just put your actual name or pen name. It will still carry link juice and it is a lot more likely to not be removed. Readers of the blog will be more likely to click through as well, because they will know the comment was made by an interested human being and not a spam bot.

Comment On A Few Blogs Or Lots Of Blogs?

It is much better to choose a few blogs to constantly comment on, say five to ten, than sending mass blog comment submissions to thousands of random blogs every so often, as you will be able to build a reputation on these few sites. Don’t be concerned about if the comment links are dofollow or nofollow. It is more important that you are adding valuable information to the discussion. Think about receiving direct traffic via the link rather than just a backlink.

The blog owners may even invite you to write guests posts but even if they don’t, the longer you stick around, the more welcome you will be. This will mean that your comments aren’t removed, and it will mean that other readers will visit your website with much more ease.