Striving to be an effective commenter is on every blogger’s to-do list. There is nothing wrong with it. Indeed blog commenting has so many benefits. Few of them include
- Building long term, genuine and mutual relationships.
- Make yourself and your blog/business popular.
- Build backlinks - good for SEO and ranking.
- Gain traffic.
- Get blog post ideas!
While it is all good and true, we should also be aware that blog commenting takes a lot of time. Some of the challenges involved with blog commenting are:
Finding appropriate blogs to comment for, that is
- blogs in your niche
- blogs with commentluv and/or keywordluv enabled
- blogs with high PR and/or Alexa rank
- blogs where the authors reply to your comment
- blogs that usually has very large number of comments, that help you to generate new ideas or leave replies to other commenters by answering their questions
- blogs that have very less comments - so that your comment will gain attention and, did I miss this?
- Do-follow blogs.
So there is a lot of stuff involved in the process of blog commenting. This alone is overwhelming, and if you combine blog commenting with your regular blogging activities (this again not only involves producing content!), it is all over-overwhelming, right?
More than the fact that commenting on other blogs is a too much task, it is also a distracting thing to do. I am not against blog commenting but I am sure that most of you would have experienced this syndrome.
At the same time it is very important to realize that blog commenting is one of the crucial parts of your blogging success. You need to reach out to other people, make yourself know and get noticed too.
So how to have a strategy that gives you the most out of blog commenting but at the same time does not overwhelm you by adding 101 items to your list?
Blog Commenting Schedule
You should have a plan. You cannot afford to jump in and comment on blogs at all times. Especially when you are writing a blog post, moderating your comments and when writing your newsletter, you cannot break the flow. It will be highly distracting to jump into blog commenting at all times throughout the day.
So have a slot of 30 minutes or 1 hour every day specially allocated for blog commenting. Visit your RSS reader, email alerts, bookmarks, blog roll, commenting forums etc. during that time of the day alone.
Remember that time is allocated only for blog commenting, so do not jump into other activities like fixing that plugin or checking your email while you are midway leaving your comments.
Completely use that time to carefully read all the blog posts, check your Twitter or Google alerts, not to miss any post and patiently comment (I mean, valuable commenting) on posts.
Getting the most out of your time
One of the important advantages of blog commenting is link building or building backlinks. Now there is nothing wrong with targeting good quality backlinks at the same time leaving thoughtful comments on others’ blogs. However, it is not an easy thing to spot opportunities for relevant, high quality backlinks through blog commenting.
But I use a blog commenting trick.
Market Samurai makes it easy for me to do that! Damn easy, I mean. So I will very briefly tell you how to make the most out of comments - Now, you have to hang on when you think “I don’t want to kill myself in the process”.
I know doing keyword research, drilling down to relevant and targeted keywords and THEN finding opportunities to build links for that keyword is a time consuming thing. But if you could set aside a one time investment of your time, you can really make the most out of blog commenting and the results will be amazing.
Just open Market Samurai and click open New project. You then enter your niche keyword to create the project. Now go to Keyword Research and click “Generate Keywords”.
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Now you can filter out all the unwanted, irrelevant, non-paying and un-targeted keywords in this list. That is a long story, you can watch video tutorials by Market Samurai on that. You can
- cut off some keywords using “x” on the right,
- filter out keywords that only have a particular word by clicking that word and clicking “the tick mark”,
- define positive and negative keywords manually and so on.
It all takes about a couple to five minutes to drill down to the necessary keywords.
Now when you have got a list of, golden nugget keywords (in Market Samurai’s terms :)) you just have to open a new project for each of them and click on “Promotion” on the left menu. This is what you get
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You can select from the options available and you get a nice list of pages where you can comment. Clicking a link on this page opens the webpage right there inside Market Samurai and you can comment from there itself.
Filter out for blogs with KeywordLuv and use the keywords you just found in the name field - you are done.
Here is how to do it:
Do a Google search for “Yourkeyword Enter YourName@” - without the quotes and replace Yourkeyword with the keyword you obtained from Market Samurai analysis.
You can target high PR pages if you have SEOQuake plugin installed (available for Firefox, Chrome and Safari).
Take Away:
If you have the list of keywords handy, you really can make the most out of your blog commenting efforts. With the pages returned by Market Samurai I also make new friends apart from the regular blogs I visit through RSS or email subscriptions (and increase blog traffic).
Further there is one more trick, combining this with Commentluv Premium. But that is for another post. I will add a link to that post when I publish it.
By the way, I would highly recommend Market Samurai, if you haven’t bought it yet. This feature is just the tip of the iceberg. There are lots to reap from it for the price they offer. Click here to try Market Samurai for free and you get a whooping 35% off if you decide to buy within 5 days after getting your trial.
Let me know your thoughts via comments. And start your smart blog commenting by leaving a comment at this post.
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I have that Market Samurai but I did not make effective use of it. Now I know it was because I did not know how to use it properly. Thanks for the tutorial, will look on that application once again.
30 minutes a day! I often pay as much time commenting as I spend in my blog, or some time more than in my blog. My commenting is not that structured as you suggested. I just visit some of my favorite blogs, the ones with whom I’ve built relationship, and to commentLuv links on my blog. I should develop a bit structured as you’ve suggested.
Thanks for the wonderful post. Kudos!
Hi Suresh,
My commenting used to be even more hectic than yours. But you can give it some systematic order as days progress. You can practise some schedule for commenting.
The main reason I wanted to have some sort of schedule with commenting is that I can easily lose days without doing any other thing with blogging; blog commenting is so addictive to me.
Cheers,
Jane.
Ashton says
Yes sure blog commenting is more funny when you use to comment with some specific areas of your interest. During this you will get some useful information too and you can collect these information to make your own blog.
I also haven;t been using MarketSamurai effectively. In fact, very little. It’s stuck in a folder somewhere. I spend a LOT of time commenting etc. so I could use an effective system for commenting.
Ivin, if you spend a LOT of time on blog commenting, then MS will help you a lot to focus on your target blogs. You can get most out of your blog commenting efforts
Hey Jane.
Thanks for the encouragement - have a fantastic day my friend!
I use Market Samurai too and this is a great technique that I’ll try soon. They also have a great affiliate program because EVERYONE loves using it. There’s always a new unique way to make Market Samurai a worth while purchase.
I’m like Suresh - no-where near as organized as you. I devote “days” to commenting - not just an hour or two. LOL!! Not to mention the time I spend voting, liking, sharing and Stumbling great posts like this one. When I grow up I want to be organized like you
Hi Ileane,
That’s right, I used to spend days earlier for commenting. Then I really thought that it can’t go that way. But I also know that I cannot stop commenting altogether because that is an integrated part of my blogging career.
I enjoy reading posts and it is addictive. So I had to “invent” something to make myself organized.
Cheers,
Jane.
Lyka Winnett says
When I do blog commenting, I also enjoy reading other bloggers’ opinions and ideas especially if the topic is about SEO, social media, blogging etc. which I find very interesting. And yes, reading them is very addictive.
Hi Jane!
I agree with you blog commenting could produce quality backlink and backlink building is most important factor to rank up in SERPs. Your post is a timely wake up call for me :). Last 3 months I have neglected blog commenting and alexa ranking falls drastically. Planning to work on it soon, thanks for the tips Jane. Nice post.
Hi Ramesh,
Blog commenting plays a crucial role in affecting your Alexa rank, that’s true. Apart from that, by commenting we learn a lot of new ideas, perspectives and in general we learn about what’s going on in the blogosphere.
Commenting also helps us build networks. Good luck with your commenting journey.
Cheers,
Jane.
Hi Jane, I set myself the goal of commenting on 2 blogs a day at the start of this year and have failed miserably! So it’s a big thank you for both motivating me to get going again and also giving me the opportunity to hit 50% of target for today
Many thanks for the tips, hopefully I will be getting a bit more organised and start using my time more effectively in future.
Hi Tony,
I am so glad that I could motivate you to achieve your target. Good luck to increasing the number of comments you make.
Cheers,
Jane.
Jane, aloha. No doubt about it, you are going to drag me kicking and screaming into SEO, backlinks and that entire world that is on my “to do” list.
Thx so much for this great post pointing me once again in the right direction.
Best wishes for a terrific day. Aloha. Janet
Hey Janet,
Is is so nice to hear that I could suggest an item to your to-do list. You already rock with commenting on blogs. I can see that you network a lot and have gained quite bit of groups of (nice) friends (yours truly included).
So ya you are already in the right direction. Keep commenting.
Cheers,
Jane.
I like the idea of devoting 30 minutes a day to it. I’m going to use this as my strategy.
I do want to point out that it’s a good idea to comment on a few no follow blogs too so it looks natural to the search engines. Also in checking my google backlinks on one of my sites, I found 2 links that were specifically “no follow” but google counted them anyway.
Hi Cathy,
That is a good point. Yes that is indeed true that for a “natural” link building strategy you also want some no-follow backlinks. That is how Google likes it.
Thanks for adding value.
Cheers,
Jane.
Hi Jane,
I never thought of using Market Samurai or other keyword tools to find the best blogs on which to comment. Great use of a really cool resource.
I totally agree that, while a great way to build your reputation and your blog, blog commenting can become highly addictive and can take up a lot of your time. I love your idea of scheduling set hours to comment.
As we’ve discussed, setting up a schedule is one of the best ways to get a hold on your time to make it optimally productive. Your strategy fits right along with this.
Great post and great information. Thanks, Jane!
Hi Bob,
I have read a lot about being organized with a nice schedule on your blog. So I think it should not be hard for you to bring blog commenting into your schedule. As far as this post, it will help you to find out the blogs to comment easily.
Cheers,
Jane.
thanks for sharing this. Blog commenting is definitely great, but it can be such a huge time taker too. I like to set a side about and hour and a half each day to go through my google reader and comment on the top blogs there. then after I am done working, I may hit the blogs again while I watch TV.
Hi James,
That sounds reasonable. But I am surprised how you read and comment while you watch TV
Cheers,
Jane.
Oh, Jane, I can count on you to point out really valuable tools!
Thanks for that.
Though I haven’t used Market Samarai, I continue to mark it to my “wishlist” as it comes up among the blogosphere very regularly.
You’re reminding me that I need to make a “to-do” list that includes these extra features.
Wishing you well-
Nanette
Nanette, thanks for counting on me. I indeed find it strange to recommend stuff that I don’t use or the stuff I used and have found awful.
Anyways, a to-do list helps a lot really.
Hi, Jane!
Blog commenting is one of my hobby now, because I do it to learn, earn, establish network , make friends and much more.
But As you said I also love to comment on blogs where I get reply and I’ve some sort of benefits like comment-luv and these kind of things.
Regards
Hi Usman,
Yes I know. That is why I do all sorts of nifty things to keep my commenters happy
Cheers,
Jane.
I think I should try this. I am tired of going around and commenting on blogs and I have to find my keyword blogs around too.
Hi, sure. If you’re just visiting some blogs in random and commenting everyday, you can’t get the most out of your time and effort
Hi Jane,
At this point, I use about four hours a week commenting. I don’t use Market Samurai because it’s a bit over my head for now. I listen to Ana Hoffman and you explain how it’s done, and I know why I don’t blog about blogging.
Lou Barba
Haha Lou, OK I understand. Sure, indeed blogging about blogging is one of the toughest things.
I think this type of article are very useful for the Commenter,Good wishes for the Future. My question is that Alexa Ranking Affects the Google page rank ?
Well, Alexa’s is a traffic rank, while Google Page rank is based on many factors - mainly the number of backlinks from authority sites.
By the way, do you have a name?
Hi Jane,
What a useful post! Thank you.
I have not used MS in this was but I certainly will. So pleased to hear that others spend a lot of time on commenting too and now there is a way to be more effective, thanks to you!
~Marcus
Hey Marcus,
Glad to find that the post was useful to you. I am sure, active commenters like you should be benefiting a lot from this. But I can say that you are already doing great.
Cheers,
Jane.
That was a lengthy post. I comment on blogs with the following criteria. Let me compare this to your post.
-commentluv eneabled blogs
-do follow blogs
-blogs with PR3 and up
-same niche
-updated
Yay! we are almost the same..
Allen,
Yours sounds like a good plan and a nice strategy too. Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers,
Jane.
Hi Jane,
Nice post and this a great tool. I’ve heard many good things about it, that i can’t wait to try it myself.
Thanks for sharing this useful info. It seems your link ‘Click here to try Market Samurai for free’ is broken.
Have a great weekend.
Dev
Dev,
Thanks for letting me know. I have fixed the link.
Cheers,
Jane.
Commenting is not only about getting backlinks.
It is about networking and adding value by building a reputation in your niche/interests.
Over time site owners will recognise you and look forward to your comments.
Sure, building relationship comes first with blog commenting. But we have to also make sure that we make the most out of it. There is nothing wrong in using blog commenting for SEO, since our time has a price tag on it
Hi Jane,
Cool tips. I’ve been using Market Samurai for a while and it’s certainly a very powerful resource indeed!
Blog commenting for me is an integral part of blogging. It’s about dialogue and interaction with the community online. Naturally I tend to stick to my niche, and there’s always the tendency to prefer blogs which ‘Do Follow’.
However, as I’m sure you know, it is actually a good thing to build up No follow links as well in the eyes of Google, since natural link building does not select only the follow links… So I try not to be limited!
Of course, you can gain traffic from any kind of link, so leaving quality comments on relevant blogs is always a good thing!
You covered many aspects of blog commenting here, well done!
All the best,
Jym
Jym, thanks for adding value as usual. Yes nofollow links are quite important to make link building look natural. And indeed, for traffic, dofollow or nofollow doesn’t matter at all.
Great blog commenting guide Jane! You provided a ton of great info.
One thing that I really like to reply to other commenters’ comments. This is a great way to get to know even more people. Blog commenting is a conversation. There is no reason not to have a conversation with the other commenters.
Fred you’re absolutely right. I’ve received tons of traffic by replying to others’ comments; I reply if it is usually a question asking for help. That is a great way to build relationships outside the host blog
Even though it is good to do comment on our niche but I find that it is hard to find it. So, for now, I do commenting on any kind of blogs as long as I like the post and want to share something.
Oh yes, Dana, for sure MS will help you find relevant blogs in your niche
Great post, I really liked the Alexa part. Yes, this tips really worked I’ve tried it and it gained my blog with significant results! Thank you very much.
You’re very welcome Lawrence!
This is a great article Jane, it called my attention easily.
I´m also a fan of blog commenting because i learn alot from it.
I didn`t know about the SEO Quake plugin i´ll give it a try.
Thanks for sharing good information here.
Glad to help Julio! Blog commenting rocks, seriously.
Jane, I read many benefits of Market Samurai but I haven’t try it. Many thanks for your review
You should try it Andri. It is a cool software.
Commenting is a very great tactic to help in enticing visitors to your web site. Leaving remark is an extremely worthwhile action when you’re active in a blogging community.and many tools you can use to achieve it.
That’s right Donna, thanks for stopping by.
I spent a LOT of time commenting on other blogs before when I was still blogging about travel. I had a goal of at least 15 comments per day. And I didn’t just leave one-liners. Oh no. Sometimes, I left paragraphs! It was really funny. Because on one occasion, I posted a very lengthy comment on another travel blog instructing their readers how to backpack to a certain place which I realized later, could have been a series of posts on MY blog instead.
But I AGREE with all the reasons why we should comment on other blogs. And my number one reason is : to know what’s going on in the blogging community. The latest news and tips not only in my current niche but also about SEO and internet marketing. This post about Market Samurai is very useful indeed!
I’m glad you like the post Olive. Indeed leaving long and thoughtful comments on other blogs do stand out!
I am all about building links, but I comment on tons of blogs more for the added traffic that continues to come over time. I can care less if a blog is dofollow or not.
Brandon you’re right. Good link building strategy must involve both dofollow and nofollow links.
Hi Jane,
I’m just new in blogging. I thought only dofollow links are good for link building strategy? Can you please explain why it can also help me boost my ranking eventhough I’m commenting to a nodofollow links?
Market Samurai is one of the best Internet marketing tool I’ve ever used.It allows me to only focus on keywords I can win.
About blog commenting the only thing I’ll say to new bloggers is “Blog commenting rocks”.
Alexis, that’s right! Blog Commenting rocks, indeed. Thanks for stopping by.
Rank Higher, Make Money! says
Yes I love Market Samurai too. I think the biggest takeaway I get from your article is on creating a schedule for blog commenting. I tend to be very random with going out and commenting on blogs. I think it’s more effective to have some scheduled time specifically for this task!
Andrew M. Sumpter says
nice idea… this is very useful….thanks for sharing!!!
gudka says
I normally put a lot time to comment on other blogs because. Most of the time i consume to search out the best and the most relevant blogs which is necessary although for strong and quality backlinks. So as you suggested in your posts that RSS feeds are best to find and save time.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea.
Jane,
That tip on Market Samurai is golden. I have watched most of the videos, but I guess I didn’t get to the promotion page. It is hard to find good relavent linking opportunities in my niche and you have just made it a bit easier for me. So glad I found your site. Andy Bailey mentioned you in an email which is how I came across your site. This is the first post I read, but now I have to go check out keyword winner that you linked to and see what that is all about.
Thanks again for the great tip.
bhatotia says
I am not against blog commenting but I am sure that most of you would have experienced this syndrome.
Tammy@Inversion Table Reviews says
I find blog commenting quite difficult personally speaking.
To find blogs sometimes I use http://search.twitter.com/
I enter “new post *Keyword*” (without quotes) and that generates a few blogs I can comment on.
Also, nice tip regarding Market Samurai, I wasn’t aware of that
Thanks,
Tammy
Your tip is great Tammy! Thanks for sharing.
The only real problem i see with blog commenting is that somewhere in the future the blog might die. Like 404 dead. I have a long list of blogs i read at least once a week, and every two weeks a blog dies. The owner gets bored, he can’t afford to keep the blog, i don’t know what the reasons are. So if you’re making backlinks by blog comments you can find yourself without [insert number of comments] you left on that blog, which leads to wasted time.
Martin, yes there are chances that you always lose backlinks in some cases - but this should not be a major issue!
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Blog comment for me is an integral part of blogging. It is about dialogue and interaction with the community online. we should also be aware that blog commenting takes a lot of time. Thanks
From my point of view, the main advantage of such link building technique as blog commenting is that it is one of the most effective link building technique. If for example you need to spend about 1-2 hours to write an article to be submitted to article directories you can obtain 15-30 backlinks for a website during this time. It is a highly effective link development technique.
nik@technojourney says
nice article JaneSheeba, i liked he way u write
seo reseller says
Thank you for sharing your tips. I’ll try to do them all.
I used to try to go out and research suitable comments to post. I’ve started using a different approach now however. I only comment on blog topics that I myself am already familiar with. I haven’t noticed any lesser rankings as a result of not always having highly relevent links.
once again i am here to comment on this post good Work Jane ………..but problem is rarely i got the blog related to my niche like Entertainment ……….anyways tips u are giving definite work ……..
Niche doesn’t matter . You can find the right keywords and the right blogs to comment on based on those keywords with Market Samurai!
Broadbrand says
Nice tips i like it .
Links control the web and links are one of the most important things to every webmaster. With the advent of Google, SEO began to gain more traction and and backlinks became a major element of SEO success.
Hi Jane,
Market Samurai sure seems like something to go in for! I had heard a lot about it, but never knew it could be used like this for the purpose of commenting as well! I do use SEOquake, or comment on the new contacts that I make, and check the PR 3 and above sites and Alexea etc, but never heard about Market Samurai!
Thanks for this informative post
Harleena, Market Samurai can be used in many surprising ways!
Hi Jane, sometimes I think I live inside a box, maybe we can call it the blog engage box and at times I forget to look outside and see what’s happening. I’ve never even head of Market Samurai in my life. It sounds like an amazing program that allows us to maximize our ROI when it comes to blog comments. If I consider purchasing this I promise to come back and use your referral codes!
LOL Blog Engage Box….. Thanks Brian, MS is indeed a great tool. Makes you feel on top of everything when it comes to SEO!
i say commenting on a blog is an art that every bloggers should learn….commenting is not just giving feedback or suggestions,it is more than that…..commenting on others blog helps to strengthen their relationships in blogging community…..
Well said Kurushetran
Klavier Lernen says
Blog commenting is more funny when you use to comment with some specific areas of your interest and also in checking my google backlinks on one of my sites. I found some links that were specifically no follow but google counted them anyway and the owner gets bored he cannot afford to keep the blog. I don’t know what is the reasons if you are making backlinks by blog comments you can find yourself without insert number of comments you left on that blog which leads to wasted time.
Saikat says
@Jane,
Your attempt is good. But I have to say it is extremely manually tedious to pick each blogs. Moreover, Google talks about participating positively in an around your niche. I have not really seen that they recommending to comment on high PR or ONLY do follow blogs.
Google themselves recommend blog owners to make the comments form no follow.
I use a tool which personally paid me rich dividends it is called “Blog Commenting Ninja”.
Blog commenting is the most easy and quick method to earn back-links for your blog or website. It also tells the relation between the readers and the webmaster.
But after Google Panda Update Google is giving less credit to sidebar and footer links as compare to the links in between paragraph.
A lot of bloggers do mention leaving comments on those blogs that are considered the authority of your niche, and also on those blogs that grant you a dofollow link. If you’re going to comment with those as your main goals, then you should start reviewing. Isn’t it a lot more important to create relationships with other people working on the same niche than thinking of those dofollow links?
- Ray
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One of the most sought after goals of bloggers of all sizes is to increase the amount of comments by readers on a blog. There are many ways to increase the chances of someone commenting on your blog, such as the following.
Write open ended posts… ending with a question.
Provide a helpful post or tutorial that people can truly use.
Create controversial posts that people will surely agree or disagree with.
conference gifts says
Yes, it may seem silly and obvious, but for some reason so many people avoid writing to each comment left on a blog. If only three people are commenting on your blog, and you comment to each, you now have six!
The more comments on your blog will not only increase the amount of activity on your blog, but it may help other readers and lurkers participate in your blog commenting as well.
If you aren’t already, try to comment to all comments left on your blog for a week and see how the user activity and comments increase. Everyone loves to read comments, especially when they are from the blog owner and provide lots of value.
I already do that conference gifts (may I know your real name please?)
gibbers says
hi i like your post, ive been finding the whole backlinks generating very frustrating, thats some sensible advice thanks very much
keep up the good work
Blog commenting is also an effective way to increase traffic and backlinks. Especially if the blog we comment on are do follow. Just like blogs that has commentluv plug-in.
Kee G. says
Hello! Thanks for sharing these tips. Right now comments are the main source of traffic for my new blog. I hope that one of these days that I will receive organic traffic from search engines, as I build links using blog comment.
I hope that this one will work for my new blog. My new blog focuses on solving blogging questions and I can say that it’s a good one. I hope that the effort I’m giving will pay off.
Alda Ann says
I totally agree whit above comments. In additional guess blogging is also very effective rather then blog commenting.
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Jelyn Castro says
Nice Post, No doubt in that we get much backlinks through blog commenting but i think we should set our target on quality backlinks which we can get only in that case when we are follow these types of good ways for our blog commenting.
Learn more about how to start blogging.
Blog commenting is very effective to gain more backlink.
Blog comments are a critical part of a successful blog.A business owner can share news about his business.
The most popular blogs have a very interactive community. Blog comments are a critical part of a successful blog, and an area bloggers must understand and focus on to create a great blog. Keep up all the positive work
i recently used google keyword tool. but it’s nice idea to use market samurai. i’ll get a copy of it and i’ll try to use it. thanks jane.
I’m in the same boat. I’m still very new at SEO.
dental man says
Nice article. Like some, I also find using Market Samurai a bit difficult but after watching many tutorials I’ve gained some more info which I can use for using keywords.
Ajay Dubey says
Blog commenting is really very interesting task. I love to read various kinds of blog related to my profession and then i love to comment on them to express my likes or dislikes regarding that blog. I enjoyed your post on blog commenting. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Very informative well written post, Jane.
I was doing the “Allocated Blog commenting time” thing for a while, sometimes on quite a few blogs(sites). It seemed to work out okay.
Then I read about a way to do a browser search with modifications, that narrow down sites with your search to target your chosen keywords.
Cannot remember the modification, though I think the method is quite common.
Either way, Blog commenting can become a huge drain on our resources, if we do not balance it with other site tasks(and a coffee or tea break, of course).
I must confess I do like the idea you have shown, as I can do my refined comments search in my Market Samurai whilst I am already using the tool to do other Anaylsis work.
Blog commenting is very helpful link building technique to build quality backlinks and improve search engine ranking.But it is effective only if we contribute something helpful stuff to blog in our comments because if we post irrelevant comment to that blog post then blog owner will not approve our comment.So its very necessary to post useful and relevant content in our comment.
BTW many thanks for sharing a very helpful blog post and blog commenting.
Alan says
Have to agree with you that blog commenting is one of the better free ways of building high quality backlinks to your website . In fact, article marketing , forum marketing as well as blog commenting are all my favorite way of building backlinks to my website.As much as possible, i tried to dedicate 1 hour of my time everyday just for blog commenting.Nonethless, one should never forget the fact that we should at all times post interesting high quality blog comments to entice people to reading your comments.Great info btw !Love your blog !Keep the great info coming in !
Guest blogging is another great way to build quality one-way backlinks to your website and unlike article marketing the backlinks built through guest blogging are high quality and authority backlinks because most blogs you will be guest posting for have been trusted by Google over time and they don’t publish duplicate content.
Many blogs also have high pagerank and your article can stay on their homepage for sometimes, if you write a great article then you can even get more people to link to it which means more authority for the most which in turns transfer to your website.
Gagan says
Hi - Most of the blog commenting are ‘no follow’ - does it really help to make blog commenting or forum posting for generating backlinks ?
I keep seeing market samurai being recommended, at first I just though they must have a good affiliate deal but actually this software might help me save some time. I’ll have a look, thanks.
Blog commenting is one of the most important ways to promote traffic. I came across a lot of new blogs through blog commenting and till date I loyally visit these blogs.
I love commenting on blogs, sometimes it’s just hard to find new interesting ones to comment on, and that can get a little frustrating.
i really like this Nice article. Like some, I also find using Market Samurai a bit difficult but after watching many tutorials I’ve gained some more info which I can use for using keywords.
Very good information. In the past I have been in the habit of finding good post on websites related to my niche and commenting something relevant to build friendships. But I also need to be a little more targeted to help my SEO efforts. This post gave me the motivation. Thanks for all the great info!
Patrick Saint-Jean says
I have just started to really understand the importance of blog commenting for purposes of SEO and search engine ranking. It is the most effective strategy for building backlinks, particularly to a niche market. I am glad you emphasized that blog commenting has to be done on niche blogs and related topics. Building a Business Online
John Botha says
I always try to make a meaningful comment and most of time I can make it. Some time it make me difficult but the article is helpful for me to remove my problem. Thanks a lot!
Alen says
Social Bookmarking is a great way to get high quality backlinks and necessary for ranking well on Google.
hey Seeba,
i do agree with you that, there should be time to do any kind of activities.
now i understand that why my mostly comment are not been looking / approved as well i have been suffering from this..
thanks for sharing such a nice info…
Akporugo says
Blog commenting is the best in terms of seo benefit, when you look at the recent google algorithm it will simply tell you that forum posting is dead. I can not argue much but the point still remain valid due to the fact behind seo and i hope to say google still remain the gaint when it comes to web search. Sometimes when i do comment on blogs i see higher rankings in value compare to getting shitting links from the web, sure blog commenting is effective.
Blog commenting is very useful to those that want to discuss topics or gain a relevant back link. I have never used Market Samurai, I need to give that a try. You ever use Comment Kahuna?
I have been using market samurai for a couple of years for keyword research and competition analysis but I’m still learning how to use it for other things so this is a great tip, thanks
Ab Azam says
Its very helpful way to find good blogs for commenting but only thing that makes me to hate Market Samurai is its tooooo slow
Ab Azam says
Hey i mistyped my email address in comments so pls do edit them to @hotmail.com
sorry for trouble Thanks
Commenting is the best way to interact with an author.
Great post.
Very good information. In the past I have been in the habit of finding good post on websites related to my niche and commenting something relevant to build friendships. But I also need to be a little more targeted to help my SEO efforts. This post gave me the motivation. Thanks for all the great info!
Read more: Blog Commenting: Do It Effectively Without Killing Yourself?
way cool post jane..this article is a huge package of useful information that i was finding for a long time.
Blog commenting is one of the most effective and easy way to bring traffic to your own website. But it can bring problem if you are spotted as a spammer. This is really a matter of fact that you should be careful of I think so
. But there are a lot of link building firms which offer like buy relative backlinks in exchange of money.Should we rely on them or do it ourselves.What is your opinion about this fact.
Mike says
Great tips here. I’ve used MS but have largely ignored the Promotion tab.
Thanks for the help.
jumantofin says
thank you for this informative article. sure, commenting is a good strategy to gain blog visitor
Thanks for clearing my doubts about market samurai… I was not paying attention to this useful tool..
Great post as I was not aware of Market Samurai.
Almost all links these days are no-follow. I never see the do follow; am I missing something?Does liking posts help in ranking?
Does the length of your comments matter in Alexa ranking, etc?
i want to know . commenting on real estates blog and technology will help ?
Hey Jane, it’s good to be here at your blog today.
Blog commenting is highly critical and it’s what has helped my 2month old blog to where it is now.
I love the strategies you’ve shared and the manner with which you approached it. I’ve always heard about Market Samurai but I have not yet gotten my hands on it as I don’t really know much about keywords.
I will be sure to make use of some of what you shared here though. Thanks!
Do have a magical day yonder.
Sam