Blog commenting is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to build quality links. So what’s the catch? It’s time consuming, obviously. You have to find the blogs, skim through the post, write a relevant comment and pray for approval. Is it worth it? Absolutely. Strategic blog commenting can boost your rankings fast. As a bonus, if the link is not marked as nofollow, you can gain a higher page rank by carefully picking the right blogs. I have been blog commenting for close to 3 years now and have found enormous results for the fruits of my labor.
Whether you’re a webmaster, SEO, or a blogger, you should be using the following method regularly. Adapt it to your niche and watch your rankings soar.
Step One – Compile a List of Blogs
- Go to Google.com
- Type in: yourniche “Remember my personal information” “Notify me of follow-up comments”
- Replace yourniche with a keyword related to your niche
- Click Search
- CTRL-Click on the first ten results
- Go back to steps 3-6 and type in a different keyword, repeat as needed.
- Copy and paste the URLs you’ve gathered into a list for future reference
Step Two – Find High Page Rank Posts
- Use an internal page rank checker like This One
- CTRL-Click 1-3 posts with the highest page rank for each URL you gathered
Step Three – Prepare your Comment
- Get ready to be witty, inquisitive, and argumentative.
- Skim through each post and try to find an interesting fact
Step Four – Make it SEO Friendly
- Go down to the comment section
- Fill out the comment form like so:
- Name: YourKeyword (Don’t use anything that looks like spam)
- Email: You@YourEmail.com (Use a junk email address, but make it real, some blogs require email confirmation to activate your comment)
- Website: Enter your site’s URL (The one you’re building links to)
Step Five – Write the Comment
It is very important that your comment doesn’t look automated, if it’s unrelated or too short it probably won’t get approved. Many bloggers are also webmasters who know of techniques such as these. It is your job as a blog commenter to convince them you are a reader who wants to express his opinion. Comments like “I agree with this post. Great blog, keep up the good work!” almost never get approved. Bloggers are smart, and many are SEO savvy enough to know what you’re trying to do. I’m a blogger, and I know of these techniques. However, I embrace blog commenting, as long as it doesn’t look automated.
Comment Approval Tips
- Keep it clean, don’t use profanity
- Check your spelling and grammar
- Comment in the same language as the post, don’t waste your time translating a foreign language, just move on to the next blog
- Ask a question
- Make an argument
- 4 Sentences, minimum
- Only 1 comment per post
- Maximum of 2 words per keyphrase (for the Name: field)
