Increasing your site traffic and ranking through commenting
Posted on May 17, 2007
Filed Under Internet Biz
We all know that commenting is a great way to great traffic to your site. In my post about using Mybloglog to increase traffic I talked about setting up your Mybloglog profile and avatar to aid in attracting clicks. The next step is to begin posting comments on other sites.
Not all comments on blogs are created equal. There are many ways that your comment, other than its content, will help draw traffic to your blog.
Some blogs attach your Mybloglog avatar to your comment. This gives you additional exposure and another visual link on the page. So making a comment on a blog with this feature gives you an additional benefit. To the left is an example of a blog with avatars pictured on its comments. Notice the image on the left where dotinfodomain is using the “hot girl” avatar.
Most blogs use the nofollow attribute on their comments to prevent comment spamming for links. However, some blogs are comment link friendly so your comments will count as an inbound link to your blog.
To check if a blog uses the nofollow attribute you can view the source once you’re on a page with the comments. If you look at the source code you will see something like this: <cite>Comment by <a href=’http://www.testtest.com’ rel=’external nofollow’>test</a>
Another way that many bloggers are getting inbound links is through a feature called “Top Commenters.” Blogs use this feature to encourage comment by listing the people who comment the most frequently on their blog. Many top commenter links do not have the nofollow attribute attached to it. Therefore, a link on a blog’s Top Commenters will count as an inbound link. This is a great way to get inbound links from high PR sites. There are many high PR sites which have few commenters. It may only take 2-3 comments a week or even month to remain on there.
The image on the left was captured from a PR3 site. On this site, comments have a nofollow attribute, however the Top Commentators do not. It takes 2 comments to get your link on this blog.
I created a folder in my favorites called “High PR blogs with low top commenters” and I favorite any blog that meets these criteria and have only comment nofollow but not in top commenter links.
You should be able to supercharge your inbound links using this method very quickly. Happy linking!
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I never really looked into having an avatar for mybloglog - now that i do, it does make sense
makes the comments ‘live’ - well sort of - nice tip
That is a very good way to get more inbound links! The “nofollow” thing is useful for some people, but I comment on other peoples’ blogs because I have something to say, not because I want an inbound link.
Glad, I can see you commenting actively on my PR4 blog. Hope you too get some Link Juice!
Hi Vinod, I’m practicing what I’m preaching!
I’ve also installed top commentators on this blog so I can give back to all.
I see you link appear on my Top Commentators list too. Good luck on your experiment and thanks for your comments. By the way, about my site loading time, do you mind pointing what slows it down or it’s just the host problem? Thanks.
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Great tips dude! now… let the search for good blogs begin
Good ideas although how much these will drive traffic depends on your blog’s subject matter. However, these are still good approaches for developing inbound links and improving ranking.
You should add earsucker to your list then…no one really comments on that blog, I dunno why…it’s a PR4, but it’s all about music that I like….
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