1 Ugly Secret To Getting Back Links To Your Blog
Many blogs like this blog offer “DoFollow” on comments. What this means is that you receive benefit from leaving a comment with a link back to your site in your name.
What really makes this special is that it will benefit your Search Engine Ranking Position (SERP). I don’t have a problem with this as long as the comments are genuine and it’s pretty much a way for me to say, “Thank you,” for visiting my blog.
On the other hand, when you place a sufficient number of comments on “NoFollow,” blogs in order to gain back links to your website or blog, you are pretty much wasting your time.
These links are ignored by the search engines. So make sure you post on “DoFollow,” blogs. However, don’t spam any blog whatsoever. Read the posts and be genuine in whatever you say in the comment box.
Now, posting comments on blogs just for gaining back links to your blog or website is so damn time-consuming that blog owners don’t want to do it. Some people actually or use software… what I consider, spam bots. Please don’t do this.
Now that’s not all. Here’s the ugly secret. To save the trouble of making hundreds of comments on various “DoFollow” blogs, and avoid getting caught in spam filters, there are companies that will make relevant comments on blog posts using your chosen anchor text.
They charge anywhere from $19 for 100 comments and even up to $199 for 1000 comments left on your behalf. Would I consider this BS? Maybe, maybe not. However, it’s not something I would do.
You know what, this can really become a problem for blog owners like me, because it makes the job of spotting spammy comments almost impossible. I do have the awful task of weeding through comments trying to decide whose comments are spam or not.
So let’s take this into consideration, would you consider this spam… comments that were not actually written by the stated author, but was paid for? Does the fact that the comments were paid for make it legitimate? What do you think?
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Great info. Tweeted about it. I’ll bookmark this place too.
vernette Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Thanks for the tweet.
Well, I personally wouldn’t buy “blog commenting packages” such as you mentioned. I don’t know who the company is, what kind of comments they’re leaving, etc. Unless they provided proof and the URL’s to all the comments, then maybe. But that’s a BIG maybe.
On the other hand, if you’re paying someone to market your websites in whom you trust, and you have them commenting on specific blogs, then that’s different. These are still paid blog comments (sorta), but it’s a much better strategy in my opinion. The person is using their own name and just linking to your website, but leaving a genuine comment.
As far as receiving these on my blog, as long as they’re genuine comments and not obvious spam, then I’ll approve them. I receive a lot of comments that are just very general and have nothing to do with the post specifically. These comments get sent to the spam folder immediately.
vernette Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Alan, I agree with you. You’re making a good point here. As for the quality of the comments, I get so annoyed with some of the spam comments. Some slip through the crack and they end up on my blog. If people would have the courtesy just to read the article they are commenting on and find value then I wouldn’t mind a comment with the purpose of gaining a back link. By the way Alan, I love your blog. I visited your blog yesterday. Great content!
Very interesting idea, i recently came across your blog and have been reading along.. What you wrote is great advice any way that you look at it.
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vernette Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Thanks Stacy.
I discovered your site on Google. I will definitely be bookmarking this site so I can stay updated on the latest developments. _________________________________________________________________________ Quit Smoking
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