The second way to use blogs effectively for search engine
optimization is through the concept of blog commenting. When you visit
a blog, most posts give you the option ofleaving a comment.
This may be available by clicking on a hyperlink that says
“comments” or simply beneath the post itself. Blog commenting
is a great way to acquire a one-way link to your website.
The first step is to find high authority orhigh Google PR
websites in your niche. It’s important that the blogs you
leave comments on are what we call “do follow” blogs.
Thismeans that the blog owner permits third-party links to be
indexed by search engines, passing value from its pages to your website.
To find valuable do follow blogs, you can use automated blog indexing
software resource listed on this site or by searching Google for
High PR Do Follow Blogs.
Once you have created a list of high PR, do follow blogs,
you can begin leaving comments on appropriate posts.
Here are a few tips
for making the most of this strategy:
1. Enter your keyword in the field marked, “Name.” This
is the MOST important step in productive blog commenting.
2. Use a real email address for submission purposes.
3. Use a complete URL when listing your site address in the
space provided. Do NOT include a URL in the actual comment.
4. Leave a comment that is directly related to the post,
has substance, and is longer than three sentences.
5. Track all of your blog submissions and build a list of high
PR, do follow blogs that you canreturn to from time to time. Always
leave comments on differentposts—never the same post.
As someone who manages a blog and uses blog commenting on a regular
basis to build one-way links to my sites, I know how important the
above guidelines are for making the most of blog commenting.
When moderating comments for my own blog, I personally don’t mind
people using their keyword asthe name although some blogs won’t allow
this and linking to their website in the URL field. In fact, I see it
as a quid pro quo if they take the time to read my post and leave a
valuable comment. However, I will delete their comment if they place
a link in the body of the comment because it’s usually SPAM.
Start searching for those blogs that can support your link building
and be part of the conversation. You canadd this strategy to the
mix and start to see why link building can be
fun and somewhat addictive.