Blog commenting is an easy way to get readers and visitors to your blog. You can only get a small amount of visitors directly with your comments, but the amount of indirect visitors can be quite huge. This happens when you comment on dofollow blogs, that pass on link juice.

How it Works

When you write comments on blogs, you are often allowed to set the URL of your blog on the comment-form. The name field is normally used as the anchor text for your URL. When your comment is visible, your “name” is displayed with a link back to your site.

Getting Started

First, you need to find blogs where to comment

These blogs should be related to the content of your own site, to maximise the possible gains from the links. When the other blogs content is close to yours, it means that readers clicking through to your site will probably be also interested in your content. The other upside is that google rates relevant backlinks higher, than unrelated ones.

Second, start commenting like a madman ;)

Blog comments are often moderated, so make only relevant comments. Do not spam. Think beforehand what your anchor text will be, to maximise the gains in search result rankings. Use an anchor text, you presume people to use ,when they search for content in your site.

Vital Points to Remember

Staying organised

Write down all the blogs that you find, so you can check back on them, and write even more relevant comments. I use google docs to store my list of blogs I comment on. It is the best way, because I use several computers, and therefore I hate storing files locally.

Comment only on dofollow blogs

Dofollow blogs carry on link juice and you should maximise the amount of comments on these blogs. Firefox with the nodofollow plugin will help you a lot when spotting which links are dofollow. The plugin shows with colors which links are dofollow and which are nofollow.

Finding Dofollow blogs

To tell you the truth, finding a good amount of dofollow blogs will take some time. I suggest that you manually find all the blogs where to comment. If you use lists that other people have made, there is a great possibility,  these blogs are already overrun with comments, and they will lessen the impact of your own comments. Only way to be the first one commenting is to find the blogs first. You can use any search engine to find dofollow blogs, here is a simple tutorial with using technorati

Step by Step Guide with Technorati

  1. Go to technorati and try to find other blogs that have the same content as your blog.
  2. Visit these blogs with the firefox plugin nodofollow active.
  3. Find a page that has comments.
  4. Verify if the comments are dofollow with the plugin.
  5. Write down the blog if it is a dofollow blog. If not find another one.

Conclusion

  • Try to find the blogs yourself.
  • Do not use other people’s dofollow blog lists, because blogs listed are often spammy.
  • Comment often to get a lot of backlinks
  • Finding dofollow blogs requires a lot of effort, but it is worth it.