Internet Marketing by Rick » Comment linking

A well Tended Blog

Rick — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:15:36 +0000

I am a big believer in Blog commenting long term. The reason is long term it is easy to toss the worthless blog comments with akismet. Real comments that come from well tended blogs I believe will become valuable. The future is easy to predict. The links that are easily spammed by automation will be. They will decrease in value. Anything that is approved by a human editor will increase in value.

A well tended blog does not allow spam comments.

Just like weeding a garden if you get the weeds out what you want (good comments) will grow and blossom.

Must Do Comment Linking Rules

Rick — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:10:28 +0000

There are several things I try to do with my comments.

The comment will always be part of the conversation–Relevant.
I do not put links in my comments unless the comment is on one of my own blogs and I know it will be approved.
Yes I comment on my own sites with other identities.
My comment is always targeted at a keyword and to link back to a specific page on my site that is related to that keyword.
I will include the keyword in the comment once if there is any way possible.
I usually name my identity after the keyword. Such as the keyword I am promoting is “Article spinning” I would leave comments under the identity of “Rick Article Spinning” and then sign the comment as Rick Article Spinning. I use the URL for the actual page on Article spinning on my website like http://imbyrick.com/article-spinning/ not a link to the homepage.

The goal is to get the most value out of the comments you leave. I do not worry too much about nofollow versus dofollow blogs.

More articles about my Comment Linking rules.

Three Times as Effective

Rick — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:22:33 +0000

When I am comment linking I usually have 3 of my webpages that I am promoting at the same time. These will be from different sites that I am currently promoting. I use a different “identity” on each of these usually.

I always read the article I am commenting on and since I know what the article is about I can make 3 different comments on it at once. This saves my reading time while comment linking.

I change “Identiies” from Jonny Acne Medicine to Ralph Credit Repair to Rick Internet Marketing. I will put different urls in for each identity but I normally use the same email address. I haven’t found this to be a problem. Almost all of my comments get accepted.

I often do a Site search on a blog before I comment on it. Why? I always comment on the page with the highest page rank. This just takes a second when you already have another window open to just drop in the “Site:” search. I have SEO for Firefox on my Mozilla Browser and I have the PR active. If that last sentence confused you check out this article on SEO for Firefox.

This is a Dofollow Blog. Add a relevant comment and you will get a dofollow link.

Become a Top Commenter

Rick — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:35:24 +0000

The accidental Top Commenter.
I have become fairly avid at posting comments. I post comments while watching Football or TV and with the playoffs here for 2008 I have been active commenting when the ads are on. Did I mention I love the Mute Button?

I found a blog that had Lucia’s Linky love. I know that if I get 10 approved comments my comments will become Dofollow links. I added eight links to the website. I was promoting a fairly new blog of mine that had about 20 links. The following week as I was looking up my site it showed I had 200+ links in Yahoo. I am saying no way. I have only put in a couple of articles on the website and they could not have propagated that fast. I went to Yahoo and checked and there were a ton of them from one website.

I had become a Top commenter on the blog with only eight comments. My link was now on every page in the website and it has 150+ pages. I do not know how long my Top commenter status will last but I found it pretty cool. A couple of days later I became a Top commenter on another blog without knowing it and my total links jumped by another 150.

Split Personality
I have multiple online personalities. What I mean by this is I have several websites that I promote and I have a different email and name that I use to promote each website. I have recently become a top commenter on that site with another one of my personalities.

This is a Dofollow Blog. I love comments and if approved you will be rewarded with a dofollow link.

Ultimate Link Building

Rick — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:23:58 +0000

I recently bought the Ultimate Link-Building Report by Josh Spaulding.

This forty page ebook is a great overview of building links. Josh has a background in building websites and promoting them. He has been at it for over 5 years and is supporting his family well with it. I read this report once last night and I will be going through it again shortly.

I am an avid reader of Josh’s Blog. His $5 mini-site Formula is the best Free ebook I have ever read.

I also received the 24 page New Age Email Marketing report with this ebook. I will give my view of this also.

A Note To Josh
I am not recommending this book. It is good and gives a good overview of links. I wanted a step by step. Tell me the best author box you ever made, tell me about your article that went viral, I want examples and I want a step by step plan. Tell me about your worst author box that converted no one to visit your site. You are an article marketing master. Help me hit the home run.