Bloggers and businesses alike may not realize how very important CommentLuv can be to them. By joining the CommentLuv community you can connect with many others interested in the same things you are.
The CommentLuv featured posts you see in blogs that have CommentLuv installed make it easy to see which other commentators (people leaving comments) write about what you are interested in. Clicking on those comments connects you instantly with them.
There are already niches forming within the more than 20,000+ 30,000+ 35,137+ (on Oct 7, 2010) – 38,550+ (as of March 17, 2011) 41,888 (as of May 15, 2011) 45,894 registered users of CommentLuv (as of Feb 15, 2012) and the CommentLuv commuity is still growing rapidly.
Whether you have a blog or not it is important that you seek out bloggers who write about subjects near and dear to your heart which for business owners means those related to the products and services you have to offer.
BLOGGERS: Welcome business owners as readers and commentators.
Invite them to share their expertise as guest bloggers.
Their experience and knowledge makes your blog even better!
Remember that they have interests beyond what they do
and interesting things to say on other subjects.
Be tolerant of those new to commenting and Social Networking and guide them in what is appropriate behavior. I am certain we have all made mistakes when we first got online. Never assume they realize what they are doing until we first explain what is expected.
BUSINESSES: Do not spam blogs.
Do not hire SEO companies to spam blogs.
Do not turn your comments into advertisements.
DO contribute to the discussion and share what you know.FOCUS on blogs in your niche
whose readers would be interested in what you offer.
For example, if you sell pole chain saws, do most of your commenting
in home improvement and construction related blogs.
Let CommentLuv default links guide the blog owners and readers who are interested in what you offer to your site. Use the information about default links to register your business and select anchor text that creates beneficial backlinks without detracting from the blog where they appear.
I wrote the information below in reply to a question that Mike Criss, owner of the online printing company PrintingBlue posed in my post about KeywordLuv.
I was prompted to write this post to share what I told him with all my readers including those who rarely read the comments. I highly recommend you read comments here because I share as much in them as I post!
I will also answer any questions you leave or you can use my contact form to reach me via email. I would be happy to answer any specific questions you have.
To benefit from using CommentLuv and KeywordLuv
you do not have to have them installed but I DO
recommend installing at least CommentLuv.
I strongly encourage all bloggers to install at least CommentLuv and all bloggers and business owners to register to use CommentLuv.
Not long I ago I would have encouraged all bloggers to install both but there is breaking news about new features in CommentLuv that I’ll include in this reply that may make KeywordLuv unnecessary.
My KeywordLuv post explains how you as a business owner can use blogs that have KeywordLuv installed to create dofollow backlinks that will allow your site to be found in the search engines. Now you can get the same benefits by being a valuable contributor in CommentLuv blogs.
Here are some additional resources that will help you do that best:
- First you need to know what keyword phrases are important to you. I explain how to do that in my post about using anchor text links to build traffic and get found in the search engines.
- When you create content you need to consistently use those keyword phrases. I explain where and how to use them in my post about selecting keywords first and then writing copy.
- Since this post was written CommentLuv has added new features that allow bloggers and businesses to register default links that automatically create anchor text without having keywords in the name field (which many don’t really like). Read how to use CommentLuv default links for anchor text.
- If you’re not familiar with CommentLuv also read How CommentLuv works.
- For those who are concerned about PageRank see CommentLuv Does Not Seem to Leak Link Juice.
I strongly recommend all businesses and bloggers who want to survive the economic downturn that is NOT going to recover and IS going to get worse learn why it is inevitable that the economy is going to continue to slide (both in the U.S. and globally).
The solution is to support small businesses – both the ones online and in their local communities.
There is more about why supporting the marketing efforts of small and online businesses is critical in my post about Word of Mouth. Find out what is causing worldwide economic collapse and how you can best avoid being a victim of it by reading these last two links.
Who do you know that could use this information? Make a difference today by emailing them the link to this post. Write it down and hand it to them. If you’re ambitious print it out and give it to the businesses you use. Use the TwitThis button and add @usernames to make sure others see your Tweet.
HOW TO USE COMMENTLUV:
- NEW from Kikolani: How to Build Links to HubPages Using CommentLuv
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- BloggerLuv, CommentLuv and Secret Blog Club (bloggerluv.com)
- Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOW (growmap.com)
- NEW from the developer of CommentLuv: GrowMap Anti-SpamBot Plugin for WordPress = ZERO automated spam!
Gail Gardner
It is worth mentioning that unless you have good content on your website you can not grow.Commentluv,guest posting,and other back linking strategy come after.But the way you have explained this article I really love it.
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It has really proved that commentluv which is used for seo grows up a small businesses by ranking up their websites.
The problem with CommentLuv is that it encourages people to search out your site via search queries and create a comment that contributes nothing to the conversation. I’ve tried it in the past and while it was generally nice at first, once your site makes some sort of “SEO list” of these commentLuv enabled sites, better get ready to start moderating heavily!
Your blog is very good and useful for all. when i have seen you blog when i am very happy . keep posting and sharing
I use CommentLuv on my other side, mensjeansoutlet, This is a true do follow blog. So stop by. I did find that installing commentluv and to make it work correctly was a bit hard.
Nice article!
That said, I will install the new after it leaves , no offense. Andy will vouch, if something is to go wrong, it will on my blog.
I love it your site!
Thanks
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Initially, I was unaware of the commentluv features. But when I come to know about link feature. It really encouraged me to participate in blog discussions where commentlux is active.
By the way, great post amit. Thank you for sharing it.
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Actually, getting visitors to comment on your blog is often difficult. The CommentLuv plug in helps encourage active commenting by providing a valuable back link to the posters blog, helping raise their standing in the search engines.
Must say @Gail! you have covered great things in your post..Absolutely, worth to share!!
Great post and I agree that Comment Luv is a great plugin when it comes to getting backlinks. And when people are using it some do not realize the potential that it can have on their blogs. I think you might get them thinking with this article.
Getting visitors to comment on your blog is often difficult. The CommentLuv plug in helps encourage active commenting by providing a valuable back link to the posters blog, helping raise their standing in the search engines. This in return increases business traffic. That’s why I like to use commentluv.
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Hi Doug,
The key to getting comments on your own blog is to go comment on other blogs running CommentLuv. The community will come pay you a visit, leave comments, and share your content across social media.
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From here i found how the comments are so valuable to our blogs and business. Many comments here made this blog so live. Is all the comments without spam?
Hi Anusri,
Unfortunately, spam is not always so black and white. Different bloggers and even the same blogger on different days judges each individual comment in a different way. If commenters do not want their comments deleted they must go out of their way to say something original that is specifically about and will only fit in that one post.
Many spammers leave intelligent comments, but they are general and could fit in any post. Those are the kind that are likely to get deleted. Non-spammers who don’t know any better may wonder why their general comments get deleted – this is why. They need to make them about that specific post.
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Nice post and great information shared about commentluv. The only place where i was bit confused was, the broken links which gets created of the commenting websites goes offline or no more exist. But on another side, commentluv is very useful for blogs..
thanks!
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Hello Amit,
There is a separate plugin named CL Link Cleaner you can run to remove broken links in comments.
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Your these tips are awesome i m also thinking to add commentluv in my blog
thank u
as same as me a new blogger need more experience, and this is information really helping me
thank you for sharing
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i\’m new blogger and this is very useful information, thank for sharing
i will ty this at home
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thank you for sharing, I agree that Bloggers and businesses alike may not realize how very important CommentLuv can be to them.
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great share…!!!This plugin is great for getting content for me business owner..
this plugin really really work…
thanks for your sharing
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Hi Ahmad,
Yes, it really does work, but you have to go out and comment on other CommentLuv blogs to get the best results. I created a new list of top CommentLuv blogs in March 2015 which you can find at http://growmap.com/how-to-build-blogging-community/
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Always wondered if CommentLuv will do any good for our site. Now I understand, it really is worth trying! Will definitely tryout your commenting system. Thanks for sharing!
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Your thinking is very good. I am very glad to read this article. Very very useful post for me.Thanks
From the last few days my interest to commentluv is increased and why not commentluv give me a flexible way to grow in the field. I also have a hope with commentluv I can perform very well. Still now I don’t understand commentluv entirely but keep continue to know more on this. So, keep posting such interesting posts. Thanks for sharing.
It’s amazing how a simple comment on a commentluv blog can really change a start-up business to a prosperous business! I really enjoy this and recommend everyone to use it more often!
Yeah commentluv is best!! Thanks for this wonderful post gail gardener 🙂
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I’m using flyrr comment plug-in but after reading this I will definitely shift into commentluv. 🙂 Nice reviews
Wow i am also planning to use CommentLuv on my site.Great info and thanks
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Its amazing! it worked for my site. Its really a fun to join commentluv community personally suggest to others too to join this growing community for many reasons.
I would like to use commentluv, however, i do not know whether there are several different version for commentluv? do they work the same? or there is only one version ?
Now all my websites are using comment luv, I advise all my friends to wear comment luv
Thank you bro for implementing commentluv on your blog,people would be able to make some backlinks by adding good taste to your articles
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Thanks for the review post, still don’t you think people use it for spamming?
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Thank you for sharing the detailed list of benefits of commentluv I’m happy to see that some blogs are no follow making it safe from spam.
well I also luv comment luv community 🙂 its really awesome to share your thoughts and join discussions.
Best way to Increase Blog or Website’s Comments. Commentluv is Best!
I would like to use comment luv in my site. Need some more info.
I would like to use commentluv, however, i do not know whether there are several different version for commentluv? do they work the same? or there is only one version ?
I am using CommentLuv for my blog and have just changed the CommentLuv to be dofollow but should I also install a dofollow plugin?
WordPress provides a lot of useful plugins for bloggers, thats why its getting more and more popular nowadays!
Comment lov is a good thing for creating quick backlinks for your site.
I have used Commentluv on several of my blogs in the past and I love it! Everyone should install it !
Hi,
I’ve heard a lot of people who are big fans of this plugin. The reality is that’s a good one and it deserves to invest in it consider how many you won from it.
Thanks.
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Hi,
I am a blogger and even I am using Comment Luv Premium. It has actually increased traffic on my site. I must say its a wonderful plugin which everyone should use for their blogging sites. ComLuv is a blessing to the blogging community! 🙂
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It’s also an effective way to reduce spam. Highly recommended!
Its also for non-blogs
Thanks for explaining this CommentsLuv. It really clarifies some doubts in my mind how this works for comments in our websites. After reading your article, this creates some curiosity in my mind to do it also in my site. Thanks
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nice staff it is best for spam-my comment ….. CommentLuv tricks & post on my blog. comments and give a reason more to commentators to try more towards quality connecting.
The only part about this that would drive me absolutely crazy is the inordinate amount of spam that you get along with absolutely nonsensical comments. The plugin is cool and you get a lot of traffic because of it, I just don’t know it is worth it.
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I love commenting on commentluv. It is because it always reflects the recent post of my blog. I am happy to know that the commentluv didn’t contribute link juice. Maybe I would apply commentluv to my blog someday. I recently found out how easy it is to use Keyword plug-in, which enable me to include my name with my keyword. Thanks for the insights.
I love Comment luv- Matter of fact I would sometimes search for blogs that only uses it to post comments. Great post thanks for the info.
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I love commentluv. Its such a great idea. Strength engagement on your site. Promote higher quality comments. Reduces spam. Even has incentives to get more out of commentluv.
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Just recently installed ‘commentluv’. Looks like a great tool and way of interacting with others and sharing links to each others sites.
Good write up!
Thanks
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Well ! I’ve been using CommentLuv for a while now and I am just as satisfied as I was when I first started using it. It really does help thanks.
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As with Keywordluv, commentluv is a great way to entice quality comments and give a reason more to commentators to try more towards quality connecting.
These two go together along with the dofollow plugin.
awesome information provided, but how it makes sure against spam ? thats what i want to more about it, Hopeful to learn more about this in your upcoming posts. Cheers
I have used Commentluv on several of my blogs in the past with good results, and always seem to chase after comment links through Commentluv about every 4 or 5 months.
[Comment edited by GrowMap to add appropriate anchor text.]
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Thanks for sharing this information on optimizing the wordpress CommentLuv Plugin. This plugin is great for getting content on the site and providing a quality backlink for those that leave a comment.
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Thank you for sharing it. Will be linking back to this post, when I collect a few CommentLuv tricks & post on my blog.
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I’m a new commentator. Thanks for this tips.
I strongly encourage all bloggers to install at least CommentLuv and all bloggers and business owners to register to use CommentLuv.
–But it seems comluv.com/member/ don’t have any registry content, and I can comment even I haven’t register yet. How does this happened?
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I recently enabled the premium version of CommentLuv and was so impressed with its capabilities that I wrote a review (below). The premium version offers some amazing flexibility and benefits.
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If you want your review added to my roundup of CommentLuv Premium reviews go comment in the post I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply.
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CommentLuv is great, but people should be careful to monitor the comments coming in.
yes, you are right but it attract to spammer but comment luv also handle them.
I know, Commentluv is a good platform for blog comments, but I was unaware of the information that you shared here.
Really must read post for bloggers and commentators. Thanks!!
It’s really possible for commentluv to rule SEO world in the near future. Though it may promote traffic but there’s a lot of benefits we can get if we use this plug-ins. It will really give links that will promote our product and if it does, most likely income is real promising.
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Thank you for the information. I didn’t realize that there was such a thing as commentluv. I’m going to look into it for my own blog. 🙂
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Commentluv is best plugin to generate huge traffic on a blog.But we should keep aware from spammers because lot of spammers can spam your blog.So the best way to reduce spams you should use anti spam software or tools.
I hope this blog post ll do a great help to all bloggers as well as commentators.
Thanks
This site really helps a lot when you are looking to get ranked. I appreciate all the comments and look forward to reading more in the future. Thank you for doing this.
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I think this part of the post was something some people should put as their desktop: BUSINESSES: Do not spam blogs.
Do not hire SEO companies to spam blogs.
Do not turn your comments into advertisements.
DO contribute to the discussion and share what you know.
Especially the “Do contribute to the discussion and share what you know.” is an important part. And when people don’t do that then it is very tempting to close the whole comments section, so you don’t have to waste your time cleaning.
Commentluv is a great tool.
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Hi Danny,
Thank you. Your comment reminded me of another great tip that I added to this post about focusing primarily on blogs whose readers are your target demographic.
I added that under BUSINESSES Do Not Spam Blogs and added a link for you in the example.
Your business could greatly benefit from two things. Add your RSS feed information on your blog so that it can be fed into social media accounts by people interested in you.
Create a Twitter account related to your business. Be sure to choose a username that tells people what you offer, is easy to spell, and is as short as possible. Put your Twitter username on your blog. That makes it really easy for influencers to share your content and your business. It is easier to remember @PoleChainSaws than what your URL or business name is.
See my Twitter Best Practices post. It has how-to videos and posts for using Twitter and advanced strategies for businesses.
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It’s encouraging to see how many people advocate that using comment and keyword luv really makes a difference! I’m planning on implementing both and I’m excited to see the results.
Follow Blog, Keyword Luv,Comment Luv & Top Commenters are brilliant concepts, interlinking is what the web is all about essentially! However they still need moderation to get rid off the crap comments like thanks for the post or great blog
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I also agree, it helps a lot to grow a business. Thanks for sharing this post. It is very enjoyable. Keep writing these type of good post.
It’s a whole new ball game for those of us who were born without the online gene, before the computer era arrived….but it is so stimulating and exciting, loving the learning. Thanks for sharing. Those of us who learn Internet marketing will have an advantage.
I too agree with you that commentluv really helps our business and blogs grow and make its own identity.
Great tips on how to find comluv enabled blogs! I’ve seen several blogs using commentluv and every blog owner that has the plugin has said wonders about it! They say it increases traffic and comment activity a lot, while reducing spam! Most probably I’ll install it on my blog, too!
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I installed both KeywordLuv and CommentLuv on my new blog. I have found that few people are using it even though it would help THEM so much! I wrote a blog post when I first installed them giving great detail on how and why you might want to use these great tools. Each blog post has “name @ keywords go here” example to use. CommentLuv on the other hand is pretty automatic with a link the their last blog post.
How can I help my readers take advantage of KeywordLuv? “You can lead a horse to water …. ” and all that.
I see how yours is worded. I’ll double check mine and make sure it is showing up.
Dave – That’s actually somewhat surprising. I would have assumed you’d get at least a few low quality spammers.
GrowMap – I like the idea of commentluv, but I’ve found out a few blogs (a lot, actually) tout themselves a commentluv or dofollow, but if the links are examined, they are all nofollow. In some cases, I’m sure it’s just a configuration mistake (like it appears you had on this blog). Has anyone else noticed this?
Hi Neil,
Configuration problem? Oh – what Ana meant is that a new version of CommentLuv wasn’t showing ten posts to choose from because it didn’t have a box checked – NOT that the comments were nofollowed. This blog has always been dofollow but some who try to view source see that Thesis nofollows some unimportant links and THINK it is no follow.
Many bloggers mistakenly believe that CommentLuv alone makes their blog dofollow and that was not true. Andy may incorporate that functionality (or maybe has in this latest version), but originally you had to install a dofollow plugin AND CommentLuv to have your blog be dofollow.
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Ohh, that makes more sense. Both of those paragraphs haha. Part of me was starting to believe that it was a blog-commenting conspiracy on the other blogs.
Quick question, Gail – is there a reason you choose not to display the last 10 posts with ComLuv? Just curious…
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Hi Ana,
Thank you so much for letting me know. I did NOT configure it that way and just yesterday it was working the other way. Maybe the plugin got updated. I’ll go see if I can fix it.
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Fixed. Thanks for letting me know!
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Glad I could help. 🙂
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That is the biggest advantage of CommentLuv, it reduces spam BIGTIME on my blog! People actually want the dofollow and will add value instead of spamming. Great article
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The invention of Commentluv has done great things in promoting qualtity comments and reducing spam. The idea of simultaneously pleasing commenters and blog owners with a feed from a real blog seems to me to be pure genius…
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Commentluv is the new revolution in preventing spam and promoting quality, relevant comments that both improve the web presence of the host blog and that of the commenters.
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hey..
great piece of information…
there is a mention about commentluv giving support to small business… how could that be linked to it…?
please share something on that
thank you
The ability to build targeted links to any business Web site is key to getting traffic from search engines. Sharing interesting blog posts can attract real readers from the blogs where a business comments back to their business. Both can generate more business for them.
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I’ve seen site in the past that require a commenter to read an etiquette page and acknowledge understanding of before using CommentLuv. If the comment is inappropriate, or contains certain key words, the post is disregarded and the poster can be banned from the site. I have considered this option, but my content is not that controversial. Thanks for the info!
A lot of the information in this post has been very useful. I can definitely agree there are great needs for having or developing organizational, writing, and marketing skills.
I Love ComLuv.. It’s another one great way to reward your audience! We can easily Identify the next blog post we want to comment on by knowing the title of the blog we know if it’s in our niche or not.
The plugins work great but one would have to spend considerable time to moderate the comments. One never knows what is posted.
KeywordLuv and CommentLuv,both plugin are very helpful to get massive traffic.Both are helpful for blog owner as well as commentator.But I think commentator should not do fraud.Don’t try to post spam comments on other blogs.try to post some unique and useful comment so that blog owner ll provide you backlink as reward.
Thanks!
That’s great!!!
My only worry with comment luv is that it sometime attracts spammers. I’m using word press and use akismet and wp-spam free , to try to keep the spam away
and the new version 2.9 is out now so that needs to be installed as it has even more exciting features to play with.
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After reading this article.. I am so interested in installing CommentLuv. thanks for the info.
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i surly start my blog after reading this post…Commentluv really a great way to increase traffic to your blog.
The plug in is brilliant, what a great way to reward readers and keep comments active.
I have read really good comments on commentluv but I also can’t install it 🙁 Maybe I need to get myself a WordPress Blog!
I just can’t enable it on my blog as commentluv only for WordPress.
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Commentluv is a great way to increase traffic to your blog! I think having a dofollow blog is very rewarding as it makes people want to contribute more and everyone wins!
I thinks so too…dofollows are great and with commentluv as well as keywordluv..it’s even better
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I like CommentLuv a lot and I like your blog because you’re helping us to get dofollow backlinks! 🙂
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Actual life of the blog is because of CommentLuv.Blogger also become a member of CommentLuv Community that is good step in online business.
Hi all, I have commentluv plugin enable on my site. But how come I still having spam comment? I thought this plugin is to fight against spammer for massive spamming to blogs? How do I block or stop them from posting?
Sorry I am new to blog and this plugin….
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Hi Sean,
CommentLuv does not prevent spam, but it does provide commentators a better way to share what they write. Maybe you’re thinking about our GrowMap anti-spambot plugin? That DOES block spambots but all blogs get some manual spam.
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Comment Luv help us to prevent spam. For me is the best plugin to permit the real comment.
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comment luv is a wonderul tool for those of us trying to get our blogs ranked high in search engines. I love it. Although it does take some work to get those links I think its well worth the effort.
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I would have never found this blog if it wasn’t for commentluv. I have to admit, when i started looking at commentluv blogs i was looking for the links. However, i have found so many amazing resources and joined an amazing community.
This is a movement, its great 🙂
[CommentLuv IS great for link building, but gambling related sites including bingo are special cases. I allow more types of links than most blogs, but gambling isn’t one of them. If you have a site that isn’t in a “bad neighborhood” those links would be welcome.]
That’s an interesting observation, it really depends on a number of factors – the level of competition for your chosen keywords, the number of links on the page you are commenting on, the pagerank of the posts you comment on etc… I would think though that if you have been commenting on that many commentluv blogs you would notice some improvement.
“cool gifts for men” is pretty competitive, you’ve got some big sites ahead of you, but it looks like you are making some progress. (sitting at 10-11 on google) Keep doing what you are doing and you’ll move up. You also might want to put the term “cool gifts for men” in the front of your page title and description as that would help a bit.
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CommentLuv featured posts you see in blogs that have CommentLuv installed make it easy.
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Hi Birmingham mls,
I can’t stop people spamming but having commentluv seems to have slowed it down one hell of a lot. Happy boy 🙂
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i used to use commentluv, but than i lost much of link juice, so i stopped. i prefer to keep all the comment links nofollow. i dont recieve much comments, but than i do recieve good visitors through search engines,
How do you know CommentLuv caused a link juice loss? There is a definite connection between being using CommentLuv and being dofollow and the number of comments you receive. Those who understand the importance of incoming links and have limited time are most likely to only read, visit and comment in other do follow CommentLuv blogs.
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Like many other wordpress site owners i have had a massive problem with spam comments, so much so that i closed comments. That was before I found CommentLuv. I’m almost convinced, to the point I’ll be opening up comments again once the plug it is installed
Thanks for your post. It is very helpful tips for me to find good tools for comments.
I recently added comluv to my site and absolutely love it! Yes the spam has also increased but so have valid comments. this has also increased my traffic and now I can reach more people!
I also am a big fan of the directory listings – this helps out bloggers trying to optimize their blog and reach new readers
It is true that CommentLuv does grow businesses. The one thing I love about it is it is a win-win situation. It helps out blogs because it allows them to get commenters that leave thoughtful comments and contribute to the discussion, and it helps out businesses because they are able to get quality backlinks.
HI
I do agree with you all.
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I recently found out about this and had my boss put it on our other site, so far there is no spam because in reality people realize that they will be not getting what they came there for and that is commentluv. It at least creates people to be more interactive with the topic. Thanks
Yes it’s one of the most common plugin used by many wordpress blogs, I think it’s a best way to reward loyal readers!
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So simple to the complex, will be happy to further your publications
I have comment luv, and keyword luv installed on all of my sites. They are two really great tools to have in your link building tool box.
I especially like the things you had to say about being tolerant of people who are not use to using these plug ins, as I know I made a few mistakes when I was first starting out.
Thank you for allowing me to take advantage of the plug -ins you have installed here
I wish you the best
Thanks again
Rob
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yup, I just noticed that comluv have already their “own” search engine to find comluv enable blog.
I do agree with you, it is irritating to answer some repeated questions all over, again and again.
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CommentsLove allows to grow your backline net while reading other blogs and chatting thriough comments. Two good thing in one system. But I thought that the number of users is more…
Looking at the over 200 comments to your blog proves your theory. When people see that they’ll get some recognition to adding to the conversation, they’re more willing to do so. The more comments, the more people are involved and likely to share your story; which leads to greater success.
I have not tried comment luv before but after seeing your article, I’m consider to use it for my another blog.
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I always disapproved of the nofollow tag. Bloggers should just be responsible for moderating their blogs properly. CommentLuv is a great thing though because it goes the extra mile by letting bloggers link to their last post.
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If I install commentluv plug-in into my site will it change my blogs page rank in Google?
I hope the plugin brings in a good amount of traffic to my sites and blogs.
prob the best Plug in ever created
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Its really a good offer. I love the Comment Luv plugin a lot and it has increased the traffic on my blogs after installing the plugin.
I am looking for a text ads for 30 days. I hope it will bring some change to my site in terms of traffic and SERP.
Thanks
Luv enabled is definitely a great way to upscale your blog sites- whether these site are for business or social purposes. Whoever thought of this really has a bright mind.
Hi Claire,
You may want to check out Kristi Hines’ (@Kikolani) new ebook on blog post promotion. Also check out my post on how to use commenting and sharing to increase blog traffic.
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I like Comment Luv and have been using it for some time now.
I installed the plugin in my blog but I did not notice any improvement in the number of people commenting.
While some may now find you in the CommentLuv search engine (IF you registered your blog), to see a really strong traffic increase you need to go out and comment in other CommentLuv blogs so that your comments attract them and their readers back to your blog. See How CommentLuv works and the post I’ll feature in this reply.
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In my view commentluv and Akismet are the plugins that every wordpress blogger must use. Keywordluv attracts more comments and as a result more visits to the blog. At the same time Akismet is very much needed for keeping off spam.
I installed the plugin in my blog but I did not notice any improvement in the number of people commenting.
haha, it happened to me too. so I remove it from my blog. can anyone give me one good reason about it?
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Thanks for plugin.I have recently learned about it.
Hello,
I love the whole idea about Commentluv and especially IntenseDebate as I’ v been blogging on blogger. But, I was not able to update it trough template as it could not be parsed. Therefore I installed a widget which works fine, but has limitation. Still I want to have a template. Anyone can help?
I find CL to be very helpful and worth its weight in backlinks 🙂 One of the other things I find really useful with this little baby is the warning it gives if it can’t find any last comment to return. I am having trouble sometimes with this particular site not showing the last post so having ‘someone’ else keeping an eye on things for me is very helpful.
CommentLuv is a very good plugin for building backlinks, the more the better!
Commentluv is a great plugin as it allows you to get more comments, your blog will get regular visitors, your blog’s traffic will increase and your blog will be listed in Commentluv community! It’s great for people to get backlinks to their webpages also.
A slight problem with CommentLuv is that, while it helps bloggers who have their own blogs, the plugin looks for an RSS feed on your URL and if it doesn’t find one records an error; three errors results in your URL being banned and you then have to “unban” it. If you don’t have an RSS feed, unchecking the CommentLuv tickbox seems to sove the problem.
A really great post, i really appropriate the effort you made 🙂
kept posting…
I’ve only just heard of CommentLuv and haven’t quite got to grips with it yet but if what I’ve read so far is true then I can think of a better resource for developing a geniune network. To many marketing sites focus only on link sharing with no regard for content but this seems to build a solid community of like minded users.
The comluv now selling featured posts to his homepage. I don’t know how good it is but his PR is 6. I think that for some seo guys it will help a lot but it is not cheap. 3$ for a day … To much…
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Google could most likely – and may already – discount or eventually even ignore links in comments. “No-follow” isn’t really no-follow because most of those links ARE indexed so they clearly must have been “followed” by the crawlers.
Just today a guest post I wrote is being featured on the PR6 blog Adotas and I wrote about why I will always put what is right above what Google wants. I will continue to do what is best for everyone and let God handle whatever the consequences of that may be.
End quote….
Thanks for your response. And yes, Google is a fickle mistress . You never know what “threshold” you can break – or when you are stepping out of bounds.
I am sorry that when doing the right thing (giving business people and others links) that in the almighty Goog’s eyes – you are doing the wrong thing – lol..
I, too, believe that at some point, links in the comment field will be totally discounted as some point….
I am also on board with you about no – follow – well – being followed – lol. To my surprise – all of my favorite blogs – which all have the no-follow moniker seem to show up when I search my back links.
I don’t know what to make of it. If it doesn’t count, doesn’t increase PR, or rank for anchor text, and shouldn’t be followed, then, what is it exactly? A “limbo link?” lol…
And, speaking of Adotas – that is how I found you. From an article entitled:
The Google Guillotine
http://www.adotas.com/2011/01/the-google-guillotine/
At least I hope that you are the one who has authored that article – lol..
Anyway – I have already looked over a number of posts in your blog and find that I am “simpatico” with most of your musings. I also agree that you have to develop sites that are true to your beliefs and let the “google chips fall where they may”..
As a marketer – I do like a lot of what Daddy G has to offer in terms of research keyword research tools. I just wish that they were not the King of The Hill when it comes to search. Call me Captain Obvious, but I think that controlling over half of the SE market is just a bit much.
Would like to see a five way race between Google, Bing, Blekko, Yahoo, and a yet to be discovered SE. I thought that Bing or Blekko might take a bigger bite out of their dominance, but so far, it is not to be. Hopefully – in time – some coder out there will be able to find the weak spot in the Google armor.
The latest declarations by Matt Cutts has me a bit worried. I think you are right in that they might just clean house to make way for stronger brands.
That means websites like mine, landing pages, or just about anyone who does not have the capital to provided top notch content or “good neighborhood” link building just might get caught in the cross fire…
However, I am hope that, as you also made mention of in your article that the MFA monster is strong enough for them not to use the “ban hammer” with impunity…
Nuff said..
Robert C – The Wholesale Guy
I applaud your efforts to help the website/blog owning public in general by letting us garner a link from Growmap.com
I am sure that this question has been asked before, and excuse me if you have addressed this already, but, I was just wondering if spreading the “Luv” hurts your rankings – or lowers page rank?
The Google Gods, I would assume, can pick up on the footprint/plug-in – and penalize you for having too many outgoing links – or them assuming that you might be “selling links” even though you clearly or not..
Like every rumor – or perceived action that Google might take – I am just wondering if this is true – at least in your experience..
Robert C – The Wholesale Guy
Hi Robert,
Until the latest PageRank update that just happened it had never affected my PageRank so far as could be told. That has changed with this latest update that they did lower my PageRank on the home page and interior pages instead of raising it as is should. I also have fewer pages that have PR now than I did before this latest update.
This reduction will definitely be related to the number of comments I approve and outgoing links I allow which – as everyone knows – Google does not like. Other DoFollow CommentLuv bloggers who also approve many comments but do not specifically reach out to small businesses or have approval policies as liberal as mine saw increases in PR so I have most likely either hit their radar or hit some thresholds in their algorithms.
Google could most likely – and may already – discount or eventually even ignore links in comments. “No-follow” isn’t really nofollow because most of those links ARE indexed so they clearly must have been “followed” by the crawlers.
Just today a guest post I wrote is being featured on the PR6 blog Adotas and I wrote about why I will always put what is right above what Google wants. I will continue to do what is best for everyone and let God handle whatever the consequences of that may be.
Google only has as much power over us as we give it – the more bloggers and Internet users and small businesses who will use alternatives and do what is right the less power they will have. To continue to fear what they may do is a road that leads to a very obvious place far worse than where we are today.
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how did this affect your website? like traffic increase, backlinks from other sites and forums that have huge lists of dofollow blogs so that spammers can spam them with 3-word comments..
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Hi Tym,
Being DoFollow and offering CommentLuv and KeywordLuv have greatly increased traffic, readers and comments.
Each blogger must decide what their commenting policy will be and I need to write up an official commenting policy. Almost no blogger will approve a three word comment or “nice post” but there is much gray area.
Look at the comments in this post for example. Each of these commentators came here, read my posts, and most leave a comment to the best of their ability. Which comments should I delete?
I will publish a commenting policy with more details on what I will approve and I will go through and delete any spammy comments that got through but after that if I have many readers who comment then I just have many readers who comment. The more the merrier. This blog is for humans – not computers.
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Commentluv is really a great way to attratck visitors because its allows you to gain to links in one post/comments with do-follow links and this is what commentators liked so much.
I guess I am going to have to download the program. I like reading blogs but I am new to all of this SEO stuff. I have posted a lot of blogs without knowing what backlinks or comment love was. ThAnks everybody
Hi Brandon,
CommentLuv isn’t a program – it is a plugin that is added to the blog platform you use AND/OR a service that any Web site owner can use to register their site so they can share relevant posts or pages when they comment.
Have you tested to see if running your keyword phrase together without spaces works to help your site be found in the search engines? I suspect having spaces would be better; however, since most KeywordLuv blogs limit the number of words they will approve to 2 or 3 that would be a problem.
It is obvious to me that four words is necessary for businesses like yours and anything else that needs a location and a niche.
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I can honestly say I’d never heard of commentluv before now. This seems like an excellent tool to use, and something I’ve been looking for without knowing it. From the research that I just completed after reading this article, I’d recommend everyone give it a shot. I’m off to do it now!
I love your comment about how to be tolerant about others those new to commenting.
Commenting appropriately to benefit both parties is very valuable but it very often must be learned how to be done correctly.
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hmmm,using commentluv in your posts is very important as it gives an advantage of growing business which is very useful, this best technique to increase quality link
Blogs with CommentLuv plugin are blessing,providing the opportunity of getting backlinks.
But exponentially increasing rate of spamming has made it difficult for all others using proper means of getting backlinks.Now blogger gets suspicious with the keywords in post and the comment is deleted assuming it to be spam.
I request please don’t spam.At least add some useful information that makes blogger happy.
thanks
Hi John,
One of the challenges commentators who understand the importance of backlinks face is that there is no consensus on what is spam and what is not. That is why all bloggers including me have to create comment policies and ideally link them near the box where you comment.
People who comment need to read those policies and avoid bloggers who object to what you are doing. As you can tell by the results of a poll I did on Spam or Not Spam bloggers are split about 50/50.
Here are two blogs you may want to visit and collaborate with: one about baby shower gifts and another about baby showers.
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Nearly all good bloggers have installed the comment luv plug-in . Because of this plug-in a community has established and most of the economic activities are performed through these blogs.I want to say that this plug-in is a online economic agent.
Hi Raj,
While many good blogs do use CommentLuv I don’t think it is quite “nearly all” just yet. As you can see on this page, sometimes the plugin isn’t working.
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I think Google is now taking into account the source of the link and whether it is blog with commentluv or not. I think it is only a matter of time before the commentluv bonus disappears.
I have Commentluv installed on my blog, but no KeywordLuv. I think for me, Commentluv is definitely built more for bloggers. KeywordLuv is built for link builders. Do you agree?
[Hi TJ, I added a link for your site using KeywordLuv.]
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Hi TJ,
Bloggers need to do link building too if they want to be found in search engines and for others to know what they write about. I love when my readers use both because that allows me to know what is important to them far more quickly.
Did you know that you can register to use CommentLuv even if you don’t have a CommentLuv enabled blog or any blog. Read How CommentLuv Works for details.
Bloggers and anyone else with a Web site needs to read the post I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply about the importance of anchor text and link building.
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I just can’t stop myself from commenting on this blog post. It is undeniable that installing commentluv increases the traffic to our site, because a lot of blog owners loves commenting on other blogs with commentluv and people find it useful to see their last blog post to be included in comments as it may also drive traffic to their blog.
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I absolutely love this plugin. Commentluv is so awesome and really creates an active atmosphere on your blog. Besides you reward people who are commenting and adding value to the conversation. It’s definitely a win-win situation.
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I appreciate your effort and the quality of the information you provide. Hopefully you can find the time to visit my site….
A really great post. I have been helping many small businesses over the past few years, and have now moved to helping people with businesses online. The best thing about supporting smaller businesses efforts often means they will support you back. The Global Economic Crisis was caused by ‘bigger people in big business’ so Comment Luv is the ideal way to bring it back home and start building relationships online and rewarding other peoples efforts 🙂
Thanks to this plugin i stopped buying links to my pages in other blogs.
I love the comment luv plugin. It allows all of us who participate in the community to find each other and build each other’s businesses as you mention. Thx for the great post, Richard
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People grow businesses, not plugins for comments.
I use ComLuv on my site, but I really see it as a way to connect, network and discover content. Mainly because I don’t allow ANY keywords in the “name” section, it allows me and other readers to see what the commentor wrote about recently.
Well Gail, looks as if we’ve gone full circle today. 😉 From John’s site to twitter to here. What a ride!
I actually am a member of CL. I joined soon after I started my business blog and I loved it. After changing my template though, my gravatars wouldn’t work with CL enabled so I had to switch. Felt bad…probably why I stopped participating with CL.
After MUCH time I think I’ve found the solution although still working on the threaded comments issue. (have a programmer looking at it).
But I am looking forward to going back. A lot of people I’ve connected with that I hold dear to my heart now, participate in CL, so I know without a doubt it absolutely worthwhile!!
See you soon. 🙂
Very useful words, I am thinking to install Comment Luv on my site.
Quality information, thanks: I see some work ahead for myself – adding CLuv to all my client sites, no doubt this is the way to go…
I have added the comment luv add-on and i have recieved over 45 extra viewers and commenters a day, WOW This is a powerfull add-on i recomend everyone to use this. Also my blogs have been coming up insearch engines for comments left by others I can not believe it thanks.
I am new to this tech. Was not aware of this plugin. Now will definitely enable this in my blog. Gosh!!I have to learn many things about blogging. But such type of post always proves great help to me. That’s why I always look for such post. Thanks for this. Will be in touch for your next post. Thanks again
Commentluv is a great way to get interest to your blog or website and as it’s full of REAL people and not spam bots, the traffic you get is from people that actually have an interest in your topic and therefore able to keep comments relevent and let people share their opinions and thoughts. Thanks so much
thx for the tips i really love commentluv
Hi Lisa,
Are you sure you’re on the right place on the Comluv site? Try the links in my post about How CommentLuv Works and if you can’t get that to work try DMing @CommentLuv on Twitter (if you have Twitter) or use my contact tab and I’ll see if I can help you out.
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I’m a huge fan of Commentluv. Since I added it to my blog, the commenting and interaction has really gone up. And I’m always disappointed when I land on someone else’s blog and it has IntenseDebate or Disqus, because I find these overcomplicate the comment-leaving process. Great post Gail.
James, I agree with you. Using commentluv is really convenient but lately I can’t see my comments readily posted to commentluv blogs. There’s no any notice if the comment is moderated or not. Can you help me with this?
[Comment edited because the link did not work. Unable to add it because I don’t know where your site is.]
Grow your blogs through niche-related CommentLuv by following:
1. Install plug-in on all of the niche-related Blogs.
2. Ask blogger to consider installing in your niche.
3. Persuade and incentivize those who don’t have the plug-in yet.
4. Do blog posting for niche-related CommentLuv enabled blog list and promise to give do follow link if they comment your post.
Great plan. That is precisely what we are doing and why we encourage bloggers to join our collaboration and seek out and invite the best bloggers in their respective niches to join too.
Anyone interested can find out how to join in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv in this reply.
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CommentLuv do spam sometimes but it surely helps the Scotsdale Lawyer on the go.
I am student of BS-CS, there is also a subject of business. I got a nice material from here. I would like to some paragraphs from here.
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What an excellent idea i will be adding this to my blog and hopefully i will get some well deserved viewers. It is very hard now to get alot of views with everyone using blogs. Hopefully i will stand out from the crowd with this luv app. Thankyou for sharing best of luck witht the blog.
“commentluv ” but many site use it and then they shows no follow, what is the reason
Hello dev,
It is up to each individual blogger to decide whether they will use CommentLuv and DoFollow plugins or use CommentLuv and stay NoFollow.
I suspect many do not realize that they are not DoFollow. Others are intentionally NoFollow. My close collaborators and I are firmly in favor of staying DoFollow.
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There will probably always be people who are more concerned with self than with doing what is best for all. If being DoFollow truly hurt our blogs how could there be PR4+ DoFollow blogs?
This post has 161 comments right now and most of them have 2 dofollow outbound links. Ironically this page has no PR but my KeywordLuv post with 550 comments is PR4 – the same as this blog.
My argument is IF dofollow links hurt your PR how can a page with that many outbound links – over 1,000 – have the same PR as my entire blog?
Even if all CommentLuv or DoFollow blogs are slapped and lose our PR, I for one will remain DoFollow and I have no doubt that many of the others I collaborate with feel the same.
While we do not wish to provoke the 800 pound gorilla intentionally, we can simply not afford to abandon our principles because doing the right thing has a price.
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Yes,commentLuv is really great and work ! at least for now. Before the big G realize people are abusing it. I think it will be stop working anywhere in future.
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Most CommenLuv-enabled blogs are dofollow and nofollow isn’t really nofollow or those links wouldn’t appear in backlink tools.
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CommentLuv has definitely helped my blog out. I’d much rather comment on a CommentLuv blog for more than just a link – it’s a community of people interested in getting feedback on blog posts. It encourages reader and writer relationship. I think that’s why the plugin is spreading so fast.
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What a good idea comment luv could make my blog go sky high. I will be adding this great tools to my blog and hopefully bring in a few hits my way thanks
great plug keywordluv is, it helps us get the backlinks that we need in order for our website to get more traffic to it.
@Discount Gucci Harder and harder? Oh, common, there are more and more blogs every day and the growth doesn’t even slow down. 🙂
I appreciate your post a lot because you taught me how to choose the best keyword phrase. I am excited to apply it in my business. Thank you for paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich. More power in this post!
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Hello Emma,
I am happy that I have been assistance. I am not a man, though. 🙂
Here are two more posts you can use. One in CommentLuv for how to choose your best keywords and the other how to use keywords in your content.
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I definitely love the concept of CommentLuv, and depending on the sort of visitors you normally get and their blogging habits, its actually a wonderful way to find new sites. No doubt about it.
But I think there’s still some concern with the CommentLuv and if it’ll actually increase the amount of spam that shows up. Have you felt that? Or do you think that’s a small price to pay…?
~J
PS: LOL at “confirm you are NOT a spammer”. Beats random math calculations! 😉
Hi Jay,
I just replied to a comment here from a nofollow blogger who doesn’t use CommentLuv or KeywordLuv complaining about the spam he gets so not offering dofollow or CommentLuv is little protection from spammers.
The “confirm you are not a spammer” is our new solution to the spam problem and it does beat captchas, math and especially plugins like Akismet that have so many false positives.
It is spreading quickly and we highly recommend it. Details in the post in CommentLuv in this reply.
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Yeah, Commentluv is a great way to build backlinks(for SEO) and make your new posts known to other readers 🙂
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Hi Gail, I decided to take your advice and try Commentluv on my dietary supplement blog! I imagine that it will take some more time for this plugin to catch on among health and fitness bloggers, but I’ll do my best to promote it. Thanks again!
Hi Jarret,
I know you are going to be a leader in the health niche and bring many high quality bloggers to both CommentLuv and our Blogging Collaboration.
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its getting harder and harder to find these kind of blogs these days, and keywordluv is a great plugin, cause it not only helps the blog but it also helps our websits by giving us a backlink, back to it.
Hi Bob,
Drop by and visit the Good Millwork home improvement blog. They are also dofollow CommentLuv and KeywordLuv enabled.
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I think commentluv is a really good plugin. I think it’s a great way to create back links and it really increases the traffic!
I just wanted to pass along this information that many people using CommentLuv don’t realize. If your feed is running through FeedBurner your CommentLuv link is stolen by feedproxy and does not count as an actual backlink. Just scroll over your commentluv link and if it says feedproxy.google.com/…. then you are one of the people who is being effected. I just wrote a post about how to fix the problem and it’s in the link below. Hope this helps.
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Hi Brian,
Thank you for sharing that. I have been aware of that issue and written about it before and it is good to mention it frequently for those who have not fixed theirs yet.
You may be interested in the Local Search Directory information post I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply.
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Thanks for the commentluv on your site. I put commentluv on my sites and get good traffic, decent feedback, and lots of friends. Hope the same goes for you!
I cannot agree more about what you said concerning businesses that use SEO companies to spam bloggers. Every single one of them gets tossed in my spam folder and I blacklist the ones who send “follow ups”. I installed commentLuv last year on a whim, and I think it’s been good for my blog. I’m not totally sure how to check HOW beneficial it’s been, but I believe what you say. I need to learn more about this do-follow stuff.
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Thanks for installing the CommentLuv Plug In on this site. This Plug In provides a great way to get content on your site and a way for others to get one of those quality backlinks.
CommentLuv is probably my favorite plugin. It is re-energizing the blogging community and rewarding readers who help add value to blogs. I couldn’t be happier to see it really catching on. Thanks for all the great information!
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Commentluv plugin increase traffic of a website of blog very fast. I use this in all my blogs.
Great wish for this blog.Definitely making do follow blog will be increase comments. I will make my do follow blog on your blogspot.Thanks
CommentLuv has been very helpful for making our sites much more popular and increase traffic to our sites. Found you article very informative related to the use of CommentLuv.
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Key word luv is the best partner of Comment Luv. i dont know why only few people know about this plugin.
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Hello Adhonys,
I agree. You can use my post about KeywordLuv to share with other bloggers so they will consider installing it.
I see your site is about architecture, engineering and construction. You may want to become a regular reader and commentator in the Good Millwork architecture related blog.
It is also dofollow commentluv and keywordluv and in your niche and has our new Akismet alternative plugin installed so you know your comments will get through.
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While commentluv is a great plugin, I do think its nevertheless a arguable subject that nofollow links actually make a difference. Sometimes it nearly appears as though it depends on the web site ; if its a nothing blog then the nofollowed link is nearly worthless, but when its from a high authority website (corresponding to hubpages or ezine articles for example), then it may be pretty sweet though to achieve any PR growth you’ll need dofollow links.
Some CommentLuv blogs are nofollow but most of them are dofollow.
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I am not sure this commentluv stuff is really doing much. I get a ton of traffic without using it and another ton of spam . If I add it I am afraid of how much more it will increase the spam.
Hi jj,
Thank you for providing a testimonial that not having CommentLuv has not kept you from getting spammed. See our solution to the spambot problem and know that CommentLuv does a lot – it keeps regular readers coming back and introduces people interested in your niche to your site.
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Absolutely love commentluv. For us, we started out looking for another way to generate links, however, the relationships we’ve garnared along the way is what makes commentluv special. We have about 15ish blogs we try to comment on, so developing relationships is a bit easier than someone trying to comment on scores of blogs.
Hi Stewart,
You are absolutely correct and precisely why I encourage bloggers to welcome those who originally started out just wanting to increase backlinks.
They ARE your target audience: businesses in your niche! (Wise link builders don’t comment on random blogs – they comment on blogs related to their own sites!)
CommentLuv builds niche communities by subject and by location. geo-targeted blogging will become increasingly important.
I encourage bloggers to join our collaboration so that we can share many more strategies that will make all the blogs in your niche more influential and get them all many times more traffic.
growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOW
Your points re: “businesses” are most welcome. I’ve been dealing with spam bots and spammers generally that somehow are very aware of how commentluv works and it is quite annoying. I am very happy with CommentLuv, though, and love your post as a call to action and promotion. The more people that use the service the better – I’m eager to read and respond on commentluv blogs.
Hi Craig,
We have a solution to spambots now that is an Akismet alternative and more and more bloggers are joining our blog collaboration where I can share with them why supporting local and online businesses is so important.
There are two CommentLuv niche communities a business like yours will want to join as they become available (or you could lead others into them):
1) Home Improvement bloggers
2) Bloggers in Melbourne
See my post about positioning blogs and choosing niches to understand why that is so important.
growmap would love you to read ..How to Use TwitterFeed- Consistent Twitter Presence
This is very interesting article. Comment luv are helpful for make our site more popular and increase traffic. It’s useful to promote our business.
Thanks
Commentluv rocks. It is the best plugin of 2010. I am using on all my blogs.
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“I noticed that the Twitter field has the wrong account” Growmap! What do you mean by this? Should I have it as my business name? Is there any real benefit of changing it?
I’ve never really seen twitter names included in comments like this, I suppose it makes sense if people are looking for me, then my twitter page would also appear right?
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Hi Dave,
I have never seen that message. As far as I know you can use any Twitter account you wish. The way I believe that works is whatever Twitter account you have entered is used for all comments ever left on this blog.
I do not know offhand what field it uses to decide that but Website URL is the most likely. It can probably only remember one so pick whichever one you want all your comments here to use OR use different URLs if you want to use more than one Twitter username.
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What can I say, I have installed CommentLuv a very long time ago and have never let it go since. The benefits outweigh, well errrr, no risks actually.. I only have seen benefits as I’ve seen my community, relationships and comments grow. Those who use it know the benefits of using CommentLuv, those who don’t are missing a lot. You can take my word for it..
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I think these plugins can be really great if used correctly but if not they can really detriment your site. When I installed them on one of my blogs, comments kept coming and coming. You will really have to go through and filter out comments more often as well as take a closer look at the links people are submitting, to make sure they are not going anywhere “naughty”. However, the ultimate result of creating a sense of community with active discussions is very rewarding. Not to mention that your posts will get a lot of extra relevant content which is good for your rankings.
I have been using the ComLuv plugin for WordPress on my site and love it, no pun intended. You may think at first glance that it is a comment plugin to replace another plugin you already use but that is not the case. CommentLuv, as it is called, does not displace your current commenting system. It merely enhances it.
This is absolutely fantastic.
I love that you touched on the morality and ethics of using CommentLuv. Just like any link building effort, no one should be spamming these great tools just to drive traffic.
Like you said, CL is best to give the people the knowledge of your latest post but not to spam them to pieces.
The funny thing about Keyword Luv, as much as I like it, I can’t bring myself to use keywords. I think building my personal brand is very important which is why I generally use Murlu or Murray Lunn (my name).
It’s all very subjective depending on the blog. It’s definitely helpful for those which do have a business.
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Welcome Murray,
Have you read my posts about keywordluv and the importance of determining what your most important keywords are when building traffic to your blog or business?
Once you read those you may reconsider using keywords in the name field in blogs friendly to you. Do be aware that some bloggers are very anti-keywords and anti-business even though they are DoFollow or even have KeywordLuv installed and not all blogs that use CommentLuv or KeywordLuv are dofollow.
You do need to be aware of the issue of sincere commentators being reported to Akismet as spammers. That is a serious issue being discussed at length in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv.
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Excellent point and I’m not opposed to any of it (reading the posts now hehe).
I think I may just be modest in terms of my own blog (Murlu) however that’s not to say I do use a bit of keywords for one of my other ones.
On the business side of things, I believe it’s a great way for small businesses to grow their online brand especially when they’re up against juggernauts that have millions to put toward advertising.
That’s one of the great benefits of being small, you can start from the ground floor and go from there. Heck, you may build a better brand and community overall because you’re starting with your audience, integrating yourself rather than trying to convince people.
I think what it boils down for me is that I’m not trying to rank well for keywords (gasp!) because I want to see how organic my blog can grow through community involvement.
As you mentioned, it’s dependent on the blog you’re commenting on. Many people don’t like too spammy of a keyword being included while others are quite open.
There’s a perfect balance in my opinion. Allow genuine bloggers to place keywords but hold back on sites that are trying to scam people.
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When I read this post I decided to install ComLuv. Thanks for the help.
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Thank you Stephanie. I hope you enjoy interacting with all the other CommentLuv bloggers you’ll be meeting. There are more than 20,000 already and that number is growing rapidly. Do go out commenting when you get it installed – that is the very best way to attract new readers and commentators – especially if you comment in blogs related to your own.
If you already rank in the search engines for your name do read about using KeywordLuv to increase traffic to your site from search engines. That information is in the post I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
I have considered comment and keyword love for the longest time..do you think the benefits outweigh your loss of Page Rank?
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Hi AJ,
Yes I do. There will eventually be two separate types of bloggers: those who dofollow and encourage keywords to be used for link building and those who do not. Which you prefer will determine which bloggers you will interact with regularly.
If loss of PR was a serious issue how could my posts that have hundreds of dofollow comments in them still be PR3 and PR4?
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UPDATE: The last PageRank update over the weekend DID penalize this blog for the large number of dofollow links I allow to businesses. While I will write a commenting policy asking commentators to write more substantive comments I will NOT stop using DoFollow, CommentLuv or KeywordLuv.
Pagerank is one number that impresses some; it is NOT more important to supporting small local and online businesses or bloggers who make the effort to read and comment in this blog.
growmap would love you to read Why and How We Support Small Businesses
growmap would love you to read ..How CommentLuv Grows Businesses and Blogs
I had experimented with commentluv in the past and it was working fine. It for sure increases the comments and also reward commenters equally. However, when the comment count grows dramatically, it’s a pain for the blogger as well as commenters – due to moderation efforts and low link strength respectively.
I had to remove commentluv for a different reason though 🙂 It messed up with my comment area somehow and nothing would be visible. After some debugging I dropped it. I plan to bring back commentluv and keywordluv soon.
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Hello Ajith,
I find it interesting that bloggers go from complaining about not enough comments to too many. That is the price of success. Here is the link to the installation instructions and to download CommentLuv (brand new version).
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Yeah..
I agree with it.. Comluv really helps to a greater extent 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
I didn’t realise it would make that much difference, I’m going to give CommentLuv a go and see if I get any more traffic through. Interesting reading, thanks!
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Hi Matthew,
Once you get CommentLuv working be sure to register your site and go out visiting. It is your posts being visible in other CommentLuv blogs that attracts their readers to visit your blog.
Consider setting up CommentLuv default links so you can share your most relevant and important posts and pages. I use them all the time and they are the best!
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Freelancers: How to Get More Freelance Work =-.
I am new to the comment luv thing. How do I enable it on my blogs? It seems like a win win.
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Hi Mike,
There are links to where to get it and how to install it in this post. Also read the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv in this reply for how to benefit from putting your keywords in the name field and the post on the Official CommentLuv blog I wrote on how to register and use CommentLuv anchor text links.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
I adore CommentLuv. I use it on all of my blogs and encourage others to do the same. It’s simply one of the best win/wins I’ve seen in a along time. I have not noticed an increase in Spam and I do notice an increase in visitor and most especially networking amongst other bloggers. I really like that aspect. Not only do we visit each other’s blogs, we often email quite a bit.
However, I still manually remove the “nofollow” from my sites comment coding to be sure my blogs are completely DoFollow. I’m not sure it’s necessary, but I’m a little OCD that way. :-))) I also use the SEO plugin for Firefox which tells me if others sites are truly DoFollow and that helps tons.
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Hi Anne Marie,
There are plugins that will remove the nofollow for you – especially as you blog gets more popular . We use the Semiologic dofollow plugin and there are others.
If any of your blogs are DoFollow and have both CommentLuv and KeywordLuv installed be sure to leave a link and a short description to get them added to the list in the post I’ll put in KeywordLuv.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
I did carry out a little experiment of my own on commentLuv recently. While I found it attracted one or two extra visitors and comments, the results were not significant in anyway. The other thing I observed was that unlike what I have heard from some other bloggers, there was no surge in spam comments on my blog. Overall, I decided to continue using it as it does no harm to my blog.
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Hi Jay,
You have to have commentators to get the ball rolling. Go out to other CommentLuv blogs and comment in them. Select your most relevant latest post to show them.
Visiting blogs that already have traffic raises your visibility and your comments and featured post attracts new readers back to your blog.
The spammers have lists they sell and share among each other and eventually all dofollow and CommentLuv enabled blogs will end up on them. Dealing with spam is the price we pay for being more visible.
I noticed you did not use any keywords to let those who see your comment here know what is important to you and build valuable backlinks. See the post I’ve featured in CommentLuv in this reply for how to do that.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
You need to be careful though. I’ve come across loads of sites that have comment luv enabled but when you view the source code, you find the comments have all been nofollowed.
I’ve now got in the habit of viewing the source code everytime I post, just to check (apart from sites where I just feel like commenting regardless).
You might want to do a piece on how to view source code, and what to look for (with screenshots). I’m sure it will be useful to many people.
Hello teatree,
We can never assume that just because a blog uses CommentLuv that it is dofollow – many are not including those that use Lucia’s and other plugins that require you to leave a minimum number of comments before just the NAME field and NOT the CommentLuv field convert to dofollow.
Some bloggers who use CommentLuv will even report you as a spammer so do be cautious about which blogs you comment in. It is sad but true that not everyone welcomes new commentators.
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I believe it’s a great pluggin indeed. But am still concerned about how to avoid spamming. IS there anyway to install spam filters that would word well with keyword luv? That would definitely help.
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Hi Katy,
There will always be spammers and spam filters are a double-edged sword. Please read the post I’ve featured in CommentLuv in this reply to better understand the issues.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Akismet Deletes Comments Bloggers NEVER SEE! =-.
I really like Comment Luv from what I have been hearing. If I install it on hosted domains how difficult is it?
Hello Pierre and Lena,
It is the same difficulty as installing any WordPress plugin. If you run into difficulty simply open a ticket or ask on Twitter and many bloggers should be able to assist you.If you do affiliate marketing be sure to read the post about Yahoo Stores as there is something you absolutely need to know that could be killing your conversions..-= growmapBest Product Feed Solution for Yahoo Stores =-.
Having CommentLuv on your site is designed to attract traffic.
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Hi Sheila,
It does far more than that. It strengthens relationships and it improves search engine positions for both commentators and the blogger.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Building Traffic Using Anchor Text =-.
CommentLuv is a great tool in sharing the links for blogs in a very natural way. It is interesting to note that the number of sites that implements CommentLuv is steeply increasing.
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Hi B,
Yes, CommentLuv is growing and the new CommentLuv default links make it even more beneficial. They are far less likely to get commentators flagged as spammers and banned from commenting in many Akismet-using blogs.
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Good post. Its important to relate comments with the blogs and its important to keep comment posted.
Welcome Azam,
Did you know you can benefit your site by taking advantage of our KeywordLuv plugin? See the post about How KeywordLuv works.
You can do the same thing in many times more blogs by setting up your CommentLuv anchor text links. I will add keywords to your comment above to give you a head start.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Support Small Businesses =-.
Thanks for sharing. CommentLuv as well as KeywordLuv are quite efficient things I think. I installed them already to one of my blogs and now I’m going to do this with the others.
Hi George,
If your blogs are DoFollow and have both KeywordLuv and CommentLuv installed be sure to leave links and short descriptions in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv so I can add you to our list.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
CommentLuv is by far my favorite plugin to use on my blogs and because of the huge opportunity it offers for getting quality links.
Welcome Valery,
Let me know if you have any DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv blogs and I’ll add them to my KeywordLuv list.
Do be sure to read my new post about Akismet and being flagged as a spammer. Many regular commentators are having their comments deleted. Details in the post in CommentLuv.
I like it alot, when you spend time writing blogs or content, it’s nice just to get a few decent comments. it doesn’t bother me what keywords they use or what they do! It’s better then just having the comment box spammed.
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Hi,
People who understand the importance of links and link building or own their own businesses are less likely to complain about keywords in comments. I noticed that the Twitter field has the wrong account. Those interested can follow Bracknell Cleaning on Twitter here.
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Looks like the ‘default link’ is going to kill KeywordLuv in some time. What I always liked about commentluv is the fact that I can ‘respond to a post on my blog’ and then respond in comment.. This way the person knows I have also written something on my blog about the same topic, I often created RSS feeds for my site to allow commentluv to pickup latest articles but now it seems registering there would make it even better.
Hi Paul,
The developer of KeywordLuv no longer uses it and Andy is continually improving CommentLuv. The new default links are superior to using KeywordLuv in some ways including reducing the risk of being flagged as a spammer in blogs unsympathetic to business.
Do read the post about Akismet deleting our comments I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply.
You may also wish to consider being a sponsor in the new FamousBloggers ComLuv CASH Blogging Contests. I hope that bloggers will be very welcoming to sponsors who are supporting them.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Akismet Deletes Comments Bloggers NEVER SEE! =-.
I use CommentLuv on my blog, and I also registered my site with CommentLuv so I can choose which posts to display when leaving comments on other blogs. Highly recommended!
Welcome Chris,
I am glad you see the benefits of participating in the CommentLuv community.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
Hey Gail, I just found out about the new version of commentluv I will have to check that out. I see more and more bloggers using commetluv which is a good thing.
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Hi Danny,
Did you see that I am now the Editor-in-Chief for CommentLuv? Andy is even more driven than usual to enhance both the CommentLuv plugin and the ComLuv blog.
The FamousBloggers ComLuv CASH Blogging Contests will greatly raise visibility and participation. Anything you can do to help spread the word is greatly appreciated.
You might want to check out the sponsorship opportunities. We are working on a new twist that makes the contest even more exciting for bloggers and especially for sponsors.
Did you ever check out maximizing your listings in Local Search Directories? I put that post in CommentLuv in this reply.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Local Search Directory Listings =-.
Thanks for showing us how to use keyword luv to the advantage.
Well worth reading.
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You’re welcome Jo. Do also check out the KeywordLuv post I’ve featured in this reply.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
We’re also trying the new version of commentluv. CommentLuv has been a great part of blogs and bloggers out there. Not only that increases unique visitors to a site but it also increase comments and can find interesting blog posts as well.
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Hi Teena,
What many bloggers fail to recognize is that each comment left in their blog gives search engines more text to index and signals the search engines that your content is still active.
The CommentLuv featured posts allow my readers to instantly know which of my commentators has written something they would be interested in which “introduces” our readers to each others’ readers.
It can also be used the way I do here. I select the post I feature in his reply to a comment specifically for that commenter. I can often offer a post that would benefit them the most.
Thank you for taking the time to comment here. I do sincerely appreciate all those who do – including you.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..How Much is a Memorable Logo Worth? =-.
Hi Gail,
For some reason, your comments end up in my spam folder– so I actually go through a ton of spams since I know you often comment, and that your posts are so insightful, it’s worth digging through a heap of garbage to find them! I am a big, big supporter of small business and have always had a heart for the underdog. That’s why I started BlitzLocal.com and have persisted, even though that side of our business continues to lose money (although we hope this will change by the end of the year).
I think CommenLuv is a great tool to help spread link juice among the little guys. I’m going to get that installed next. Although I suppose I’m not really supporting the cause if I’m using Facebook Connect, since that keeps all the data with Facebook, if I understand correctly.
Anyway, curious to hear your thoughts on whether Facebook is leveling the playing field for the little guy or out to just hoard all the data in their closed platform– to be another corporate giant (if they are not one already).
Dennis
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Hi Dennis,
If you read my recent post that has sparked a huge controversy and flaring tempers over how Akismet works you’ll find that the reason you have to dig through the spam folder to find my comments is that some bloggers believe my comments are spam.
There is obviously a serious problem with what the definition of spam comments is and many bloggers are actively flagging real commentators as spammers with very serious ramifications for the bloggers and businesses affected.
In many blogs their comments are instantly deleted; in others they are sent to spam where many bloggers never check for them. I have disabled Akismet in my blogs; however, comments from those flagged as spammers are not going live immediately as they should after I have approved one comment with their information.
We have not hear the end of this problem and it may eventually mean moving blogs off of WordPress entirely. I would welcome your input.
I honestly can not answer any questions specific to Facebook because I barely use it myself. My focus is on solutions that are independent of sites like Facebook. You and Jesse Stay know the most about Facebook of anyone I know.
That said, I believe that all companies controlled by the global elite will continually move towards favoring specific big brands and continually squeeze out small businesses and individuals. More specifics about that are found in my comment in the now famous SEOBook post on Google CEO’s Internet cesspool quote which I shared with you in your blog previously.
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I’m currently trying it, seems a nice a useful way to link up between related topics.
But, I have to test the SEO impact at first
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The SEO impact is likely to change over time and may or may not depend on whether your CommentLuv field is dofollow or nofollow.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Building Traffic Using Anchor Text =-.
I love your comments on Luv tools, but I still worry about too much outbound links may cause negative impacts on SEO, but anyway need a try to prove it
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Hi Calvin,
There are some links to discussions about whether dofollow or too many outbound links effect SEO or not in my KeywordLuv post. I’ll put the link in CommentLuv in this reply. Search for “DOES DOFOLLOW NEGATIVELY AFFECT PAGE RANK?” to find that part of the discussion and a link to a big debate about that subject in another blog.
The fact that that post has tons of outbound links plus 342 dofollowed comments that have two links each and it is still PR4 is pretty strong evidence to me that it doesn’t make that much difference.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv Community =-.
Was that post AFTER you received the PR4…if so, the next PR update will answer it more accurately.
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Hi Dennis,
The home page changing from PR3 to PR4 occurred at the same time that post first got pagerank. It was a fairly new but not brand new post at the time of the last update. I don’t happen to know what date the update occurred but if we could find that date we would know how long that post had been live.
My DoFollow Lists post is PR3 and has 455 comments on it now. It would have had more than 300 when the last update occurred.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Best of GrowMap – Our Most Important Posts All in One Place =-.
LOL. My blog is one of those blogs that nofollows the commentluv link because I use Lucia Linky Love plug-in which dofollows only the commenters URL.
Thanks for the words of encouragement and I look forward to your email. Hopefully I’ll be able to help you out in whatever it is that you need ;-).
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Hi Udegbunam,
I wasn’t aware that Lucia’s did that because I don’t recommend using it. Perhaps someone who does can tell us if it really makes a difference in reducing spam or not. I do know that it confuses real commentators who are seeking out other dofollow bloggers to interact with on a regular basis.
My philosophy is if you’re going to be dofollow you may as well go all the way and make it obvious to those looking for you. Fortunately for those of use who plan to make good use of the CommentLuv default links for anchor text Lucia’s is not nearly as popular as some of the other dofollow plugin options.
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Keywordluv will remain relevant because of two things. The new feature from commentluv is a paid one and two some dofollow plug-ins dofollow only the commenters URL and not the commentluv link. It’s a nice initiative from Andy Bailey but only time will tell if the paid model will surpass the free one.
Cheers
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Thank you Udegbunam,
For those who use the US dollar the cost of using CommentLuv default anchor text links is too small to be a serious concern. For those in countries where the dollar is still strong like yours we may need a creative way to make them affordable.
Those are excellent insights. One concern with KeywordLuv is that the developer no longer uses it and is unlikely to be highly motivated to keep it working as WordPress keeps evolving. So far he has very generously kept it working and we can hope he will continue.
I have not seen any blogs that nofollow the CommentLuv field but have no doubt they exist. Would you mind sharing those with me when you come across them? You can drop the links into a comment in this post or send them to me via the contact tab here.
The cost of the default links at CommentLuv is minimal for those who are in the U.S. or U.K. We recognize that it could be more prohibitive in countries where the exchange rate makes it more expensive. If the cost is a serious burden to anyone they should contact me and I will discuss their needs with Andy.
I can’t remember where I last saw it but it is common for people who can afford costs to donate funds online so that others are not overly burdened by the difference in monetary value between countries.
I know that honest people in Nigeria may be unfairly judged because of the scams that have originated in your country over the years. I am glad you are working to assist others to tell the difference between scams and legitimate ways to make money.
Even “legit” ways to to make money are often sold to those who can actually make money the way the “guru” is doing it because they don’t have the huge lists and connections the “guru” has.
Please watch for an email from me. I have some questions to ask and a possible business idea for you.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Freelancers: How to Get More Freelance Work =-.
Hurray for GROWMAP.
May you live long and prosper.
I wasn’t trashed here. Evidently you are as good as your word. You are a welcoming loving person who believes in the message of Luv that CommentLuv represents.
Leone
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Hi Leone,
The growing awareness of this issue will make some differences. It remains to be seen how much difference. As you can see by the hundreds of comments and tempers flaring in the post I wrote about Akismet deleting comments bl0ggers never see this issue is far from resolved.
I will continue to write posts detailing the results of my research as quickly as time allows. Answering this controversy is very time-consuming.
.-= growmap´s featured blog ..Akismet Deletes Comments Bloggers NEVER SEE! =-.
Yes, the CommentLuv plugin is great. And, it was developed by a great person as well.
On the other hand, I am finding that people who use CommentLuv turn right around and innocently install Akismet, a plugin that not only hurts business by trashing many new visitors, but hurts relationships of all kinds.
There is a good article written about this Akismet problem by a student at Linda Christas College at:
http://www.lindachristas.org/education/akismet-spam-filter-for-wordpress-the-banning-of-the-innocent-commenter/
I have no idea at the moment if Akismet is “protecting” this site.
If it is, this comment is going to go immediately to your spam or trash bin, no questions asked, without your ever having a chance to make the judgment in terms of whether the message is worthy of the light of day.
I am about to push the enter key.
We’ll see.
Leone
.-= Leone´s featured blog ..New Article: Whistles: Trains to Lighthouses, Grasses to Classical Music – A Short History =-.
Hi Leone,
Even though I have disabled Akismet in all my blogs, comments are still not appearing right away for many commentators. Apparently WordPress is not allowing comments by those who already have one approved to appear in spite of my having that option configured properly. I’m still working on the Akismet issue.
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i think there it is a great idea to make bloger community to comment on things that are close to our interest
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CommentLuv is a great way to quickly find others that interest you. We do need to be aware though that there are bloggers using CommentLuv who do NOT welcome new visitors.
Be cautious when commenting in new blogs for the first time because some of them have stated that they WILL flag your comments as spam and get you banned as a spammer by Akismet.
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I just regard this plugin as a helpful tool to create DoFollow backlinks. Of course, for all blogs who have installed this plugin, they may get hurt when it comes to PageRank and link juices.
What is your idea?
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Hello,
If being DoFollow “leaks” pagerank so be it; however, since this blog is PR4 and my KeywordLuv post that has hundreds of do follow comments in it is still PR4 I find it difficult to believe that is even true.
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Hi Gail,
I just started using commentluv about 3 months ago. I saw an increase in the amount of traffic and comments to my site. I do still get a lot of spammy comments from bots as they don’t make any sense at all. Oh well, I just approve the comments that add to my content or site and delete the rest!
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Hi Tim,
Even blogs that don’t use CommentLuv and KeywordLuv are hit by spam bots. No doubt we do end up on more lists that are traded and sold but that is the price we pay. Even if attract one spammer for every good commentator we gain I feel it is still worth it.
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Your points re: “businesses” are most welcome. I’ve been dealing with spam bots and spammers generally that somehow are very aware of how commentluv works and it is quite annoying.
I am very happy with CommentLuv, though, and love your post as a call to action and promotion. The more people that use the service the better – I’m eager to read and respond on comluv blogs.
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Hello ashok,
All blogs get hit by spammers and spam bots but I feel it is imperative that we welcome real comments from all people and encourage businesses to use their commenting time to also build links.
It is just as important for bloggers to do link building for their blogs. Use my post about Building Traffic to determine what keywords to target and then use them when commenting in Keyword-enabled blogs. There is a list of DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv blogs in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv in this reply.
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Absolutely love commentluv. For us, we started out looking for another way to generate links, however, the relationships we’ve garnared along the way is what makes commentluv special. We have about 15ish blogs we try to comment on, so developing relationships is a bit easier than someone trying to comment on scores of blogs.
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Hi Colleen,
What you are doing it optimum. Instead of commenting everywhere we can build stronger relationships with related blogs. As you find each other that makes it much easier for others in your niche to plug into a great group of people interested in what they are interested in.
I would love to have your group connect with the other real estate and home improvement blogs listed in our DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv post.
If any of your group would like to be featured or to join our private blog collaboration you and they can contact me.
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HI,
this is amazing as every blog i visit is commentluv enabled.
i also like the keywordluv…
These things are really good according to SEO point of view.
Hi,
Bloggers who use CommentLuv tend to interact with other bloggers who use it. I wonder how many notice that most of the people who comment here use CommentLuv.
There are now over 20,000 blogs with CommentLuv installed. I have no doubt that number will grow quickly and I hope you’ll visit and read my posts in the Official CommentLuv blog too.
Check out the post I featured in CommentLuv in this reply. It explains how KeywordLuv works, how it benefits us and how to use it. You can include your name in the name field here and still link only your keyword phrase.
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Wow Gail I really like your “voice” in this post as I was reading I was thinking this lady needs to write a book 🙂
Andy and CommentLuv have been friends of mine and all my sites from day one.
Thanks so much for your awesome networking on my behalf today 🙂
Both me and my kids appreciated it
Money talks 😉
Hi John,
Thank you. I’m sorry I haven’t been on BloggerLuv as much as I would like. Some days there are just not enough hours to get through even my high priority interests.
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As one of the original user of commentluv after it’s inception, there isn’t much left to say except is I support wholeheartedly.
That said, I will install the new after it leaves BETA, no offense. Andy will vouch, if something is to go wrong, it will on my blog. LOL
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LOL. No guts no glory. Just kidding. I was famous during my IBM days for refusing to install new versions on my client’s mainframes until they were running without error somewhere else. As on of my co-workers once quipped, we didn’t want to volunteer to be on the “bleeding edge”.
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Hello Gail,
You are right about the Godaddy hack problem, as I can definitely attest to.
I’m already a member of the blog collective; I just haven’t visited for a while.
I’ll answer your e-mail soon about the DoFollow/CommentLuv/KeywordLuv blogs.
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Hi John,
I look forward to collaborating more closely with you. Always good to know more sharp people.
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CommentLuv is a great plugin, its beneficial to both the blog owner and the commenter. Business blog owners can use this as an opportunity to increase reader and comments and in return more traffic to their site. To commenter If the latest post headline is great it can spark the interest of the blog readers
Hi Biodun,
Businesses need to get serious about blogging and use CommentLuv to interact with others who are interested in their niche and attract them back to their content.
Hubspot has some excellent research on how blogs are driving leads and sales for businesses. I highly recommend their blog and the downloadable PDFs they offer. They also have frequent free Webinars.
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I write six blogs, and they all have CommentLuv. I’m also a registered user.
One nice advantage of CommentLuv: it lets comment readers know more about me and my blog when they can see the title of an actual blog post.
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Hi John,
Thank you so much for being persistent when you ran into the problem with the math plugin and for your support of CommentLuv. We have about the same number of blogs and all mine have CommentLuv too.
I totally agree that the blog post titles are key to knowing which commentators write about what I’m interested in. I already know what the post you chose in your comment is going to be about – hacking. GoDaddy has a SERIOUS problem with security.
You are at least the third blogger I personally know that had their sites hacked when they were hosted there. I am thankful that none of our blogs are on their servers.
John, I need a list of all your sites that are DoFollow with both CommentLuv and KeywordLuv to add them to the list in the community post (featured in CommentLuv). And look for another email from me about our private blog collaboration.
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I must say that me and my blog readers can not service without CommentLuv, I am testing the new version right now on my blog and happy with it, especially after Andy fixed Thesis Theme issues!
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Hi Hesham,
I predict that CommentLuv will be the hub that niche communities will revolve around. Those who are serious CommentLuv users now will be key to these new communities.
We use Thesis in all our blogs including this one so Andy pretty much has to support us. He’s a good guy and there are way too many top blogs using Thesis for it to not work well with CommentLuv.
We have tested the new version in other blogs and will install it here as soon as Derek can commit the time.
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I am happy to say that now this become more and more popular than any other techniques for getting more response and i would like to personally thanks to this author because here i got very important information for my self as a web master. Thanks
Welcome Hitesh,
I hope you’ll be a regular reader and commentator here. There is so much information that has taken me decades to compile and years of experience to implement and test. Please do share this site with others.
I love your tips section for what Business who comment on commentluv blogs should avoid doing (especially the not using the comment for an advertisement) – it is so hard to approve comments from people who obviously are not putting any effort into the comment. Commentluv is a great plugin and blogs that use it are a wonderful blessing for website owners – it would be nice though if everyone commented courteously.
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Welcome Donn,
They’ll learn eventually and more new commenters will keep arriving. Those who leave commercials probably just haven’t thought it through. If they had a blog they wouldn’t approve them.
Your site reminds me of my college days. I had a friend who had a Porshe 911 with a Sunroof and a stereo worth more than my car cost and another who restored Alfa Romeos.
If you haven’t read the post I’ve featured in CommentLuv yet definitely check it out. It will benefit your business.
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I created a subdirectory blog about blogging to help other bloggers with good information and also to install comment luv there for them too since it’s reaching the blogging community. I believe that if everyone gets together to help each other out it will just grow friendships and also businesses. I love the Do Follow community. Some poeple are scared to be do follow but all you have to do is moderate comments and it will all work out.
Great points here.
Blessings,
Eren
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Thanks for your support Eren. I know you’re a supporter and active in the DoFollow CommentLuv community and hope others will join us. Do check out the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv about KeywordLuv.
Even if you don’t use it on your site there is no reason not to use it to benefit your blog here and in the other blogs in the DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv community.
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I’m really looking forward to the new version of commentluv – it is by far my favorite plugin to use on my blogs and because of the huge opportunity it offers for getting quality links. Andy deserves so much credit (and piles of cash) for his efforts.
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Hi Chris,
We’ve tested it in one of our other blogs and will be installing it here soon. You can request a copy of CommentLuv 2.80b and find out what’s new in the latest version of CommentLuv in that post.
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