How CommentLuv Grows Businesses and Blogs

May 26, 2010 · 416 comments

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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

Why I Recommend BloggerLuv, CommentLuv, SBC (growmap.com)
How KeywordLuv Promotes Your Blog (ariwriter.com)
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!

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ADHONYS who writes about crear correo hotmail July 13, 2010 at 9:16 pm

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap October 19, 2010 at 1:03 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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 Akismet alternative plugin installed so you know your comments will get through.
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Magic Despain July 8, 2010 at 8:52 pm

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.

growmap Twitter: GrowMap October 19, 2010 at 12:59 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Some CommentLuv blogs are nofollow but most of them are dofollow.
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jj who writes about san diego personal injury lawyer July 3, 2010 at 1:28 pm

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.

growmap Twitter: GrowMap October 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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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Stewart who writes about Lawyer Blogs July 2, 2010 at 6:08 am

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.

growmap Twitter: GrowMap October 19, 2010 at 12:57 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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.
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Craig Williams who writes about Electrician Melbourne July 1, 2010 at 5:57 am

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.

growmap Twitter: GrowMap October 19, 2010 at 12:54 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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.
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KVM Switches June 29, 2010 at 4:58 am

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

Disk Data Recovery Twitter: v4vikaskatoch June 29, 2010 at 1:28 am Twitter: @v4vikaskatoch

With the help of Comment love we can do our site more popular or Brand Promotion and increase business. I will use this plugin in my blogs.

Tony who writes about web design Twitter: http://www.doxmarketing.com June 28, 2010 at 7:42 am Twitter: @http://www.doxmarketing.com

Commentluv rocks. It is the best plugin of 2010. I am using on all my blogs.
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Mineral foundation Twitter: erepereznaturalmascaragmail.com June 28, 2010 at 5:44 am Twitter: @erepereznaturalmascaragmail.com

Communities are meant for increasing our communication media. It will help us in many ways.

Dave who writes about Bracknell Cleaning Twitter: dmtaylor82 June 24, 2010 at 2:00 pm Twitter: @dmtaylor82

“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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Gail Gardner Twitter: GrowMap September 30, 2010 at 1:50 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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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DiTesco Twitter: ditesco June 23, 2010 at 8:22 pm Twitter: @ditesco

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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Jenny who writes about Bender Ball Twitter: tvtopten June 21, 2010 at 10:15 am Twitter: @tvtopten

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.

Rachael who writes about pet friendly motels June 21, 2010 at 5:28 am

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.

Murray Lunn Twitter: MurrayLunn June 20, 2010 at 3:40 pm Twitter: @MurrayLunn

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 8:17 pm Twitter: @GrowMap

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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Murlu Twitter: MurrayLunn June 20, 2010 at 8:29 pm Twitter: @MurrayLunn: 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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UK Roller Banners June 18, 2010 at 2:32 am

Thanks for your information about Commentluv. It is a useful plugin for all bloggers including me.
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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 8:08 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hello,

I firmly believe that there will be bloggers who welcome business and bloggers who don’t. Please read the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv for more details.
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Stephanie Suesan Smith Twitter: lambdakennels1 June 17, 2010 at 3:10 pm Twitter: @lambdakennels1

When I read this post I decided to install ComLuv. Thanks for the help.
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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 8:07 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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.
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AJ who writes about Premium Wordpress Themes Twitter: wpexplorer June 16, 2010 at 3:06 pm Twitter: @wpexplorer

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 8:04 pm Twitter: @GrowMap

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap January 24, 2011 at 12:07 am Twitter: @GrowMap: 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.

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Ajith Edassery who writes about Make Money Online Twitter: edassery June 16, 2010 at 7:42 am Twitter: @edassery

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 8:02 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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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Siddharth Twitter: siddharth_in June 16, 2010 at 7:02 am Twitter: @siddharth_in

Yeah..
I agree with it.. Comluv really helps to a greater extent

growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 7:57 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Thanks for sharing.

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Matthew who writes about Direct Response Copywriting June 16, 2010 at 3:59 am

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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growmap Twitter: GrowMap June 20, 2010 at 7:57 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: 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!
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