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KeywordLuv and CommentLuv are effective ways to make every comment we write or receive provide far more benefits.
I strongly recommend bloggers join the do follow movement and install the CommentLuv and KeywordLuv plugins.
We and many of our favorite bloggers are focusing more and more of our time and efforts exclusively in dofollow blogs. The CommentLuv community is especially strong and readers can easily see CommentLuv featured posts. They may not be aware that installing CommentLuv and registering your site allows you to suggest one of your last ten posts and in the CommentLuv Premium up to five of your top pages or posts.
The benefits of using KeywordLuv are not as obvious to many
so I want to spell them out and explain exactly
why I so strongly recommend using it.
First you need to clearly understand what anchor text is and why it is so important to you.
Anchor text is simply the words used in the actual link that tell the search engines what the page the link points to is about.
Many bloggers are NOT using anchor text effectively or do not even know what phrases are important to them. There is nothing more important to your getting more traffic from the search engines than clearly targeting your best anchor text. Read my building traffic post for how to do this.
BENEFITS OF KEYWORDLUV:
- Most bloggers and blog readers dislike keywords in the name field instead of a name. The reason commentators do that is because without KeywordLuv whatever is in the Name field is what is used as anchor text – and that is NOT effective. Installing KeywordLuv fixes that issue by allowing commentators to separate their name from the keywords.
- KeywordLuv allows business owners and bloggers to select their own anchor text and pair it with the most targeted landing page.
- Bloggers can more clearly understand what their commentators do and what their major interests are based on the keywords they use.
- When we blog about our regular commentators we can use the anchor text and links they shared to ensure we are providing them with maximum benefits.
KeywordLuv allows us all to combine commenting and SEO efforts so that we can interact more frequently, strengthen our blogging community relationships and make our sites easier to find in the search engines which will increase our traffic, subscribers and potentially our incomes.
HOW TO USE KEYWORDLUV:
KeywordLuv is simple to use. Instead of putting your name or keywords into the Name field of a comment, use YourName @ Your Keywords.
Here are some examples so everyone is clear on the idea:
- Adam @ Merchant Affiliate Program Manager or Adam @ OPM
- Gail @ Social Media Marketing or Gail @ Business Blogging
- Pete @ Gift Affiliate Program
- Michelle @ Poster Printing
- Jeff @ Wedding Affiliate Program
- Sarah @ CRM
Notice that only the keyword phrase is linked and that is exactly what your comment name field will look like too. You can vary the anchor text you choose.
For maximum benefit choose specific pages or posts optimized for each phrase and link that specific page/post to that specific keyword phrase.
You will not end up with enough incoming links to any one page if you do not send specific keyword phrases to specific pages/posts. You can maximize the effectiveness of what you write by optimizing a page specifically for each keyword phrase – especially if you are offering services or products.
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That involves good timing in blogs using CommentLuv so read on for how to change your landing page to match your keyword phrase. When you register your site at CommentLuv you entered your URL. For CommentLuv to work you must enter it into the URL field EXACTLY as you registered it including using or not using the www and including or not including the trailing slash / at the end. You may want to copy and paste it somewhere so you can paste it back in later.
If you don’t see your last ten posts in CommentLuv the most likely cause is the URL you entered is not exactly how you registered it.
To link your selected anchor text to a page different than the one you registered with CommentLuv, fill in your comment as usual, select the CommentLuv post you wish to feature and then do this:
Just before you submit the comment, paste the URL of your preferred post/page into the URL field and immediately submit the comment.
It takes CommentLuv some time to realize the URL field has changed. If you forget or take too long you will lose the CommentLuv featured post you selected. If that happens just paste your registered URL back into the Website URL field and click into the body of the comment. That will prompt CommentLuv to find your last ten posts again. Select the one you want, and then change the URL again and immediately submit the comment.
By installing KeywordLuv you allow business and blog owners to help themselves to generate more traffic and more sales.
Some will notice that I keep comments most bloggers would summarily delete. I do this because I know that businesses are in dire economic condition and it is essential that small and online businesses survive and even thrive in spite of the current economic climate. I encourage my fellow bloggers to be forgiving of those who are new and haven’t learned to write excellent comments yet. Is it not better to educate them and even the offshore SEO companies they hire so they can call learn? Many businesses do not have the time or skills needed to leave their own comments and may not know the difference between spam and adding to the conversation. We can educate them and make the world a better place. For those bloggers willing to do more I ask that you participate in my new BizLuv MEME and find out how you can Support Your Favorite Businesses and benefit your own blog at the same time.
Note that not all blogs using CommentLuv or KeywordLuv are Do Follow.
I suspect that many assume they are and I personally find it disingenuous to use these plugins that are so connected to the dofollow community and make them nofollow. For this reason I choose not to include nofollowed KeywordLuv sites in my KeywordLuv Twitter List. CommentLuv blogs are included on my DoFollow Twitter List. Would anyone prefer that I create a DoFollow CommentLuv List?
DOES DOFOLLOW NEGATIVELY AFFECT PAGE RANK?
It is possible but I have not seen any definitive evidence that it does. LATEST: In the last PageRank update, this blog was dropped from PR4 to PR3 while Kikolani with a similar amount of traffic was raised to PR5. Here are several reasons that this blog is more likely to be penalized by Google than other DoFollow blogs:
- I frequently and publicly call Google to task because Google IS Evil.
- GrowMap outed Akismet for censoring our best commentators, would not back down when Automattic objected to what we wrote about Akismet, and now offer this Akismet alternative.
- Comments that many bloggers would delete are approved here at GrowMap because we know the importance of anchor text for small businesses. We also know that link builders are people too – and often they are bloggers, affiliate marketers, or supporting small businesses.
Even if we were not manually G-slapped for #1 or #2 (and that DOES happen – see what happened to Ron Cripp’s traffic from G when he published a post on how article marketing using completely original content can still work after the Google Panda Farmer update – #3 could definitely be the cause. We DO have links that G would not like.
Each of us has a choice to make. Will we bow down and lick G’s boots or will we do what is right and support each other?
I for one will not bow to their pressures because I know where that road leads. Maybe today you will still have traffic but tomorrow they will want something else from you. Bowing to tyranny never works in the long run. IMPORTANT: I am NOT recommending that other bloggers publicly defy Google or write posts criticizing them – especially if your business income depends on traffic from them for now. I AM recommending that you quietly support each other and build links and especially recommend each other directly in your blogs and across social networks. Read the ongoing Dofollow debate on the link immediately above and Dan’s DoFollow Versus NoFollow post for insights including comments from me and examples of posts here and on popular dofollow sites that have strong pageranks in spite of tons of outgoing links. This indicates that if you quietly allow at least some of your readers links – maybe less than I do here – that you are not very likely to be penalized with lower pagerank. That said, PageRank is not nearly as important as traffic. G can take away ALL your pagerank and still send you just as many visitors. There are many blogs that are PR0 (usually because they inadvertently broke a rule – often by using text link ads or selling text links without no-following them) that have just as much traffic from G after their PR drop than they had before. Eventually, the new Chrome block data can be used as an excuse to remove any site from search engine indexes and claim it is “what the users wanted”. Just as Akismet censors bloggers’ comments, that data will censor our sites right out of the serps. See my post on CrowdSourcing failures for more details.
WHERE TO GET THE PLUGINS:
- DoFollow plugin – We were using the Semio Logic Do Follow plugin V4.0 but they have removed the page for it from the Internet and their Twitter account has been inactive since Aug 17, 2010. We now use CommentLuv Premium which provides DoFollow as one of the eight built-in plugins. If you use the free version of CommentLuv try one of the others listed on Andy Beard’s DoFollow Plugins List.
- KeywordLuv plugin – I claimed @KeywordLuv11110 to make the KeywordLuv plugin and this information post easy to find
- CommentLuv plugin | How to use CommentLuv with IntenseDebate
- How to tell if your Theme is compatible and how to use KeywordLuv compatibility mode if it isn’t.
I am currently compiling lists of Keyword Love enabled blogs, keywordluv lists and will add keyword luv tools if I find any.
Why should you link to bloggers who use KeywordLuv? Because they understand the importance of anchor text and are highly likely to add high quality links to your sites!
KEYWORDLUV LISTS:
- Dofollow.info Do follow blogs tagged as having KeywordLuv installed
- BlogAbout Everything KeywordLuv list (Updated Feb 12, 2010)
- AdvancedSEO KeywordLuv Search Engine
Please leave links to any additional Keyword Luv lists or tools you know of in the comments of this post. Thank you.
KEYWORD LUV BLOGS BY NICHE:
Use these lists to find KeywordLuv enabled blogs in your niche. I highly recommend going beyond exchanging comments to linking to and writing about each other’s sites.
Anchor text is so very important that if you appear in the list below I will edit yours on request. Just leave a comment in this post.
ACCOUNTING
SEO for Accountants (NetAccountant) offers Web Design, PPC, SEO, Social Media and Blogging services specifically for accounting sites. UK & US experience.
AFFILIATE MARKETING
AffiliateXFiles (Twitter) Affiliate Marketing Advice Murray Newlands (Twitter) Affiliate Marketing, Social Media Marketing
BLOGGING TIPS / SOCIAL MEDIA
Kikolani (Twitter) The Art of Blogging for Blogging Tips and Social Media Marketing
WassupBlog (AussieSire) Blogging Tips and Making Money Blogging
Andrew Rondeau (Twitter) How to Build a Blog Download your free blogging guide
Nice Blogger (BituMihau) Blogging Best Practices
Another Blogger (AnotherBlogger) Blogging Tips including How to Import Blogger Blogs to WordPress
BUSINESS COACHING
Just Ask Kim (AskKim) Business Coach and Facebook Expert
Donna Fontonet (DonnaFontenot) Business Coaching
Janet Callaway (JanetCallaway) MLM Networking Coach
INTERNET MARKETING
GrowMap – this site
JR’s Internet Marketing Strategies (IMStrategies)
Don Power‘s Local Business Internet Marketing and Local Social Media Marketing
Dennis Edell Direct Sales Marketing I Do Web Marketing
ExtremeEzine Internet Marketing Blog (Brian D. Hawkins aka Extreme Ezine)
Extreme John (Twitter) Business Reviews and Blogging Tips
Internet Marketing for Mommies (momtohanna464652) Making Money with Squidoo Lens – Get a Squidoo Lens Review
AriWriter Online Media Strategies (Ari Herzog) Why Ari Supports Dofollow, KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
Gold Paved Road SEO Tips, Backlink Techniques, Keyword Optimization and working to make money online
Josh Rimer YouTube Marketing Blog (JoshRimer424215)
Steve Scott Create the Internet Lifestyle Blog (SteveScott1)
Jym Tarrant MLM Lead Generation (@JymTarrant525255)
Attraction Marketing (@MavisNong) – sorry Mavis; I didn’t realize you were missing here until I compared my list to the new CommentLuv Blog list Ana Hoffman created for @WebTrafficCafe
Profit on Knowledge Internet Marketing Blog (@ProfitKnowledge)
Marketing Matters Marketing Content, Editing and Proofreading (@MarianneWorley)
COMPUTER FINANCING:
Computer Financing Today – I thought some of my readers might be interested to know that Creative_Ace11119‘s dofollow blog offers 5.99% computer financing with no credit checks. CJ is working on getting KeywordLuv working as I type this.
CONSUMER INFO and INSURANCE
EarthNEnergy Alternative Energy blog Fat Loss 4 Idiots Weight Loss Advice blog Day Trading Robots Day Trading Top Rated Auto Insurance Companies: Cheapest Auto Insurance Rates and Auto Insurance by State
DOFOLLOW LISTS
Blog about Do Follow Blogs
FISHING
Australia Based Mackay Fishing Charters
FREELANCE WRITERS and PRODUCT REVIEWERS
Creative Ace (Creative_Ace11119) Freelance Writing and Online Technical Writing
Donna Anderson (SheWritesALot) Freelance Writer Specializing in SEO Copywriting
GARDENING
Stephanie Suesan Smith (lambdakennels1) Master Gardener sharing gardening tips
Where to Buy Bonsai (No Twitter?)
GOLF
NoBogies Golf Blog and Golf Store with comprehensive posts on the Rules of Golf
Putting Mat Improving Your Golf Putting Confirmed Do Follow CommentLuv KeywordLuv
HOME IMPROVEMENT / REAL ESTATE
Good Millwork Crown Moldings, Baseboards and Chair Rail and Exterior Shutters, Wood Siding and other Millwork. They have access to rare woods including cypress and genuine mahogany and manufacture mahogany moldings, door and window trim and offer free downloadable CAD Drawings.
Tampa Florida Real Estate Blog (DannyinTampa)
Gulf Coast Beach Team Alabama Gulf Coast Real Estate (GulfShoresLife)
Las Vegas Real Estate
Tulsa Real Estate Blog for Tulsa Oklahoma Homes for Sale New Homes Section New Home Builder Ads
Team Aguilar San Diego Real Estate (TeamAguilar)
San Diego Real Estate Blog (LaJollaHomesPro151516) Use their San Diego MLS to search for San Diego Homes
Commercial Real Estate Underground (CREUnderground)
MUSIC
Remergence Rembeatz Electronica Duo (JJ_Remergence37370) and (Rembeatz) Blazing Minds Music Blog (BlazingMinds6464)
PHOTOGRAPHY and GRAPHIC ARTS
Matt McGuire Sacramento Photography
Stephanie Suesan Smith (icphotos1) Photography Blog
SHOPPING, WEDDINGS and GIFTS
ExecGiftsBlog Associated with Executive Gift Shoppe’s Personalized Gifts Store and featuring a Wedding Store
NoLimit Consumer Reviews and Ratings
Baby Shower Moments Baby Shower Blog
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Truffles
Dry Erase Calendar Boards blog
TECHNOLOGY, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE
Software Critics Software Reviews (MathDelane)
VACATION TRAVEL
CaribbeanPrincessCruise Cruise Line Specials
VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
Social Media Virtual Assistant (Twitter @mmangen) Offering Social Media Marketing Services
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Activo Web Development Blog team of Web Designers dedicated to KeywordLuv
Wayne John Global Web Development (WayneJohn)
WEIGHT LOSS BLOGS
Dr. Kal‘s Weight Loss Tips Blog
WOODWORKING
Stephanie Suesan Smith (@icwoodworking) WoodWorking Blog
GENERAL
Known dofollow KeywordLuv enabled blogs in all other niches (more sections to be added as needed):
Best Wine Club
The Blog About Everything and their KeywordLuv list (Updated Aug 28, 2011)
Know of a Do Follow KeywordLuv blog missing from the above list? Let me know in the comments. If it is yours please also include your best anchor text phrases and landing pages and fill in the Twitter field too.
Posts like this take an extremely long time to compile and create. There are many more KeywordLuv enabled blogs to be added from Kikolani’s Dofollow.info Do follow blogs tagged as having KeywordLuv installed and to be found by searching.
We collectively need to decide on the best solution for compiling KeywordLuv blogs by niche. Please volunteer or leave suggestions in the comments. Thank you.
I am asking my readers to contribute to this project by adding your favorite KeywordLuv enabled blogs in the comments of this post. Please provide desired anchor text and landing pages. As time allows I WILL move them into the body of this post to provide you with stronger editorial links. Also do please report any blogs appearing on this list that are no longer dofollow or do not have CommentLuv and KeywordLuv installed by leaving the information in the comments of this post or using the contact form on this blog.
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Twitter: GrowMap
March 6, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Wendy,
If you want your comments to be kept (and with them your links and anchor text) you have to leave better comments. Almost every blogger will simply delete a comment like “It is a good post.” and it is impossible to judge the sincerity behind that type of comment.
Even I would normally delete this comment. I kept it in this case so that you and other commentators can learn what bloggers expect.
Your comments must add something to the conversation and mention something that indicates you actually read the post where you left the comment.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
Thanks so much for being a blogger who is willing to pass on links to their readers. It seems like many blogs start out using commentluv and keywordluv but ditch them when they realize how much spam starts coming in. I know I spend more time moderating on my sites, but I have so many more readers it makes it worthwhile.
Twitter: GrowMap
March 6, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome Sally,
It is almost amusing (if it weren’t so sad) when bloggers complain about getting comments. Yes, the spam has to be managed and deleted but I believe the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..BizLuv MEME: How to Support Your Fav Businesses =-.
Twitter: saurabhsnv
March 2, 2010 at 3:15 am
Twitter: @saurabhsnv
keyword luv is a fantastic plug in and i think its good to get quality back links and petty helpful for link building as well.
Twitter: jjant
March 1, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Twitter: @jjant
Wow! Such valuable information – thank you! Conni at moomettesmagnifiscents.com blog wrote a brief description on KeywordLuv and I was intrigued. She provided a link to your site, and I so glad to have found you and this article! I have a blog, but I am not a regular blogger – just a regular blog reader
. Great to find resources such as this article and sites like yours. I am going to continue to read on!
Twitter: GrowMap
March 1, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome to GrowMap Jodi,
Conni and I know each other and most likely she learned about KeywordLuv from me. Both Keyword Luv and Comment Luv are especially useful for sites like your Candle site because it allows you to easily raise awareness and create incoming links for the phrases most important to making your products easier to find online.
While I recommend that most businesses install self-hosted WordPress blogs on their own domains which is explained further in my post about Successful Blogging those who want an easier, free option can now have their blog hosted by CommentLuv.
Andy (who created CommentLuv) even offers a way to import your Blogger blog.
Unlikes WordPress blogs hosted on WordPress, bloggers can install specific plugins that Andy supports. I am hopeful that he will add KeywordLuv to that list.
Since you’re new here may I suggest ways to find content here that may be of particular interest to you:
1) See what others read most by checking the Most Popular section at the top right.
2) Use the search box near the top right just above the Twitter bird.
3) Scan the categories and sub-categories in the right column near the bottom to find all posts about a specific subject.
4) Check out the Best of GrowMap post. I add links to the most important posts there.
Your Safe Candles look very interesting. There is a lot of information here that will assist you in how to grow your business. If you don’t know where to start just ask and I’ll help you prioritize what to do first.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..BizLuv MEME: How to Support Your Fav Businesses =-.
I am amazed at the myriad of plugins available for WP and the manner in which they contribute to the functionality of a blog. I am relatively new to WP and quite the “tourist” when it comes to plugins. I can appreciate the contribution that you have provided here and thank you for doing so. I wish you continued Success!
Twitter: GrowMap
March 1, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello Dave,
There are so many great plugins that many bloggers are now trying to cut back on how many they use. You may find my post on How to Create a Successful Blog useful.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Recommended Wedding Affiliate Program: Bridaluxe =-.
This is really useful information. I have only recently learned the difference between a dofollow and nofollow. It’s taken a lot of work to go back and undo some of my past mistakes on my website. The more I learn about linking, SEO, etc., the more my writing evolves.
Twitter: GrowMap
March 6, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
We are all always still learning and sharing what works. Some things are worth redoing and others can just be implemented going forward. The important thing is that you ARE learning and improving what you do.
Congratulations and much success to you. If I can ever be of assistance please don’t hesistate to ask.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Verifying What is Do Follow versus No Follow =-.
Twitter: tabletennisnet1
February 28, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Twitter: @tabletennisnet1
that was a really nice article about this plugin. i think im gonna go ahead and install it on my blog too. Im not too sure how to go about and find comment luv blogs related to my niche tough? can you help ?
thanks
Twitter: GrowMap
March 1, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello Fahad,
There are many ways to locate CommentLuv blogs and some of them allow you to search for CommentLuv Blogs by keyword which is one good way to find others in your niche.
Kikolani offers a Do Follow Directory by niche and you can search for CommentLuv blogs there.
Unfortunately there is currently no way to combine those two searches to find all CommentLuv blogs by keyword. I am sure Kikolani would be interested in adding that capability so if anyone has the skills to make that happen please contact her or me.
You can use the CommentLuv search box on their site to find the latest posts by keyword on all CommentLuv blogs that are registered there.
You can also possibly use a search engine to find more blogs by searching for both +commentluv and +”your keywords” but the previous methods I mentioned should work better.
Leaving the spaces in your keyword phrase would benefit you more because anyone that would search for tabletennisnet run all together like that already knows your site name or URL and you already rank second for that.
Since you already rank for Table Tennis Net too you may want to target other related phrases – but do make sure to keep that important phrase ranking well. There are free tools specifically for that in the post I’ve linked from this reply as the CommentLuv featured post.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
This is really useful information. I have only recently learned the difference between a dofollow and nofollow. It’s taken a lot of work to go back and undo some of my past mistakes on my website. The more I learn about linking, SEO, etc., the more my writing evolves.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 28, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Most people do not really understand dofollow, nofollow or anchor text so you aren’t alone.
These subjects are extremely important to any business or blog that expects to be successful online. Only those who focus on learning what works will ever get ahead.
One comment on your choice of keywords. How likely do you think it is that anyone will search on all four words? You can find out by checking search volume for any phrase using the free version of the Wordtracker keyword research tool.
If I were advising you I would suggest targeting phrases that your target audience is more likely to use when searching. For more tips read the building traffic post I linked above in this reply and the one on how to select keywords.
Track your progress using the tips in the post featured in CommentLuv in this reply.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
Wow, very well done to your research. Yes, it benefits us all. I have several blogs and all with keywordluv . I just monitor the comments. Everybody likes it.
.-= bella@link building´s last blog ..Check Your Link Popularity to Find Out Why People Do Not Link To You? =-.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 28, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome to GrowMap Bella,
If you don’t mind and have any dofollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv enabled blogs please add the links in a reply to this comment so we can find you. Most likely they will also be added to the body of this post. (I do check for quality, original content and verify dofollow.)
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Why We No Longer Recommend Yelp to Businesses =-.
Twitter: LottoMan01
February 27, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Twitter: @LottoMan01
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but commenluv.com seems to be down. I tried for the last couple of days to know avail?
.-= Sire@Blogger Forum´s last blog ..Where Bloggers Meet, A Forum For Bloggers =-.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 27, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Sire,
I don’t remember why but Andy moved it from the commentluv.com domain to comluv.com.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..BizLuv MEME: How to Support Your Fav Businesses =-.
Twitter: LottoMan01
February 27, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Twitter: @LottoMan01
Thanks Gail.
Twitter: markotu
February 27, 2010 at 11:17 am
Twitter: @markotu
Thank you for this excellent article. This must have taken you quite some time to write it and I appreciate you did. This must be the best explanation and presentation of keywordluv out there. I never exactly understood what that was about, but after reading your article I will probably get rid of Disqus comment system on my blog and install these plugins.
.-= Marko´s last blog ..Why Did You Start Blogging? =-.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 27, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome Marko,
I am glad to contribute to a better understanding of dofollow and the CommentLuv and KeywordLuv plugins. You can use KeywordLuv with Disqus but I personally prefer the CommentLuv KeywordLuv combination. While I sometimes comment in Blogger or Disqus blogs because it is less enjoyable I do so far less frequently and have to really want to say something to do it.
Be sure to let me know if you decide to become dofollow and use these two plugins. Knowing that consistency is key to success I am focusing almost exclusively on interacting in the dofollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv community.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Twelve Generous FollowFriday Folks =-.
Twitter: PLANETwebfoot
February 25, 2010 at 9:11 am
Twitter: @PLANETwebfoot
First, let me say thank you for taking the time to put this post together that must have taken some serious time commintment on your part! I would also like to say that I agree with you on the Comment/Keyword Luv blogs that land in the no-follow category. Doesn’t really make sense. These tools were designed specifically with the dofollows in mind.
Twitter: GrowMap
February 26, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Welcome Planetwebfoot,
I agree but many do not. We have been having a dofollow nofollow debate over at Keith Bloementhal’s hotblogtip blog.
I want to share my final comment in that thread below and encourage those trying to decide between dofollow and nofollow to read the entire discussion in Keith’s blog.
I do not believe that today dofollow comments damage our PageRank or search engine positions and therefore I do not believe that allowing dofollow comments reduces the benefits to those to whom we link.
Even if do follow blogs are being penalized I will continue to support dofollow. As of right now though I do not believe it to be a serious risk and I present as my evidence these four blogs (yours and three others).
Yours [Keith's] is currently PR1 and mine is PR3. Few bloggers include as many outbound links in their posts as I do or have as many dofollow comments and replies in their posts.
Of the ten posts currently appearing in the most popular plugin on my site, six are PR2 even though one of those has more comments than any other post on the site and others have very large numbers of comments.
Further, as I have higher priorities and am far more lax about which comments are appearing than any blogger I can name, there are many comments purists would consider spam. Yet those posts are still PR2.
I concede that perhaps their PR would be higher if there were fewer links or my blog were not dofollow. I do not know of a way to determine that. I also concede that I could be wrong and most importantly that this could change at any moment.
I present as further evidence the blog of Kristi Hines at Kikolani.com. If there is a stronger proponent of Dofollow than me it is Kristi. Her blog is PR4 and far better known than mine.
Since she does not use a Most Popular plugin I can not easily share how many of her posts have PR but I would expect it to be similar to mine.
John Sullivan has already commented in this thread and he is another backer of dofollow. His blog is PR4 and if any blog was going to get slapped for controversial content plus being dofollow it would be his.
It would take an SEO more versed in how PR is awarded to determine whether or not the current PRs of these three blogs are lower than they would be if they were nofollow but it IS obvious that they DO have PR.
Based on the above evidence it does not appear that dofollow is detrimental at this time.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
It is just so amazing that KeywordLuv Plug-Ins can give the commentators some link juice by not looking at the comments so “spammy”. Ever since this Plug-In came out in the web I really appreciate blogs that enable this feature so that commentators can also be commended on their anchor text that they wanted to rank in the serps.
.-= Jeff Smith@computer repair tutorials´s last blog ..Digital Camera Guide =-.
DoFollow blogs and KeywordLuv Plug-Ins are great to have, as this increases the PR of site and also allows the Traffic on the site. I just love to use the blogs having KeywordLuv Plug-In.
I think this is very considerate and a great plug in.
Although I had never heard of KeywordLuv. Looking to start a blog myself so I will definitely be installing these pluggins once I get my act together.
Thanks for the heads up.
Twitter: ChristmasCoUK
February 24, 2010 at 3:03 am
Twitter: @ChristmasCoUK
This plugin is a must for all with a blog. Since I’ve installed I have definitely seen more traffic to my blog. 90% of visitors leave comments that are worth while; however, inevitably I also get the usual spam trying to promote xxx sites. On a whole this is well worth while for generating interest and conversation – just look at all the comments and conversations here – that says it all.
.-= Paul@ Artificial Christmas Trees´s last blog ..Christmas decorations =-.
I found keyword luv really very useful plugin. Its like a beautiful reward to the visitor.
Blog owners must use this so that they get regular commentators and visitors get some link juice to their website.
Twitter: Scottsdale Medical Spa
February 23, 2010 at 3:56 am
Twitter: @Scottsdale Medical Spa
Thanks for the great advice! I just came across your blog and love the content. I look forward to reading your posts in the future
About this KeywordLuv plugin…just when I thought I had found the most valuable plugins, I come across this one. Needless to say, it has to be one of the simplest yet most valuable ones out there.
Twitter: alinkbuilder
February 23, 2010 at 3:07 am
Twitter: @alinkbuilder
keyword luv is the wonderful options to add to your blog. It gives readers incentive to add relevant comments by being rewarded with a back link.
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