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If you frequently add comments on blogs, please accept my thanks. I and other bloggers enjoy reading your thoughts. We jump in joy (really, we do; ask Darren, Chris, Danny, Andrea, Kirsten, or Craig) whenever there is a new comment. If there is a request for response or a call to action, we add a comment back to you.
However, something needs to be said here. Your comment involves multiple parts — and the comment itself is but a bitty part. Forget its weight and focus on the other parts of your comment.
“Huh?” you are probably asking me right now.
Can I share with you a secret as the third part of my week-long series on boosting comments? Please lean your face in closer so nobody else can hear it…
First, an image of what you would see if you add a comment below:
The most important part of the comment you leave has nothing to do with the comment field, but everything you fill in above it: your name, your email address, your URL, and your Twitter handle.
At a minimum, your name and email address are required for reasons elaborated in my comment policy. Everyone fills in those fields. The email address is only shown to me, so I can email you if any questions or to follow-up down the road.
People write their name differently, though. Have a look at six comments added last weekend when I introduced this series. Feel free to click the image to zoom-in if you can’t see each name clearly:
The first five comments include the commenters’ names, and many also opted to fill-in their Twitter handles. Hone in on the sixth comment, by Debbie. Look at the red font, which indicates a link. Unlike the other names above her, her name is not linked but other words are linked. Have another look:
Debbie took advantage of my installation of the KeywordLuv plugin (only for WordPress blogs), which enables you to create anchor text next to your name to better describe your URL.
Debbie chose to use words that are in her domain name. I’d argue those are not the best words to use from a search engine optimization perspective. Rather, she should have attributed her website to “Smart Digital Cameras” or “Jacksonville Camera Store” or such. Still, it’s notable the other five commenters only typed their names.
KeywordLuv enhances your URL with contextual linking. The format to use is instead of typing your name, type your name followed by the @ sign followed by the keywords.
For example, instead of your name field being John Smith, you could write:
John Smith @ Smart Blogging Tips
John Smith @ Hummingbird Lyrics
John Smith @ Social Media Strategy
etc.
Please limit to three words (after the @ sign) on this blog. If you add more words, be aware I will edit to maintain uniformity.
That’s KeywordLuv. Next up is CommentLuv.
Scrolling up to the screenshot of the six comments, do you see how Arafat, Jon, Mason, Dennis, and Debbie have links after their comments that indicate their last blog posts?
This is the direct result of the five of them previously opting to register a website (and my installation of the CommentLuv plugin for WordPress). Once they register a site and add their URL to a CommentLuv-enabled blog, they will see a dropdown menu in the vicinity of the submit button that offers a choice of the last 10 blog posts to associate with their comment.
In other words, each of them could have chosen one of ten posts to share with other readers — along with their KeywordLuv-enabled link to the URL and their name and Twitter handle.
For more background on both plugins and the benefits of each, please see advice by Growmap on KeywordLuv and Kikolani on CommentLuv.
There you have it, folks. Any questions?
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I’m new to blog commenting and most people that I have asked told me that I should look for keyword and commentluv blogs as they are more helpful in SEO. But In my opinion, blogs with these commenting plugin looks more nicer and professional.
Nice introduction on KeywordLuv. I think more people should start using it to reduce the number of spamming on their blog
I always use KeywordLuv now. It cuts down on the spam comments that don’t make any sense. I’m not sure who keeps posting the computer generated rubbish!
Hey, great advice on using commentluv and keywordluv. I do take full advantage of it if the website has the plugins installed.
Hey i am fan of CommentLuv!
this plugin is awesome.Beneficent for both the blog owner and the reader.
And it has enforced the spammers to change the attitude towards blogging and blog commenting.
Every blog owner should utilize this..
thanks
Very nice posting and the whole blog is interresting too.
Hey Ari, I just wanted to make sure I was doing it right. Not sure I will rank for is this how you do it anytime soon but it is all good. Thanks for spreading the keyword and comment luv around.
How can i get a comment box which allows keyword backlinks on my blog?
Hey what a great article but how would you know what to put after the @ sign if I was to put Brett @ One IT it might select a different Domain Name.
What do you mean by selecting a different domain name?
March 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM
I am so glad I discovered this weblog. My blog has a PR4 ranking so please add me to your listing too (if you have one).
Josh Rimer … YouTube Marketing Tactics
I hope you’ll stick around, Josh!
Well I think Keywordluv is really good and I think you can give your name and your keyword in the name field which is great.
March 31, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Thanks for the great tips. BTW, I tried to download the WP Twitip ID plugin and it is no longer supported by WordPress. They are recommending TwitterLink-Comments instead.
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