Link Building: Top Commentator Strategy
February 20, 2008
Stumble it!If you are an active blog reader you already know the benefits that must bloggers says about having a top commentator plugin in their blog. For those that don’t know this plugin will list the top commentators in their blogs. For example in Googlelady.com you can see at the right-side of the blog the top 5 commentators with their respective names and links:
This is the best and easy way to build backlinks to your site for free, but is time consuming method. All depends how many active commentators the blog you are targetting. This plugin will list your site with the name that you have added when you comment as an anchor text with a do-follow tag. So search engines will see that link and follow it with a little link juice.
Problems
- Many webmasters do the same error always and use the same anchor text in every blog that they comment. My recommendation is to vary the anchor text in each blog or two.
- You are a top commentator in X blog for one month and you stop commenting there. To get the full effect on counting the backlink in search engines usually takes 3 months (I mean full 100%, you get 20% of the value in few hours to few days). So you will need to be an active commentator for at least 3 months better if you do it always. Linkage is also important so imagine being a top commentator (backlink) from your favorite blog for 1 year.
- Most of the bloggers show the top commentator in all their blog post and this can reduce the important backlink, sometimes a blogger makes a post with an off-topic and it can give you less link juice. That’s why Googlelady have the top commentator active only in the main site where the most of the backlinks that I get is to the main site. So what are you waiting to be my top 5 commentator (NO spam please).
Applying this link building strategy in your plan can be very usefull, if you don’t have time you can hire someone that can comment for you and tell him to not spam and make some usefull comments.
You will save a lot of money with this strategy, let’s make an example on how much you can save, check the advertising packages in googlelady. You see that adding your site as a text link ad in the right side will cost you $50 per month, now being a top commentator here you can save each month $50 bucks. Of course the traffic will vary because the ad is above the fold but still we are talking here in Link Building strategies and not traffic strategies. Also remember that googlelady is a trusted and authority site (since 2005).
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February 20th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I like to use the top commentator plugin to give some love back to my regular commentors. It’s like a thank you for reading and commenting on what I’ve been writing.
February 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
That’s right Steve but many people really don’t see the goodness. With Googlelady an authority site and easy to achieve (now) the top commentator is a bargain!
February 20th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’ll definitely do this strategy. I see my name on your top commentator list right now … but I don’t have a link back to a site yet. Next comment will definitely have one… Can I change the name to a keyword I’m targetting? Is it ok?
February 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Yes Mel, it is ok. But sometimes the keywords akismet think that is a spam if this happens I will search in the spam section of akismet and approve it (the only thing that will take time). If you change the “keyword” you will have to comment a lot to get at the top, then when you are at the top use another keyword and do the same.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
I have started using it. It really increase the participation in the posts. It is really a good way to say thank you. But you have to be certain that people somehow add value to the post and not just say “nice post” to each post and increase the count.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I already using this link building strategy, and it works. Is there a quick way, to get list of blogs that use this top commentator plug in?
February 25th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Very well, there are always added benefit to comment posting.. like you build friends, networks, strong BL and always you find a new Customers via these stuff (hehe)
February 26th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Good point, GoogleLady. For those who are interested, I have a compiled list of blogs in the internet/affiliate marketing niche with the Top Commentator plugin installed. I will try to keep this list updated and add to it as time goes on.
http://www.marketing-tools-review.com/blog/2007/11/make-money-online-blogs-with-top-commentators-plugin/
Enjoy!
February 26th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Thanks a lot Hock, My surprise that Googlelady.com is there! (I miss those days that I had pagerank 7).
February 28th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Thanks Google Lady,
Interesting post. I am always saying to clients that linking is not just about ranking it is also goood for direct traffic and this technique is ideal for sending direct traffic.
March 17th, 2008 at 7:18 am
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March 24th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Hi,
This is my first time in your blog although I have seen your ads in adsense everyday :). I often give comment on blogs, but i never thought that it will take that long (3 months ?) to generate good effect. Thanx for the info. I will surely be your top commentator.
March 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Thanks a lot and welcome aboard!
March 30th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Thanks for the info. I might use it as my future reference.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Hello,
This is my first comment on your blog. But surely this is not my first visit lol. You have a very useful informations here. Now i’m following your tips for blogging, and this is my first attempt. Thank you!
April 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
You are welcome Kania.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Thanks for this tip, Googlelady. I just wanted to say that the way page ranking and all that is going leaves very little on the table for those who’s background is not in computers and software. You say you have the top commentators only on your front page. For many of us, to make such appear on one page only in a blog is simply out of reach. We may manage HTML here and there but that is about it. Does that mean no hope for the non-IT blogger?
June 21st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Yes, even right now I’m doing this for my blog. Good link building even can meet some friends that have same niche with us.
September 21st, 2008 at 6:41 am
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Google Lady. You have now motivated me for commenting a lot more on sites and so i surely am now going to do that.