Dofollow Comments – Link Building Paradise?

This is the fourth and last post in the ‘Blog Commentating Series‘ leading up to the release of the Blog Comment Blueprint.

You may ask if I have enabled dofollow in the comment section of the blog? The answer would be no, and for good reason, people like me!

If you’re like me, a link builder at heart, you don’t see dofollow as a reward for commentating, you see it as a reason to.

Blog Commenting for links can be very rewarding, but only if you are very crafty about it, from a bloggers point of view I can tell you it’s not a very good feeling when you think someone is commenting simply to get a link from you.

If you do not comment intelligently there is a good chance your comment will be deleted, plus comment moderation on dofollow blogs is usually a lot higher than usual. Here are a few tips to keep your comment out of the recycle bin.

Read the whole post – If you have just read the title or the first few lines it becomes so obvious when you comment, don’t embarrass your self by writing a completely unrelated comment just because you wanted to save a moment or two.

Read other comments – Another mistake that will make you look stupid is repeating exactly what someone else has said, this is easily avoidable, read the other comments. If there are two many you can sometimes ignore this.

Don’t use anchor text – By using anchor text as your name, you are literally screaming at the blogger saying “I’m here for the link ”. A smarter way that usually works better is using your keywords intelligently, for example instead using the keyword ‘SEO Tips’ you could use SEO Master. It may not be as accurate, but it’s much more likely to be approved and it has the main keyword in it.

Write no less than 2 lines – As much as bloggers like to have they’re ego stroked, saying “Nice post, good job” just doesn’t satisfy their needs anymore, it is very unlikely a comment like that will get through moderation.

Use punctuation – Is it really that hard to use a full stop and comma every so often? Using punctuation will improve your approval rate drastically, for an even bigger increase use grammar too!

Reply to other comments – If your lacking inspiration for a comment, you may find it easier to simply reply to another persons comment. This is a perfectly valid strategy and it avoids the need for you to create something original.

If you take this into account when commenting on blogs your approval rate will be much higher, which ultimately means more links for you.