Changes in the Comments
I’ve just added a few features here on Square DBA that provides a little incentive and reward for those that comment.
DoFollow
I suspect most people are not aware that links in blog comments are initially set up as “nofollow” links. This means the search engines basically ignore the links. I’ve been a “Do Follow” adopter from the beginning of the ‘do follow movement’. Comment links here ARE followed by Google and other search engines. I will still just delete spam.
CommentLuv
I’ve just installed the CommentLuv plugin. This will automatically search for a feed from your blog (assuming you put your blog into the “Website” field in the comment form) and put a link to your last post at the bottom of your comment. In theory, this may entice readers of this blog to check out your latest comment — which helps your traffic, and that link is also followed, which gives you a little more link love. Note: It will take a few seconds for the system to “find” your last post, please be patient! And if your RSS feed isn’t auto-detectable, it won’t find it at all.
KeywordLuv
I’ve also just installed KeywordLuv. While the “Luv” suffix is getting annoying, this is a pretty nifty plugin. It’s common to see commenter names like “Timbuktu Real Estate” or “Hotshot Lawyer”, particularly in DoFollow blogs. This is because people know that adding key words to links containing their URL, they get “extra credit” from search engines. With KeywordLuv, you can leave Your name AND keywords, and the system will create the link with your key words.
All you have to do is enter ‘Your Name@Your keywords’ in the comment form name field.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I love all this “luv”
Matt’s last blog post..How often should you blog?
June 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hi,
I just started doing blog commenting.
After reading this post i am always prefer dofollw blogs.Commentluv and keywordluv plugins are really amazing and increases the traffic on my blog.
Thanks.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
If you are looking for getting more number of comments, then I suggest you to install the threaded comments plugin in addition to the above three plugins.
BTW thanks for rewarding those who comment
July 6th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I would say that it is a great decision as it will attract more visitors to your site. One more thing to advise is that Twitter field in comments will make your visitors’ commenting rewarding and come back more often.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:36 am
I think that the real issue is not about nofollow. The problem with blogs is spam. So if the commentator is posting a reasonable post, the dofollow is a nice reward. Nice blog. I’ll try to post often.
April 25th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Thanks to the keywordluv plugin, my site is now
moving up on Google. I can now be found on the
4th page of google using a combination of any 2
of my search words.