Today I am so happy to have one of the nicest people I have ever met on twitter as a guest. Not only is he nice, supportive and full of knowledge, he also runs a fantastic t-shirt company Soge Shirts. If you are a blogger, I know you will think Tim is a genius after you read his post today.
Enjoy, and many thanks to Tim for sharing his expertise!
Also for the blogs that you comment on that don’t have comment luv than you should link to some of your blog posts. Many of you comment on the same blog every day or every other day. When you do make sure to link to a different page or blog post each time. If their blog is a do follow blog you will have more pages and posts categorized in Google. So for example if you comment on a friends blog every day why not link to one different blog post that you wrote each time you comment. That way you can have a link to every one of your blog posts eventually.
Don’t worry too much about whether the blog you are commenting on are no follow or do follow, even if their blog is a no follow site there will still be benefits. Google loves to see both no follow and do follow links to your blog or website because having some no follow links makes your links look natural. Building all do follow links while blog commenting looks very unnatural.
So make sure when you comment to remember to get the SEO benefits. All it takes is a few clicks to your own website to find a new page or post to copy and paste and then leave in the url box. In a few months your own site could be showing up in Google and other search engines a bit more than before.
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I'm Jessica, 30-something mom to five, four in my arms and one in my heart.
Thanks for the tips. I have to confess I never really understood what happens after I write and post so thank you for the explanation. Take care.
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Cool tips! Thanks!
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Thanks Tim! (and Jessica for having Tim over today) That’s a great tip; every time I read a post from you, it makes more sense than most things do to my tech un-savvy brain
Twitter: angelaamman
Great tips as usual! I definitely need to learn more about follow/no follow and how to use it appropriately.
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Great tips, though I have a question. Is it considered spammy to add a URL link when there is no comment LUV? Also, wow, I need to learn more about follow/no follow. Big time.
Elena recently posted..Engaging & Educational Toys
Thanks Jessica for having me. It’s an honor to post here.
@Lanie Glad to help. I never really thought to much about blog commenting until I found an article on it a few months ago.
@Jenn No problem thanks for reading.
@Angela Thanks. Glad it helps. Believe it or not I am not very technical. I try to write without too much jargon because jargon is not something I understand usually.
@Elena Thanks. As far as leaving a link when there is no comment luv it depends. If they still have a spot for your url but no comment luv than absolutely leave your link. If they don’t then no I wouldn’t leave the link. When I blog comment I always read down at the bottom in case they have a blog commenting policy.
So simple! Duh. Why didn’t I think of that? I have a million reasons for that. Thanks Tim!
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Thanks for the tip!
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I just read that whole thing and realized that i have no idea what a “no follow” vs “follow” site means.
I’m probably screwed with SEO knowledge!
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I never thought about SEO through just commenting, so thanks for the tips, Tim!
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Awesome advice as always Tim!!!
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@Poppy No problem. Thanks for commenting!
@Lynn Funny that you say that. I am writing a post soon about No follow vs Do follow. I will let you know when it’s up.
@Alison To be honest I knew that blog commenting had benefits but I forgot you could link to inner pages till I did more research. Mixing it up does help.
@Leighann Thanks so much!
Tim@sogeshirts recently posted..Online Drumming
Thanks to Tim for the as-always helpful suggestions.
A question, might the blog-host feel taken advantage of if they don’t know why this is a good idea?
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Hi Dr. G I don’t think they will mind. As long as you are entering your url in the spot where it says website it should be fine.
Some wonderful tips for improving SEO, and so simple to do! Glad someone RT this on twitter and I caught it!
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Thanks so much.
Seriously good info. . .I like how this was written. Simple, to the point, and info I want.
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Thank you Amy. Hope it helps.
SEO through commenting. GENIUS!
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Do you mean link to a different post where it asks you to type in your website? Or do you mean link to your blog posts in the comment body? Because when I read this, my first understanding was that you were suggesting adding a link as part of the body of your comment. And – while I guess this is ok when you’re linking to a related post – if you’re just doing it to get exposure, then it seems that that’s kind of “spammy”, for lack of a better word. Maybe I’m misunderstanding.
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Hi Stephanie. Yes link to a different post where it says website. I definitely did not mean to link to a blog post in the comment body. I agree that definitely would be spam.
Ah, I see! I definitely misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying!
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Thakns Tim, great tips. Though I must confess that I totally sick at the “business” side of blogging, and wouldn’t know good SEO if it jumped up and bit me on the… well, yeah..
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Thanks Varda. The business side of blogging can be pretty tiresome but the most important thing is to write, write, write. From what I’ve seen you are doing a great job doing that.
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Huh. Never knew this! Thanks for the tip – definitely going to try that!
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I have never thought about using a link to a specific post instead of just putting my main url in the website slot when commenting on a blog. That is kind of genius. Thanks for the tip!
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Nice, obviously. But clearly you are a genius! These are things I would never ever consider on my own. Thank you!
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I need to start doing these.
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Very cool tips–never would have thought of these (but I do seriously need to familiarize myself more with SEO).
Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving! XOXO
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This was so helpful! Loved it!
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Great advice – I am so clueless about SEO. Thanks!
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I had no idea! Thanks for the tips.
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what a great idea – trying with this very comment!
and another person here who really wants to figure out follow/non-follow.
and i must admit, i do wonder if it makes a difference. lady google is a hard dame to figure out.
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I would never have figured that out on my own. Thank you. So simple. And it doesn’t heap on another thing I have to do now, it’s something I do anyway, but will do a little differently now. Thanks for sharing. Now I just have to figure out what a ‘no follow’ blog is.
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Thanks for your blog! Its very useful information to us about the Link building and way of article post , blogger etc
lady google is a hard dame to figure out. Simple, to the point, and info I want.
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