Comments on: How to Generate Traffic from Blog Comments

By: Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:31:35 +0000

That is basically hilarious.

By: Ryan Healy

Ryan Healy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:15:20 +0000

Speaking of strange search phrases, I accidentally rank well for the phrase “poopie diaper.” I just checked and… yep! There's my post from early 2008, still in the #4 spot. :-)

By: Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:16:36 +0000

Certainly food for thought, Ryan. Thanks for putting this out there. Keywords have often been a struggle for me…In searching my analytics, I find that I'm out there for keywords that I wouldn't have imagined, but traffic is traffic. Ha!

By: ianbrodie

ianbrodie — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:43:03 +0000

As well as reading the comments policy if there is one (mine is like Andy's - no keywords) it's a good idea to look at older comments on the blog. If the owner has allowed keyword rich comments in the past it's likely they'll do it again. if there are no keyword comments then it's likely they'll delete 'em.

Having said all that - make sure it's a dofollow blog. No point in keywording a nofollow blog, or one that uses DISQUS like yours Ryan. For nofollow blogs you're mor elooking to get clicks than link juice. And you're less likely to get a click wiht a spammy looking keyword rich name than a real one (in my view anyway).

Ian

By: Ryan Healy

Ryan Healy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:43:59 +0000

There's a tool called Comment Kahuna that can help with this. I used it once a couple years ago. You can also use the SEO Quake plugin to see PageRank, do-follow links, etc. when you do a Google search.

By: greenfee

greenfee — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:50:54 +0000

From a blog owners point of view it must be a trade off between increasing the volume of comments but as a result encouraging spammers. However going back to the WordPress system would help to promote the commenting strategy you explain here. Regards.

By: CommentFlock (Ian)

CommentFlock (Ian) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:19:58 +0000

Is there a way to do a google search for â€œdo-followâ€ blogs? That would be uber-handy!

Ian

By: greenfee

greenfee — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:37:45 +0000

I'm intrigued. I have arrived here after doing some research into backlinking and blog commenting using DISQUS.
The DISQUS comment system allows a profile and a link to a page but if you change that page it changes on all the comments you have previously left. So it would seem to be best for traffic rather than backlinking.
Just thinking aloud, it may be possible to use a rotator and set up multiple DISQUS accounts across different niches.
I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

By: Ryan Healy

Ryan Healy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:30:40 +0000

Interesting. Good point about Disqus only allowing one link to be associated with your profile. I'm actually thinking about returning to the standard WP comment system to encourage more comments and give commenters more flexibility.

By: Martypants

Martypants — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:19:12 +0000

All solid info, Ryan. Great strategies to share.
Although the keywords and SEO value are nice, I'd also offer the reminder that you don't underestimate the value of the link even without modified anchor text. Without any type of visible manipulation, it has a higher likelihood of passing any review/moderation, and traffic still comes. If you leave a good comment somewhere, who knows who'll follow it. No followed links can still bring some pretty nice people to you. I know this wasn't your point, but it seemed relevant to the overall process. Thanks for the post. :)