Commenting is surely the differentiators between a blog and a regular web site. Therefore, the whole of commenting process always become important part for the blog admin. Blog admin usually try to improve the commenting experience in their blog so the readers feel tend to leave the comment. As always said that a better blog which turn to communities site and it is obvious that the quality comment number is one of the parameters to measure it. A lot of quality comment in commenting form always mean that the blog has strong communities around it.
CommentLuv for Strong Communities
It is true that the strong communities only one of many parameters to measure the blog success. There are many others parameters that can be used as blog success measurement such as conversion rate, amount of traffic, search engine result page (SERP) position, and other parameters. However, having strong communities always mean good for a blog. Since the quality comment number is one of the strong communities parameters, blog admin should focus to improve it as first step. Blog admin can do it by improving the WordPress default commenting form so the readers enjoy to comment on it.
Improve WordPress default Commenting System
One of the great tools that able to improve WordPress default commenting from is CommentLuv WordPress plugin which is one of my blog improvement plan. CommentLuv allows more interactive commenting form. It is because CommentLuv is a WordPress Plugin that automatically link the last blog post/article from the commentators while their write a comment. It mean that the commenting form become an advertising board for commentators. In other side, the blog admin will easily track each good blog post/article from their commentators through blog commenting form and visit it if it is really worthy.
Improve interaction between Bloggers
The other readers also easily to find good blog posts/articles through commenting form while visit and read a blog. This is why CommentLuv is claimed that able to improve interaction between bloggers. It can be said that with CommentLuv in commenting form, the blog become the medium for interaction between bloggers which is surely good for the communities. CommentLuv is also well-known as link building tool since blog admin allows to tag the CommentLuv link as do-follow. It mean that if we comment in do-follow CommentLuv blog, our latest blog post automatically get the backlink.
Link Building
In my opinion, the best link building is to build the backlink spread around the entire of our blog posts. This is which provided by CommentLuv WordPress plugin. CommentLuv is creating a great blog communities indeed. So, let’s create the better interaction around blogosphere by having CommentLuv feature in our blog commenting form.
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Nice post! There are a lot of good feedback for commentluv and I have also installed commentluv for my blogger blog. I’m now observing for any development, hopefully for the better.
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It is the right thing to installed it.
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Though I just installed it just several hours ago, It generated 1 comment. Hope every goes well. And great blog you have there!
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I just installed comment luv a few hours ago, does commentluv attract more spam comments to your blog?
If your commenluv link is dofollow, it may attract more spam. However, as long as you use anti-spam such as akismet, you should do not worry about it.
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July 28, 2010 at 8:25 am
Hi Dana, I’m a huge fan of commentluv! I have been suing it now for about two years. I don’t know if it’s helping me get comments but who knows. I also enjoy the top commentators plug in. I find that one to work out very well.
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I am sure that commmentluv on of factor that make you get one or two comment Brian.
First visit here and I enjoyed the content very much. Great way to communicate and share ideas.
Cari S
Yes, it is.
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July 15, 2010 at 7:40 am
Commentluv has really proved a useful tool for bloggers. Using commentluv completely turned around the volume of activity on the site. With just a little creative ways you can use commentluv to make your blog a popular one.
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It would be great if you can share the way. I am my self still looking the way to utilize the commentluv in maximum.
CommentLuv definitely helps in building relationships between the bloggers who comment on a site. Since installing it, I have seen many, many instances where I visit another blog to find the same people who have commented on my site there as well. It’s a great feeling knowing you are helping establish bonds between other bloggers and increasing their reader bases as well.
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That’s why CommentLuv is a great tool to maket the blog post. I also tend to visit the commentators blog more often after install CommentLuv.
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CommentLuv is my favorite plugin. I imagine seeing someone’s recent business with their note gives you a alter picture of the someone commenting. It makes comments more gripping, and I’ve institute both truly enthusiastic blogs thanks to it.
It seems that commentluv really give more in commenting.
just by visiitng the comluv website and searching for keywords that are relevant to youy, you can comment and get great backlinks everyday and not to mention FREE TRAFFIC!
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This new for me. It seems I need to visit comluv website more often.
yea and its about just 30 minutes a day. just visit others coment and ur done and get the convo going. The good thing is that u can search somethng tht is relevant to you like your home town. that way your commenst wont be mark as spam!
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July 13, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I really like CommentLuv because I try to make the effort to visit the commentors blog after I’ve replied, leave a few responses which in turn builds a better relationship.
I’ve just been so busy lately that I’m only now playing catchup.
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That’s why commentluv is great tool to market our latest post.
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July 13, 2010 at 12:33 pm
CommentLuv is really cool, even sometimes there’s a delay with my latest post. Takes time for CommentLuv to show my latest post if I left comment after published an article. Great article Dana, thanks.
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As my experience, the delay can be reduced if we submit our site link.
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July 13, 2010 at 12:18 pm
CommentLuv is my favorite plugin. I think seeing someone’s recent post with their comment gives you a better picture of the person commenting. It makes comments more interesting, and I’ve found some really great blogs thanks to it.
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Yup, I also fell the same. The recent post link in commenting give some good feeling for me.
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Nice post,
CommentLuv has definitely changed up the game a little bit. A lot of people won’t even post comments on blogs that don’t use it now. Haha
It sucks that I didn’t build my blog using Wordpress, but hey, the big guys like Darren at ProBlogger don’t use CommentLuv haha.
CJ
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Yup, the big blog usually do not use commentluv. However, if they use commentluv, they will get more comment for sure.
Commentluv no doubt is one of the best way of link building, and it encourages blogger’s to post comment and get a link to their newest post. On the other side comments help to keep the blog fresh in search engine’s eye also.
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It can work as link building tool but only in dofollow blog.
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July 13, 2010 at 9:43 am
What can I say, I like commentluv and the community that stands behind it. Seriously and after reading some of the comments above, I think that one should use commentluv for other purposes than SEO or link building. Using it as a form to build relationships and share to the blog’s owner readers your some of your latest posts, to me is more powerful than “juice” in itself. Just make sure that you leave comments that add value (same as when you write and article) and spark an interesting conversation, choose a post that is preferably relevant with the artcile itself and let commentluv do the rest
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For me, The commentluv’s prime function is to market a blog post. And agree with you that commentluv should use for interaction — not for link building or SEO.
<i?"One of the great tools that able to improve WordPress default commenting…"
Commentluv is good for that. WP’s default commenting is ok, but could be better.
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Yup, CommentLuv offer great improving in wordpress comment form.
Yup, agreed wholeheartedly Dana!
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Personally, I don’t have any problems with comluv, or keywordluv plugins. But to an extent, don’t you think it is just a way to try to game the algorithm?
Google’s intention is for you to link to sites you think are an authority on a particular topic. Just because I leave a link with a keyword, and a keyword rich title for my latest comluv post, does that make me an authority on it?
I don’t have near the time I used to for commenting, and I have discovered great articles through comluv too, but I honestly think that Google knows where the comment section starts, and those links aren’t given much value…
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In my opinion, the prime function of commentluv is to market your latest blog post. However, I experienced that combination of guest post, dofollow commenting, internal linking really work great to improve SERP.
With HTML5 adding the tag, your “do-follow” comment strategy will be null, so I would start thinking of other ways to get links…
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Hem … interesting. I just know about HTML5 adding tag. Do you have source (link) about it?
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Sorry, it stripped the code out of the comment, but it is an “article” tag which will define the beginning and end of an article.
Keith recently posted..New Weekly Broadcast: Traffic Jam
OK, kind understand now. The Search Engine surely can ignore the link outside the article tag easily. However, does google do it (the ignoring)?
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If people would stop and see the real value of commenluv – not for seo – but for connecting – it would make all the difference.
Those who use it to try and game Google are the losers. Those who appreciate it for it’s real value are the ones that make real connections – and they end up the real winners.
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Agree, commentluv should thread as interaction tool — not as link building tool.
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Hi Keith, maybe Google knows where the comment section starts, and actually Google respect Wordpress defaults commenting system. You can see here the value of comments for SEO by example if you are using Wodpress Comment system!
I am still testing the real affects of backlinks in any comment section, so I am unsure of your claim that it is the best way to build backlinks. I think the best way to build backlinks is to get in content links, which to me, one in content link from the right site can equal hundreds of comment links….
Agree that the best link is in content. However, a back link from comment section is better than nothing.
CommentLuv is surely a great plug-in and I really appreciate the idea behind it. It is a good way to give commentators some kind of a reward for the quality comments. It’s a shame that the plug-in is not very well integrated with the Blogspot blogging system and getting it work properly might turn into a nightmare.
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So, it is just needed to move to WordPress platform, right?
Hi. I agree CommentLuv is a really great tool. It helps in increasing comments.
I think Another method for getting readers to interact in your community is using KeywordLuv plugin, so that commenter can have a keyword of their choice and get a keyword rich anchor-text, like we have here at FamousBloggers.
Kindest,
Nabeel
However, in my opinion, keywordluv is useful only in dofollow blog.
Yea it seriously helps alot. Now with comluv i get at elast 5 extra backlinks per day! and furthermore it allows me to promote my blog while commenting
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Yup, it is helpful to make the backlink is spread between the blog post.
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SERIOUSLY I AM GETTING AN AVERAGE OF AT ELAST 10 BACKLINKS PERDAY MAN. i CHECK MY STATES ON YAHOOS SITE EXPLORER AND ALL I NEED TO DO IS JUST POST A COMMENT LIKE WHAT i AM DOING NOW! ITS THAT EASY!
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The best of it is to promote our latest blog post. The backlink is a bonus.
Great post. and I agree. I just came into comment luv, and I am Luving it. LOL
It has helped increase my own comments, and I am browsing through other comment luv posts building links to my new posts. it is much faster than syndicating articles to build links that’s for sure, and I hav met a lot of great people as well.
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I am also new in commenluv using and now, I regret why I did not use it from the very beginning of my blog.
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July 13, 2010 at 12:28 am
Hi Dana,
I agree on your points. ComLuv is one of my favorite WordPress Plugins. I have found so many new blogs through this plugin. It is one of the best ways to market your blog if you do it right.
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Agree! CommentLuv surely give a big opportunity to market our blog through blog’s commenting form.
Hi Dana. I think it’s great for improving communication between bloggers. It brings a lot more interaction to all of the blogs that are part of the ComLuv network.
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It seems ComLuv really bring new meaning of blogging.
Comment luv is the bridge between comment and blogs. This network helps bloggers appreciate interaction of many bloggers.
It is interesting words you use here. Yup, agree that comment luv is bridge between comments and blogs.
CommentLuv is a good plugin, but I’m not sure it can really do link building. Can it? What I do know is true is… it is good for promoting your last post, but of course… unless your last post title is good, most probably getting click… percentage is against you.
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You can use it to link building for sure — you only need to find dofollow comment luv blog, leave the decent comment, and you will get the link juice for your newest blog post as well as the exposure.
The CommentLuv reward makes it worthwhile to use your real name, business and photo. Everyone behaves more civilized when they have to put their own name on the line.
I see great conversation on a few places without CommentLuv, like Copyblogger. But those seem to be the exceptions from my brief blogging experience.
Most blogs are ghost-towns with tumbleweeds rolling across the screen. Mine included. That’s why I need all the CommentLuv help I can get!
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Yup, comment luv bring a conversation to not so well know blog. And about the well known (great) bl0g, the conversation should more greater than current state if they use comment luv in my opinion.
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i totally agree with you but sadly why so little use comluv? i checked their site they have less then 10000 members i think
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Yup, commentluv increase the commenting form to be better commenting environment dramatically.
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I agree that CommentLuv improves on the default Wordpress commenting form. Being able to leave a link to a pertinant post and have a discussion is much better than just leaving a comment and moving on.
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