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#360763 - 12/15/10 08:13 PM How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting
journeyoflife7 Offline
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You can comment on blogs to get more traffic. Leave a worthy comment on a famous blog that is related to your very own. Make sure the comment is keyword rich. A keyword rich comment will attract attention. This method will give you a high chance of driving traffic to your own website.

Use Google to find blogs or websites related to your own. Also type in keywords related to your blog on article sites such as ezinearticles. You can find articles along with links to other websites that people in your niche are trying to promote. This is another way of finding websites in your niche.

Make sure you find blogs that have quality content and high traffic. The more traffic coming to the blog, the more chance you have to drive it to your own website. Try and find a website that isn’t stuffed with comments. Otherwise, it will be hard for your link to get noticed.

A good idea to get attention is to ask questions. Take some time to think of thought provoking questions. Anything that will get some conversation going. Do what it takes to grab people’s attention! Lure people to interact and you can lead some to your link.

If you use keyword rich comments, the blog owners will love it. The more keyword rich blog content, the better SEO. Web crawlers will take notice of this! So there is a benefit for the blog owner too!

Cheers to you, and happy commenting!
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#361994 - 12/29/10 07:46 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: journeyoflife7]
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Borderline spamming but it does work smile

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#362027 - 12/30/10 07:17 AM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: jyang]
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It's not spamming if what you comment/ask/post is actually relevant to the blog/discussion and adds to it. The fact that it helps your site at the same time is a benefit.

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#362033 - 12/30/10 08:43 AM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: Perky_REALTOR]
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So if I comment on other blogs in a legit. way it boosts both their blogs and my own?
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#362055 - 12/30/10 01:08 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: Doin' bpose]
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Keep in mind that by default in all popular blogging platforms comments are given the "no follow" attribute to prevent the transfer of "link juice" so there is no ranking benefit to commenting on blogs.

The proliferation of links in blog comments is the reason "no follow" was invented by Google and adopted by other search engines. Commenting is a waste of time if you are doing it to try and improve your ranking.
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#362057 - 12/30/10 01:23 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: doug]
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What works then Doug...what should I do to improve ranking?

I hear a lot about back linking but don't know how to.

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#362060 - 12/30/10 01:45 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: FL_Agent]
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There is a good article on linking in Search Engine Watch - http://searchenginewatch.com/3640146 and if you combine that with the info in the thread - How To Tell If A Link Exchange Is Worth It you will be linking in a beneficial and efficient way smile
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#362064 - 12/30/10 02:22 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: doug]
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Originally Posted By: doug
There is a good article on linking in Search Engine Watch - http://searchenginewatch.com/3640146 and if you combine that with the info in the thread - How To Tell If A Link Exchange Is Worth It you will be linking in a beneficial and efficient way smile


I'm reading and trying to understand. Linking to the thread "How To Tell If A Link Exchange Is Worth It" appears to be an internal link... smile I think I'm learning. It is navigational though, and in the SEW article he said about internal links, that "The most effective internal links are blended seamlessly within article, are not navigational, and are not clustered at the end of the content. "

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#362139 - 12/31/10 10:25 AM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: FL_Agent]
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Originally Posted By: FL_Agent

in the SEW article he said about internal links, that "The most effective internal links are blended seamlessly within article, are not navigational, and are not clustered at the end of the content. "



What they mean by "Navigational" is links that are on the site's navigation menu.

Having links appear on the navigation menu is a way of telling Google what the major sections of the website are and really there should only be a small number of links on the navigation menu.

Some template sites put pretty much every page of the site on the navigation menu and that is not desirable. The site should have a hierarchy - essentially clustered into sections - with not all pages being treated the same. The navigation menus should really just have links to the sections - and not links to the pages within the sections.

Clustering the links at the end of the content can make the links "navigational" as well. Also, content and links higher up on the page are given more weight.

It is worth keeping in mind that Google only "reads" the first incidence of a link to another page (or another site) that appears on a site's page and that would be the link that is highest in the code (not necessarily the visible page).

This includes links that are on the navigation menu (which usually have the least effective link text) which is another reason to limit the number of your navigation links. If you have links on the navigation menu and other links to the same destination within the content of the page - only one will count and it may not be that carefully crafted keyword rich link that you hoped would improve ranking.

All of the above applies for all links - internal and external. Putting external links on the navigation menus creates problems on a different scale and should be avoided at all costs if the sites are about similar subjects.
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#362187 - 01/01/11 03:47 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: doug]
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Great advice! If you are commenting on blogs, be sure that it is a dofollow site. If you are unsure of how to know this, the easiest way is to download the plugin on Firefox browser, "DoNoFollow" and then use this tool for searching sites that allow follow. (Google, "Donofollow" to find a good site with specific instructions)

Your anchor text will make a difference - for example, when inputting information in the name section of the comment box, instead of using my name, "Dan Rochon", I use a term that I would like to promote on Google such as, "Virginia Short Sales". Some bloggers will not approve a comment with an SEO friendly term (instead of your name), but as long as you are providing relevant useful information, thy are more likely to welcome your comments. Remember - Always provide value. Best of luck all!!

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#366588 - 02/11/11 08:08 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: DanandTraci]
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I have gone from 0 to about 25mph in a few months. I have posted regularly for almost 3 months. I have traffic which averages out to about 3 visits per day. I have peak days of about 30 hits and some with no hits. Traffic is increasing. Feedback is positive. Least (but some) of my hit are search engine hits, most of the hits is facebook traffic from my sphere. I have a question about a repeat visitor I am getting, statsactive.com/counter. Does this mean I am being visited regularly by the search engines?

Also I have put links to my favorite posts in my email signature. I am not certain how those show up.

Thanks for any feedback.


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#366662 - 02/12/11 07:48 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: Doin' bpose]
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statsactive.com/counter would have nothing to do with search engines.

Your blog is being spidered by Google though. Except for your most recent post - all of your posts are listed in their index. You might want to change your blog title to reflect your market area - that may help you appear for more relevant keywords for those interested in real estate in your area. The changed blog title will then also influence how your posts rank in Google.
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#366673 - 02/12/11 09:07 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: doug]
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Thanks Doug. I will give that a try. Others have suggested that and I never got to it. I appreciate you taking the time out to look into it.
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#366714 - 02/13/11 12:52 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: Doin' bpose]
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In my opinion, the best way to increase quality traffic is active participation in online communities ! An easy way to unlimited traffic!
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#366740 - 02/13/11 06:38 PM Re: How To Increase Website Traffic – Blog Commenting [Re: journeyoflife7]
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By the way, my blog (http://www.mauihomeandcondo.com) allows dofollow comments and is currently a PR3
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