Link Building With DoFollow Blog Commenting
By Kristi Hines
There are many lists, and even some directories available that identify blogs with DoFollow commenting. DoFollow commenting essentially means that the blog owner has removed the nofollow attribute from the comment author’s links, thus making them valuable for link building purposes. And of course, those who are familiar with SEO know that the more backlinks you have, the better your site will do in search engine results, especially if you have good anchor text for these links.
DoFollow blog lists will commonly rank the blogs by their PR, or Google PageRank. The higher the PR, the more valuable your backlink will be. But common questions that arise are:
1. How do you avoid being labeled as a spammer, as moderated sites may not approve your comment if they think it is spam?
2. How do you ensure your article is actually on a high PR page?
Anchor Text & Comment Policies
The best way to avoid being labeled as a spammer is to do a little research on the blog on which you are about to comment. Look at articles with comments, and see if there are comments where the author uses keywords as their name, or if all of the comment authors are using real names. If the site has a comment policy, be sure to take a read through it as well. Some DoFollow sites have an added bonus of Keyword Luv – this is where you can enter Your Name @ Your Keywords, and they will use everything after the @ sign as the anchor text for your website.
Quantity & IP Tracking
Another way to avoid looking like a spammer is by taking time to comment on a site. Instead of posting many comments all at once on several posts, try only two or three, then bookmarking the site to return to later. On a similar note, do not use the same blog for multiple websites – most blogging platforms show the IP address of the commentator, so if you post three comments around the same time with different author names and links, chances are the blog owner will notice.
Top Commentators
So now that you know how to avoid being labeled as a spammer, the next thing you have to do is figure out how to make sure your link is on a high PR page. On some blogs, you may get the advantage if they have a Top Commentator list which shows the names and links of people who have commented the most on their site. If the Top Commentator list links the authors name directly to their website, then simply by regularly commenting, you can have your website linked to their main site, and thus gain the high PR of their homepage.
PageRank of Posts
If a site does not have a Top Commentator plugin, your next option is to find individual posts with high PR. One way to do this is to register at SEOanalytic.com forums. They have a SEO tool – Internal PageRank Checker – that will go through a domain and check the PR of individual pages within the site. Larger sites will take much longer to load, but this way, you are able to see which articles have the highest PR and start by commenting on those. The only thing that may hinder this is if the blog has a cutoff date after which they do not allow additional comments on articles. So the best method is to start with the newest articles first.
Organizing Resources
Whenever you find a sites with DoFollow comments, high PR articles, Top Commentator lists, etc., be sure to keep them organized so you can use them again. One way to do this is by subscribing to these blogs via Google Reader, and then organizing them in particular categories. This way, when you need to build some more backlinks, you have your list ready to go and can see if they have new articles.
Summary
What I have listed in this article, researching comment policies, checking the PageRank of individual posts, and organizing are not going to be quick and easy. You can always just comment on DoFollow blogs and build numerous backlinks on any post. But one thing to keep in mind is that relative links with high PR will be more valuable than just a link from any source. So why not work on less quantity and gain more quality in your backlink building?
~ Kristi Hines
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