Use CommentLuv for better comments
Categories: Marketing Tips
Written By: SOCOM Sales
I just finished my daily ritual of reading my favorite sites. Tay over at Super Blogging must have added a new plugin to his site. Once I left a comment I saw that it had grabbed a feed from my site of the last post and added it. I saw that the plugin is called commentluv and once I saw this I had to have it.
Encourage Comments
Everyone that blogs knows that leaving comments is a great way to drive trafic to your site. I can not tell you how many new websites I have become a frequent reader of by clicking on the link with the commenter’s name. Some sites still have a hard time driving traffic with this but I think all in all that comments in blogs are the best way to get new visitors. Asking questions of your readers is a great way to encourage comments and I do not do enough of it. I will start to do this more often.
The truth is besides loving to see that a post was commented on, I like to see the sites of the other readers.
Reward comments
One way of rewarding comments is called link love. Bloggers that create special posts for their readers that highlight the websites of their top
commenter’s is a wonderful way of rewarding other bloggers. For blogs like mine that do not get a large number of comments (though I would love them) adding this type of plugin could give you an added bonus that will encourage more comments on your blog.
You will see this addition to the bottom of the comments section. If you have a blog and want some extra backlinks, here is your opportunity.
Are you using commentluv?
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January 19th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Thanks for dropping by my blog and for the link! I agree with you, commenting is one of the best ways to network and meet other bloggers, and to get your blog out there. I think CommentLuv is a fantastic plugin and helps reward your commentators and send even more traffic to them. Thanks for writing this.
Tay - Super Blogging’s last blog post..The Best of the Blogosphere: January 18, 2008
January 19th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
You are so right about the commenluv plugin encouraging comments as well as the conversation. I have several blogs I take care of and I am getting it installed on all of them slowly but surely.
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February 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Thanks for this info! I am going to go check it out right now. What a great idea and a nice ethical bribe for more comments. Things that can get the conversation going are always welcome.
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February 15th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I’ve started using commentluv on a couple of my sites and I LOOOVE it, thanks for the post!
alejandro
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February 25th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Is CommentLuv plugin fetch the rss of our blog ?
And if true, what rss fetcher used by this plugin ?
The best rss and simple rss fetcher i think is simplepie.
easy to modify for what we need.
Ketut Widarta’s last blog post..PSPad Editor
March 18th, 2008 at 3:19 am
This looks like a pretty cool way to give people an incentive to leave comments.
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March 29th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Using the “Blogger” set-up, I can’t use CommentLuv, but at least I removed my blog’s no-follow tags on comments.
Chauncy’s last blog post..Bill Gates Says Windows Vista Sucks
March 29th, 2008 at 6:05 am
awesome little tool
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I think CommentLuv may become a “spam attractor” — but it’s up to the blogger.
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April 9th, 2008 at 1:25 am
I think any blog can be an attractor at this stage. Heck on our hosted blog which is obviously no follow we still get bombarded with spam comments. If it’s a text box it will get hit. I think it has positive aspects in the sense that I can now see a list of articles I may want to read that I was never previously exposed to otherwise.
Greenie’s last blog post..Almost Time For Picnics And Fun
April 17th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
if you search “This blog uses CommentLuv v1.0 which will try and parse your last blog post, please be patient while it finds it for you” followed by your keywords you will find sites that are related to you and give some CommentLuv. This may see worthless, but it does help you build up a community.
Sending some CommentLuv at you.
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May 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
i found out about comment luv of digital forum, they are a great way like you said to drive traffic from reputable sites,
May 12th, 2008 at 12:37 am
I never thought about getting two links back when you comment on a blog with CommentLuv. Now there is more reason to comment than ever before!
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May 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Thanks for letting know about this plugin - I just put it on all my blogs since the last time I posted here.
Thanks again!
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May 24th, 2008 at 5:40 am
This is a pretty great plugin. I’ve been a member of the Open Source community for a long time, and I feel like this is a really good step toward bringing the blogging community together.
Michael’s last blog post..Make my site rank #1 in Google
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
Has anyone had problems with this plugin? I am just getting started with it… Just wondering
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Great article. I always love to read your articles. Keep them comming.
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June 6th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I’m new to blogging, but CommentLuv seems like an excellent idea. It both encourages commenters (spammers can still be moderated) and also keeps commenters’ anchor text clean, and rewards them with an extra back link.
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June 21st, 2008 at 1:38 am
I’ll put this one in my blog.
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June 21st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
What a great incentive to leave a comment instead of just being a looky-loo.
Susan’s last blog post..Tech Mag
June 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
just started using it; hopefully comments grow as a result…
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June 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I like the CommentLuv plugin, I think that it’s a great reward for those who leave good quality comments on my blog. I haven’t officially installed the plugin yet, but I’m anxious to see if there is a significant increase in visitors. Thanks for the post.
Rick NHS’s last blog post..Permian Basin Home Sales Up
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I am still not using it but I see many blogs do. When I finish working on SEO of my latest blog I will give it a try. What are your thoughts now, did you meet your expectations by installing it?
July 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
CommentLuv rocks
Eric’s last blog post..The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper)
July 10th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I just tried this little plugin and its works like wonders for me.
It have increased my visitors + Rss Subscribers hehe
Thanks for sharing
Aidan
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August 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 am
SOCOM,
I have to agree with you, I to would like more comments left but at the same time to have comments for the sake of links or simply to say “yea I agree” seems kind of silly.
Blogging is about conversation, or at least I would like to think that it is, I would like to see more of the threads go in more of a converdational way,
Could you imagine sitting at Starbucks and havin a conversation that goes the way of most blog topics, LOL, I’d feel like I was stuck out on the back fence with Hank Hill and friends
Have a great day,
Richard
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August 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Interesting!
CommentLuv helps you reward your commentators by separating their name from their keywords in the link to their site. This gives them improved anchor text, which can help their site rank higher in the search engine results.
You can now leave a comment with your name as well as a keyword of your choice here and get a PR5 link back to your site! How cool is that? People pay big bucks for that and all you have to do is comment here.
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September 20th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
CommentLuv has proved itself to be very helpful and promising. I really like this plugin, it will definitely attract more readers to my beauty salon equipment blog.
I’m interested - are there any other plugins like CommentLuv?
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September 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 am
I think any blog can be an attractor at this stage. Heck on our hosted blog which is obviously no follow we still get bombarded with spam comments. If it’s a text box it will get hit. I think it has positive aspects in the sense that I can now see a list of articles I may want to read that I was never previously exposed to otherwise. But is quiet different in standalone sites, for eg a savings website would not have the functionality.
Monica’s last blog post..Debt by the meter
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 am
anyone no of anyother blogs with comment luv enabled. Maybe an idea for someone to publish a list of the best blogs
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
nice work
thanks
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November 19th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I really dig comment luv…. it is genius….
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November 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
The first time I saw CommentLuv work I did a real double take. What! How did they find my latest entry. Very cool functionality.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 10:28 am
There seems to be an updated version of commentluv on some blogs which checks how many posts you have on the posters blog before it will allow them a link. You need 3 posts, which I guess cuts down on spam from people who have just set up a spam blog to try to get some quick links.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
My own blog at Karlonia.com does not yet have the CommentLuv plugin but it is DoFollow for comments.
Another useful plugin for encouraging comments is KeywordLuv, which allows commenters to choose the anchor text for their links but also allows them to use their real names or usernames. I discovered the KeywordLuv plugin a few months ago, but sadly my theme seems to be incompatible. This probably doesn’t matter much, however; people seem to be doing a good enough job of putting their keywords in the name field anyway
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November 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I think its a good choice for a webblog
This plugin works
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
awesome little tool
December 5th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I use this for my blog and I can say the results are good.
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December 5th, 2008 at 6:44 am
maybe I would give this a try!
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December 7th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Got that right, I also use commentluv because it gets people comming back to my blog
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December 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Great plugin, creates a greater sense of community.
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January 3rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Just stumbled on this site and must say it is quite informative. CommentLuv and KeywordLuv (+ dofollow) really help new bloggers.
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