I just found the first best plugin for Wordpress of 2008. (I found it in 2008, so it counts!)
I saw it in action today on HowtoSpoter and it is a brilliant idea. The plugin is called CommentLuv and if you scroll down this page to the comment field you’ll notice a new check box and text:
Enable CommentLuv which will try and get your last blog post, please be patient while it finds it for you
You can see it in action here. Scroll down to the comments and you will see regular comments but now you also get the last post that commentator made on their blog. See the comment by “Virginia” at bottom for example.
That is major major reward for participation!
Knowing you are going to get a link to your latest blog post, with all the keyword goodness you built into the title, tends to make you want to visit a site more.
The more people visit and comment on your site the more user generated content loaded with keyword relevance that gets added to your site. That’s a big deal.
I will be following closely on sites like HowToSpoter who are using plugins like this because I simply get more for participating there. With CommentLuv enabled, you get an incredible bonus and people will see traffic increases absolutely, positively from this.
(I still moderate comments and, now that I am giving so much by using this killer Wordpress plugin, will be even more picky as to who gets past me. So don’t think this is your chance to get some easy links without making meaningful posts!)
Download CommentLuv and get more participation going on on your blog! Click the graphic below…
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Commentluv is pretty nifty. What I like about it is the fact that it rewards the visitor for leaving comments. I’ve added this to a couple of my sites, as a way of thanking people for popping in with comments.
Thanks for the heads up. Will download it right now and try it. Seems to be a very useful plugin.
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Now they have keyword luv. I honestly wish that blogger had commentluv. It’d be so convenient. Keyword luv is also a great plugin since it gives readers incentive to comment. I use it all the time at work.
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Jack,
We finally got Comment Luv added about three weeks ago and the comments have increased and gotten better. Just shows what a little luv can do.
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Really nicely explained, man. You do a good job of rubbishing the misinformation out there. I appreciate the value of your content greatly!
I like CommentLuv also. Great plugin.
Had it on my blog – disabled it – guess I need to enable it. I felt it would be a “spammer magnet.”
I'll just have to see I guess.
Andrew
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I agree that KeywordLuv increases the traffic because people like the interaction of commenting. We believe the this is indeed a great Keyword Plugin.
Hi
One thing I didn’t understand. In CommentLuv, we need to type “@” in the name. Most of them work but at some blogs like yours, the name comes as a whole. Can you please let me know why that happens?
I have subscribe your blog..
Thanks
Ron
@Ron – I am seeing separate words for other commentators. Space separated words should work for you – depends how you’re typing it in.
Okay, thanks for the information, I will install it in my other blog. Thank you once again.
We’ll be sure to use the keywordluv and commentluv plugins on our blog now. It should increase subscribers and comments. Thanks!
I use CommentLuv on two of my blogs. Had difficulty making it work on the others. The Blogger plug-in seems to work on some templates only.
Thanks for posting this. I was thinking along your lines and it was good to see it in words. I do agree that conetent comes first then theme. I have been blogging for about a year now and now usability is become a bigger part of what I o. I think I need to create a start page for my blog that links to my best posts and warms up the visitor/ Look forward to more of your thought provocing posts.Great article!!
Hi Jack very cool that you’re doing this.
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I’m planning on putting a wordpress blog in a subdirectory of my main domain that will have commentluv. My main domain is do follow but doesn’t have the comentluv plugin. Some people think that by using do follow you end up leaking page rank but the fact is that page rank is shared – you don’t lose it when you link out.
The reason page rank may vary are because of the links pointing into the page not pointing our of the page. Unfortunately more bloggers don’t know this therefore they don’t “share the love” by “do following” their comments. The use of no follow in comments only worked when you wanted to keep all links pointing into your own domain – for page rank sculpting – but with the new google update page rank sculpting went down the drain. Anyways, thanks for sharing the luv
All the best,
Eren
I am somewhat confused about KeywordLuv versus CommentLuv. Somehow, I just don’t get the difference!
I also wonder if the comment luv plugin will makes difference. I have been hearing a lot about it from various so called internet marketing gurus that claim it will positively help with the traffic and your rankings. I have one blog that is just plodding along. Maybe I will add it there and monitor it for a couple of months to see what happens?
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HiJack!
Feedburner and CommentLuv don’t mix – it bleeds off the backlink from commentluv – see the reason and the cure here in this CommentLuv and Feedburner Danger post.
Cheers – Rhys
Great Post.. I need to add this now that it works with Disqus.
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Thanks for the great blog. I always run across people debating the value of Keyword/Comment Luv. I think the important word here is “good will”. Having a nice blog and allowing your commenters a nice reward for a decent comment builds a little good will and repeat visits. Sure, it can be abused, but what can’t?
I have just discovered this great plug in as well. Love that it makes link building easier.
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Hi,
Thanks for this great post mate, I’ve been using Comluv for a while and I think it has increased traffic to my blog.
I’ll be sure to stop by here again soon, keep up the good work.
Take care,
Paul
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