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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Thanks for mention Jack!
Greatly appreciated and yes, that plugin has increased my comment count quite a bit. People seem to love to have links to their latest posts as a reward for participation.
Alex
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Thanks for the advice Jack. Just one question, Can you control whether this plugin produces “No Follow” and “Follow” links? Just wondering if that is possible, because I noticed that on the blog of Howtospoter.com the link seems to be “nofollow”.
Regards,
Hector
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Looks like it is defaulted to no follow, but in this case I’d agree with spammers knowing this plugin doesn’t allow follow links. That’s the last damn thing we need is them targeting every blog on the web using this plugin, which would be easy to do.
Links are for traffic in this case and I’m happy about that.
Killer Idea.
Jack you are brilliant and so am I because it just so happens I mentioned you in my last blog post.
Oh the Irony of it all.
I will be implementing this soon on my blog as well since this sounds good to motivate reader to post their comments more frequently.
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Hector,
Plugin will use whatever defaults specified on your blog for links in comments. I also use a plugin called “Lucia Linky Love” which sets Do Follow on links in comments after a preset number of comments on my blog. There are 3 different settings I set within admin of that plugin:
1. I enable Do Follow from link on the commenter name after 3 comments on my blog
2. Enable Do Follow on any url specified Within the comment itself after 5 comments
3. And Trackbacks get the least juice with 10
That scale allows me to reward commenters by sharing the PR juice and prevent any spam issues.
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Jack, you pulled me over her via Twitter of all places. lol
Let’s test out this new plugin and see if it picks up my last post.
High quality comments are hard to come by these days.
This sounds like a great plugin to try for 2000ATE…Regards, Jared Blake
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Round and round and round they go…
With any luck Jack – where it stops everybody knows.
Comment Juice, that is
I have downloaded the plugin and will set it to work. As you say – it’s for TRAFFIC
Many thanks.
David
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Guys, as Jack has rightfully pointed out – this plugin sets “do follow” or “nofollow” attributes based on your default settings.
I know many people love to say they Do Follow commenters – I would recommend having a second look into Lucia Linky Love plugin as I have stated above. Or at the very least make sure you know your blog defaults …
Reason I say this – if you Do Follow on all comments – you give 2 links from each comment, even when it might be a questionable.
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Hi Jack, I have been using this plug-in since the end of December and it has helped in getting more comments on my blog. Just wondering do you think this plugin is the reason my individual post pages have a higher page rank than my home page? I thought if anyone would know it would be you. Keep up the great work!
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You are a product of Power Linking Ray! Your inside pages rank higher than your main page because you work on getting links to them harder than your main page.
Also if your main page is your blog index page, it changes all the time and that changes your keyword density all the time. Google tends to let that page rank in a fluid, dynamic kind of way since it changes so much (every time you post.)
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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Dude – you have a blog. That’s all spammers need to know! lol CommentLuv shouldn’t increase spam at all (over the amount we already get because we are easy targets) but it will increase the number of sub-par comments which you will need to watch.
I can tell when someone is trying to just get on the blog vs. really participating in the conversation. Those kinds of comments have gone up – but you delete them and they learn that they have to do better than that next time.
Hi Jack,
Funny you should mention this plugin, ‘cos I just found it last week (from memory, I think it was on Alex’s blog) and was intrigued enough about it to bookmark it, with plans to come back and look closer at it this week.
Personally, I like the fact that it encourages commentors to put more thought into what they write in your blog comments section – a reward for good thoughts, if you will
Anyway, I will look at implementing it on my blog and test drive it.
Thanks for the heads-up – as always, some great info from you.
regards
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Hi Jack,
I always find new and interesting information when I have time to visit. I know and understand that you actually discovered this plugin on HowToSpoter. But what I appreciate the most is how you find and share cool information.
Thanks
Greg
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I just started using commentluv on one of my blogs and i really like it. you can always moderate which comments you don’t want on but definitely encourages interaction!
keep up the rockin blog!!!
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Boy, with all the little gadget and widgets, where will I ever find the room?
However, since you recommended it, I will make it a point to install ASAP.
Thanks Jack.
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Hi,
Michael from Germany here.
I luse CommentLuv since my Blog is alive.
I simply love it.
I suggest you to team it up with CommentRelish , which can be found here
http://www.justinshattuck.com/comment-relish/
Keep the good work up …*-)
Michael
H Jack,
Michael again.
Hmm, why you showed commentLuv to all other commenters but me?
Perhaps it wasn’t working properly on my last comment.
Or don’T you spread your commentLuv equally …lol?
Regards,
Michael
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Michael,
It won’t put your latest post up unless it can find it quickly. If you site hiccupped when you posted, it just moves on and does your post. This time it caught your last post.
Hi Jack,
Thanks for the information on the plugin. commentluv sounds pretty cool…Hope it works here! Boy, web2.0 just keeps getting better and better!
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I’ve noticed that blogs with CommentLuv or the No-follow tag removed have increased comments and interactivity compared with competitors in the same field.
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I definitely gonna use this plugin on my blog. tnks for info
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Right-On! Jack. Let’s keep spreading the news and hopefully most bloggers will install this plug-in. Better than all those sort-of black hat tactics being spread around the net. In addition to the link, you get a real person to visit.
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According to the review commentluv is the way to go. It is just a simple way to say thanks for a comment and to encourage others to comment on your blog.
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Comment Luv defiantly brought more comments to my blog
Thanks Jack for telling me about it
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Warner – “defiantly?” You mean CommentLuv brought you more comments despite your efforts to thwart them?
Now that you have been using it for a few months, has it been the resource hog people say it is?
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Bob,
Not at all. Haven’t noticed a thing that would be attributed to this plugin.
Jack,
Very useful post. I will download this plugin right away and install it….
Thanks again
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Amazing plugin, I had seen it on a few blogs around the web and wondered what it was. So thank you!
Will this plugin make all my users comments seen by the search engines? Sorry to ask a dumb question liek this but I’m new to blogging with Wordpress.
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Read a blog earlier that says, if you are using the plugin in conjunction with the Feedburner/Feedsmith plugin, the Link Love goes to Feedburner, or doesn’t that matter?
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I’m not sure the two have anything to do with each other. This one links directly to commentators’ last blog post, not their feedburner link for their post.
Love your stuff, Jack.
(also wanted to test this plugin, which seems pretty cool) :p
Neil.
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great plugin. just installed
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I haven’t yet used KeywordLuv, but I’ve been hearing CommentLuv is a pretty great plugin!
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Thanks for the information on comment luv. Love it.
I just installed Comment Luv and am using it to raise money for child sponsorship.
I have been involved in Child sponsorship for over 28 years through World Vision and Missionary Ventures Canada. I have also made about 15 mssion trips to mainly Central American countries. Freely Give is an idea I had recently to raise money to sponsor children in developing countires by getting commissions from major stores, airlines etc. when people buy through our site. At the moment we sponsor 7 kids and hope to add a new one every two weeks !! Why not give it a look
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yes commentluv is a great way to get people to comment on your posts. i’m looking for a way to implement it on my fallout 3 site, which is based on Joomla. does anyone know where i can find a joomla commentluv plugin ?
does comment love have Dofollow or nofollow comments ?
hm… i just have installed disqus on my blog… they don’t have something like comment luv as i was told. Anyone knowing a workaround for that?
See you, Ingo
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How does it work? Does it get the last comment based on the date?
When i was using comment luv o my website a few days back, visitors complained that they could not even post a a comment cos it says some error. i had to remove it. any better alternative?
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“When i was using comment luv o my website a few days back, visitors complained that they could not even post a a comment cos it says some error. i had to remove it. any better alternative?”
Not that I know of. Sounds like a conflict with another plugin you might be using. Seems like there would be another competitor out there, but then, you can probably get the plugin working with some detective work on why it was screwing with your entire comment system. Google search to the rescue!
I added CommentLuv to my blog a couiple of days ago after finding it on another blog. I haven’t gotten any comments yet since I’ve added it, but I think it’s going to be great!
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I know it gets me commenting…
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I’d be curious if the comment luv plugin even makes any difference. Won’t adding it just add one’s site to a see of thousands of other sites already using the plugin?
I might give it a shot though.
I know “Iluv” tags are good, just wondering what other services are working in 2009 as far as backlinking goes. And who does everone use for content writing?
Luv commentluv! You might want to try keywordluv as well, tends to keep the usernames cleaner.
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For a long time I wasn’t even aware of “Commentluv”. In fact I didn’t even know what a “backlink” was, never commentluv or do-follow. Eventually I realized these and I must say that Commentluv is a very handy tool! I have learned from the hard way though . . . I was commenting too much and got too much backlinks all at once for my new site. I learned the hard way unfortunately about what Google’s “sandbox” is.