Tricky But White Hat Link Building Technique

by Jack Humphrey on Jun 5

Disclaimer:  This can be massively abused.  Please note that I am not at all condoning the use of this tactic to spam blogs!

Finding CommentLuv blogs to comment on

This is pretty obvious once you soak it in, so there isn’t much detail to this tip.  CommentLuv is a WordPress plugin that allows your blog to search for your commentators’ last blog post.  (if they have a blog and they put their blog address in the URL field when making a comment on your blog)

CommentLuv will go to their site, check to see if its a blog, check to see their last post, grab the link and the title of that post, and come back to YOUR blog and put the title of their last post which is also linked.

You can go through some of my older posts and see it in action or check out my post on the CommentLuv plugin to see how it works.

CommentLUV links are pretty valuable, even if they are no-follow links.

I have noticed a significant increase in the number of clicks from blog comments I’ve made on sites using CommentLuv.  Obviously, people are given a convenient link to click on with the title of my last post which sells the click well if I’ve made a good headline (title) for the post.

Given that fact, I have done searches in my niche to find out which of my fellow internet marketing bloggers are using CommentLuv.

Here’s how to Google and find all the CommentLuvers in your niche:

keyword “Enable CommentLuv which will”

Put your umbrella keyword for your niche in the keyword area.  It can be a phrase like “blog marketing” or just one keyword like “marketing.”

You will turn up dozens if not hundreds of blogs using this plugin and talking about your topic.

Now you can go get into the discussion on these blogs (making REAL and VALUABLE comments!) and also pick up that extra link CommentLuv puts on the bottom of your comments.

Food for Thought:  What other popular WordPress plugins can you think of that work like CommentLuv to do similar searches?

Example:  If there were a popular plugin a lot of bloggers use to reward their most active commentators with a link in their sidebar, (Top 5 Most Active Members, e.g.) you can isolate text from that plugin that is pretty unique, put it in quotes with your keyword as above, and find every blog using that plugin so you can become active on those sites.

Tagged as: commentluv, finding commentluv users, Link Building

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  • http://www.phonesleuth.net Phone Sleuth

    CommentLuv seems like just a convenience feature to me… Is there really a value of the extra link vs. the the link that your “name” points to?

    But I agree with everyone else. Comments are a great way to build traffic and links as long as you are adding actual value and aren’t doing automated spamming.

  • http://www.foxleymarketingsolutions.com Karl Foxley

    This is so true! I receive a lot of traffic from the comments I leave on blogs with CommentLuv enabled. The best way to generate clickthroughs from blog commenting (and the use of CommentLuv) is to provide a comment of value. If you have something to add, suggestions, observations, etc you’ll find people will want to find out more about you and your blog. Whereas if you just write “thanks, great post!” you aren’t really adding much.

    ‘Thanks for sharing, great post!’ :)

    Karl

  • http://www.philipjamessalon.com/ Philip@Hair Extensions Chicago

    This is a great feature that not only promotes your blog posts, but also encourages discussion on your site.

  • http://www.socialmediatraffic.org Annie Slater

    What a fantastic idea and a fab way to drive traffic, ideal for people looking for ways to generate free visitors such as with social media traffic or video marketing

  • http://therealglobaldomainsinternationalgdi.com/ Dan@Global Domains International GDI

    Thanks for the information! I need to pay more attention to what people comment on on my blog. It can be very time consuming but it is important. This was very helpful.

  • http://www.hairextensionstips.com Jacquie

    I’ve come across commentluv and keywordluv and have noticed rapid increase in backlinks but not sure about traffic. Keywordluv seems to generate more backlinks than commentluv although I’m not able to tell in which proportions.

  • http://www.gebzenakliyat.net/ Gebze Nakliyat

    Very nice Thanks….this web site is the best…

  • http://skihelmetshop.com Craig @ Skiing Helmets Shop

    Thanks for the Luv. I really appreciate the ability to work with online marketers promoting my Skiing Helmet site. If you know any one looking for ski helmets for the family, please visit http://www.skihelmetshop.com and enjoy the slopes safely this winter.

    Regards,
    Craig

  • http://cjeschke.com/ CMJ PHOTOGRAPHY

    I use commentluv on my site: http://www.cjeschke.com/ this way I hope to get more RELATED comments.

  • http://StartOutOnline.net Tom Horton @ StartOutOnline

    Hi there, I don’t usually comment much on blogs
    but I love the post and wanted to tell you.

    Keep up the good work

    Tom Horton

  • http://www.the-residence-seminyak.com bali accommodation

    Thanks jack for your info. I think the key is, when you do blog walking you have to post your comment which is correlated with the post topic.

  • http://www.the-residence-seminyak.com David@bali accommodation

    Or you can use this trick to find a dofollow blog. Just go to Google and type keyword+”nofollow free”

  • http://internetarticlemarketing.org Vis@Internet Article Marketing

    Many thanks for the CommentLuv. I also use the same tool for my website and it is an excellent tool to add original content as long as you manage the comments. One more thing – the cool feature about CommentLuv… it shows the last post you did before you comment – why is that cool? If you write a post about something related to your website and then comment on CommentLuv in other sites, you will gain extra backlinks to your website! How cool is that?
    .-= Vis@Internet Article Marketing´s last blog ..Do Follow Blog, Comment Luv, Keyword Luv =-.

  • http://www.slrview.com edward@digital slr camera

    commentluv is great plugin, but it slowing down my blog so i have to uninstalled it.
    do you have an alternative for plugin such as comment luv ?
    .-= edward@digital slr camera´s last blog ..How to turn the hobby of photography into thoushand dollars =-.

  • http://www.tuzlaambari.com Tuzla Nakliyat

    Keywordluv seems to generate more backlinks than commentluv although I’m not able to tell in which proportions.

  • http://www.nakliyatgebze.com Gebze Nakliyat

    ommentluv is great plugin, but it slowing down my blog so i have to uninstalled it. Desing

  • http://www.erage.nl Angela@Webdesign

    Here’s another tip: whenever several users have branded your comments as spam, the chance you’ll be on the Akismet’s blacklist will be very high. There IS a way to solve that though!

    Go to the contact form at akismet.com and explain the situation properly. If you got branded as a spammer by accident, they’ll remove you off the blacklist.

  • http://www.4generations.co.uk stacie@Photographers in Bromsgrove

    CommentLuv has been great for my site, it has definitely increased my website traffic. It’s a great idea and I’m really pleased to see more sites including this plug-in on their blog sites. I’m also a big fan of KeywordLuv, that has helped me a lot too.

  • http://www.keeperglove.com reusch goalkeeper glove

    Thanks for the CommentLuv post. I’ve been wanting to know what is this CommentLuv about as I’ve seen it in some of the blogs. Now I know….. :)

  • http://www.qualidevis.com devis travaux

    Thanks you for this tip ! I am french, so I don’t inderstand every things in the post !
    But thanks again :)
    ++
    taly

  • http://moviemonitor.com Ricardo Nunez

    I’d rather to use white hat tactics do follow link than the automatic software…

    Watch Movies

  • http://www.artviper.de diocelin@website design münchen

    There are thousands of blogs in the net that has commentluv installed on their commenting platform and it’s really helpful for some webowners to make their website look more livelier with valuable comments. But sadly there are lots of unethical SEO that is abusing these websites making other webowners turn no follow on. Hope that the way of commenting and link building evolve into a much more pleasing and ethical way.
    .-= diocelin@website design münchen´s last blog ..XT Commerce Abonnement Modul =-.

  • http://CreativeProfiteer.net Gina

    If you register your site with the ComLuv network, you have the ability now to choose which of your links to display on the blog comment. it’s best to choose the most relevant one.
    .-= Gina´s last blog ..Kim Roach: The Traffic Addict Who Keeps Giving Away Her Secrets =-.

  • http://www.footballrealm.com Omair@footballrealm

    I have been blogging for quite a few months but despite writing some good posts I wasn’t able to attract traffic to my blog. Then I got to know about the SEO plugin through pne of my friends so i tried that. After that ive been concentrating on building up links and find useful plugins to attract Traffic. One of my friends Mansoor Ahmed of Worsttech advised me to make use of KeywordLuv and CommentLuv and the description above was more than enough for me to understand it. The anchor thing in KeywordLuv really appealed me big time. Thanks guys! This really encourages people to comment in a positive way as it should be . . . Hope it pays off! =)
    .-= Omair@footballrealm´s last blog ..Ron in world of shame after spit =-.

  • http://www.gift-picker.com/ Jon@Gift Picker

    KeywordLuv has helped grow my blog. Readers should give it a try. It helps build traffic and give a little love back to your readers.

  • http://spiralstair.org/ Susan@Spiral Stair

    I registered a couple of my sites with the ComLuv network a few days ago. They now give you the ability to select which of your links you want displayed in blog comments. It’s an awesome feature, guys. Give it a try!

  • http://nailpolishrack.net Discount Nail Polish Racks Online

    Yes, this is an effective tactic but many webmasters have had to disable the CommentLuv plugin due to spam comments. It’s human nature to take shortcuts, but this in turn ruins it for the rest of us who are trying to build up a solid link portfolio by adding value to other sites. Hopefully we’ll see some more innovative plugins in the future to further help curb spam while allowing webmasters to continue rewarding real commentors.
    .-= Discount Nail Polish Racks Online´s last blog ..Discounted Kayline Modular Manicure System =-.

  • http://www.smallbusinessdoer.com Greg Lam@small business

    I installed commentluv but quickly realized it wasn’t compatible with Disqus. I did a search and commentluv is working on integrating it, but can’t right now with the way disqus is coded http://comluv.com/news/commentluv-for-disqus-id-js-kit/. Hopefully they will be able to co-exist together and I can use both commenting systems.
    .-= Greg Lam@small business´s last blog ..Plan 1 – Local Small Business Videos =-.

  • http://kikolani.com/ Kristi

    Blog commenting shouldn’t just be done to build links for PR and SERPs – it should be done to build your reputation and increase traffic back to your site as well. And a blog post title is likely to get more interest than just an unknown website.
    .-= Kristi´s last blog ..SEO Infographic – Link Building Data Visualization =-.

  • http://www.howtospoter.com Alex Sysoef

    I agree with Krisiti’s statement above me. Blog commenting, if done for the purpose of only getting backlinks doesn’t always pay off, although it shouldn’t be ignored.

    I guess main point – add to conversation, preferably something unique :-)
    .-= Alex Sysoef´s last blog ..Beware Of HostICan Hosting Fraud And Consumer Scam =-.

  • http://www.topvampirecostumes.com Tamara @ vampire costume

    I totally agree that Blog commenting is not all about building links for PR and SERPs sake only. It should also build reputation and pull potential traffic back to your website. Above all, it should be a give and take relationship.

  • http://www.larissaphotography.com/blog TJ McDowell

    After you exhaust the Google links have you guys founds that Bing and Yahoo searches turn up extra sites?
    .-= TJ McDowell´s last blog ..Adobe Lightroom – Getting Serious About Photography =-.

  • http://twitter.com/zyseosofware Bryan Cañon

    hey this is a good technique in finding relevant blogs with commentluv but i have a question on why some commentluv enabled blogs still giving away no-follow links?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CTYDVMYNUIVPIWLQOYCZM7P6PE Todd Pennington

      Google
    Panda Update is really something worth to save the spirit of blogging aside
    from just doing spam. I love that they recognize commentluv.

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