Leaving comments on other blogs is one way of getting backlinks and traffic to your own blog, and it’s super easy to do, which is why it is often exploited by spammers and other deceitful people. So you have to be careful to closely moderate the comments on your blog(s) and when you are leaving comments on other blogs make sure you are leaving something that is well thought out, useful, and relevant to the topic.
If you leave useful comments, you would not only get backlinks, but you can even get targeted traffic to your blog. It is important to leave relevant comments on blogs that add something legitimate to the discussion so that your comments will be approved on the blog to achieve the backlinks and traffic. If you just post comments like “nice tips” or “This is an interesting article” or you just try to leave your links — the blog owner will probably not approve your comments.
I have when someone leaves misleading or vague comments because it is annoying and adds nothing of value to my posts. I once had a commenter that left a comment that said that I have an interesting blog and he just subscribed to my feed. I was happy with that comment because someone just subscribed to my feed without me telling the person to subscribe. The next day, I saw the same exact comment on another one of my blogs. I don’t know how he found that blog, but I assume he probably uses some sort of automated tool so post comments on hundreds of blogs that he ever actually reads. When I saw that comment, I knew that I was deceived. I always moderate the comments on my blog posts, so I deleted his comment on this blog and on the other blog.
If you want to receive the benefits of commenting, you should leave useful comments. By useful comments, I mean that you should read the blog post and comment accordingly. I can tell by reading someone’s comment if the person read or did not read a blog post. Don’t let people call you a spammer because spammers don’t read blog posts. They just copy and paste the same words on every blog they come across. If you leave useful comments, you will attract other blog readers to your blog. The readers would be curious about what your blog is about and what type of posts do you have on your blog since you are leaving quality comments on other posts they read. If you have what they are looking for, they might become regular readers and might subscribe to your feed, or buy from you.
mummyZuan says
i’m hoping that the person is not me.because i really love reading your post eventhough i rarely put comment on your post.
Dalirin says
Really, thanks for reading this blog.
Angelina says
I have seen those identical comments on different posts. If a person is not really reading the post, then they are missing out because there is so much useful information in these posts. I find by reading the entire post, I have learned so much.
Anish K.S says
Dalirin, thanks for this useful post, good tips.
Ricky says
Commenting is a good way to drive traffic atleast. I got good traffic through commenting. Moreover we can get to know other bloggers also.
Pookie says
I absolutely hate when people who obviously didn’t read a single word of of my post leave a comment. And its true they always start with “wow” or “nice”. My blog is new and without many readers so I just take what I can get. Hopefully soon I can afford to be more picky with my commenting.
Bora Paris dot Com says
Posting comments are great tool to get backlinks, but sometemes, as you say, people don’t understand why we do this.
Probably they do, but as usual there is good, and the is bad.
Good wins for sure otherwise this blog will not exist.
Thanks for good points, Dalirin.
Suresh says
This would be my second comments on this blog, if you approved my comments, of course. I found your blog from Stephan Miller’s blog. Then, I decided to click and see what you write on it. Really I love your post about it and the other one too, about being the guest poster on other blogs. I always commenting on dofollow blog, but sometimes, I leave comments too on nofollow blog, when I read, the post is good and insightful, in my opinion, of course. Hey, do you mind to come to mine, and give some feedback? I really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Last one, I’m not bookmarking your blog, but, I do place your blog, on my spreadsheet’s list.
Abhishek Bharadwaj says
How do you deal with spam comments on your blog? WordPress blogs are quite prone to spam comments, and your blog is quite clean. One way is captcha but, i hate using them. Have you tried Akismet?