What They Don’t Teach You About Link Building

We all agree that commenting is one of the best of source of blog traffic. It is the cheapest form of advertising we could all capitalize on. It’s only by way of regular commenting, you can

1. Introduce yourself to the community,
2. Create more awareness of your blog,
3. Send new visitors your way,
4. Thus, an opportunity to turn them into loyal readers.
5. Lastly, to build your backlinks in the eyes of search engines Google.

We have also been schooled on the importance of commenting on DoFollow sites as a legitimate way of link building. If you aren’t already in the know, commenting on a blog when NoFollow is in place will not be considered as inbound link, that is your link will not counted as a valid link pointing back to your site.

Matter of fact, the more popular the blog is, the higher the odds of it being “NoFollow”. So how do you build those backlinks when NoFollow is in place?

Be a Top Commentator

If there is one secret they don’t teach you about link building is to comment (not spam) regularly and aim to be listed in a Top Commentator spot whenever such plugin is available.

Think of it being in someone’s else blogroll without the need to beg as we sometimes do or a chance to advertise for free when usually the same spot may cost you a few dollars a month. How does that sound to you?

Benefits of being a Top Commentator

1. Cost-free advertising,
2. Better awareness of your blog, being on the top spot grabs everyone’s attention.
3. Site-wide inbound link which is good in the eyes of Google,
4. Increase your Technorati Rank & Authority
5. Opportunity to get rewarded for being in the top spot. (Slyvisions dot com)

Now I know, where I do I find those?

Now the question is how do you find those blogs with Top Commentator spot? Yes, not all blog will reward their regular commentators but finding those with Top Commentator in place is no longer that time-consuming.

Link Building Bible has released a tool DoFollow Diver, though not the first of it’s kind, that will help you easily search for blogs that you can comment on which give a link back to your site.

As an extension of its search tool, it has included blogs with CommentLuv, (which grabs your most recent blog post and puts it as a link in the comment) and the Top Commentator, (which gives a site-wide link on the blog to the top commentators of the blog).

Now when you comment on those blogs when DoFollow, CommentLuv and Top Commentator are available in the like of this blog, not only you get free advertising and site-wide link by being in the top commentator spot, more importantly you will get triple backlinks which translate into better search engine rankings. Just be sure that you are actually making an effort to contribute to the discussion and not spamming to be ahead of anyone else.

Bonus Tip: Since most the top commentator spot is reset every month, it’s best to grab the spot early in the month and maintain your consistency throughout.

So if you have not been a regular commentator here on this blog or in any other blogs, you’d better start commenting more and building that backlinks for better search engine rankings. After all, it doesn’t take too much of your time and you can also learn a great deal from others in the process.

I am all for rewarding my commentators, I mean legitimate ones, but moderation is needed from getting it out of hand. So if you have any valuable opinions on the need to be of a Top Commentator, leave your comment below and grab that spot now.

PS: If your blog has all the 3 plugins installed, don’t forget to submit yours to the list and let others find you as well,

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