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Time is our most precious resource. All bloggers and business owners wish they had more of it and continually seek ways to accomplish more each day.
KeywordLuv and CommentLuv are effective ways to make every comment we write or receive provide far more benefits.
I strongly recommend bloggers join the do follow movement and install the CommentLuv and KeywordLuv plugins.
We and many of our favorite bloggers are focusing more and more of our time and efforts exclusively in dofollow blogs. The CommentLuv community is especially strong and readers can easily see CommentLuv featured posts.
They may not be aware that installing CommentLuv and registering your site allows you to suggest one of your last ten posts. Andy has already acted on a suggestion I made to allow you to select your most important posts instead and he has even added the ability to select your own anchor text for that post! Used wisely, that new feature can allow you to get ranked in the search engines for your most important keyword phrases.
The benefits of using KeywordLuv are not as obvious to many so I want to spell them out and explain exactly why I so strongly recommend using it. First you need to clearly understand what anchor text is and why it is so important to you.
Anchor text is simply the words used in the actual link that tell the search engines what the page the link points to is about.
Many bloggers are NOT using anchor text effectively or do not even know what phrases are important to them. There is nothing more important to your getting more traffic from the search engines than clearly targeting your best anchor text. Read my building traffic post for how to do this.
BENEFITS OF KEYWORDLUV:
- Most bloggers and blog readers dislike keywords in the name field instead of a name. The reason commentators do that is because without KeywordLuv whatever is in the Name field is what is used as anchor text – and that is NOT effective. Installing KeywordLuv fixes that issue by allowing commentators to separate their name from the keywords.
- KeywordLuv allows business owners and bloggers to select their own anchor text and pair it with the most targeted landing page.
- Bloggers can more clearly understand what their commentators do and what their major interests are based on the keywords they use.
- When we blog about our regular commentators we can use the anchor text and links they shared to ensure we are providing them with maximum benefits.
KeywordLuv allows us all to combine commenting and SEO efforts so that we can interact more frequently, strengthen our blogging community relationships and make our sites easier to find in the search engines which will increase our traffic, subscribers and potentially our incomes.
HOW TO USE KEYWORDLUV:
KeywordLuv is simple to use. Instead of putting your name or keywords into the Name field of a comment, use YourName @ Your Keywords.
Here are some examples so everyone is clear on the idea:
- Adam @ Merchant Affiliate Program Manager or Adam @ OPM
- Gail @ Social Media Marketing or Gail @ Business Blogging
- Pete @ Gift Affiliate Program
- Michelle @ Poster Printing
- Jeff @ Wedding Affiliate Program
Notice that only the keyword phrase is linked and that is exactly what your comment name field will look like too. You can vary the anchor text you choose.
For maximum benefit choose specific pages or posts optimized for each phrase and link that specific page/post to that specific keyword phrase.
You will not end up with enough incoming links to any one page if you do not send specific keyword phrases to specific pages/posts.
You can maximize the effectiveness of what you write by optimizing a page specifically for each keyword phrase – especially if you are offering services or products.
That involves good timing in blogs using CommentLuv so read on for how to change your landing page to match your keyword phrase. When you register your site at CommentLuv you entered your URL.
For CommentLuv to work you must enter it into the URL field EXACTLY as you registered it including using or not using the www and including or not including the trailing slash / at the end. You may want to copy and paste it somewhere so you can paste it back in later.
If you don’t see your last ten posts in CommentLuv the most likely cause is the URL you entered is not exactly how you registered it.
To link your selected anchor text to a page different than the one you registered with CommentLuv, fill in your comment as usual, select the CommentLuv post you wish to feature and then do this:
Just before you submit the comment, paste the URL of your preferred post/page into the URL field and immediately submit the comment.
It takes CommentLuv some time to realize the URL field has changed. If you forget or take too long you will lose the CommentLuv featured post you selected.
If that happens just paste your registered URL back into the Website URL field and click into the body of the comment. That will prompt CommentLuv to find your last ten posts again. Select the one you want, and then change the URL again and immediately submit the comment.
By installing KeywordLuv you allow business and blog owners to help themselves to generate more traffic and more sales.
Some will notice that I keep comments most bloggers would summarily delete. I do this because I know that businesses are in dire economic condition and it is essential that small and online businesses survive and even thrive in spite of the current economic climate.
I encourage my fellow bloggers to be forgiving of those who are new and haven’t learned to write excellent comments yet. Is it not better to educate them and even the offshore SEO companies they hire so they can call learn?
Many businesses do not have the time or skills needed to leave their own comments and may not know the difference between spam and adding to the conversation. We can educate them and make the world a better place.
For those bloggers willing to do more I ask that you participate in my new BizLuv MEME and find out how you can Support Your Favorite Businesses and benefit your own blog at the same time.
Note that not all blogs using CommentLuv or KeywordLuv are Do Follow.
I suspect that many assume they are and I personally find it disingenuous to use these plugins that are so connected to the dofollow community and make them nofollow. For this reason I choose not to include nofollowed KeywordLuv sites in my KeywordLuv Twitter List.
CommentLuv blogs are included on my DoFollow Twitter List. Would anyone prefer that I create a DoFollow CommentLuv List?
WHERE TO GET THE PLUGINS:
- KeywordLuv plugin – I claimed @KeywordLuv to make the KeywordLuv plugin and this information post easy to find
- CommentLuv plugin | How to use CommentLuv with IntenseDebate
I am currently compiling lists of Keyword Love enabled blogs, keywordluv lists and will add keyword luv tools if I find any.
Why should you link to bloggers who use KeywordLuv? Because they understand the importance of anchor text and are highly likely to add high quality links to your sites!
KEYWORDLUV LISTS:
- Dofollow.info Do follow blogs tagged as having KeywordLuv installed
- BlogAbout Everything KeywordLuv list (Updated Feb 12, 2010)
Please leave links to any additional Keyword Luv lists or tools you know of in the comments of this post. Thank you.
KEYWORD LUV BLOGS BY NICHE:
Use these lists to find KeywordLuv enabled blogs in your niche. I highly recommend going beyond exchanging comments to linking to and writing about each other’s sites.
Anchor text is so very important that if you appear in the list below I will edit yours on request. Just leave a comment in this post.
COMPUTER FINANCING:
Computer Financing Today – I thought some of my readers might be interested to know that Creative_Ace’s dofollow blog offers 5.99% computer financing with no credit checks. CJ is working on getting KeywordLuv working as I type this.
BLOGGING:
BloggerLuv (Twitter) Blog Collaboration
Kikolani (Twitter) The Art of Blogging for Blogging Tips and Social Media Marketing
Tycoon Blogger (Twitter) Blogging Tips
Andrew Rondeau (Twitter) How to Build a Blog Download your free blogging guide
Nice Blogger (BituMihau) Blogging Best Practices
Hot Blog Tips (HotBlogTips) Blogging Tips
Another Blogger (AnotherBlogger) Blogging Tips including How to Import Blogger Blogs to WordPress
Pot Politics (JSinKeyWest) Blogging Tips and Everything Else
INTERNET MARKETING:
GrowMap – this site
Don Power’s Local Business Internet Marketing and Local Social Media Marketing
Dennis Edell Direct Sales Marketing
I Do Web Marketing
Extreme John (Twitter) Business Reviews and Blogging Tips
Internet Marketing for Mommies (momtohanna) Making Money with Squidoo Lens – Get a Squidoo Lens Review
AFFILIATE MARKETING:
AffiliateXFiles (Twitter) Affiliate Marketing Advice
WEB DEVELOPMENT:
Activo Web Development Blog team of Web Designers dedicated to KeywordLuv
DOFOLLOW LISTS:
Blog about Do Follow Blogs
FREELANCE WRITERS and PRODUCT REVIEWERS:
Moomettes Magnificents (Twitter) Product Reviews | Add Your Contests and Giveaways
Creative Ace (Creative_Ace) Freelance Writing and Online Technical Writing
VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS:
Social Media Virtual Assistant (Twitter) Offering Social Media Marketing Services
HOME IMPROVEMENT / REAL ESTATE:
Good Millwork Architectural Moldings including Crown Moldings, Baseboards and Chair Rail and Exterior Shutters, Wood Siding and other Millwork
Tampa Florida Real Estate Blog (DannyinTampa)
Gulf Coast Beach Team Alabama Gulf Coast Real Estate (GulfShoresLife)
Las Vegas Real Estate
WEDDINGS and GIFTS:
ExecGiftsBlog Associated with Executive Gift Shoppe’s Personalized Gifts Store and featuring a Wedding Store
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Truffles and Chocolate Do Follow Blog with CommentLuv and KeywordLuv
GOLF:
NoBogies Golf Blog and Golf Store with comprehensive posts on the Rules of Golf
Putting Mat Improving Your Golf Putting Confirmed Do Follow CommentLuv KeywordLuv
MUSIC:
Remergence Rembeatz Electronica Duo (JJ_Remergence) and (Rembeatz)
Blazing Minds Music Blog (BlazingMinds)
TECHNOLOGY, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE:
Software Critics Software Reviews (MathDelane)
GENERAL:
Known dofollow KeywordLuv enabled blogs in all other niches (more sections to be added as needed):
The Blog About Everything | KeywordLuv list (Updated Feb 12, 2010)
Know of a Do Follow KeywordLuv blog missing from the above list? Let me know in the comments. If it is yours please also include your best anchor text phrases and landing pages and fill in the Twitter field too.
Posts like this take an extremely long time to compile and create. There are many more KeywordLuv enabled blogs to be added from Kikolani’s Dofollow.info Do follow blogs tagged as having KeywordLuv installed and to be found by searching.
We collectively need to decide on the best solution for compiling KeywordLuv blogs by niche. Please volunteer or leave suggestions in the comments. Thank you.
I am asking my readers to contribute to this project by adding your favorite KeywordLuv enabled blogs in the comments of this post. Please provide desired anchor text and landing pages.
As time allows I WILL move them into the body of this post to provide you with stronger editorial links.
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I have not mentioned CommentLuv above, did I? I only said that I alienated the idea of using KeywordLuv but remained dofollow. As for using CommentLuv, Andy Bailey even thank me for using it and mentioning his plugin on a post related to dofollow and KeywordLuv abuse which I don’t want to link drop anyway.
FYI, spammers are not a discouragement if I end up dropping KL. It’s my choice.
It certainly makes me wonder why some bloggers are so hooked into this idea of KL so much when in fact, its developer is no longer using it because of the spam problems he has faced himself.
Supporting bloggers is not a problem and that’s one of the reasons why I couldn’t let go of “dofollow” but I hate spam much as everyone else does.
Speaking of small businesses, legitimate ones don’t link drop and go. Splogs pretend to be legitimate blogs leaving comments and trackbacks linking to your site which if you approve wouldn’t do any good but harm.
I support start-ups on my site, in fact, Microsoft BI’s PowerPivot is one of my recently assisted project. Legitimate and genuine businesses, big or small, approach reputable sites. They don’t droplinks and they don’t spam, they talk and engage.
Mathdelane ´s last blog ..Software Critics Turns One: Blogging Milestones
Welcome Karen,
There is definitely a strong community of fellow bloggers who are commentators across many blogs. Wherever we travel we’ll run into Mitch and Sire and Dennis Edell and many others.
The CommentLuv community reminds me of the concept behind the television show Cheers that when you arrive your friends are already there and everyone gets to know each other on multiple sites.
I hope you’ll come by our personalized gifts blog that contains wedding related content and a Wedding store. It is also a dofollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv blog and a good place to share your wedding related post.
growmap´s last blog ..Recommended Wedding Affiliate Program: Bridaluxe
Thank you for explaining this aspect of the issue so well Kristi. Another issue is that these types of comment jobs often go to people whose native language is not English. Even when they do their best to leave a relevant comment they may struggle.
I was once fluent in one other language (too many decades ago to remember most of it now) and understand more than I speak of another so I know how difficult it is to write in another language.
That is why I am more lenient than many business blogs can be – I am more about teaching and less about what others might think of my letting them comment here. If I just delete their comments they can’t learn from my feedback or get practice at better commenting.
While the issue of language will remain, the enormous growth of dofollow and hundreds of thousands of blogs using CommentLuv and strong adoption of KeywordLuv will mean more opportunities to comment within our areas of expertise and still do link building.
Internet users will get better at locating other related sites and this will greatly increase the quality of the comments too.
growmap´s last blog ..Recommended Wedding Affiliate Program: Bridaluxe
Hello Audrey,
I suspect there is no such thing as a blog that never gets any spam even if it does not use these plugins and even if it is nofollow. Dofollow blogs are bound to attract more spam and yes, KeywordLuv could make it easier for spammers to select their own anchor text.
I have found, though, that spammers often don’t use the KeywordLuv syntax which makes their spam easier to identify and delete. The major complaint about keywords in the name field is that not leaving your name is unfriendly. KeywordLuv is the obvious solution to that objection.
growmap´s last blog ..BizLuv MEME: How to Support Your Fav Businesses
Hello Chandon,
What I have done in this post is precisely what we as bloggers need to do both for each other and for our favorite small businesses. I don’t mean that anyone’s posts need to have as many links as this one does. I do mean that we should write about, link to and recommend quality businesses regularly.
For a Web site to maintain strong search engine positions it needs to have new incoming links on a regular basis using the words that describe what the page you are linking to contains.
If we all recommend and link to our favorite small and online businesses they will prosper. Their prosperity can be used to create more jobs and as they can spend more with other businesses those other businesses will also thrive.
Every business any of us helps will spread their good fortune to many others. It is impossible to know how far each pay it forward action can ripple. We can all launch more butterflies.
growmap´s last blog ..MEME: BizLuv in Support of Small Businesses
Their domain changed to comluv.com and if you use Twitter you can reach Andy @CommentLuv. This post on How to install CommentLuv on blogspot might be useful to you.
Bloggers using Blogger Blogspot can install CommentLuv. One way is to use CommentLuv for Blogger by installing it with IntenseDebate or by using the
JSkit CommentLuv version.
I believe there is also a CommentLuv Disqus version but that link doesn’t say where it is and a comment I read indicates that it may be impossible to remove nofollow when using Disqus. (Note that these types of things can change so always check the latest.)
Andy also explains how to import your Blogger Blog into the Comluv network which migrates it to WordPress hosted at Comluv with some plugin capabilities beyond what the free non-self-hosted WordPress versions have.
I find it extremely challenging to find specific information on the ComLuv site so you may want to bookmark or save this post or remember to search for KeywordLuv to locate it again.
growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track
I think both the KeywordLuv and CommentLuv are great plugins. They do encourage people to leave comments and increase readership. But the problem is getting quality comments as well as going through each comment to weed out those spammy ones. I suppose you will always have to take the good with the bad and make the best out of it.
Audrey@Rowenta Steam Irons´s last blog ..Rowenta Steam Irons: Which To Buy? updated Tue Jan 26 2010 8:27 pm CST
Welcome Mathdelane,
I am sorry to hear that you have allowed spammers to discourage you from offering KeywordLuv and CommentLuv on your blog. I should have checked more carefully and noticed that you no longer offer them.
Almost everything in life has pros and cons. I consider managing more spam in order to support other bloggers and save businesses that might otherwise go under due to the economy a small price to pay. Perhaps you’ll reconsider?
When we look at the larger picture and realize that we can assist local and small online businesses that make the effort to raise their visibility online so they can keep feeding their families and the families of their employees some of what we used to think of as SPAM might not be any more.
I hope those who are not yet persuaded will read the two BizLuv MEME posts. I’ll feature one in CommentLuv for this reply.
growmap´s last blog ..MEME: BizLuv in Support of Small Businesses
Hi Kristi,
The more I think about the differences between relationship-building comments and spammy comments it pretty much comes down to quality. IMHO link building is a good thing for us all provided we do it while actually sharing in the discussion.
I for one don’t enjoy commenting for the sake of link building and I do enjoy link building in the course of commenting.
growmap´s last blog ..Better Twitter Retweets From Favorite Twitter Apps
Thank you for your support Don. I am sure we will be frequent collaborators.
growmap´s last blog ..MEME: BizLuv in Support of Small Businesses