How Blog Commenting Got Me 1200 Backlinks in 5 Days

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

Blogging Techniques, Link Management, Search Engine Optimization, Traffic, Website Promotion, Work From Home, seo

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Everyone knows just how important blog commenting can be in getting you backlinks, establishing your name in your blogging community and hopefully getting the number 1 spot in SERP. But have you actually counted how many backlinks you can get from blog commenting alone? If you’ve read my recent post ‘The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here‘ I described some of these obvious benefits to blog commenting but I also included an important revelation:

Well someone I know who does blog commenting at blogs with ‘Top Commentator’s List for just 2 months gets him over 10,000 inlinks??? How? It’s simple ….the Top Commentator links are sitewide (because it’s in the sidebar) and it counts every single page as an inlink. So if you make top commentator on a site with 300 pages, it counts as 300 inlinks.

While I don’t disagree with how Blog Commenting can help you amass a substantial amount of backlinks, how successful you are at it is also determined by what comment strategy you used or how addicted diligent you are in making this effort a routine work before anything else, just to name a couple. I decided to start a little experiment to find out how many backlinks I can obtain for Work From Home Business Blog over 5 days of blog commenting.

Blog Comment Strategy I used:

Special Focus For this Experiment:

  • Comment on blogs which have do-follow and Top Commentator List. The easiest way to find the DoFollow blogs is through the use of a search engine called DoFollo.com. Here you can search for DoFollow blogs in your niche by using relevant keywords. For this experiment I used my do-dollow blogs list in ‘The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here‘ to find my blogs to comment.
  • Focus on PR3 blogs. This is my short term focus as I reckon over 5 days it’s easier to get more backlinks from PR3 blogs than say PR4-PR6. I will change my focus once my experiment ends.
  • Contribute only quality comments. If you think you don’t have anything good to add to the conversation, DON’T Comment. Move on to another blog.
  • DON’T spam!
  • Start with 5 PR3 Blogs on the first day and post comments until you can find yourself in the Top Commentators List (you may have to manual count for blogs which moderate comments).
  • On subsequent days go to these 5 blogs and add more comments to maintain or increase your lead over other bloggers. Always aim for the No. 1 spot in the Top Commentators List. If this is not possible, be in this list at least. Comment on 1-2 new blogs and repeat comment strategy.

At all Times:

  • When you received a comment give a comment back by visiting the blog. To let everyone know you are dead serious about this, display an icon that says U Comment-I Comment Back
  • Reward your Top Commentators each month so as to give recognition as well as attract more people to comment on your blog. Write a Readers Appreciation post monthly as a show of appreciation.

After 5 days of blog commenting using this strategy you will find that you are Top Commentator for about 10-15 blogs. Here are my Results:

B. Score Summary

Date of Report: Oct 17, 2008 (full report)

B. Score Summary
Section www.peterleehc.com/blog
Website Grade 93
Google Page Rank 3
Google Indexed Pages 315
Traffic Rank 244,210
Blog Rank 155,210
Inbound Links 1,566
del.icio.us Bookmarks 0

Date of Report: Oct 22, 2008 (full report)

Section www.peterleehc.com/blog
Website Grade 94
Google Page Rank 3
Google Indexed Pages 324
Traffic Rank 231,650
Blog Rank 112,163
Inbound Links 2,825
del.icio.us Bookmarks 0

Results Analysis:Blog Comment Experiment from Oct 17 - Oct 22 My total backlinks (Inbound Links) increased by 1259 and in fact my Traffic Rank, Google Indexed Pages and Blog Rank have also improved too. It is worth mentioning also that during this experiment, no other linking methods were used e.g. social bookmarking, article marketing, directory submission.

This simple experiment goes to show how effective blog commenting can be in generating you lots of backlinks provided you become Top Commentator at high quality blogs and follow a good comment strategy. My experiment is…well an experiment after all. If you have found other more successful ways to go about getting better results, I really like to hear them. Feel free to tell us your blog commenting ways in getting your backlinks.

Here is another of my successful experiment on taking backing to a higher level. Enjoy!

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  • @Kindred Scents Candles: Yes there is. Backling too fast will be seen as artificial by Google and you will be penalized for it. You must increase your backlinking steadily. Someone with more knowledge may be able to explain it better.
  • is there such thing as too much backlinking?
  • This post just nails the topic, awesome post again...
  • The way I like to do it is naturally. Remember that Backlinks, in theory, are citations from other webmasters. That's why the engines have put a lot of weight on backlinks as a ranking factor in the past. Google has made changes so that it is REALLY hard to manipulate serps with artificial linking.
  • Peter, I think that besides the number of backlinks, it is important the quality of the backlinks. Because it's not the same have a backlink from a pagerank of 4 than another that has 1 or 0.

    And yes, post comments in blogs is a good activity to get backlinks , and I really love it!
  • @robot forex: Absolutely quality is more important than quantity. This is but an experiment on how to get as many links as possible within a short time. Quality links are the cream of the crop.
  • I must say that you give out some great information. I just started a work at home wordpress blog. I will have to mark this site as one of my favorite's for information given in layman's terms.
  • Thanks and glad you liked it. Getting backlinks especially quality ones is the most important aspect of our business.
  • @Work at Home: Thanks for saying so and welcome to this humble blog. Hope to see you around.
  • Thanks for posting this, it was very helpful on how you can have quality kinds of comments. It would really help other people especially newbies on blogs.
  • No problem. Glad I could help.
  • Thanks for sharing~
  • thanks for the tip, am looking forward to tons of links.
  • aks
    wow awesome post i have to look it farward after that thanks for sharing this.
  • i did read this post one month ago and i did an experiment with my blog. from 500 backlinks now i have 10.000 backlinks so far :) thank you peter :)
  • gazbom
    I read this with great interest. I think this is a good idea and you have brought many new ideas here. One of the important aspects here is to add links everyday or every other day otherwise you loose momentum.
  • Wow, the inbound link increase is amazing. I think this is a good reason for me to start commenting on blogs that I read everyday instead of just reading them and leave.
  • Really helpful post, I noticed how PR 4 - 5 blog commenting takes longer to get backlinks, But in the long run it is well worth it. Thank you for this helpful information! I am going to try it out myself
  • One of the most inexpensive ways to get backlinks is to write articles and submit them to various article directories. My favorite directory is http://www.ezinearticles.com
  • I think you are damn right. I will focus blog commenting this month and see what is my result.
  • This is a good tip. Thanks.
  • oestsetnocs
    very nice post. blog commenting on do foolow blogs and on those blogs using the widget top commentator will surely help in link building.
  • Great strategy. Well thought out and well executed. I will implement your strategy. have been used that tecnique in my blogs, and it's increasing everyday
  • kameralsohbet
    Thanks Peter, I've put a lot of work into it recently to get it LOOKING good but as well know the hard work begins now. I'm hoping to get as much activity on my blog as there is on this one.
  • Great strategy. Well thought out and well executed. I will implement your strategy.
  • mark12
    I have been used that tecnique in my blogs, and it's increasing everyday !!! Circut City
  • @ mark12: Good to hear that this same technique is working for you too. I'm sure you'll get even better results soon.
  • hi,

    my blog http://gdiworkathome.com/blog use also top commentatore plugin, can u put it on the list too ??

    Thank you in Advance
  • @gdidp: I don't see your top commentators showing. Where can I find it?
  • http://gdiworkathome.com/blog/ on the right bottom sidebar :)
  • Nice strategy, Peter. Have to say I am not a great one for leaving comments on blog. I've recently started to focus more onb my own personal blogging. So I guess I'll have to start making inroads into the blogosphere.

    The next time you are commenting feel free to drop by my blog. I currently have 489 posts. tahts 489 links in my top comentaror sidebar;)
  • @ Mal Keenan: Thanks for dropping in Mal.Wow you do have lots of posts and I must say your blog has changed so much since the last I saw it. It looks really nice and I'll definitely be visiting again soon.
  • Thanks Peter, I've put a lot of work into it recently to get it LOOKING good but as well know the hard work begins now. I'm hoping to get as much activity on my blog as there is on this one.

    Maybe you can email me some tips.
    Mal
  • I have just finished reading your post which gifted me with the list of blogs using the top commentators plugin. This is another post I enjoyed and benefited reading. This post will greatly help me in creating an effective strategy for blog commenting.
  • @ Get A Flat Stomach: Glad you enjoyed it!
  • But does your website didn't went to the Big G's sandbox? Having such number of backlinks in such period of time is so risky getting sandboxed. It's more like cheating on Mafia Wars
  • @ prosourcecorp: No my website didn't go to the sandbox because this is just a one week's test and I don't do too much blog commenting nowadays . I did it to prove that blog commenting does get loads of backlinks if you follow a strategy. Having said this, I now focus on quality backlinks like PR6-PR9 using Angela's Backlink Building Program which has worked very well for me. I still do blog commenting but it's more for building my network of friends and staying in touch with them
  • Wow! It's strategy. very impressive, I need to work on my backlinks.
  • @ Email Marketing Solution: Thanks!
  • thanks for the comment Peter and keep on posting useful information..dont worry i will do what you say..:)
  • thanks peter for the tips and strategy. I had make a blog about this..see it here: oes tsetnoc
  • This is really exciting... but can't be sandboxing happen here..?? I am confused.. I mean.. I don't wanna indulge in spamming or any black hat submission.
  • How refreshing! A post on seo that actually means something and gets you results. I see too many posts that are self promoting. Well done!
  • Great article on how to benefit for a great application. You are just wonderful with your article. There is one point though when it comes to SEO Links from 100 links from 1 domain is equal to 2 links form 2 domains. We must build links from different domains.
  • I agree thanks mitch for mentioning Website Grader. It is great. I just ran my site and got a 63 so now I will try what Peter did and see if the results improve. Thanks for the method and the site.
  • Very interesting story's. You're really inspired me to follow your good works. You are amazing blogger, Petter.

    Thanks a lot.
  • xboxrepairguide
    The strategy works, but you can lose your links as quickly as you gain them. If you need a temporary boost, then this will do wonders.
  • Seh
    You really distribute great information. I surprised this information here is free. Well I am glad it is. I think I have a solid idea of how I will combine blogging with video. Traffic wont be a problem since I'll use http://www.Adwido.com for targeted traffic. I have saved your blog to my favorites.
  • hi,thanks for suggest a good blog and different of others.
  • Peter, this is another great post by you regarding blog commenting. I must say that you have given good tips here for commenting in proper way. Commenting on blog is not only the way for getting backlinks but one should comment properly and that you have shown here. Remarkable stuff from you as you earned good backlinks but just in proper way.
  • I think you are right that blog commenting is one of the best way of getting back link. Its really such effective and easiest way getting back link. I think there is no need to describe the blog commenting because everyone know about it. Thanks for sharing such worthy stuff.
  • @ Lax transportation: Thanks for stopping by and thanks for saying such nice words.
  • Interesting article, i will come

    back to your blog soon, best

    regards.Of course, it’s appreciated.
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  • How can I block someone from commenting on my blog or page?
  • @ Patriotic plates: For me. Disqus allows you to include a list of urls that you don't allow commenting.
  • I just found this out about a month ago when analyzing my Google Webmaster Tools. I thought it was a mistake but sure enough they are all inbound links. I wonder if Google is planning on squelching this practice or if the fact that the link is watered down by the sheer number of outbound links on a site already does. Anyway, good post.
  • @ david: I don't think you will have any problems with Google. But in reality backlink strength from commenting is not as high as backlink from within the content pages. But you still get some link juice. So when commenting it helps if the blog or site is highly ranked.
  • That is very impressive, I need to work on my backlinks
  • Peter, I'm curious why my backlinks will be dropped by using the same tool as yours? I do leave comments for few days, but the number of backlinks did not increase but decrease. Do you have any idea about this?

    Regards,
    Lee
  • @ Make Money Online: Hi Lee, I have encountered this too.I suspect some of the links are not good enough. It's better to focus on similar niche and higher PR blogs to avoid this problem.
  • I'm following this advice!
  • Thats a lot of commenting do you mined if I follow your links and do some commenting

    I'll let you know how it works out
  • PETER! You have over 15,000 inlinks!!! Sorry. I just figured out how to check this, and I am amazed. Good work!
  • Wow... Commenting is something that I have overlooked.

    I do at times make comments on articles that I have read, but haven't really seen much traffic from these comments. Guess I wasn't going about it the right way ... I'll be trying out the Top Commentator plugin for sure!!! :)
  • Top commentator can surely get you a lot of backlinks.

    Regards
  • Peter, I think the WebsiteGrader tool just able to figure out an estimation result. As I checked on my rank, my index pages were only 14..=.=" That's not that accurate for current pagerank too...
    But other result like Alexa rank..technoratti..backlinks should be no problem..
    Anyway, you have a very good achievement on your blog, keep it up Peter! :)

    Regards,
    Lee
  • top commentator can surely get you a lot of backlinks.. the value of most of them will be almost nothing.. because they are numerous coming from the same domain... but it is still a great thing to have extra backlinks
  • I find commenting on blogs so much easier than writing articles and submitting to article directories. I'm trying to build backlinks this way - it's more fun and you get to explore what others are blogging about.
  • I totally agree. Blog commenting is a lot more easier then writing articles. You don't have to come up with ideas to write your articles about. You just need to have an opinion about the blog post that you read.
  • Hey Peter,

    Great advice as always. I just started doing more blog commenting, and I'm going to keep your suggestions in mind. I need to get serious with this... LOL. You've motivated me to get rolling with this full force. Thanks!

    Alan

    <abbr>Work From Home Resourcess last blog post..Work From Home Making Money On Ebay</abbr>
  • @ Work From Home Resources: Blog commenting does take you some time especially since you will need to read the whole post and what others are saying in their comments too to be able to provide quality comments. But I think it's worth this effort in the long run.
  • Very well written. This is the kind of information that is useful to those want to increase their SERP's. Keep up the good work.
  • thanks for nice info secret of backlink strategy.
  • Amazing post ... great inspiration! thanks so much
  • Now thats what i call a good read, i have bookmarked your site and will certainly be reading more of your posts.
  • Well, iam foreing, iam not very good writing in english, i just wanted to say thanks for this !
  • Another question:

    How is top commentator implemented on your blog. Does it take in account for email address, website url or name or combinations of all ? Actually I wanted to change my anchor text. As I believe my name will hurt me.

    Please help.
  • These are some wonderful tips. Certainly worth a try. Thank you so much.
  • @peter: Thanks for your kind words and glad you like it.
  • @Peter Lee: I have 2 questions.

    1) Does it hurt (in terms of ranking) to have so many backlinks created in less time ? I have heard Google penalizes when alot of backlinks are created in less time.

    2) Because of top commentating backlink is created on all pages of blog. This means many backlinks with same anchor text. Does it hurt ? Again, I have heard alot about it.

    Can you please clear my doubts. Thanks
  • First, thanks to Mr. Peter to give me some a light about this "backlink" word, now i can see more clearly what i must to do to make a properly backlink.

    Second, thanks too with your generous to provide a website services like website grader to analyse my site.

    Third, i just want to ask about what i ever heard before, is it true that google give a penalty to the site with do follow method ?

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  • @DeViLnoAnGeL InFo: Glad you liked it. There's a lot of talk about Google penalty for dofollow blogs, but it has just been that - talk. There's never been proven cases that Google has given such penalty. So there's nothing to worry.Thanks for the visit.
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    Peter
  • Wow. I am trying to increase my blog traffic, and I have been reading several webpages on how to do this effectively. However, I have to say. . .I am so in the dark on this! I don't understand pingbacks, trackbacks, backlinks, inlinks. . . I know what they *are* I just don't know how to use them. I am SO glad I found your blog! I'm going to go read everything I can on this. I followed a link from a comment on my blog to another site, to here, the linking stuff amazes me. How you can get so far away from your home base and not really even realize *HOW* you did so. ha!

    Thank you for quality content that is truly helpful! ~S

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  • @Sarah .aka. Mamalotsoftots: Hi Sarah, a warm welcome to you to this blog and community. I know all this information overload can be a little overwhelming but I'm sure it will all make sense in no time. Read some of my blog posts to give you more ideas and information that ought to help you settle in. Keep in touch.
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  • Very nice post and the best part is u backed up your post with the stats...

    Wait..Let me stumble this post :)
  • @p@r@noid: Thanks for the kind words and glad you liked it. Just been to your blog. Very impressive income stats you have. Just left a comment too. Thanks for the visit.
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  • Peter

    I have been to your blog many times and I missed this post until today.
    What blows me away is that I have not seen this Google service mention on any other forums or blogs.

    Google helping find Do Follow blogs that just blows me away! Thanks so very much. You have a very valuable resource here.

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  • @Boris@Niche SEO: Yeah that's a very useful site. I was quite surprised too and glad I found it.
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  • Hey I am new to this ,But found this very useful.I will Subscribe your feeds.
  • @Dave: Thanks for subscribing. See you around.
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  • Thank you very much for the info, very informative and useful. I will add this to my collection of cool sites! Thanks again!
  • @Viruster: Thanks for your visit.
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    Peter
  • Cool post, i have subscribed to your blog.Please keep it up, Samantha
  • @Samantha J.White: Thanks for the visit and for subscribing to this blog. Welcome to the community here too.
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  • I have a new blog and i like your posts but i can not produce quality posts like yours.Do you have any blogging secrets : ) ?
  • @Mikrodalga Tarifleri:There is no secret. Just write simple English and express your thoughts. But the more you write the better writer you'll become. The tip I can give you is write with your heart.
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  • Hi Peter,
    I'm really very intrigued by the this whole idea and I want to implement it for a number of sites I'm building. The question I wanted to ask you is--Is it critical for the blogs you comment on to be in the same niche?
    The reason I'm asking is, I'm mostly targeting electronic products and when I do a specific product search in the google dofollow blog search I get very few blogs that I can actually comment on and finding top commentators on those seems to be a tall order...
    I also have number of electronic product sites I want to boost this way with link juice so I'd appreciate any tips you might be able to give me? Thanks so much in advance!
    Jack
  • @Jack: The more relevant the site you comment on the better it is. If the sites are completely different, just ask yourself this question. Will linking to that site benefit your site. That should help you decide if you should link to it.Thanks for the visit.
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  • Peter can you make tips 4 me about my blog,.. I've cabged my blog to be do follow and i still confused to begin my campaign to drive more traffic. Thanks anyway,.. :) shout me a comment,..:)
  • this is such good work. I have been looking ways to get backlinks. These are some good tips. Keep up the good work.

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  • Interesting..
    I did the Top Commentators thing on a couple blogs.
    It was good, however pretty time consuming.
    I would like to hire that out if I could.

    It’s a good idea..

    And.. to let people know.. I’m developing a dofollow & nofollow blog directory where people can exchange links and look for blog comment partners.
  • Peter, thanks for your great tip.

    Money Academy, I have to disagree about the link:yoursite.com. It doesn't do anything in Google. Most of the time it doesn't show anything. You have to sign up for Webmaster tools to see what is going on with your links.

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  • i try this strategy and it is successful one , after 1 month check your backlinks in Google search " link:yoursite.com " and you will see how it changed

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  • Thanks for the tip on the website grader. I am new to this and learning each day. It just takes a bit of insight to make this thing work!

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  • Very nice post,.. for a newbie like me its really great article to read,.. great job sir,.. :)
  • I will trying commenting on your blog to got backlinks.

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  • That is really remarkable. Now do you continue to do this or was that just a test and now you slowed down?

    <abbr>Earn Money Onlines last blog post..Just Added Comment Luv For My Blog</abbr>
  • Hey, nice navigation. Did you code this theme?
  • i think he must have used a template. this is my assumption. Only he can answer correctly.
  • Thank you, that is very informative. So I am right to say that social networking is more of gathering a group of individuals with the same interests to form a community.
    :D
  • Hi Peter, thanks for the reply to my question and also regarding my comment. I am wondering why some of my comments are ending up in the spam folder. Are you using Akismet? If so, I might have to contact them and see what is going on.. thanks again!

    <abbr>Beverly@AntiAgings last blog post..Do Wrinkle Creams Work? - Caracol Cream</abbr>
  • @Beverly@AntiAging: Hi Beverly, I'm glad we got that sorted out. Yes I'm using Akismet and you should write to them to get yourself delisted in their spam directory. It'll be worth the trouble.
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  • Peter, can you check and see why my comments are not going through? Am I being flagged or something? Not sure what the problem is as I haven't been spamming. Is the spam filter throwing up a positive for my comments?

    <abbr>Beverly@AntiAgings last blog post..Olay Professional Pro X Product Review</abbr>
  • @Beverly@AntiAging: Beverly, I found your first comment in my spam folder but this one seems good. Thanks for joining in the conversation. Hope to see you around.
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  • I was reading somewhere that getting sitewide links may not be such a good idea, can anybody elaborate on this? I am not sure where I read it, I tried finding the site again, but haven't been able to. Apparently, the theory was that sitewide links can look like paid links to Google, and it is better to have anchor text linked from within blog posts. Anyone agree, disagree??

    <abbr>Anti Aging Skin Cares last blog post..Olay Professional Pro X Product Review</abbr>
  • @Anti Aging Skin Care: I know that contextual links are better than sitewide links but I don't think that having sitewide links can do any damage. I've never heard of people getting penalized only getting backlinks. If it were true there would be no blog commenting would there?
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  • I really liked your blog! Thank you, I would come back to read some more
  • Wow, getting that many backlinks in a few days is impressive.

    Anyone can post 3 quality comments on dofollow blogs each day. If you do that consistently, you can have 90 backlinks in a month. In many cases that would more backlinks than your competitors have.

    I am huge believer in the dofollow blog movement, and any new blogs I create are dofollow. It does take a few minutes to monitor new comments each day, but the reward is worth it. My dofollow blogs are receive more traffic than my nofollow blogs.

    <abbr>Mike of DoFollow Blogss last blog post..New DoFollow Blog Comment Strategy</abbr>
  • @Mike of DoFollow Blogs: Good to see you here again Mike.Yes having your blog a dofollow blog really helps to get you lots of backlinks. Most people comment only on dofollow blogs anyway.
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  • Great work! I really enjoyed this article! Hope to read more from you soon! :)
  • Great work by you. You have inspired me to comment properly. Before this i was commenting without seeing about do follow and top commenter lists. Thanks a lot for the valuable information

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  • Fantastic post! Thank you so much for these great tips, I will start implementing them! I have only just recently even heard about the "top commentators" plugin and am now seriously considering adding it to my blog.
    I have bookmarked your blog! :)

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  • Hi, I like this kind of posts, simple, clear and easy to understand. Gonna check some other entries and add them to my favorites too :)
  • You have sparked some of my interest and I am going to do some additional research. Feel free to check out some my blog in the near future... as I just posted a great blog about the 36 Best Wordpress plugins for 2009. thanks
  • Wow thank you for this post and tips. They are great and very inspiring, 1200 backlinks in 5 days wow.
  • @clickktdotcom: Glad you like it and thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you around.
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  • Thanks Peter , I followed your path on tips to get inboundlinks, and your method really works, I doubled my inlinks.Thx to you.Cheers

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  • @joe comp: You can check from Yahoo by typing:
    link:www.yourdomain OR download this free seo toobar:
    http://www.seobook.com/5230-seo-tools-352-custo...

    It should work.

    Peter
  • geez i can't look my inbound in website grader because they were busy to maintenance that service.could you tell us another source?thank you

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  • Peter,

    Once again I am amazed... if you can do that much in JUST 5 days with that small of an amount of effort it makes me wonder what could be done in a week... 2 weeks etc...

    I think I will have to run my own test...

    I'll come back and let you know what mine shows... this is comment # 7 for me today... we shall see what it results in soon...

    Thanks again for all your dedication and hard work to help us all out...

    Sincerely,
    Christina T.
  • @ChristinaT: Hi Christina, good to see you trying this experiment for yourself. Good luck and do share with us your results.
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  • Wow thank you for this post and tips. They are great and very inspiring, 1200 backlinks in 5 days wow. Patience is the key. Keep it up.
  • I've been meaning to compile a list of blogs using the Top Commentator plugin and it suddenly occurred to me that we could use Twitter to do it. I hope you don't mind my suggesting the idea here.

    Send a Tweet using #TopCommentator and including your blog URL and what it is about. I'll compile the Tweets and post links to all the blogs that submit their information. (Anyone else is welcome to do so too if they wish).

    I just wish my technical advisor weren't out of pocket. We've been talking about getting Thesis on my blog and adding the Top Commentator plugin and haven't been able to do so yet.

    Even without it I can certainly put a good Top Commentator Blog List to good use as can many others. What do you think? I'll be checking for your Tweets. I'm @GrowMap.

    <abbr>Internet Strategists last blog post..DoFollow Lists of Blogs, Social Networking Sites and Forums; DoFollow Search Tool; Understanding Do Follow, No Follow</abbr>
  • @Internet Strategist:I don't quite follow you. You mean send you a private tweet. But that would require both to follow each other first. I know I have but I think you're not following me yet. Perhaps you can send me a mail explaining how you want this done.
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    Peter
  • Hi Peter. I meant send a Tweet that has #TopCommentator in it and I'll compile all the Tweets that include that. Or you could just @GrowMap with the same information.

    In looking for this comment to reply I found out you had already compiled a list of blogs using the Top Commentator plugin. You can use Twitter Search to check for any replies to update your own list if you wish.

    I'm pretty sure I am following you. I'll make sure. While I'm here I have some other questions for you:

    1) Are you using something that adds links to the comments you leave in other blogs in the trackbacks/pings section below the comments? If yes, what is it?

    2) How did you send me an email and leave an identical comment here too? Do you have that automated also?

    Thanks for all you do. I've got to spend more time in your blog!
  • Very interesting post. Thanks.
  • Truly enjoyed your article. Nice work!
  • @Marketing Business Review: Luis, I've found blog commenting to be the best way of getting backinks. In fact since this experiment my backlinks have grown by six times. So it just confirms that it works not just at this experiment but if you continue with your blog commenting, you'll get loads of backlinks.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • Hi Peter,

    What great experiment. My New Year´s goal were to do more commenting in other blogs and this article of yours its perfect for what I want to do. I will conduct my own lil experiment and see how many inlinks can I get.

    Thanks.
  • Since article marketing has lost its importance this is perhaps the best method available today.So do seo pros use this method or still do article submission ?

    <abbr>arshads last blog post..Is Google in a better position in eliminating paid links by asking users to help it ?</abbr>
  • I see that arshad blog does not have domain name and it is using blogspot subdomain name. So if I get backlink from 2 different subdomains of same domain, then how does Google or other search engine look at these backlinks.
  • @arshad: Thanks for dropping by. I've not heard that article submission has lost its importance. In fact I only hear good things being said. That said, I find this very time consuming and that's why I stopped after about 70 posts and focused on blogging and blog commenting instead. But I've not ruled out going back to article marketing but perhaps outsourcing it but later. I visited your blog and left a comment. Keep in touch Arshad.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • I enjoyed reading your post and really like your style. I have bookmarked for future visits .... Keep up the good work
  • Interesting..
    I did the Top Commentators thing on a couple blogs.
    It was good, however pretty time consuming.
    I would like to hire that out if I could.

    It's a good idea..

    And.. to let people know.. I'm developing a dofollow & nofollow blog directory where people can exchange links and look for blog comment partners.

    http://www.high-quality-links.com/dofollow/

    It will be ready in a few weeks with full functions.

    <abbr>Monty Lorees last blog post..HQLinks is on twitter!</abbr>
  • @Monty Loree: Thanks for dropping by. You can outsource the work, but one of the good things about doing it yourself is that you get to build a relationship with other bloggers and that is important.
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    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • Thanks so much for the resource, I have found it quite useful and have bookmarked your site!
  • @Jamie Hunt: Thanks for the visit. Glad you like it. Hope to see you around.
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    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • Thats a lot of commenting did you use a program to automate?

    <abbr>Garys last blog post..Busby SEO Test leader changes again</abbr>
  • i am jealous that i see you get many backlinks in out there LOL.but i think i must try to follow you so my blog that become more good again.but what happen if that site/blog don't have top commentators plugin?if its still count by google?hmm btw you make me to become more active for blogging and i want to take a step to close on you LOL.

    thank you for this great tips.

    <abbr>joe comps last blog post..Make List Building</abbr>
  • @joe comp: Well I got lots of backlinks but they do take time too and I try to be consistently placed as one of the top commentators for some of my favorite blogs.
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    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • What do you mean by "top commentator"? Google reads the links on the entire page without regard to the top listing. That's what I've learned anyway.

    Please advise.

    GR
  • @Bee Pollen Secrets: You are half right. Google reads the link on your comment and if it's dofollow, you get a backlink. But if you are one of the top commentators on that blog, you will get more backlinks-on many pages on the blog.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • @seo essex: Thanks for the compliment. Hope to see you around.
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    @how to surf:Thanks for dropping by and glad you like the post. Hope you get more backlinks from this technique.
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    Peter
    Online Business Opportunities
  • This is some serious matter you are discussing... I read about it in the past but it's first time for me to see such a comprehensive guide. Thanks
  • Great post as always. You should really make a career outta this ;)
  • It should be noted that the effectiveness of this strategy depends on your willingness to keep at it, to remain "forever" a loyal blog reader and commentator. If you leave it for a week, all those "top commentator" links disappear. Of course, if you have held a top commentator spot for a while on a blog, that means that you already have lots of comment links on lots of pages of the blog. And it is also easy to regain your top commentator spot as soon as you plunge back in. But it is important to understand that this "top commentator" is a journey, not a destination.

    <abbr>David Leonhardts last blog post..Should Social Media Be Part of Your SEO Plan?</abbr>
  • @David Leonhardt: It's been sometime since we've last "met" so thanks for dropping by.Thanks for your valuable insights. I guess it pays to continue to be the top commentator for the blogs you've commented on. But apart from getting backlinks there's also some benefit of getting some traffic too and the relationship building part.
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    Peter Lee
    Passive Income Ideas
  • Great post and nice explanation of this strategy. It seems like you know your SEO stuff. I plan on applying this strategy myself.
  • @Proven Online Business: It's easy to get lots of backlinks if you just follow this simple strategy with some discipline. Let me know how yours work out.
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    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • That is great to see some evidence on how well commenting works. I've implemented commenting as part of my daily blogging duty.

    <abbr>The Blogger Sources last blog post..Want Your Picture In Comments Use Gravatar</abbr>
  • @The Blogger Source:That's good Michael. Blog commenting works as you can see from my experiment and my links have not stopped growing too.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • @Money Academy: Thanks for dropping in. For a list of dofollow blogs with PR indicated you can refer to my post here:

    The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here

    Hope to see you around.
    Peter
    Online Business Opportunities
  • i'm working in this strategy , i hope i apply it well

    can you offer some high rank blogs ?
  • Thanks a lot for this. I will recommend your blog to my friends.
  • @Amy Denver: Thanks for dropping in and appreciate your comment.
    ****
    Passive Income Ideas
  • Very interesting read.
  • @Ari Lestariono: Thanks Ari for dropping by and welcome to this blog and community. Doing lots of blog commenting will not only get you lots of backlinks, it will generate traffic too.
    ****
    Passive Income Ideas
  • Im new to the marketing world and honestly backlinks,links, and referral links were all very confusing to me. This has been a great eye opener to me, I really appreciate the useful information now im going to put it to work!!

    <abbr>shonnas last blog post..Things I Have Tried And Failed On The Internet To Make Money</abbr>
  • @shonna: Glad you like this post and I'm sure you'll get lots of backlinks using this method as many have here.
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    Peter
    @Passive Income Ideas
  • Hi Peter, happy new year and all the best wishes for you and your family, I came across your blog and refered from Bei blog, recently I have amounts of good traffic from social bookmarking, unfortunately it didn't last it's like euphoria, then I want to increase my traffic that will be search organic by search engine and it will be eventually be the traffic on steady not spike and dropped again, I learn many things from your article how to blog comment professionally and it give me the right track for my blogging experience

    <abbr>Ari Lestarionos last blog post..New Year’s Resolution: Best Natural Foods for Longevity</abbr>
  • STUMBLED!

    Has this effected your PageRank? I generally try to comment on all blogs that interest me and have built up quite a base of backlinks, however most are nofollow blogs.
  • @Geoserv: Thanks for dropping by and the stumble. Well my page rank for my blog remains PR2 and my homepage increased from PR2 to PR3. You should focus more on dofollow blogs with commentluv and top commentator lists. Your backlinks will grow even faster.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • This will make for a good SEO test I am about 38 for my keyword Thanks for the list I will let you know how it works out

    Another good think is to create a feedburner feed for your web site I was able to get my other site busbyseo . com list for busby seo just by adding feedburner feed at #85 trying to see how far I can get without links
  • @Busby SEO Test:Thanks for dropping by. Glad you could use my list to help you in your busbyseo test. Good luck.
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    Peter
    other Work At Home Ideas
  • Les
    Your follow search link is no longer working. Try this g link
    http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=0133902563377...
    and add ur follow blog there too!

    <abbr>Less last blog post..Forex Trading Outlook - DailyFX News Dec</abbr>
  • @Les: Thanks for dropping by and thanks for letting me know about the link not working. I've used yours instead. Hope to see you around here again soon.
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    Peter
    Passive Income Ideas
  • A long long time ago I also spent quite a lot of my time to comments on blogs but after a couple of months I forgot about it. I guess it's time to try it again for my new sites. Let's see if it's still working for me ...
  • @Arman: Thanks for dropping in. It's never too late to start commenting on blogs again. You'd then start enjoying getting the backlinks but more importantly, getting into the community of new friends and bloggers.
    -Peter
    Online Business Ideas
  • Wow I learn something new everyday. I will start looking for this feature on blogs and I will included the top comment feature on my blog as well. I love for people to read my post and comment on them. Nice piece of information

    <abbr>World Trade Center Coinss last blog post..Silver Bar With World Trade Center</abbr>
  • @World Trade Center Coins: Thanks for dropping by. Yes the Top Commentators plugin is one of my most important plugins for me. I'm pretty sure you will get more comments and traffic.
    -Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • Fantastic article. I guess i am going to follow what you have said. Links are very important for PR. PR is very important for traffic.

    <abbr>Money Moneys last blog post..How To Have Success In Networking Business</abbr>
  • @Money Money: Thanks for dropping by and glad you like it. In fact many others have had similar success using this approach, it's now a proven technique. Keep in touch.
    -Peter
    Online Business Ideas
  • I really like Your Blog. I can see that a lot of hard work went into putting it together. I especially like the article on how to get backlinks. Very informative. Im Sold. Will be implementing some of your ideas. Great Job!!
  • @Adriana: Thanks for dropping by and your compliment. Getting backlinks is one of the most talked about topic in the blogosphere. Glad you liked the post. Keep in touch.
    -Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Sweet, I run marketing experiments all the time like this and will add it to my methods to test. Very cool stuff.

    <abbr>Website ROI | Anjolies last blog post..Is Your Creative Engaging or Effective?</abbr>
  • As always peter you have put a hell of a lot of effort into this experiment and thereby into the post itself. It proves what I have always said, that commenting is an important facet of improving your blog's exposure on the net.

    <abbr>Sires last blog post..Cool Blog Links Now Live</abbr>
  • What are PR3 blogs?, and please describe the No-Follow/Do-Follow ways. Not sure what they are. Thanks!
  • Nina, thanks for dropping by and welcome to this blog and community.
    PR stands for page rank which is a number (1-10) given by Google representing how important that page is on the web.
    Nofollow is an HTML attribute value used to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. To put it simply, you won't get any backlinks if you comment on a blog which has no follow attribute.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • I will try to follow this method to increase the backlinks.

    <abbr>Nihars last blog post..Friday Night Links Party - 05 December 2008</abbr>
  • I love it when bloggers share their real life experiences and this awesome post by Peter Lee goes to show how unselfish he is.

    Another good thing is that you posted stats for all to see ... good work buddy!

    <abbr>TrafficLiciouss last blog post..Alec Greven, aged 9, Writes How To Talk To Girls!</abbr>
  • I've been doing this for the last couple of months and I can say that it DEFINITELY works. There is no question. Top Commentator blogs (like this one) are backlink gold mines. They are wonderful stuff. Each month I've been focusing on a different 5-6 blogs aiming to be somewhere in the list. It hasn't brought me much traffic, but it has definitely upped my number of backlinks.

    <abbr>SoLinkables last blog post..Self-powered devices possible, researcher says</abbr>
  • @SoLinkable: Thanks for sharing your experience here. We all agree this gets you lots of backlinks but it does get you traffic too. The key is to grow your blogging community. I could see an increase of traffic in this way. It's also showing up in my alexa which is at 154K now.
    Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • Peter,

    This is very interesting stuff. I need to get more inbound links to my site/blog. Is it necessary that I install the Top Commentators plug-in for my blog?
  • @Steve Gitto: Steve, It not necessary but let's just say that would help you get better results. For example I only comment only blogs which have both top commentators and do follow. So if you do not have the top commentator on your blog, bloggers like me will not comment on your blog. There will still be a minority who do so but results may not be as good as you had hoped for.Get the picture.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • Thanks for sharing this tip. I will certainly try, and give feedback to you about my blog's progress.

    <abbr>Mert Erkals last blog post..Free Video Tutorials To Create Your Own Blog</abbr>
  • @Mert Erkal: Hi Mert, thanks for dropping by and great to hear that you will give it a shot. Those in this thread who have tried have come back to tell their own success stories as you can see. Wish you good luck on your own experiment.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • Another update. I have suddenly jumped to 417 links a few days later. I guess some sites just took a little longer to get crawled. I am now a total convert. Just wanted to say thanks for the advice. I am growing to realy enjoy your site. Also very oddly I just made a comment or two on a certain very popular internet marketing site (not sure if I should mention it) and I seem to have a ton of links from there. Not even sure why. I certainly didn't make any commentator list or the like.

    <abbr>the three dog bloggers last blog post..A Howling We Will Go</abbr>
  • @the three dog blogger: That's fantastic!! I'm happy for you. Just proves that what I achieved is no flash in the pan. I'm happy that you liked my blog and just loved such spirit in you. See you at the top!
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • @Marketing Man: You can use this link hosted at my good friend Rodney's blog. This search tool helps you find dofollow blogs with top commentators plugin:
    http://www.hippowebsolutions.com/dofollow-searc...
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • This looks very interesting. My question is how do I find sites with "top commentators" on them and do the search engines register these types of links as important.
  • Update.
    Ok. One week on and I have 148 links. Not thousands but I could have been more aggressive but I have actually only posted on sites I like and have really enjoyed it. It was a good kick for me to get more involved in the blogging community and I have found some great sites that I will stick with.
    I didn't just comment on blogs with the top commentator plugin but strangely I have found that I am still getting multiple links from some sites that don't have it.
    All in all a worthwhile task and I will definitely continue to comment more.
    It also brings a lot more visitors to the site.
    Great to help boost the rankings of a new blog and I will now keep with it and also go back to article writing so I can easily rank high for my keywords in google. On other sites I have easily got page 1 or 2 with a long tail based article which brings good traffic. A good experiment for a totally new site with no other work done.

    <abbr>the three dog bloggers last blog post..Jet The Wonder Dog’s First TV Show</abbr>
  • @the three dog blogger: That's wonderful! One of the benefits of lots of commenting like this is the eventual building up your blogging community. That's also important for growing your business.
    -Peter
    Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities
  • @Jennifer Eden Cruz: Hi Jennifer, thanks for dropping in. Wish you the best in your experiment and hope you get lots of backlinks. BTW I visited your blog and tried to leave a comment but it seems not accepting any comments. You may wish to check and fix it.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Ideas
  • Hi,

    I just came across this blog from the Warrior Forum. Thanks for the strategy which i will start to use asap. Thanks also for the other links. I will give you my update after a week.
  • Hi,

    I love the post. Too bad I'm such a newbie and don't have the discipline at this point to follow what you outline in the post. I can't wait to I get to the point where I can incorporate some of these great technique into my business. Thanks for the information.

    To your success and happiness,

    Judy S. Jones
  • This has motivated me to start blog commenting more. Your experiment shows it works.

    Jason
  • @:liweng: You may get some backlinks using your conventional website but this technique works best for dofollow blogs which have installed the Top Commentator plugin and with similar niche blogs.
    -Peter
    Legitimate Home Internet Business
  • Just checking, this technique works for non-blog websites as well right? Seeing that I don't have a personal blog, but I have a few websites, I can still use it to promote them all and build links?
  • It's working already. I posted comments on a few sites yesterday that were relevant and already have generated 14 links and that is with only one of the sites having been crawled so far. A few more days and it should be flying.
    Oh also this is a brand new blog only wtitten recently and i got the links before even submitting my site to search engines.
    Definitely a good way to go.
    Thanks for the info.
  • @the three dog blogger: Hi, thanks for dropping by and I'm glad it turned out well for you. Actually, if you do blog commenting, there isn't a need to submit to search engines. Your new blog should get indexed quite fast.
    -Peter
    Online Business Ideas
  • Blog commenting is pretty much the only way to go if you're low on marketing cash...but a definite strategy must be decided upon or one of two things will happen:


    (1)You'll lose track of all the blogs you've commented on or
    (2)You'll end up spamming


    I just wrote Blog Traffic For Free that deals with this same subject and think maybe I should update with a trackback here?

    btw: Thanx for the bit about starting with PR3 blogs...

    <abbr>Calebs last blog post..Blog Traffic For Free</abbr>
  • I will run my own experiment and then perhaps we could compare notes.thanks

    <abbr>MoneyBlogs last blog post..Blogging to the Bank 3 Review</abbr>
  • @MoneyBlog: Hi, thanks for dropping by and good luck on your experiment. Please do update us on your results.
    -Peter
    Legitimate Home Internet Business
  • Hi Rados,
    Re: your comment on "link:http://www.yourdomain.com"

    I tried this but it only brought less than half of the backlinks that I found my site to have on "
    http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/"

    They are both Yahoo but I find "siteexplorer" has far better results. I can't say why for sure but I believe it could be because I am from Australia and everytime I try to type in the Yahoo.com address the site gives me the Australian Yahoo address. It doesn't give me a choice and that may limit my backlinks?

    If I go straight to siteexplorer then it gives me better results because I am not on Yahoo Australian site. Do you think my logic is right or way off the mark?

    David
  • I found that the best way to check for backlinks (if you're not using SEO addon for firefox) is to go to yahoo and type into search "link:http://www.yourdomain.com"
    without quotes.
    Yahoo is much better at indexing all the incoming links a site has.
    I agree with this post - hard work, commenting and reaching the top commentator status is definitely very rewarding!

    Great post,

    Rados.

    <abbr>Salon Equipments last blog post..Cheap Beauty Salon Equipment</abbr>
  • Yup. Yahoo still gives the best backlinks information, it is pretty much the vehicle most SEO's use for backlinks analysis. Google is stingy with it's information. So there sure is at least one good reason for Yahoo's continued existence!
  • @SEO Tips South Africa: Hi, thanks for dropping by. I agree with you that you just cannot get accurate backlinks information from Google. That's why Google remains in our love-hate relationship and it doesn't look like anyone's going to knock them over for now.
    -Peter
    Internet Home Business
  • Hi Rados, thanks for dropping by. Yes Yahoo shows you more backlinks whereas Google does not show all of them. Most people use Yahoo to measure the amount of backlinks they have.
    -Peter
    Make Money Online
  • Thanks for such great information. I have two questions.
    1. The strategy of becoming a top commentator. Is it realistic that blog owners of successful blogs would include me as a top commentator when I have not achieved success and I don't have the technical or marketing expertise to offer? I would not comment spam of course but it would still be apparent with my comments that I am a novice, comparitively speaking.

    2. To be on the top commentators list do you have to do more than make a lot of comments? That is do you have to register on the blog?

    Thanks again Peter,

    David
  • Hi David, first of all welcome to my blog and this community.Glad to have you here.

    (1)Provided you give good comments (as opposed to "good job" "good post" types) or join in the conversation even if it's just to clarify a comment made by someone, it's still considered a valid comment which most blog owners would gladly approve of. I don't think we expect all commentators to be gurus and we encourage participation from everyone who comes to the blog at any levels of experience. (we hate spammers and their comments will be deleted).
    (2)Most blogs don't require you to register. You become top commentator when you have more comments than other commentators and the no of commentators is set by the owner during the plugin installation.
    That said, this blog welcomes you back anytime. Do come back and visit us. Better still subscribe to it so as not to miss out anything.
    -Peter
    Legitimate Home Internet Business
  • Much of my site marketing is based on reaching the Top Commentator status on a certain blog. It has proven to be a great method for obtaining quality backlinks.

    It's not uncommon to see blogs where top commentators have no more then 10 comments or so. Those are really really easy to rank on :)


    Zuka
  • Hi Zuka, thanks for dropping by and your comment. Yes my experiment focus on many blogs which have relatively few comments. It good to post comment consistently throughout the month.
    -Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Hey Peter,

    Now this post is very inspirational.

    I have been blog commenting (casually) for maybe 4 months and have wondered about the effectiveness of it all.

    This post has given me the inspiration to step up my efforts. I can now now this will benefit me overall (in a big way). Thanks for your wisdom.
  • @Work From Home Opportunity: Hi John, It's your first visit here so I welcome you to my blog and community. I'm glad you've found a little inspiration in my post. Yes please visit our community blogs and feel free to offer your comments. Hope to see you around here.
    -Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • @Internet Marketing: Hi, thanks for visiting my site. I'm glad you liked my experiment.

    Peter
    Legitimate Home Internet Business
  • Hi Peter! Thanks for posting this and nice experiment..i should practice blog commenting the way your experiment goes..i hope i can see the result shortly...
  • Hi Peter, good work! You seem to have a winning link building strategy.I usually don´t look too much on the PR of the blog, but rather on the content.
  • Hi Tom,

    Good to see you here. I agree with you that content is important and I think using the dofollo search engine tool would be a good way to get more relevant blogs to comment. On the other hand some bloggers have found linking to high PR blogs is very good for link building. Anyway this is just an experiement. I chose PR3 since I have a list of PR blogs and PR3 is preferred to say PR1 because it tells me that generally the blog has been in existence for some time.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Business Blog
  • Hi Tom, Good to see you here. I agree with you that content is important and I think using the dofollo search engine tool would be a good way to get more relevant blogs to comment. On the other hand some bloggers have found linking to high PR blogs is very good for link building. Anyway this is just an experiement. I chose PR3 since I have a list of PR blogs and PR3 is preferred to say PR1 because it tells me that generally the blog has been in existence for some time.
    -Peter
    Work From Home Business Blog
  • Peter,

    Those are very impressive results. Certainly they give incentive to others to improve their linking strategy.

    Alan Thomas

    <abbr>Simple Work From Home Opportunitys last blog post..A Look At Goal Setting Basics</abbr>
  • Hi Alan, thanks for the compliment. Yes having a good linking strategy is important as I've mentioned many times before. Well blog commenting is something we all do anyway, so it's good to develop and follow a good comment strategy.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Greetings Peter,

    Thanks for posting this experiment. It's a literal blueprint for those looking to rise in the SERPs.

    Clyde

    <abbr>Clyde Denniss last blog post..Web 2.0 Sites: Website Builders Daily Digest</abbr>
  • Hi Clyde, its good to see you here again. Yes if it works for me it works for everyone else too. Hey did you like the Top Commentators plugin you installed on your blog? Hope it has served you well.

    Peter
  • Hi Peter
    I would have thought that Google does have a filter for excessive link building and if triggered may have the reverse effect of what you are intending to achieve. Will be interesting to see if in 12 months the technique pays off.
  • Hi Khaled, if you look at the comment from Yan, he just pointed out that website grader is only counting Yahoo backlinks and the no. could be much smaller in Google. So I think there is not much to worry from Google.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Seeing your name on most, if not all, of the blogs I visited, I knew one fine day, you will be have more backlinks that you could have ever imagined. In fact, I can see that you already have more comments here at Peterville than you had before.

    I can't stress anymore the real benefit of blog commenting. It's proven to work. Period. If anyone is still asking why no one is commenting on his/her blog, I'd make damn sure to set you as a good example.

    By the way, website grader is only counting Yahoo backlinks of which the no. could be much smaller in Google. Try to count how many backlinks you have on Google from link:yourdomain.com.

    Yan

    <abbr>Yan Shall Blogs last blog post..Ask My Readers #1</abbr>
  • Hi Yan,
    Thanks for such kind words. I never knew blog commenting can be well so much of an addition, but I'm enjoying it. There's also so much I've learned just reading others' comments and that has got to be more valuable than getting a linkback don't you think. Yea you're right Google would probably show me lesser backlinks but I'll do this in another experiment I guess. But I could almost predict the result - its really hard getting a Google backlink to show up. I mean Google has a way of not showing it so I'm not even sure I have the incentive of doing that experiment.

    Peter
  • Very good post. I will follow the steps to get the backlinks.

    <abbr>Nihars last blog post..How to Convert Videos with Any Video Converter</abbr>
  • Hi Peter, fantastic post.

    Is there an easy way to find blogs that have top commenters list? How many comments per blog do you usually have to do to enter that list? And finally, how do those lists work, meaning are they accumulative over time or do they reset each week or month?

    I'm new to this type of blogging and am pretty unfamiliar with "top commenter lists"

    Thanks in advance for your help. I know you'll answer because you seem like you answer each and every blog comment. I think that's really important and we really appreciate your time and effort to help us all out, Peter. Thanks!

    <abbr>Pat with SPIs last blog post..5 Reasons Your Next Big Idea Might Fail</abbr>
  • Hi Pat,
    Welcome to my blog and community. To find blogs that have top commentators just Google it with 'finding blogs with top commentators plugin' or something close and you'll get quite a number of similar posts. However their lists may not be dofollow in which case you'll have to check yourself. There's a plugin from Firefox that helps you do this. Most Top commentators' list are set to reset after one month(it depends on owners' choice during the plugin installation). There are a few blogs I've seen showing the numbers continuously.
    Hope to see you around here again.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • The firefox plugin is great and I don't know how I survived without it. Firefox in general is the best browser that I have ever used, the speed is great and the pugins make your life alot easier. Oh, I almost forgot that it is not buggy as IE. Here is the direct link to the SEO Plugin For Firefox: http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefo...
  • Very impressive Peter. I'm glad my blog was one of those in the experiment. I vouch that you do offer quality comments. It's obvious you actually read the post before commenting.

    I bet you benefited in other ways too. Did you see an increase in your blog comments?

    <abbr>Brian D. Hawkinss last blog post..Searching For The Perfect Domain Name</abbr>
  • Hi Brian, thanks for dropping by. Yes I did see an increase in the number of comments to my blog especially after the post The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here. It pays to link out to other blogs and Commentluv and Top Commentator plugins helped quite a lot too.


    Peter
  • Excellent strategy. With all my commenting, I really need to start running reports also.

    <abbr>Dennis Edells last blog post..50 Social Bookmarking Sites. What Are The Top 5-10 Most Popular?</abbr>
  • Hi Dennis,
    Yea we should all be doing this: comment, review report, tweak, comment, review report,tweak...BTW I just came from your blog and left a comment.

    Peter
  • Jo
    Hi Peter
    Interesting and worthwhile experiment, thanks for sharing. I am new to the business and have just launched my first blog, so this information is valuable to me.
  • Hi Jo,
    Welcome to my blog. I'm glad you found this post informative and good luck on your first blog. Hope to see you around again.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Great information here Peter and a truly interesting experiment. When I have more free time, I will run my own experiment and then perhaps we could compare notes.

    Graham Maddison

    <abbr>Graham Maddisons last blog post..The Money Is In Your List - Tips For Using Autoresponders</abbr>
  • Hi Graham,

    Thanks for dropping by. Yes, it will be very interesting to find out what your results would be in your experiment. Keep me posted will you.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Awesome Peter

    I now have the tools to correct the areas hindering me based on my report. Quite a eye-opener. Thank you for another great post.

    Leon Bowes

    P.S. Scale of 1-10, what is your confidence level of this website?
  • Hi Leon,

    Thanks for dropping by and congrats on doing so well in the PIPS contest. I'm glad you liked this post and yes this report is pretty useful for your link building and SEO ranking.

    Peter
  • Haha, no probs
    I also got a grade of 94 but I have like 19,000 inlinks now :)

    The links are sitewide if the blogger chooses it to be when they install it - at the time of making that statement, most of the blogs I knew with the top commentators widget installed were sitewide with the exception of only one or two - I still believe most are sitewide.
    As for another statement, I will try to think of one tonight when I'm going to sleep, as I'm heading off to bed right now

    <abbr>Simon from Otooos last blog post..Technorati Authority Is Manipulated Too Easily</abbr>
  • Hey Simon,

    How long did you take to get 19,000 backlinks. I know we are getting these links very legitimately but what's your take on Google's stand on this i.e. too many links within a short time.

    Peter
  • the 19,000 backlinks has come over about 2 and a half months
    My take on Google's stand on this is that it is actually working well - I have seen great improvements in the SERPS since getting these links and began getting consistent SE traffic, so in my opinion, it seems to be fine
  • congrats to you my friend considering your were able to get that many backlinks in just 2 months thats insane
  • wow that sure is a lot of backlinks I have about a little under half of that
  • Simon,
    I was trying to be subtle. What I was trying to ask you is that if you got 19,000 backlinks over 2.5 months, you are going to hit 100,000 backlinks in a year. Would Google deem it as spam although we know it's obtained legitimately and through hard work.

    Peter
    Legitimate Home Internet Business
  • Peter, wassupblog is fairly new, I think the first post was in early August of this year, so I am quite surprised at the results. Even though I have more inbound links you have almost double the pages indexed by Google.

    <abbr>Sires last blog post..I’ve Just Added The Tweet My Blog Plugin</abbr>
  • @Sire: Wow 6000 links...how long did you take to get so many links. I'm just half of that. Yes I think it's a good idea to keep your report for future reference. 5 days is a good feel but a longer period like 2 months may be more conclusive to see if your comment strategy is near perfect.

    @Simon from Otooo: Hey Simon, YES! YES!! you are the one who said that statement that provoked me...that excited me...that challenged me. Hey that's a pretty powerful statement. Care to make another? But I got a question for you though. When you said "...Commentator links are sitewide (because it’s in the sidebar) and it counts every single page as an inlink..." is this statement good only if the blogger installs with the setting to show the Top Commentator List on ALL pages? Most of the blogs I visit only show it on their homepage.

    @Norhafidz: Hi Norhafidz, yes please try it and it will be interesting to see your results. Feel free to modify it too to get even better results. Good Luck!

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • Never use website grader before, I'm gonna try it and of course, I'm gonna try to duplicate your success. Thanks for sharing Peter :)

    <abbr>Norhafidzs last blog post..Want To Start Making Money Online? Consider These Checklists</abbr>
  • Peter - was it me that you were referring to when you said "Well someone I know who does blog commenting at blogs with ‘Top Commentator’s List..." because those were the stats that I posted and I faintly remember talking to you about how they are sitewide and stuff?

    Congrats though, glad to see it is paying off - wait a month and build a few more links and you will see a great increase in SERPS

    <abbr>Simon from Otooos last blog post..Technorati Authority Is Manipulated Too Easily</abbr>
  • Lucky for me I am using the same strategies that you are Peter. I just ran the same report and I received a grade of 94 with over 6000 inbound links. I reckon I will save the report for future reference.
    @ Mitch, I reckon you are just slowing down in your old age mate. Your taking too long to write your comments. ;)

    <abbr>Sires last blog post..I’ve Just Added The Tweet My Blog Plugin</abbr>
  • that's really weird that you have a grade of 94 with over 6000 inbound links when I have a grade of 88 with well over 8000 backlinks that's odd
  • @Mitch: No, you didn't see Chris cos his comment was yet to be moderated as I was 'hmmm...off to slumberland. Hey 94 is a good grade..I like to think so since mine's 94 too. Perhaps we can check each others' rank in 3 months time and compare our rank again.

    Peter
  • We'll do that, as I may be at post #300 by then, which means I'll be giving kind of an update of things anyway.
  • I wonder how Chris beat me there, since there was nothing showing when I posted; sneaky!

    I just ran my blog on Website Grader, which I actually wrote about back in June, and I'm now ranked 94, when I was 84 then. I've shown nice growth since then; that's not bad, eh?

    <abbr>Mitchs last blog post..Marketing Your Business With Your Website</abbr>
  • @Christopher Ross: Hi Chris, Thanks for dropping by. I used
    WebsiteGrader.com before the start and end of experiment to find out my 'inbound links' the report gives me. Hey check it up to find out yours here.

    @Mitch: Sorry Mitch you ain't the first 'cos Chris beat you to this. No trouble finding blogs with both dofollow and Top Commentators. In this experiment I had used my post The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here in which all blog have both. The dofollow search engine I mentioned allows better searches on blogs at specific niche but may or may not have Top Commentator List.

    Peter
    Work At Home Ideas
  • First, I can't believe I'm the first one to comment on this post. Second, nice experiment, Peter. I don't know that I'd have taken the time to actually track that down, but I do know that I've finally broken into the top 200,000 ranked blogs on Technorati; I'll have to see what Website Grader says about me now. A quick question, though; how many blogs did you have to go through to find one that had both dofollow and top commenter? Also, nice find on the dofollo.com.

    <abbr>Mitchs last blog post..The Importance Of Blogrolls</abbr>
  • Hey Mitch, I just wanted to say thank you for mentioning Website Grader because I didn't know they existed. I just ran my website and I only got a 73 so I have some work to do. In three months I will check it again and let everyone know my results.
  • Does Website Grader actually work? The reason I ask is because today I ran my website again and now my score is 74 but I haven't done anything to it since the last time I ran the check.
  • Peter, I'd love to know how you quantify the number of backlinks you have. Are you using the Google link: feature or something else?
  • Great study, Peter, what sets it apart is your quantitative data.
  • Peter sir, really your writing is appreciable for me. Do you know that I come to know about the power of blog commenting first time from your blog. I am using your list of do follow blog for comment. I really get boosting by hearing that you get 1200 backlink within 5 days. Really great. I was frustrated before about how to build my backlink, now I daily busy on blog commenting(not spam). Sir if you have time please leave feedback on my blog. I also make my blog dofollow.
  • @moonheart009: Thanks Chandan for your nice words. Yes follow the simple strategy and I'm sure you will see some traffic and backlinks. I can see that you're really putting a lot of hard work. That's very good and keep up the good work.
  • Sir, I have now on your blog top commentator. But my blog link is not appearing there. Why sir and how can I resolve this problem? Sir I have make my blog dofollow, so how can I put my comment form like you?
  • Sir once again I informed you that I post your dofollow blog post link on v7.com forum, may be it help you get some extra visitor on your blog.
  • @ moonheart009: Chandan, Did you login as Disqus ID. That could be the reason why.
  • @ moonheart009: Hi Chandan, yes I saw that. Thanks for much for doing that and your link love. Yes I received about 16 views from V7 forum today so thanks very much. You should post more at this forum to get more traffic and some backlinks although links from forum are quite low value. Just write a very nice signature to attract people to your blog.
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