Four Ways To Make Your Comments Better

When you think back at the history of SEO, a ton of so-called online marketers jumped in using any method possible to reach the top of the search engines. Did it work? Of course. Many are very rich today because of their spam tactics. blogging tip comments

But over time, SEO has evolved into a way of taking great, quality information, and helping people generate top search engine placement by truly reaching out and helping people.

In many ways blogging has traveled the same road. Originally people created blogs as a fast way of getting information fed into the search engines, and a way to quickly get placement on a variety of key phrases that ultimately benefit the creator.

Now blogging is turning into an art form on many levels. As a business owner, the more you use it as a relationship builder, the easier it will be to connect with a variety of people, in a variety of different businesses, in places all over the world.

In order to be active with your blog, its equally important to write quality blog posts, and to find other blogs you can add value to. Commenting requires as much thought and commitment as writing blog posts. Do it well, and you will see your own blog blossom.

Here are four things to remember when leaving a comment.

1. Read the full post. Sounds pretty easy, right? Yet if a blog post is long, its easy to jump to the bottom and start writing. A quality comment will take the overall feel of the post, and add value based on the entire message. Without reading the full post, you may miss the ultimate purpose, and even duplicate what the writer said.

2. Read all the comments. The idea of commenting is to build on one idea and add more value. Repeating advice given by someone else will be noticed, and will bring down your authority. It also helps you write better comments. Maybe you can comment both on the author and several of the commenter’ ideas, and bring it full circle.

3. Don’t linkbait or add spam. Always think value. A comment of “I loved your article” is nice, but adds nothing to the discussion. If the whole reason you’re leaving a comment is to get a link back to your site, think again.

4. Choose blogs that target the same audience as yours, and become active. Check back with old comments and see if others have responded to you. Make additional comments as appropriate. It’s easier to get traction and recognition if you take an active role in a few communities, rather than searching all over the web.

Anything I missed? I’d love to hear your ideas too.

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One Response to “Four Ways To Make Your Comments Better”

Noridah on July 24th, 2009 3:02 am

I always do that last time…just say very nice article without read whole of article..hahaa..

now I have to read first the article. I’m not read all of your posting, I would like to ask about MyBlogLog vs BlogCatalog – Which is Better?, could you recommend where to get the article.

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