Comments on: A Backlink for a Helpful Commentator

By: Email Marketing Blog

Email Marketing Blog — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:51:11 +0000

That’s not a bad idea – it adds a nice incentive to add useful content to one of your articles.

Another strategy that I’ve found to work well is to add a contest giving away a product or service in exchange for being a top commentator.
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By: manchingjp

manchingjp — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:31:35 +0000

I like your idea Murlu, frequency v. quality is very important.

Thanks for the wonderful comment.

By: Murlu

Murlu — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:25:15 +0000

I think any kind of contest that helps you gain readers and subscribers will be worthwhile. It would be a little difficult to gauge the perceived value of a comment because you’d have to consider frequency of comments vs. quality of comments.

It’s very admirable and you could definitely push for it; pull in new readers, get some subscribers, share with the community and gain valuable feedback.
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By: manchingjp

manchingjp — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:52:07 +0000

Alan,

Yes alan, I still need that enough traffic to start the contest and I hope we’ll both be successful with it.

Mitch,

Yes mitch, it’s a do follow and they get a backlink even if I don’t mention them. But I still review their comments and look at their sites if it’s legitimate. For the backlinks, the quality of links that they are getting from the comment is the lowest as far as I know unless the backlink that they are getting is from the content area. (which I heard from a SEO webinar).

Thanks for that good point Mitch.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:00:37 +0000

As a contest, it will be hard to manage. Doing it the other way is admirable, but I have to ask you if your present comment links are nofollow, which I don’t believe they are. In which case, people are getting backlinks anyway.

Still, I’m glad to be on your short list.
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By: Alan Mater

Alan Mater — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:13:59 +0000

I think having a contest will increase readership and comments, but at the same time it also encourages more spam comments. This can increase the time spent moderating all the comments, but I don’t think it should deter you from holding a contest.

You’re right, traffic and readership should be there before providing a top commentator contest, which is why I haven’t yet done one myself. I’m getting there, and you will too.
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