UPDATE: Be sure to check out the latest on the new version of CommentLuv 2.9 and even more reasons to love CommentLuv!
CommentLuv blogs are blogs that allow commenters to leave behind not only the main link to their website, but also a link to their latest blog post as well below the main comment. They usually look something like this:
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So why should you love CommentLuv blogs, and how do you get the most out of them as a commenter, blog owner, and blog reader?
CommentLuv for Commenters
The most obvious perk for commenters who have their own blog is that CommentLuv enabled blogs allow the commenter to not only leave behind a link to their blog, but also to their latest articles. Here are some tips on how to utilize CommentLuv as a commenter.
Register Your Site
The best way to utilize CommentLuv blogs for commenters is to first register your blog at ComLuv. Unregistered blogs are usually allowed to leave behind their latest post on a CommentLuv enabled blog, but registered blogs are able to select from their latest group of posts on most CommentLuv enabled blogs.
Check Your Links
When you register, use your main blog feed URL vs. your FeedBurner URL. If you hover over your CommentLuv links and notice they are pointing to http://feedproxy.google.com as opposed to the direct URL for your article, you will need to go into your FeedBurner account and under the feed’s Analyze tab, click on the Configure Stats under Services. Un-check the “Item link clicks — optimize for” box. This should change it to direct links to your article.
Leave Relevant Blog Posts Behind
Now that you have registered and have the ability to select from your recent posts, whenever you are commenting on a CommnetLuv enabled blog, try to select the article that is most relevant to the post you are commenting on. So if you are commenting on a blog article about Twitter, leave your most recent Twitter article behind if possible. Or if you commenting on a post about web hosting, leave your most recent article on managed dedicated servers behind. If most of the readers perusing through the comments are obviously interested in the same topic, which will make your blog article link stand out.
Leave Relevant Blog Posts from Other Sites
What if you have multiple blogs, and you have a post on another blog you would like to leave behind as your CommentLuv link, yet you still want to use your usual link in the comments? Simply enter the blog from which you want CommentLuv to pull a particular article from in the website URL. Before you submit the comment, go back and change the website URL to your normal one. After you enter the URL, don’t tab out of the field or click anywhere on the form but the Submit button, otherwise CommentLuv will pull an article from your normal one.
Please note that I am not advocating spamming. Let’s use this example. Most people know me as Kikolani and I typically link to Kikolani.com as my main website during commenting. Now, if I am commenting on a post about link building, I still want to use my usual profile so people will recognize me, but I also want to leave a CommentLuv link behind to my link building resources post from my company’s blog. I feel that this is perfectly acceptable, especially since the link I’m leaving behind in CommentLuv is relevant to the post I am commenting on.
Leave Articles from Article Directories NEW!
What if you don’t own a blog, but you do write on sites such as HubPages, Squidoo, Bukisa, EzineArticles, GoArticles, or similar article networks and directories. You can now register your site on ComLuv and include one of your latest 10 articles with your comment on CommentLuv blogs. Learn more on how to promote your article marketing strategy with CommentLuv links.
CommentLuv for Blog Owners
So as a blog owner, what are the benefits of installing CommentLuv on your site?
Get More Comments
Bloggers love to be rewarded when making comments, and what better way to reward them by allowing them to add not only a link to their main site, but also to one of the latest articles! CommentLuv blogs (especially ones that are dofollow) generally get more comments.
Identify Good Comments
CommentLuv can help you spot good comments in a sea of spam. For example, when I am scrolling through my Akismet spam filter (that does grab very good commenters with valuable comments), the CommentLuv heart link tends to stand out.
Please note – not all comments with CommentLuv links are good, and not all comments without CommentLuv links are spam. But I have found that the majority of good comments trapped in my spam filter are usually accompanied by CommentLuv links.
Make Comment Reciprocation Easier
If you are a blogger that enjoys visiting your readers’ blogs and leave comments, having CommentLuv installed on your site will give you a clue about which posts your readers have done recently or are most proud of, giving you a direct link to a post you can comment on.
CommentLuv for Blog Readers
So, let’s say you don’t own a blog or usually comment on posts, but nevertheless, you love reading blogs. What is the benefit of reading CommentLuv blogs?
Find Related Articles
Most bloggers who comment on CommentLuv blogs will try to leave behind a CommentLuv link on their site that is related to the blog post they are commenting on. So, say you are interested in personal development. Check out a CommentLuv enabled personal development blog. Not only will you find great articles about personal growth, but in the comments, you will probably find more personal development articles links via CommentLuv.
Of course, not all bloggers who comment will have a blog post that is 100% relevant to the blog post they are commenting on, but it may be helpful nonetheless. So you could be reading a CommentLuv enabled blog about blogging, and find article links via CommentLuv about SEO, social media, and other related topics.
Where to Find CommentLuv Blogs
Here are some places to find great CommentLuv blogs.
- CommentLuv search – Use the search box to find CommentLuv enabled blog posts on particular topics.
- Dofollow blogs with CommentLuv – This dofollow blog directory tags CommentLuv enabled blogs.
- Cool blogs using CommentLuv – This list includes 30+ CommentLuv enabled blogs.
- Fresh blog list of CommentLuv for daily comments – A list of 100 CommentLuv enabled blogs.
Why Do You Love CommentLuv?
Blog readers, commenters, and blog owners… do you have any additional tips for reasons why you use or seek out CommentLuv enabled blogs?
UPDATE: Be sure to check out the latest on the new version of CommentLuv 2.9 and even more reasons to love CommentLuv!
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Nice info!
Keep it up, I like this kind of stuff!
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Love the Luv! Thank you! <3 Going to register now…yay.
Thanks for the resources under “Where to Find…” I really appreciate them!
Sure wish I could figure out how to get CommentLuv to show my latest posts when I’m commenting on my own blog… It would be nice to have the cross-posting power. Sigh. Must be the WordPress theme I’m using.
Back to exploring CommentLuv!
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I also love commenluv blogs. But the things is: I always tend to get the message “No last blog post to return” message when making comments. What I would have hoped for, is to actually get my last blog post a backlink too. I am strongly thinking of changing my theme as I think that has something to do with these errors.
That (would) be the reason why I like the feature of the plugin. But now I currently don’t get deep links to my blog.
Sad, sad story.
Great, detailed post. Thank you.
I use Comment luv and I do “luv it”. I went and signed up at the Comment Luv website and now I get the choice (out of 10) of which post to show. This way it is the most recent relevant post. I really do love that feature of it….
It is not only great for commenting and showcasing your content, it is also great to attract people to your blog. I am hooked!
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Quite a good comprehensive article, I enjoyed reading it. I’m glad to see that, more or less, I tend to follow the author’s advice on the best use of this useful feature. The commentLuv webplaces are a great addendum…and I’m going now to take a look at them!
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I installed commentluv plugin on my blog but when i checked google for idexed pages on my blog, tons of cummentluv plugin error is appearing, so i disabled it for the meantime, any idea on how to fix this issue?
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It’s like a nature that blogs with commentluv installed always have high traffic.
I recently added comluv to my site and absolutely love it! Yes the spam has also increased but so have valid comments. this has also increased my traffic and now I can reach more people!
I also am a big fan of the directory listings – this helps out bloggers trying to optimize their blog and reach new readers
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March 27, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Commentluv is amazing and why I turned away from Disqus comment system. I want to know when a commenter has a blog that I can check out too.
It’s an amazing resource to put on a blog.
I don’t avoid commenting on blogs that don’t have commentluv but it’s definitely a plus when a blog does have it set up.
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Follow links are just better. Anchor text is better. Most recent post links are winning.
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Blog comments have been heavily abused because they are seen as a quick and easy way to get your hands on a do-follow link. But people tend to forget how much potential blog commenting has, if it’s done the right way.
It gives you the opportunity to voice your opinion (in a constructive way), make suggestions, point out things the post author might have missed and build a reputation as an expert (or at least somebody interesting) in your field.
It also gives you the chance to interact with the rest of the blog community, get some real life human visitors over to your website (woohoo!), and maybe even build a mutually beneficial relationship with the blog owner!
I like commentluv because it strikes a balance between the site owner and his/her community. Anyone that wants to leave an insightful comment gets the reward of a do-follow link. And because a do-follow link is on offer, the site owner attracts more potential participants, more traffic, return visits, subscribers and so on.
I think this blog is one of the best I’ve seen in terms of striking that balance. There are still a few comments that I probably wouldn’t approve (but that’s just me), but with so much great content you must need a full-time comment approver!
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Thanks Kristi – for this explanation of CommentLuv.
Somehow I find that site so confusing.
I still don’t understand why my account sign in at CommentLuv is a Wordpress admin login. Maybe you have covered that here – and I just need to reread your post.
But I think I am on info overload – will revisit again later!
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Comment Love is a very nice tool to use. But for me I’m more focused to get more back links on our main page so It’s hard to divert the it to our blog page.
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July 25, 2011 at 5:41 am
Its impossible to stay away from Comluv. It helps beginner bloggers to step up and get more traffic so much.
Cheers.
Robin
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Promoting each article individually is a good philosophy to have. I believe that when people see a title that interests them, the higher the probability it is for them to visit my website. Seeing a URL or blog name might not be that interesting.
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August 22, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Even that I have not used CommentLuv in a while, I know it is a powerful tool to send more traffic to your sites and to help you on your SEO and PR efforts.
One of the main things that impress me from this plugin is that I was able to select my own keywords for very specific Domains. Of course that is not free but I think is worth the money.
Cheers to you Kristi.
Luis
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August 31, 2011 at 11:59 am
Great post, especially the part about the comment spam. I’m not sure if we are going to install CommentLuv on our site (it’s Wordpress – things can get complicated) but we ARE a do-follow blog. Check it out!
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September 1, 2011 at 11:09 am
I’ve been blogging for a while, but all the comments I get are spam…now that i’ve blocked spam I get no comments…i’m hoping that comment luv will jump start my comments with valid commets. Any other ideas?
Comment Love is a very nice tool to use. But for me I’m more focused to get more back links on our main page so It’s hard to divert the it to our blog page.
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October 25, 2011 at 9:00 am
I think the best part about Commentluv is that it is a two way street. It encourages you to leave valuable comments that helps out the blog own and rewards you with a link back to your website. It certainly is a better solution than normal commenting that results in tons of spam.
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November 18, 2011 at 4:48 am
Hi Kristi,
I love commentluv!! I’m sure you are aware, but not sure if your readers know about the new release of commentluv premium. I just wanted to share how much of a difference it has made for my blogs.
I’ve had 3 posts go viral in only the past couple of weeks – which has meant huge traffic spikes, and yes… some much needed sales. Perfect leading up to the festive season.
CommentLuv Premium is like the old CommentLuv – but on steroids. Because it’s 8 plugins in one it actually replaces some of my old plugins which were really slowing down my loading time. My site used to take 8.5 seconds and now only takes 3.75 seconds to load. It might not sound big, but that is huge in the eyes of the search engines.
It has made a big difference to me and I would recommend bloggers with wordpress self hosted blogs to check it out.
Thanks for the great post on reasons to love commentluv blogs – I’m totally with you!!!
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January 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Hi Kristi,
CommentLuv is a excellent tool to promote commenting. However, it should be managed under know and published comment rules.
As a blog owner that needs to defend our ranking, I only publish comments related to the subject of the post.
As a commentator that loves and uses CommentLuv, I only use it when I have posts that related to the article that I’m commenting. And everyone wins with this strategy.
Do you agree?
Regards,
JCampos
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