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. Most of the readers perusing through the comments are obviously interested in Twitter, 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.
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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?
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Always put together perfectly Kristi, I have been using the plugin ever since John Sullivan posted about it on his blog. I like how it creates and promotes community when utilized for that purpose, not to mention it makes it simple for me to find good articles when I go through my comments.
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We are here to help our visitors any way we can. One way is to spread the love. This is a plugin that is must have on any blogs that you own. Thanks Greg Ellison
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Great to remind people about CommentLuv. I’ve used it for over a year and I usually find new bloggers to read by clicking their blog post link.
Something you didn’t mention is the Wordpress control panel for the plugin allows you to change the text displayed in the comment. While many bloggers, such as you I see, accept the default Kikolani’s last blog preface, I prefer the more readable New from Kikolani.
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That’s not a bad idea… I forgot you can customize that text. I might have to go in and change mine as well. Thanks for adding another great tip!
You bet!
I had mine set to say ‘[name's] last amazing blog post…’
I say ‘had’ because CommentLuv currently isn’t working on my site at the moment and I’m working on getting sorted ASAP.
Great article and well worth sharing.
Karl
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What a great tip Ari, thanks!
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10 points of awesome! great post about commentluv. I love it!
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Very nice post, I am hungry for all posts about CommentLuv, I am a fan on this plugin and the idea of it, Andy is very active developing his plugin, and he came recently with an awesome paid feature to enable more blogs to your CommentLuv plugin to switch between!
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I didn’t know that you could subscribe to ComLuv! That will be really handy when I have written more than one post (be nice I’m new
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I have used commentluv in combination with dofollow plugins in the past. The problem is I saw a lot of spam. There were also a lot of one-hit-wonders. People commenting once just to get a link. I may try this again on my new photography site. This time I am going to try and not give the benefit of dofollow until they have at least 3-5 posts.
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I used commentluv way back when it was just a plugin and didn’t have a community blog behind it. I had trouble registering with the commentluv website and therefore couldn’t get the plugin to work anymore… I really liked it, so I think I’ll try getting it to work again.
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Awesomeness
First thanks for the excellent comments you left on my blog. I’m so proud of you and watching you reaching higher each day 
Thanks for asking.
I was on Andy’s site yesterday and have been along time fan of Andy Bailey’s and the whole comment luv thing.He has some serious talent. Speaking of LUV I will be doing that bloggerluv soon. I added posterous to the domain to test it as a collaboration tool but will have to switch it back to wordpress
I was just thinking I do have your name site on my blogs I like page but not this site.
I must go fix that now
Thanks for being such a great friend
Your awesome
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CommentLuv indeed came a long way, it is a brilliant idea and further more rewarding commenters the exposures they deserved. I’m really impressed with Andy’s work, he even initiated the affiliate program and several modifications to improve existing service. I must say I love blogs that apply CommentLuv – I get to decide which site I’m interested in based on the link showed. What’s not to like?
Stumbled and RT-ed!
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Wow, I didn’t know he was doing an affiliate program, so had to check that one
You are right it is a pretty neat idea and sort of outside of the box in many ways…
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Really comprehensive post, for me as a commenter, commentluv really helps promote posts rather than just my home page and as a blogger it allows me to say thank you to anyone who takes the time to comment.
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I have been using commentluv since I started blogging in August 2008, even if you choose nofollow or dofollow, commentluv still shows appreciation for bloggers leaving comments and it has helped me read a title of a users post and I have visited them on more than one occasion by seeing their latest post title.
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I’ve had Comment Luv on my blog for awhile, but we just installed it on my son’s Blogger blog at leperdy.com. I was told that this would help reduce spam as it includes Askiment protection. By the way, our Geek Teen friend enabled Intense Debate with the Comment Luv. Kinda funny since my 10 yo son hardly gets any comments!
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yaa great article on CommentLuv i read it very informative form CommentLuv blogs are blogs that allow commenters to leave behind not only the.!!
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Awesome,
Thanks for the tips. I followed your instructions and they worked perfectly. I can now drop down and select the blog post of my choice. I’d registered with CommentLuv but didn’t realize (dumb of me) that you had to tell it where you lived in order to get the dropdown menu.
The hardest part for me was figuring out where my feed url was. It’s under edit feed details if anyone has as hard a time as I do in finding such things.
Thanks again.
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CommentLuv is just amazing and I don’t know why other bloggers would not like to use it. I have actually asked a few and their main response is that they will lose some juice, that is a bit lame to me. It benefits outweigh the negatives. I’m not saying there are negatives, but some users would say otherwise.
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I also love the blogs that installed commentluv plug in, but now a days some blogger change their blog to nofollow that install commentluv plug in.
The blog installed commentluv plug in they get usually lots of comment also.
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I’m using comment love over 3 month and it just not encourage other to give a comment but sometime help me to find new ideas. Every blogger should use CommentLuv if s/he love building community around them.
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I had no idea we could set the ‘last post’ URLs to show our direct links. I just fixed it at Feedburner and I’m trying it here. I’m also going to try the ‘other blog’ trick. Great tips as usual Kristi
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Excellent article Kristi. I really appreciated the tip on Leaving Relevant Blog Posts from Other Sites and also spotting relevant comments that have been grabbed by the spam filters. You certainly covered this nicely Kristi, thanks so much for for the link love under CommentLuv enabled Personal Development blogs. Very much appreciated!
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Being in since it’s inception, I gotta say, I attribute just about the entire strength of my community to it.
CommentLuv + strong titles = visitors up the wazoo baby!
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Edit comments is a pretty damn fine plugin also. lol
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OK what’s the reason behind being registered and not getting the drop down?
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Some great shots in the photograph section
and I agree, commentluv is a great plugin
A couple of questions:
1. Won’t deselecting your links in Config Stats affect your Google Analytics data?
2. I followed your advice, and it’s still pointing links to Feedburner. I’m hoping it just needs a little time for the change to take effect. Otherwise, I’m not sure what I’m missing!
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Hi Sandra,
I think it does probably affect it a little. All I really look at is the Views and Reach in Feedburner… granted, I don’t know which article had clicks without the specifics, but I notice the reach is higher on days when I post something new, and it shows me how many views each article has, so I can assume that most of the clicks to my site originated from the article with the most views.
Also, the CommentLuv link in this comment is going directly to your post, not the feedproxy URL, so it must be ok now. It probably won’t update comments you did prior to changing that setting, but anything from here on out should be fine.
@Sandra Foyt, looks like a direct link to your page now… something must have rolled over since you posted?
I am so glad I found this post! I had completely mismanaged my feed settings, and was wasting links on feedburner (argh). Thanks for the advice!!!
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I couldn’t get it to work ages ago so I gave up, but I’ve just had another go, so fingers crossed!
Thanks, Kristi! I probably shouldn’t be obsessing about stats anyway, so it doesn’t hurt to eliminate a part of the Google Analytics report.
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Hi kikolani.
Thank you for the post about commentluv.
Wasn’t the link will be automatically choose to your recent posts?
How do I select them to relevent post?
I really don’t understand that part.
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Love the blog and this is a great post. I added CommentLuv to my blogs almost a year ago and as well as it being a great concept it has really made a big difference to the exposure and comments on a number of blogs.
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Hi Kristi,
I love Comment Luv and the information in your post makes it even more appealing.
I went to the site you suggest and signed up. Being able to choose which post to enter in CL when commenting will be a great enhancement.
I wonder if you’ve ever considered the benefits of having Keyword Luv as well in addition to Comment Luv.
I installed it a few weeks ago and I’m glad I did.
People who comment like the feature and I certainly like it when commenting myself on other blogs.
Vance
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I came here via Sweet Food’s weekly round up. This was most helpful for me. I do use comment luv and appreciate the info. I did update my feed and poof, direct link! Thanks again.
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Commentluv is an absolutely great plugin and most bloggers who want to reward their readers for leaving a comment have it. Andy, the author, is also a great guy an always willing to help those having problems with it.
Seeing as how it scrapes the title of the chosen post it’s always a good idea to have a meaningful title.
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awesome plugin,i am currently using taht only working grate.
Nice post.
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I am really proud to say that my blog uses commentluv plugin.. will soon make it a do follow
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Very glad I’ve found your site, I read the article and went to sign up for some Luv right away!
Now to read through all the rest.. Looks like I’m in for a late night!
Thanks for all the great work, keep it coming so us beginners can learn more
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Great post, very informative. Lots of great comments also.
I’ve used CommentLuv for several months and highly recommend it. I feel that it adds real value to my blog for the people who visit. A very good tool for helping to build community. Also helps visitors find other useful blog posts via the CommentLuv links that people leave.
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Yes, my latest blog post shows in Commentluv now. It was a theme issue on my blog where the RSS was not being detected earlier.
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I’ve found some very interesting sites via the CommentLuv plugin on my blog and also made a lot of new blogging buddies, by visiting the sites of the frequent commentators, so it’s the perfect plugin for all bloggers
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Great post Kristi, I only recently discovered CommentLuv and wasn’t aware of some of the features you listed, so it is even better now!
It absolutely is helpful for both parties involved, as well as other commentators that may see a title that fires up a need to click on it and discover something that they weren’t aware existed, so discovery is an added feature.
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Yes! I use Commentluv in my blog too! I love to comment in the blog that used commentluv. This is a great tool that can help us to build up the relationship with our readers.
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Thank Kristi, I just put ComentLuv on my new blog
Please take a look my new blog http://another-blogger.com
I use Commentluv on all my blogs and have done so for the last couple of years. It’s a great way to encourage others to leave a comment, and at the same time they will get a link back to their site.
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Register your blog at CommentLuv is a must. Because I can select older post as my last post. Just like what I do now.
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There really are many good reasons for using the CommentLuv plugin. Over the past year or two a fairly large community has built itself around Dofollow/CommentLuv/KeywordLuv and many bloggers often see a blog as “friendly to the cause” when they see one of these plugins. Not only does it provide backlinks, a lot of people have found blogs by following these links that they would never have found otherwise, and that’s a very valuable thing to happen. So thanks for writing about CommentLuv and spreading the word
Oh and regarding FeedBurner, I also recomment not using the tracking URL because then all the backlinks go to FeedBurner instead of to your actual site.
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yup nice article on commentluv i also like most this commentluv plug in, and here claear more doubts about commentluv thanks for sharing great info!!
Eh.I have no idea that we can do a search on all CommentLuv blogs! That’s very handy to have
I have CommentLuv on my blog to encourage and help my readers at the same time. Used to have the Top Commentator too but it attracted too much spam
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Great blog. I’m amazed just how much of a difference CommentLuv makes to the feedback I get on my blog, and it’s always an incentive to post elsewhere when I know I’ll get a nice deep link back from it.
Keep up the great work.
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Thanks for this really useful post. I’m new to all this dofollow stuff!
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Great blog post on the CommentLuv plug-in and why it can be a great addition for blogs. Link building is definitely a huge part of building up your blog online, and I’m personally of the opinion that Google tends to show a little bit more favor to blogs that have comments and conversations going on. Thanks for this list.
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