Keyword Anchor Text and a Reminder To My Readers - Do-Follow Blog
Internet Marketing, Link Building, Search Engine Optimization Add commentsBy, JR
For our on-going Internet Marketing efforts, I wanted to remind my readers that this is a Do-Follow comment blog, this means that the link to your websites in comments counts as a backlink with the search engines, is a part of your link building efforts and to help you to rank for your keywords. This is my way of saying thanks to all of my great commenters.
The reason I am writing this post is that I am noticing that some commenters are using their first names as the anchor of their website link, probably because the comment form says name, however this is where your keywords should go so that you can get the benefit of the backlink. I am pretty sure that you guys don’t want to have your websites rank for your first names ;-).
If you are unsure about the meaning and importance of anchor text please refer to this post: The Important of Anchor Text in Link Building.
The short and quick of it is you need to have your keywords in the anchor of your website links whenever you are link building for search engine optimization.
When you comment on this blog and other do-follow blogs (that allow keywords) you should use your keywords as the anchors by putting them in the name spot:
Then when you submit the comment, your keywords will appear as the anchor text of your url and you have a nice backlink with your keywords to your site!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 am
You mean something like this? :o) Well, some of us knows about this but majority of people allows only names and not keywords so we are kind of used to that.
Anyway, really nice blog. I’ve been reading it a while and I think I’ll continue
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JR reply on August 3rd, 2008 3:57 pm:
@ LCD
Thank you I appreciate it!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hey JR, this really is a weird coincidence again as I published an article yesterday about a plugin called keywordLuv. I installed it on SEO Horror and what it does is that instead of putting your name in the name field you enter something similar to “Ben@SEO Horror” or “Ben@Internet Marketing”. The link in the comment will be the keywords, but we’re still able to see a name in there! Anyway, check this out man, this really is a nice addition!
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JR reply on August 3rd, 2008 3:54 pm:
@ SEO Horror
Wow, how weird is that? I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, I think I will check out that plug-in, it sounds good. Thanks Ben.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Oh, boy, do I feel like a doofus! lol For me the form is automatically populated so I never really noticed. And even if I had, I wouldn’t have known to change it!
I will definitely read that article on anchor text. And thanks for your blog…never fails, every time I read it, I learn something new.
Eunice
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JR reply on August 3rd, 2008 3:56 pm:
@ Simple Internet Strategies
Well I’m glad it was cleared up for you Eunice, and don’t feel like a doofus, we’ve all been there and had to learn it the first time. I’m really glad this blog is helping you.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
It isn’t working for me….LOL
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August 4th, 2008 at 6:17 am
How very considerate of you!
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August 4th, 2008 at 9:23 am
in my opinion that is taking more of a liberty on the commentators part, in my mind it shows they are just after links and if it happened to me i would just deny them that link.
Keyword love though as mentioned above is a slightly better idea and I have been replacing my site with that plugin. As to encourage comments but not so much as to just make it feel like spam.
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August 5th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Unfortunately, most blog owners don’t allow commenters putting keywords in the name spot
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August 5th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I absolutely love seeing the CommentLuv and KeywordLuv combo.
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August 5th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Loving the information that I am learning here! I am signed up for your feed.
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August 6th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Thanks Marilyn and Welcome to the Blog
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August 6th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Thank you for your post it is valuable information for me
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August 6th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Some publishers are hesitant to do such strategies to blogs when they visit the latter for the reason that the owner might think of it as a spam. But then again, there are good persons, like you, helping out newbies like me. Thanks much and more power to your site!
regards,
jayl
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:20 pm:
@ Cebu
Thank you and welcome to the blog!
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August 7th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Great content man…. though some places dont like commenters using keywords…. but most don’t mind.
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JR reply on August 8th, 2008 12:04 am:
Thanks Breakaway and Welcome to the Blog!
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August 9th, 2008 at 3:07 am
found this blog by way of eli’s. good stuff..
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:21 pm:
@ Get out of Debt Help
Thanks and welcome!
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August 9th, 2008 at 9:52 am
JR Thanks for allowing Do-Follow links on you blog. It’s important on our part as a commenter that we actually write something usual and pertinent to the post. It help the blog because we are adding useful content, and because the comment won’t be looked upon as spam. It helps us because the blog owner is more likely to approve our comments.
Do-Follow links are a win-win for both the blog owner and the commenter, but it requires we don’t abuse it.
Thanks
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:22 pm:
@ Play Sonic
Thank you and you are right, I do look for meaningful comments, and I believe that this comment policy helps all of us!
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August 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
As others have said, a lot of blogs consider keywords instead of your name spamming. But thanks for letting us know that it’s okay here!
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August 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
That’s pretty cool I’m guessing you’ll start to see a massive jump in comments now.
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:25 pm:
@ Small Business Marketing
Thank you and welcome!
@ Germz
Yes, I all ready have!
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August 9th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I think this says a LOT about your “mindset” here and I really appreciate your policy.
The whole do-follow movement’s purpose was two fold: increase comments AND link juice. I am truly baffled by the blog owners who claim to be no-follow but then moderate comments to REMOVE the keywords!
Your blog is a breath of fresh air. I can’t wait to be able to say “I was commenting way back when” about this blog!
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:18 pm:
@ Beyond Niche Marketing
You are so right, I always wonder what is the point of having a do-follow blog and then not allowing keywords, who the hell wants to rank for their first names???!!??? Thanks for the compliments I appreciate it and welcome to the blog!
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August 9th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Having commentluv and keywordluv is a fantastic way to get more comments on your blog.When people take the time to write a useful and helpful comment on a post, a link back is a good reward.
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JR reply on August 9th, 2008 6:23 pm:
@ Tom
I completely agree and I love to show my appreciation for good comments. Thanks and welcome!
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August 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I do support the idea of all bloggers having a do-follow link,but as long as it serves as a positive influence.
I agree with brainnoodle:”Do-Follow links are a win-win for both the blog owner and the commenter, but it requires we don’t abuse it.”
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August 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Excellent article and excellent site!
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August 10th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Thank goodness for do follow blogs or many newcomers to the internet would never get any exposure to their sites.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I wish someone who blog about the real truth behind “nofollow” tags. Some people say it doesn’t matter for google, then others say Yahoo pays attention to it, etc.
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JR reply on August 13th, 2008 1:24 am:
@ University
The truth is that Google does NOT count no-follow links for link juice and page rank they are worthless, however Yahoo ignores the no-follow and does count all links for link juice.
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August 13th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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August 14th, 2008 at 6:49 am
I think you’ll find more and more people beginning to “follow” their links to help build up their own social community/subscribers.
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August 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I go back and forth with do-follow and no-follow on my blog. I can’t decide. Last time I changed it to do-follow I got a ton of crappy comments that were obviously there only because of the do-follow. So I switched back. I wish people would make just a little effort to make a comment that relates to the post rather than the mindless “This is a great blog, I will tell all my friends”.
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August 14th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
nice article
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:44 am
That is a really helpful explaination of anchored links in do follow comments and their purpose. My goal is an even exchange with a blog owner. I need a do follow link, the blog owner needs content. I usually write long, meaningful comments. So I am perplexed when a blog owner will not approve my commet.
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JR reply on August 20th, 2008 2:55 am:
@ Hand Held
I completely agree with, some bloggers just don’t get it, glad you’re here, hope to interact with you often. Thanks for commenting I appreciate it!
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I have been reading all of your blogs and have really learned a lot. Thank you so much for all your help and the kindness to help us out with the back links.
darbee
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JR reply on August 20th, 2008 8:12 pm:
@homebound and happy
Thank you I appreciate your very kind words.
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August 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Thanks to the article, Now there is more reason to comment than ever before! Everyone should participate. I am incorporating what your wrote to our project!
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August 24th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog. I am subscribing to your feed so I don\’t miss the next post!
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