So, let us begin with how and why blog commenting on other blogs works and what you can do to drive the maximum amount of referral traffic from your commenting efforts.

How does blog commenting work?

Blog commenting functions by drawing interest to you as well as your business via the interaction you create and thoughtful comments you make on other blogs that are related to your niche.

Commenting provides you the opportunity to demonstrate your sincerity, knowledge, and expertise. The comments you make reveal who you are and the nature of your work.

The more useful, helpful, and intelligent your comments are the more you get noticed by other bloggers. However, if your comments are unrelated, worthless spam, this won’t happen at all. Here, spam indicates that the comments provide no value to the post or the readers. Most of the unrelated comments are made to get a backlink to the commenter’s site. 

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As stated above, many unscrupulous bloggers make use of commenting as a way to develop one-way links back to the blogs they own or the ones they are working for. However, the spammers fail to realize that reputable bloggers won’t publish those spammy comments.

As a matter of fact, the backlinks that come from blog footers, sidebars, and comments carry very little search engine weight when compared with the links you get from high-quality sites within their content. You might now wonder why blog commenting at all.

To build social relationships

Making useful, thoughtful comments on niche-related blogs can get you more traffic when compared with relying on search engines for linking back to your site. But, the real beauty that lies underneath this blog commenting on other blogs is the building of healthy relationships.

Readers will visit your blog if they get inspired. If they get attracted to the content of your blog, they can comment there as well. You, in turn, can visit their blog to exchange thoughts and comments. You would have become friends before you know it. This often leads to content exchanges, regular traffic, more sales, hopefully, more profit.

With your blog, you are now building a social community that attracts regular traffic and more readers. This is all you need to know about blog commenting. You must now be able to understand that the way in which you use blog commenting is what makes the real difference.

How do you make use of blog commenting to drive traffic to your blog?

First-timers must comment responsibly. They must spend time reading the blog posts and making proper comments in relation to the post. The comments that are blatant sales pitches or off-topic will not only turn off the readers but that comment will get deleted by the blog owner. I must ask to read a post on “How to get your comments approved easily?“

Offer opinions, ideas, and insights in your comment that readers will find useful. This builds your credibility and demonstrates your knowledge and expertise. It would be better if you personally addressed the author of the blog post. Always thank your host for giving you the opportunity to comment on his site and end with sincerity of thought.

Below here are a few key tips to make sure your comments get posted. They will help in increasing the chances of others clicking through to your blog depending on your comment.

• Write a minimum of 2 to 3 quality sentences that a reader finds insightful and interesting.
• You can be controversial, but you cannot be offensive at the same time. You can pose a question if you are unclear about something in the post as others may also be feeling the same. You can mention anything if you find it incorrect or if you don’t agree with something. But, you must say it with respect and tact.
• In the ‘name’ section of the comment, you must use your real name. You are allowed to put a keyword phrase as a name by a few blogs but not all of them. Your real name will add a personal touch.
• It is better to use a picture gravatar as it adds an element of sincerity and trust.
• Pointless comments like “Your site has everything that I need to know,” “Great info,” and “Love your post” must be avoided. Bloggers don’t look for flattery. They love it when a value is added to the topic.
• Refrain yourself from including links to sales pages. Make comments only with the intention of building relationships, helping other readers and adding value.
• Never make comments that don’t make any sense. The comments that don’t directly relate to the post and contain spelling errors, poor grammar or wrong information will get deleted. So, use some good tools for checking Grammar and spelling mistakes like I am using Grammarly.

Use DISQUS for Commenting on other Blogs

There are many commenting WordPress plugins which You can use, but  DISQUS is also good for commenting. Numerous blogs are using Disqus these days for their commenting. You will get some traffic for it even though this does not have a direct link to your blog. Over time, you can enhance your credibility by building up your Disqus portfolio.

Use of CommentLuv WordPress Plugin

If you are using WordPress for Your Blog then CommentLuv Plugin can help you to get more comments on your WordPress blog. There are millions of WordPress Blogs which are using CommentLuv for their blogs. And you can see this Blog is also using it. And Also we have a list of CommentLuv blogs that can help to build some good quality links.

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Conclusion

Blog commenting requires dedication and time like blogging. Set aside time to do it at least once a week. Spend some time commenting on blogs that are relevant to the particular industry. It will take more time to research these blogs in the beginning but create a spreadsheet, and you will have a list of high-quality blogs eventually to visit on an ongoing basis.

Blog commenting can be an ideal strategy if you are looking to drive traffic to your blog without depending on spammy tactics or search engines. It develops trust, and credibility, builds relationships, and creates an opportunity to help others and this is what draws others to you.

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Here are some basic tips and tricks from my experience which could help you to get your comments approved:

Read Comment Policy (Privacy Policy):

A commenter must read the comments policy before making the comments. Because comments get approved only when commenter comments according to the law or policy set by the blog’s admin. Moreover, almost all the blogs may have same commenting policy except some, so read the commenting policy of one blog, and you are ready to comment.

Value Your Content:

By commenting you are giving value to the content, so do it perfectly. Do not use one or two words which will be a waste of time for you and blogs admin. Do not use words like:

• Great post
• Good post, keep it up
• Nice post
• Fantastic post
• Thanks for sharing
• Thanks for the article

Bloggers want some well-written comments. And these one word or single sentence reply helps them to know that you are a spammer and haven’t read their post. So comment wisely by reading their post first.

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Use links within the comment wisely:

First, I suggest you to not to use links in the comments because it will only be considered spam by the admin, and might put you on the list of spammers. But if you still want to put your link in the comments, then give a wise reply and make sure that you are leaving your link for the sake of admin and other blog readers. It will help the blog admin to approve your comment with a link and not to put you on the spam list. You can also use commentLuv Blogs for leaving links in the comments because that is why they are using the commentLuv plugin. Many bloggers use commentLuv for getting Dofollow links, so I also use it but without doing any spamming.

Do not comment too many times on the same site in a single day:

It usually happens when we find a site with good page rank and domain authority with Dofollow comments. What we do is leave multiple comments on the website with our links in a single day. Now, what happens when the admin sees the comments he deletes all comments thinking that comments are being made by some bots or are just spam. So I suggest you comment once in a day on one site and keep it or subscribe it for further more comments on some other day.

Don’t add keywords instead of your name:

Always use your real name while commenting. This way your comments will look real, and you can make good relationships with the admin and in future, he or she may quickly approve your comments without reading them.

Agree with the Blogs Admin or Author of the post if possible:

When you are posting a comment, agree with the author because he is there to approve your comments, and if you are going to write something inappropriate for his blog post, he will never approve your comment. If the author is providing any wrong information or had made some mistakes, comment politely with reasonable changes which don’t hurt the feelings of the author. Moreover, do not use harsh words to comment which may lead you to block from the commenting section.

Don’t use too long comments:

Having a long post is Good for search engines, but a long comment of the same size of the post cannot help. People usually post long comments so that their comments get approved. But sometimes forget to write about the post they are commenting on. What authors or admins want is that the commenters must comment on what is relevant means stick to the topic on which they are commenting. Writing stories about something else or about yourself will only lead to disapproved comment. So I would say be relevant and write a comment about the post only.

Never use Affiliate links in comments:

I know that affiliate programs are amazing to earn a lot of money. But the only thing to do is not to use the affiliate links in the commenting section. You can use your own blog for the same.

Prohibit the use of Bots:

Comment manually to get the quality links or for getting your comments approved. The use of bots like scape jet, Comment Kahuna, Scrape box and commenting demon, etc. will do nothing but down ranking of your sites.

Proofread your comment before posting:

Before you post your comment, proofread it. Check your grammatical errors and make spelling corrections. Because admin will allow those comments which have perfect sense and are easily understandable. Before you hit the post button, do proofreading perfectly because once you hit the post button, then no changes will be made. I am using Grammarly for Proofreading and will suggest you use that.

Use unique comments, don’t reuse the same comment again and again:

Be unique, doesn’t mean to check the uniqueness of the comments before posting, it means do not use the same comment again and again. Like some people make a commenting template and use it on different sites that result in disapproving their comments. Because they don’t write according to the post and will lead to deleting the comments.

So I suggest you comment after reading the post and according to the situation.

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Some more valuable tips to get your comments approved:

1. Create a list of blog commenting sites with the same niche where you can blog comment regularly.
2. Subscribe to those blogs which provide good content and good domain authority.
3. Try to read the whole post before commenting.
4. Comment manually instead of using any paid software.
5. Make the bloggers admins your friends.
6. As I mentioned earlier, follow the rules of the websites for commenting.
7. When someone comments on your blog, do reply with appropriate answers.
8. If you are leaving links to other bloggers, allow them to leave links on your blog too. This can be another trust factor which will help you.
9. Another important thing, use the of the gravatar image.
10. If someone comments on your Blog Post, try to return the favor of that commenter by leaving a comment on his Blog’s post if possible. This will help the commenter to revisit your site again and again.

Hope this post of mine helps you in getting your comments approved. And if have any questions or any query feel free to tell us through comments.

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