Is Blog Commenting Worth Doing Anymore?
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I set a little bit of time aside for each client to comment on blogs for backlinks, but it just seems like a waste of time at this point. Most blogs have comments turned off, or won't allow links. Obviously making your name a keyword and making that a link is very spammy, and alot of blogs are using Disqus or making you login with your facebook account to post a comment. What's the best way of going about this these days, or is it not even worth the time?
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If I had a client who built hand-made kites and he enjoyed sharing information about them. I would encourage him to start his own blog rather than tell him to go out commenting on blogs owned by other people.
The last thing that I would do is to go out myself commenting about kites and trying to get links for him. I don't know a damn thing about kites and my comments would make him look like an idiot.
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Good point. So it's really not worth spending time on that particular link building strategy?
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You didn't mention that most blogs have nofollow on the links.
I think that most people who own blogs or read them often can spot blog comments left for the purpose of acquiring links. It really makes the client look lame.
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