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Are you looking to get more traffic to your site, get more readers to comment on your site, and looking for more ways to get backlinks back to your site? Today I want to talk about website owner’s dream tool that can do all of the above and works with both Blogger and WordPress! What is you ask? It’s called CommentLuv.
CommentLuv was designed as way to reward website visitors who comment on comment enabled blogs and websites. CommentLuv works by adding a direct link to a visitor’s comment. So when a visitor comments, he or she can leave a link back to their site. But with CommentLuv the additional link will a direct link back to your site that points to your newest post.
Why is this important?
When a visitor uses CommentLuv they are giving their brand and site more visibility. To a marketer this is an easy way to market their blog / site better and its free. All they have to do is add good comments to the site with ComLuv enabled and with time, they will have readers clicking on their links back to their site.
Important reasons for the commenters;
- Additional backlinks back to their – good for link building campaigns
- Site / Brand visibility
- Networking
- Gives a preview of what kind of articles and subjects you write about
- The more you comment on ComLuv enabled sites you could get a chance to get a linkback to your site through Comluv Home Page for a day
Important reasons for Web Site Owners;
- Gives a reason for visitors to comment on your site
- More links to other sites in your niche. If the link out is related to your niche, then Search Engines like this
- Giving back to the blogging community
- Networking
- Easy to install
How to Use CommentLuv When Commenting
In order to take advantage of the CommentLuv network, you need to register your RSS fed URL with comment at CommentLuv. First, you will need will need to register for an account. Next you will then need to fill out your profile and add your feed URL.
NOTE: If you change your feed URL for any reason, you will need to go back to your ComLuv account and change the URL their as well or the ComLuv Plugin will not be able to pull your latest entries.
Once you get your ComLuv account setup, you can start using the ComLuv tool. To find ComLuv enabled sites, do a Google search with your keywords and then type in “CommentLuv Enabled” with it and you will have a better chance to find ComLuv sites. Or you can do a search for CommentLuv Directories. There are a few sites out there that have large lists of sites with the plugin and DoFollow Site.
Once you find a site to comment on, you will need to locate where the CommentLuv option is and activate it. In most cases the plugin will be unchecked and the reader will need to activate it to use it. You can find the CommLuv checkboxes are at the bottom of the comment form. The ComLuv plugin offers several design options so the styling may look different. Below is screenshot of the Comment Field from Famous Bloggers.
After locating the ComLuv check box, fill out the Name, email, and website field. If you do not fill this out correctly and should be the same one you registered with ComLuv. If not, you will not be able to add another link to the comment field. Once your domain is entered into the correct field, then click on the body part of the comment and enter your comment. When complete go down to the Commentluv box and look and see if your latest blog post is there.
NOTE: Once you click in the comment body field, CommentLuv activates and starts searching for your latest posts. It will tell you if ComLuv can not find your website.
TIP: You can choose from the newest ten posts by clicking on the down arrow. This will activate the drop down menu and you can now choose another post. If you purchase more credits, you can more URLs to this lists.
How to Install CommentLuv on WordPress
Installing CommentLuv can be easy to install and configure. If your site is a self hosted WordPress blog, then you are in luck. To install the plugin, go to your Admin Dashboard >> Add New Plugins >> Search for CommentLuv>> Install. Or you can go to CommentLuv and download the plugin and upload it to your site and install it. Either way it’s easy to get itnstalled on WordPress.
Once installed, go into the plugin settings, and configure the design. You run into any issues, open a support ticket with CommentLuv, Andy, the creature of the plugin, will do his best to help you sort things out.
How has CommentLuv Helped Me?
To me, Commentluv is an important tool a website owner can have. CommentLuv has introduced me to knew bloggers and new sites that I find myself returning to daily. CommentLuv not only helps me find new sites, but helps bring in more traffic.
If you follow a good comment strategy and stick to it, you can easily drive traffic to your site. The one thing to remember is, when commenting, it is hard work, takes time, and you have to have patience. Do not think that once you start using the plugin on your site or commenting on sites with CommentLuv will cause a noticeable difference in traffic and comments. It takes time. You have to build a name for yourself/brand. You will need create comments that are help and will build your influence. Once you establish trust in the blogging world the traffic will flow…
Additional Resources
Looking for comment strategies check out Famous Blogger’s comment folder. There are bunch of recent articles about commenting and how to use CommentLuv effectively.
I also wrote two guest articles about comment strategies and how use CommentLuv to build traffic. These may help get some ideas on how to use CommentLuv to help drive traffic to your site..
You are right James. The main reason for CommentLuv for me is to be able to get some good relevant comments but also give back to those valuable readers in the form of a link. It’s also a great way to learn about other blogs and network with other bloggers.
Aaron, if wasn’t for CommentLuv, there so many blogs and bloggers I would never have met…
True that , it’s a great tool [and plugin for wordpress] , it allows you to find related blogs and bloggers to your niche easily , and make a network together , maybe even find friends , like me.
I am fairly new to all of this SEO stuff and I am wondering if there is any reason you wouldn’t want to link out to someone else. – providing they are a real person and not a bot or spammer.
Hi Tracy,
In my opinion, having unrelated links isn’t all that bad for your site, but it doesn’t help for SEO. Search Engines are looking for relevant links to authority sites.
If you have a bunch of random links on your site or in your articles, your site might be considered a link farm even if that’s not what you were trying to accomplish.
If you want to add a links pages and it isn’t related to your niche but you think they might be helpful for your readers, I would create a separate link page and have the search engines ignore (not crawl) the page
Great article. i look forward to hosting my own site soon and comluv will definitely be a must plug in for my site.
Charles, you can use CommentLuv with blogger. You can run it through Intense debate comment system. It works great for the blogger platform but I would never use it on a wordpress driven site.
True, James. For me, my blogging activity didnt start at the time I made my first blog post, but all started with CommentLuv. I met a lot of great bloggers while driving traffic to my site, and its a win-win for both commenter and blogger.
Same, but its not all that bad of idea to start posting before commenting on other sites. Waiting a little gives your site a little more content for users to read.
As for the comments using comluv, hows your traffic, what kind of numbers are you getting?
I used ComLuv for awhile and got tons of comments. I also learned a lot of interesting things that others were blogging about from their links.
Thats why I luv comluv, traffic, comments and finding new blogs to read!
I love CommentLuv! Thanks for all the helpful information!
Kevin thanks for stopping by. ComLuv is one of my favorite market and linkbuilding tools.
I agree..I wouldn’t have found some of the great blogs I did without this plug in. It is my favorite plug-in by far, and I always recommend my clients add it to their blogs.
Same, one of the first thing I tell a client looking to market their site is to install a wordpress blog and the commentluv plugin.
Great review and walkthough of how to use commentluv
Thanks, I have had several people ask me about the plugin and want to know how to use it. So I thought I would introduce everyone to comluv and do a quick walk through on how to use it.
I’m about to install this plugin on my blog. I can already see the benefits to be had from it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Good Luck with the comluv on your site. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
I highly recommend using Commentluv also. I also encourage people to remove the nofollow tag from their comments. There isn’t the same incentive as there was a couple years ago for using nofollow. You just have to be a little careful about putting in a spam filter to minimize abusers.
I agree, DoFollow goes great with comluv but you do get more spam. thats why I removed the DoFollow Banner and added a DoFollow Plugin that I setup so a new visitor does not abuse the system. Once they are around for certain amount of comments they go dofollow.
I really love this Plugin;
I remember when it first hit the scene. I had installed it on my main blog, and quickly added it to my other blogs. I really enjoyed that I could “give back” to my community by allowing them to link back to their last post.
Over time its simply gotten better since now you can choose among ten posts, if you register at the comluv.com website.
Hello James!
This was a very, very helpful article. It highlights and explains all of the key points I was looking to get answers for.
Hi James, I have CommentLuv installed on my Blogger blog as a plugin for Intense Debate. I was surprised to find that the links were automatically DoFollow and I quickly added the blog to Kristie’s DoFollow directory. I also did a couple of posts recently, one is about adding default links and the other is a troubleshooting post that shows how to remove splices (like delicious bookmarks) from your feed.
I’m proud to be part of the CommentLuv network! Thank you.
I have an account and always see it on other sites but didn’t know why I was getting flack from my few readers for not having it on my site. Now I know. I just wish I didn’t have some many issues trying to install simple plugins.
Guess I will be purchasing a theme soon. (sigh) Will it be easier?
I love comment luv because it has a option to displace related post from commentator.
This is a very good review of what CommentLuv is. I like the way you illustrated the topic with actual images taken from the form. That’s very helpful.
Thank you!
What an excellent idea i will be adding this to my blog and hopefully i will get some well deserved viewers. It is very hard now to get alot of views with everyone using blogs. Hopefully i will stand out from the crowd with this luv app. Thankyou for sharing best of luck witht the blog.
Hey, Who ever invented CommentLuv is a great person and has defiantly helped us bloggers get more comments and subscribers. One of my blogs has this plugin and get way more quality comments because of it.
I had saved a link to this post since I read it in August but never got around to it. Now that I’m working on my own blog, I’m kicking myself for not doing so earlier. This post introduced me to comment luv and as you can see I now have it installed on my site along with Intense Debate.
In short, Thanks 🙂
Hi James,
This is a really great tutorial describing how to use CommentLuv and why it’s a great plugin. There is an incredible community of CommentLuv bloggers that really seems to stick together. Not only does it spark conversation, but it’s a courteous way to thank people for taking the time to comment. By far my favorite plugin I use. Thanks for posting the helpful article!
Great post, James!
I’ve just installed the plug-in and had to blog about it : ) May I know how you enable spam filtering with Comment Luv?
Thanks a ton for the info.
Thanks for this James, I’m new to commentluv and couldn’t figure out why my feeds don’t show on my posts. This is the first one that has shown up at the bottom of my post. Thanks!!
ComLuv is a fantastic tool which I have been using for my sites keyword link building campaigns. Your sites receive great quality backlinks from high PR sites just like this one. All links are Do Follow and what is also great it that most site cache you link so that your link doesn’t disappear in a couple of weeks.
Well Done and a big thank you to Andy Bailey CommentLuv founder.
I relly like this blog,James.I’m student of computer program.I like this so much.Thank you a lot
Thanks for sharing , i always wondered what is this commentluv at the bottom, didint know that its such a useful thing for bloggers like us.
with this plugin will encourage blogger to leave a comment and also got benefit from their comment…