The Really Sneaky CommentLuv Trick For Better Blog Marketing And Promotion!
Are you using CommentLuv to generate traffic and links to your blog?
If you are wondering what CommentLuv is then please take a moment to read our previous post, ’Who Else Wants Access To The Largest Database Of CommentLuv Enabled Blogs On The Internet.’
The post will help you to get to grips with what CommentLuv is and how to get started using it!
Right, back to the subject at hand, I’ve called this post my ‘really sneaky CommentLuv trick for better blog marketing and promotion‘ because titles like this generate curiosity, but, in actuality, this sneaky tip is just good blog promotion.
You see, when you leave a comment on a CommentLuv Enabled Blog you will also be able to leave a link to your most recent blog post. One of the greatest benefits of registering your site over at CommentLuv is that you will gain access to some extra features that you’ll need to market your blog more effectively.
Below you will see how the CommentLuv plugin works when leaving a comment.
Last Blog Post
Now, being able to leave a link to your last blog post along with your comment is a good way to get some extra visitors.
But, we can do much better!
The image below shows you what you’ll see before you register with the CommentLuv site.
You see, when you register your blog the image above will look more like this:
Now you’ll have access to your last ten blog posts to choose from when leaving your link along with your comment.
For my blog marketing and promotion method to be super beneficial you should be commenting as usual and always trying to provide value. However, now when you leave a comment you should be much more selective about the link you leave behind.
Let’s say I visit 3 CommentLuv enabled blogs each day.
Blog 1 has a recent post about ‘Blog Commenting‘.
I would leave the following URL.
Blog 2 has a recent post about ‘WordPress Plugins‘.
I would leave the following URL:
Blog 3 has a recent post about ‘Traffic Generation‘.
I would now change my link to:
The intention is to closely match your link to the content of the blog post.
This has two benefits:
Firstly, readers of the blog will see that your link closely matches the content of the post and this gives them somewhere further to go; if they are down in the comment area you can be pretty sure that they are interested in that particular subject (a targeted visitor).
Secondly, the blog author, when approving your comment will see your link and may visit your site to see what you have to say on the subject, after all, they’ve just wrote about it (and may even leave a comment in the process).
I visit a lot of CommentLuv enabled blogs in the course of a week and you’ll be surprised how many comments are left with links to unrelated topics. Try it for yourself and let me know how you get on!
If blog commenting is a part of your blog marketing and promotion routine then the few minutes spent registering your site with CommentLuv will be a great addition to your efforts.
I hope you liked this tip and if you have anything to add feel free to leave a comment below.
To your success,
Karl Foxley
P.s. Here is the link again: CommentLuv
P.p.s To find great CommentLuv Enabled blogs be sure to read this post.
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Too bad Commentluv doesn’t support Joomla. I would definetly use it on the blogs that I manage.
Mike T. recently posted..Google Earth Won’t Start – Signal 11
Just goes to show that a little common sense can go a long way! Thanks for the new trick for the old quiver. Always appreciated!
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I absolutely love Comment Luv. Very nice way to get more interaction on your blog especially when you are just starting out.
Tim Langen recently posted..Xango – Creating Wealth While Feeding Starving Children
Hi Karl,
Yes, the new CommentLuv plugin is awesome for selecting the best post from the last 10 posts.
If the objective is clickthroughs, the best option is to find the most closely related posts, however if the objective is backlinks, then you might want to choose the post that you’re attempting to get backlinks to.
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Thanks Guys! Your blog is also CommentLuv Enabled. LOL
You pointed out a key fact that most people miss: commenting on thematically related posts. Simply do a search of keyword luv blogs related to your post and add your comments. As you mention, it’s probably the best link next to a contextual link that you can get.
Richard Cummings recently posted..SEO- Squidoo- and HubPages- Are Community Pages Worth Your SEO Time
I am just getting started and did not even think about the significance of adding a link to the post on my blog that is the most closely related to the post I comment on. I think that is also a very good tip due to the SEO effect on your site as well. Closely related pages that link to you always carry more weight.
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With every article on this subject the maze gets a bit clearer. The internet seems to be a jungle without beginning or end
Frieke Karlovits
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Karl…..
You are the MAN of 2010. What brilliant advice to share with your readers.
I just followed your lead, and took the necessary steps.
Thanks again,look forward to chatting.
Johnny
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I really appreciate this post, too. I have been trying to figure out how CommentLuv works for awhile, and this cleared a few things up for me. I think my biggest issue is how the RSS feed is defined on my site, though.
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This is something I just started doing at it’s working quite well.
Awesome and very useful tips, i never thought to spread the links in different blogs.
I always set it to default, just the latest post so far.
Thank you for this great idea Karl!
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You are welcome Kimi and it is great to see you here.
That is a cool trick dude. Very shneaky. I didn’t know comment luv had so much hidden potential. Thanks Karl!
Kind regards, Joel.
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Great article, I wish more people would write the way you do.
I really appreciate this Post.It tell me more tricks for better blog marketing and promotion.It’s a great help since commentluv plug-in allows us to promote different website and it’s a great pleasure to have this plug-in to increase earning.As by registering our site by the commentluv this will build-up an access to some extra features that all of us want in marketing.I also found this online marketing coaching in which they provides relevant ideas on promoting your sites and strategies on internet marketing.
Another Really Sneaky CommentLuv Trick is just before you submit your comment change the website url field from your website to a deep link within your website that you want extra link luv to. This works especially well when used in conjunction with KeywordLuv enabled blogs that use CommentLuv since you can target a keyword phrase with a specific page on your site instead of just the home page. A Word of caution though – be sure to copy your comment before doing so as occasionally I have had blogs wig out when doing this and I have lost comments.
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Thanks for sharing this valuable tip. I did know you could select the extra posts, but I didn’t think about tieing the post to link.
Matthew Needham recently posted..Is your business a bunny
Thanks for Matthew. I like it, a small but very effective tip.
this is going to sound silly but how do i stop receiving notifications of replies from this site? can’t seem ot find a way
Adam Cleaner recently posted..What on earth is Borax And what does it do
Hi Adam,
The emails you receive should contain the following:
To manage your subscriptions or to block all notifications from this site, click the link below:
http://www.fmsseo.com/?wp-subscription-manager=1&email=Your@EMAIL.com&key=297349237943729734927349
Click on that link and you will be able to manage your subscriptions and select to stop receiving notifications about this post. Hope this helps.
Hi,
Thanks for very nice tip and now i know a very good way to get backlink with anchor text.
One tip for you.
As you are using wp-subscription manager just go to it’s setting page and change the template with your header, sidebar, and footer. This will help you get more hits when people try to unsubscribe or manage their subscription.
Thanks!
Great article, I really love using Comment Luv and Comment Kahuna for link building, it’s certainly one of my favorite tactics of all time.
Whitney Segura recently posted..Tips for Building Back Links to Blogs with Comment Kahuna
This is pretty useful Karl. Frankly, I don’t know about this and I’m very lucky I have stumble upon your article here. I’m going to register my site and apply the method you have generously shared here.
Thanks a lot.: -)
You’re most welcome Walter and I’m glad you found the tip useful.
Really it is very good information. This commentluv better for blog marketing and promotion as well as blog campaign. Thanks for nice post.
I must say, that is a great tip. I love comment luv but never realized it could do that.
Appreciate the tip.
Steve.
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I think it was that feature that really kick-started my fondness of CommentLuv. Nice to see you here Steve.
Karl.
I’m glad you found the post useful Steve.
Great tip indeed. I discovered it by accident a couple of months back, but from what I can see most people using CommentLuv have no idea you can do that.
Good one, Karl!
Ana Hoffman
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Thank you for the visit Ana and I’m glad you liked the article.
One thing many people overlook if that IF you are using FeedBurner – be sure to turn off stats tracking, as they will replace direct URL to your blog post (what you want) with their tracking code. I have described it in detail when ComentLuv plugin was just getting momentum on my blog.
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Absolutely Alex and thank you for sharing that tip here.
Thanks for the reminder about this feature. I had never gotten around to registering with CommentLuv, but I will definitely be heading there right now!
Thanks for visiting Thomas and taking the time to leave a comment.
Very good information on commentluv, I didnt know you could register on the site to get more features. The ability to chose which of the last ten blog post gets the link is very powerful.
Mike recently posted..Effects of Fructose on Diabetes
Yes, I saw this feature too once I registered my account. I really like the way I can choose which of my 10 recent post to link to. Now if I can only figure out how to put my image…
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Hey Karl
I’ve Only recently started using comment luv, I never realized how powerful it really was and never setup a com luv account. Now that I’ve read your post I’ve done it. I still only see my last post for now. But I only set it up five minutes ago!!
Thanks for an informative post
Phil
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Wow, so much I didn’t know about. Thanks for all the help. I wasn’t using commentLuv to my advantage. Now I will be much better at leaving comments.
Wonderful info. I enjoyed reading it and look forward to reading more. As the founder of WV Writing Services I am always looking for helpful info to better serve our clients.
-Michele Wall-
Hey Karl, that was an awesome post!! I didn’t realize the extent to which you could use comment luv. This is super useful to know, because I thought that when commenting using comment luv we had to hold off on new posts until we did some link building to the last post. Thanks for the low down, like I said – super usefull, i’ll use this sneaky trick fo sho. Thanks!!
Joel Walters.
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really nice post, i read it all its good informative knowledge
Thats a good tip to get backlinks to not just your last post.
.-= Andy´s amazing last blog ..Directory Submission =-.
I’m very excited to learn about commenluv. I’d never heard of it and it makes such great sense.
thanks for clearing up the commentluv stuff. I am yet to use it and will now you have outlined some great points. thx again.
.-= Stephen´s amazing last blog ..Tips to Gain from International Exhibitions =-.
I’ve been doing this all along – I had no idea it was considered a “sneaky” thing to do. I thought that was the whole POINT!
.-= Holly Jahangiri´s amazing last blog ..Press This Key to Speak to a REAL LIVE HUMAN BEING! =-.
Hey Holly, it appears to something lots of people overlooked. “Sneaky” is always a good attention grabber.
Awesome trick. Going to register straight away. I see the sense in this. Thanks
.-= Ed´s amazing last blog ..How To Download Songs And Videos From YouTube =-.
You’re more than welcome Ed.
Hi Karl,
I think your post is beneficial to all bloggers. Until now, I would just leave the comment with the link to recent article. Thanks to you, now that I know what to do….
P.S : Haven’t seen you in Blog Engage for a while, what happened ?
Regards,
Jeevan
Hi Jeevan,
Great to see you here. I’ll be back over at BE as soon as possible, our workload exploded in the past few months so we are looking at putting in systems that will streamline a lot of what we do.
Thanks for the feedback about the article.
Karl
Yes, I also use CommentLuv but never knew about the capability to select a different blog post then shown. Thanks for sharing this information.
.-= Colleen´s amazing last blog ..How To Obtain Free Website Traffic =-.
i’ve installed commentluv on my blog, and suprisingly i’m yet to see a genuine comment. i’m shocked i haven’t even seen a load of “thanks for the info” comment
.-= Adam Cleaner´s amazing last blog ..What’s in My Bucket? Introduction =-.
What’s your traffic like to your blog?
I like CommentLuv, i haven’t activated it yet, but it’s very handy, in my opinion.
.-= Mrs Moody@video tutorial blog´s amazing last blog ..Earn or Make money Online with a simple way =-.
CommentLuv certainly has it’s place in the hearts of many bloggers Mrs Moody.
So true, Karl, I have activated today, and I really love it, especially when we combinate it with Subscribe to comment plugin
.-= MrsMoody@Video Tutorial Blog´s amazing last blog ..Add About Me or About Author in sidebar =-.
@MrsMoody – agree with the combination of commentLuv and subscribe to comments.
CommentLuv entices comments and subscribe to comments keeps the conversation flowing.
.-= Keith Davis´s amazing last blog ..A helping hand… =-.
The best part about CommentLuv is that it has always remained free. I said it once before and can still say that CommentLuv is the next best thing since sliced bead.
.-= Archon Digital´s amazing last blog ..Why So Serious? =-.
Hi Karl
I’m a great CommentLuv fan and read that if you register you can decide which of your posts to display. But I could never work out how to do it!
Recently… by accident I discovered how to display the list of posts and was rather pleased with myself.
Then I find this post telling me how to do it…. why didn’t I find it earlier?
Thanks anyway.
.-= Keith Davis´s amazing last blog ..A helping hand… =-.
I knew this feature was supposed to work, but I wasn’t sure how. I’ve been registered at CommenLuv for months now, and never knew how to select a different post! I just tried here, and as it turns out, I couldn’t because I was typing my url in without the www. Now I know!
Thanks so much for the instructions!
.-= Erica Mueller´s amazing last blog ..5 Ways to Reduce Your Comment Count =-.
This is a very nice presentation of the other side of the benefits that we can enjoy from CommentLuv.
Though blog commenting is a part of my daily routine, it never occurred to me that the link that i will be leaving should match the blog post that I am commenting on. It’s just bright and rational!
But for the like of me that blogs about almost any subject, it is sometimes hard to choose the right link to leave, just like today lol..
.-= dimaks´s amazing last blog ..Mediterranean Diet and Alzheimer’s =-.
Sometimes you just have to leave what you’ve got to work with.
sheeze I put my blog in Commentluv and didn’t ever realize how to use the 10 posts part until I read this post. How duh is that? The commentluv site is a good place to find comentluv blogs too.
.-= Warner Carter SEO Consultant´s amazing last blog ..Link Building By Guest Blogging =-.
Great Post Karl,
I never thought about adding links that goes with with current blog you are reading. I have always used the latest couple of posts that are the newest. I will keep your advice in mind, with future commenting.
Karl thanks, for the detailed overview… wanted to place it on my blog and was looking for reviews… Thanks again!
.-= QJ´s amazing last blog ..Making Easy Money With Facebook =-.
Hey, you are welcome QJ.
It’s so easy and useful. You explain it so effectively here that every one can understand. Thanks a lot for sharing this valuable Post, Karl.
Can you help me with bad juju, my link is not showing.
Latief@AnotherBlogger
I’ll look in to that Latief, it looks like something is causing a conflict.
Karl
So simple yet huge benefit to match your last post to the topic you are commenting on.. Thanks for the Share.
.-= John Paul Aguiar´s amazing last blog ..Just Released: New Twitter Dummy Guide =-.
Absolutely John, simple and highly effective.
Hi Adam, it was conflicting with a compression plugin.
i see you have managed to fix the bug you were having. what was it in the end? i have also managed to find a solution that for now i think works best for my niche. i decided to hide the checkbox completely and then if the user has a blog it’ll post it, if not the user wont be any the wiser.
Thanks for the time, I really didn’t realise you could register and pick from which post youwould like comment luv to pick up. This is useful for when your come accross a post that is more related to one of your own than another! thanks a ton.
Joe @ small business blog
.-= small business blog´s amazing last blog ..Small Business Merchant Services…Is That a Leech? =-.
Glad you found it useful. You can now also pay a small fee to add extra URLs.
Now wouldn’t that just make things so much easier Alison. lol
Ow. Sucking on an frozen, water-filled toy might help. ;D
We’re trying to find the conflict Rose. If we can sort it out it will be back on here for all to enjoy.
Hmm, I noticed it’s not working on your blog though. Doesn’t show my last post. I wonder why that is?
I never noticed this before. Thanks for sharing. I just registered now!
Karl, the blockquote tag works (above) but wraps text around it somehow. And when I left the comment, I got an error page that said “duplicate content was detected,” but it seemed to post anyway. Hmmm.
“but not a single one seems to have it on theirs”
I have it activated on two of my current sites. I quite like it. Did have a problem with ComLuv/SexyBookmarks/FormBuilder, so switched to a different form plugin.
Thanks Alison. We are looking into a fix. Not sure why blockquote is doing that but noticed that when the text is long enough to cover the majority of the text area it formats properly. Another one of those teething problems.
thanks for the suggestion but what it changed was the only thing i could easily change myself
what i don’t like is things like when it finds an article, it shows it as a link which if clicked goes to the current page, but without the typed comments (makes no sense why it needs be a link), also even worse is that if a visitor puts in a link with no blog then doesn’t know what commentluv is and just clicks, they are shown an error message saying “oh no, error this…” which is not changable afaik. this may work on tech blogs but i’m a little skeptical for my niche and could scare people away. this is what i’d like to customise but it appears to be generated remotely at commentluv servers, not mine. bad decision imo
Oh right. So I guess you are at the decision stage on whether to keep it activated or not?
ah i see now, i have seen many other blogs mention commentluv and some listing sites using commentluv, but not a single one seems to have it on theirs which is why i asked. i’m installing commentluv now but having difficulty with it as it seems to be very restrictive not allow much to be changed. i’ll check back soon in the hope you have re-enabled it on here to see how yo have managed to make it fit in with the rest of this beautfil site, which imo commentluv isn’t
Adam, try this out as it may help with your styling issues. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/style-commentluv/ I hope it helps. If you do use it let me know and I’ll pop over and see how it fits and give you some feedback (from a user perspective) whether it improves the look of the CommentLuv link.
How come this site doesn’t use commentluv? if it’s recommended is it only to use it for personal gain, but for a site owner it’s not worth it? i’m lost
If you look at the comments above you will see that CommentLuv was enabled as the links still remain from our previous commentators.
The plugin is currently conflicting with something else on our site and until it is resolved had to be deactivated. I’d rather not have a logo saying we are CommentLuv enabled when it is not working properly (which will be misleading).
Hope that clears things up for you Adam and stops you from feeling lost.
Those are some great tips and I will get on and register with commentluv now. Great to be able to choose your posts like that.
Thanks for the tips.
It’s interesting seeing the pros and cons to CommentLuv. I’ve read a few blogs who have put in nofollow as they were getting too much spam. We entice people to act on things all over the web, why not do the same to spark participation. I’m also interested in the Keyword Luv plugin which I’ve recently found, Allowing you to control the anchor tech while posting your comment. I suppose you could do the same, by modifying your blog post, but none the less interesting.
For those with Feed issues and feedburner, there is information on the CommentLuv website about that, and avoiding using the feedburner proxy url.
.-= Kevin McKillop´s amazing last blog ..Link Building With Comment Luv =-.
Hi Kevin,
CommentLuv has it’s pro’s and it’s con’s and this depends on the aims of your website. KeywordLuv is an interesting plugin but, last time I checked, the plugin author had removed it from his own blog. I’m personally not a fan as many people still just use their keywords rather than their name followed by a keyword as is clearly stated in the comment section (when the plugin is activated).
Thanks for dropping in Kevin.
Karl
Great work Karl, I was always thinking that too many people are not registering their blog with CommentLuv, Thank you to remind me to change the URL of my registered blog! mmm wait let me go and do it now
OK, I did it and oh yeah! This is much BETTER!
Hesham @ FamousBloggers
.-= Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s amazing last blog ..How to Make Money from ComLuv Social Network – MMO from here and there #2 =-.
Totally agree Hesham.
I’ve never overlooked it, but it does depend on having written something in your last 10 posts that might match up with what you’re commenting on. And you know me, I’m all over the place, so there’s a pretty good possibility that won’t work for me.
.-= Mitch´s amazing last blog ..Trying To Understand Squeeze Pages; Trial One =-.
Yes, the majority of the blogs I visit and read are in my target market making this a bit easier.
Hey Karl;
I’m hooking up CommentLuv on my own blog but I wanted to make sure my feedburner settings are not interfering. Going to check it out here, ok?
Thanks!
@donpower
.-= donpower´s amazing last blog ..Never Wish an Irishman Good Luck =-.
I’d say it’s working Don,
Karl
Hey Karl;
Thx for your reply. I’m not sure if you’re seeing the same thing as me when you hover over the CommentLuv link on comments. For me, it says something to the effect of “this is a feedburner link – member cannot be found”.
CommentLuv support had a good step by step process to edit your feedburner settings to get around this. I have a feeling it might just be a caching issue now.
You’re in England right? I know this might sound silly but do you guys get snow in Winter? I live in British Columbia – which other Canadians call British California..no snow yet but cold!
.-= donpower´s amazing last blog ..What a Blogger Can Learn From a Drowning Man [VIDEO - click post title or image] =-.
The link is doing the same for me as I haven’t configured my account properly. I’m going to sort that out today (hopefully) so I can have that bio piece that Sire’s got going on.
Yes, in Derbyshire in the Midlands having moved here about 5 years ago from London. At this moment in time it is absolutely freezing. We get snow some years (I’m hoping this year is one of them) but not always.
I’m still having trouble breaking getting comluv to break free from the feedburner thing. It still looks as if I’m ‘not registered with Comluv’. Noy sure where the problem lies.
Will keep trying…
- Don
RE: Freezing – Regina in Saskatachewan Canada registered the coldest place onn the planet the other day -50C !!!
.-= donpower´s amazing last blog ..What a Blogger Can Learn From a Drowning Man [VIDEO - click post title or image] =-.
I’m not sure why, I’m sure you’ve already contacted Andy at ComLuv but he’d be the man to get things working for you.
I don’t know how many will see my comment but one important thing to remember – and that we CommentLuv users may want to add to our posts about how to use it like this one – is that you must enter your Website EXACTLY the way you registered it with ComLuv.
If you don’t see your latest 10 posts the most likely cause is leaving off or adding the www in your URL, adding or leaving off the trailing / and possibly using a different mix of lower and upper case (not sure about that last one as I don’t remember if it is case-sensitive or not. Andy could tell us for sure.
For those who are REALLY serious about increasing their traffic from better search engine positions as well as inviting readers to their blog, combine CommentLuv with KeywordLuv. Ideally you want your anchor text (the words that are actually linked) to land on the best possible page. I’ve explained how in a post called Blog Traffic Up 54.87% that stays in my Most Popular Section.
You have to have good timing for that to work; however, I mention it here so that even if a blogger is not personally interested in doing it themselves that they be generous enough to allow other bloggers to use a specific link when using KeywordLuv.
.-= GrowMap @Internet Strategist´s amazing last blog ..MEME: LinkLuv to My Fav Bloggers Favs =-.
I have now added a note at the end of the post encouraging our readers to read this comment.
Thank you for your feedback and the great support you have already shown our site, much appreciated!
Karl
I read a few topics. I respect your work and added blog to favorites.
Glad you found our posts useful.
Karl: CommentLuv is really an awesome plugin, initially I just put it on my blog like any other plugin but later on I got to know its effective usage.
The only problem is I got addicted to put mouse over the “heart” icon and it sends request to CommentLuv administration for retrieving the links and other data which causes me to wait with a similar to message “too many requests from this IP, please wait”.
Anyway, it is a great plugin.
- J.
.-= Web Design Company´s amazing last blog ..100+ CSS Tools and Frameworks – CSS Tips and Tricks =-.
It’s certainly a great way to see where your commentators are also leaving there links.
Karl, you have left so many ways for us to connect with other bloggers. Great way to encourage comments.
One suggestion, I haven’t seen a blog before that moved “older comments” to another page. It wasn’t expected so I kept going scrolling around trying to find the missing comments. Finally I saw the “older comments” link, but it’s pretty small and inconspicuous. Maybe it could be more prominent?
.-= Alison Moore Smith´s amazing last blog ..Decorate Your Walls =-.
Thanks for the suggestion Alison, I’ll be certain to look into a solution asap! It may just be a case of making the text bigger or adding a graphic button.
Karl, what’s up with your reply system. I attempted to reply to you, I had apparently 4 reply links to choose from, and none of them were for your post.
Not sure… something I will have to look into… first CommentLuv breaks on your site and now you are over here breaking our commenting system… Dennis!!!
I could stop.
I’ve never thought of matching my CommentLuv link so that it reflects closely to the post subject, what a great idea. It’s amazing how something so obvious goes unnoticed.
There is something that I do though. Once I’ve written the comment and selected the CommentLuv link, I change the website url to point to another of my blogs thereby getting two links with one comment.
As an example, the url linked to Sire leads to one of my Photo Blogs.
.-= Sire´s amazing last blog ..Giving Your Blog That Christmas Feel =-.
It wasn’t until I really started to take notice of the links people were leaving and visiting their blogs that it hit me just how often this was being overlooked!
‘I change the website url to point to another of my blogs thereby getting two links with one comment.’ Top tip!
Karl
The reply button seems to work here.
Hey, Sire, great tip. When I enter a new URL, CommentLuv searches for the recent posts on the NEW URL, but if I use the dropdown to select, it seems to “lock” in and then lets me enter a different blog.
Cool!
.-= Alison Moore Smith´s amazing last blog ..New House Plans Posted =-.
Allison, enter the url you want commentluv to get your post from, and then at the end of the comment enter the new url and you should be set to go.
.-= Sire´s amazing last blog ..Why I No Longer Link To The Likes Of ProBlogger And John Chow =-.
Hey AussieSire!
I see you have commentluv enabled properly. I just became a member. Did you have to modify your feedburner settings in order for commentluv to work like it does on your icon here?
Does this affect your feedburner feed for other non commentluv users?
.-= donpower´s amazing last blog ..How to Make A Jillion Dollars =-.
Not that I can remember. I just had a look at the comluv site and the url entered there is the same as my feedburner url which is identical to the one in WP Admin.
Have you checked they’re all identical, and all it takes is for one minute thing to be out of place.
Wow! I came across your blog from a comment you posted on BlogStash. Glad I did. I didn’t know about this commentluv trick. So many people have so many great ideas all over the web! Thank you for this nifty trick.
I’m glad you liked the post Rose. I agree, there is a wealth of valuable information across the web and I’m glad you feel you found the same here.
Karl
@lostaddress I know I should, i thought it was obvious but seems it's not! glad others can make great posts like that! http://bit.ly/6xLxU8
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Solid info, Karl.
Here’s my question. The CommentLuv site has a big button that says, “Register Your Sites.” Clicking on that, however, take me to my ComLuv Member Page which lists my Personal Info and Main url. I can’t see a way to register my other “sites.”
So, my Pix2Brix.com/blog (my “main url”) gives me the drop-down options, but my other sites don’t. Following your advice on THIS post, for example, I’d use my Win with 1 blog, not my Pix2Brix blog, but on that one it only shows my last post.
Can anyone else see how to register more than one site there?
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Hi Alison,
Great question. I currently have two user names over at CommentLuv with one site registered to each so I can’t answer your question. I think a great place to get the info would be from Andy Bailey (the plugin creator) directly) and you can do that by using the support forum over at the site. I hope this helps!
Karl
Andy mentioned this at one point as others brought it up…he’s working on the ability to add multiple sites under one username.
Hey Dennis, are you on a direct line to Andy! lol Am I right in understanding that CommentLuv can work on Blogger if using Intense Debate?
Yep, two tin cans and a really long string.
Well now you’re just throwin wrench after screwdriver right in the works arentcha, lol. I dunno about including intense debate.
We can wait Dennis… until you come back with the answer!
Thanks for all the feedback and info you’ve shared, you have been a real value to the site and our readers.
Ah, so it’s not functional yet. Good to know. It was making my crazy because the plural on the button make me SURE that it was possible. I’ll stop chasing my tail, now.
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I went over and played around with it also so it’s good that Dennis is the man in the know about the current developments with CommentLuv. Dennis, you’re a star!
Very nice introduction and explanation of CommentLuv. I’m sure CommentLuv peeps loves your article. I’ve been using this plug-in a few days after I started my blog and yes, it makes a big difference.
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Thanks for the feedback!
Hey Karl thanks so much for participating in our blogengage weekly word challenge. Just so you know I have manually sent your article to our front page as a thank you for posting and joining in.
I use Comment LUV but an FYI it’s only good if you want to use it forever. When you remove the plugin all the links stay. It would be a pain to have to go back and manually remove so many links.
Why remove links many would ask? Selling value of your website/blog would be decreased with too many random articles unrelated back links.
Perhaps it’s something the Comment LUV team needs to take into consideration. Besides that I’m with you I like it a lot and so do many other bloggers!
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That’s great to hear Brian and I look forward to participating in future events.
I’d hope that anyone who is building a site with the aim of selling it would have a very different approach to how they develop it in the first place but you’ve certainly raised a valid point.
Karl
Karl – LOL – it sure did!
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I myself love CommentLuv too and it wasn’t until last night – reading another comment on Dennis Edel’s blog that I realized I even had the option to pick one of my last 10 blog posts!
His blog is also where I saw your link and yes – the title was super catchy which is what compelled me to come visit!
Since I’m trying to learn as much as possible about SEO I will def be back to your blog in the future.
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That’s brilliant and shows my ‘sneaky’ plan works!
I look forward to having you visit in the future.
Karl
I guess we work well together. lol
Well, you’ve certainly made me laugh!
If you can’t insight, laughter is the next best thing!
Do correct me if I’m wrong. Older versions of CommentLuv enable that (showing a few post) before been update for a couple of times. But I’m not aware that we can enable this function just by registering our blog.. nice info, really useful. Thanks.
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You could be right but I couldn’t comment on older versions of CL.
Excellent post, it forced me to actually register my site which I have been putting off for a while.
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That’s awesome, I can’t ask for better feedback than that!
Great point! This approach to commenting with CommentLuv is better for everyone involved, creating relevancy in both directions. Great post!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
excellent post explaining how to maximize marketing and promotion when you comment on CommentLuv blogs : http://bit.ly/8i8obF
Thanks for the retweet Andy, much appreciated!
Signing up with CL was on my to-do list for the extra features like click tracking etc. You just talked me into doing it sooner – thank you!
Anne @ b6s.net
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That’s great!
A very handy feature indeed. Unfortunately I usually comment quickly and forget all about it. Luckily my last post is what it is. lol
That was just good planning on your part. lol
Nice tips for CommentLuv. This is especially helpful when I want to promote my “killer” post of the week.
Gabe @ freebloghelp.com
Glad you like the tip Gabe. I look forward to reading your killer post(s).
This is a really useful technique for promoting ones blog to the appropriate audeince.
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Thanks for the feedback Ms. Freeman.
Karl
Hallo Karl ( & Kelly ),
Thanks for posting so informatively on this topic … I’ve been using DISQUS until now and have basically been really happy with it. However, having read Danny Brown’s take on DISQUS at http://dannybrown.me/2009/11/30/goodbye-disqus-hello-wordpress/ – and now your post, I’ve decided to go along with the current wave of enthusiasm about CommentLuv.
Very interested to see what the results of this move are … and will send some feedback here before too long.
Best wishes
Will
P.S. If you don’t already know Danny Brown, you might well want to check out his blog at http://dannybrown.me and also his charity site at http://12for12k.org. Smart guy, really.
Hey Will,
Glad you found it useful.
I read Danny’s post, I think it floated past my Facebook feed, and was meaning to comment.
Yeah, Danny’s a great guy and shares some great info; I follow his Posterous updates.
I have a few questions for you Will and, if you don’t mind, I’ll fire you an email at some point today or tomorrow.
That’s great Karl – but it may be Friday before I get back to you as I’ll be out a lot today and tomorrow. Cheers, Will
Thanks for the RT Shelly
I heard that putting comment luv on your blog slowed it wayyy down? Have you had that issue? I didn’t know you could register though so I’ll go do that now. Luckily my last post it’s pulling up is roughly related. Thanks for the info.
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Personally I’ve not noticed it but if anyone else can let us know their findings that would be great.
The beauty of registering with the CommentLuv site doesn’t mean you have to use the plugin on your site.
Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment,
Karl
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