Link Building Strategies - Comments

For any blogger, getting links to your blog is essential to success.

I have previously suggested some tips for building links here - Tips for getting more links

In recent months, I have been working hard in building up links on my blogs. One my favourite strategies at the moment is becoming a regular commentator on other blogs.

I don’t target the very successful blogs, but look for blogs which are relatively new and blogging on a similar theme. Becoming a regular commentator helps to build up a friendship, which often leads to mutual links as well. If it doesn’t no harm; but, on quite a few occasions it has led to blogroll links and links in posts. Don’t be tight about linking to other blogs either.

Note: a while back I said I had stopped commenting on other blogs (for Net Writing’s niche) I found it wasn’t working for this particular niche. However, in the cycling and to a lesser extent economics niche, comments have been very effective. Either I was

1. Wrong,
2. Commenting in the wrong place or
3. Maybe it just depends on the niche.

How To find Good Blogs for Developing Contacts.

1. I use google blog search to search blogs on my niche e.g. search ‘cycling’
2. If the blog is very good I add it to my RSS feed and give it relevant category.
3. Once or twice a week I go through my feed and comment on my favourite blogs
4. Alternatively, look at popular blogs and click on the people who leave good comments.
5. It is a mix between finding new blogs and establishing relationships with the blogs you like. Don’t just be a hit and run commentator

Useful Tool for checking backlinks - backlink watch