Feb 17 2009
Can You Get Blog Traffic Through Comments?
One of the methods suggested to get traffic to your blog is by leaving comments in other blogs which draw high traffic.
Most blogs allow you to leave your URL in the comment section.
But does leaving your URL guarantee traffic to your blog? It depends.
If you’re leaving your comments among many others it may go unnoticed. I’ve encountered some blogs where there dozens of comments. Unless you’re going to say something clever and useful, visitors to the blog would have no time for you.
Usually blog posts which draw a lot of comments have enough valuable content to satisfy readers. There is no need for them to hop over to another blog especially when the comment is nothing more than `nice post’.
You can’t also write: Hey, I don’t agree with the methods suggested in this post. I have a better method. Please visit my blog at…….
Chances are your comment will not get through the moderation stage.
Yes, disagreeing with a blog post and offering an alternative view is a good way to attract attention, but then you may not into the good books of the blogger, who may decide not to publish your comment for fear of undermining his own post.
That should not deter you from making `radical’ posts, however. Some open-minded bloggers welcome that to keep discussion on their post going.
The other way to get noticed is to write your comment in the form of a complete post and dazzle your visitors with your know-how. Readers may be curious to know what else you have to offer in your blog and be tempted to check you out.
But then if you’re commenter number 99, readers may not be patient enough to scroll down to your comment.
Despite these difficulties, you should go on commenting in other blogs because its always better than doing nothing at all to draw traffic to your blog.
You’ve brought up many good points in this wonderful post! I often leave comment if the post offers me something to think about, and if I feel strongly about the subject!
You’ve offered me a new reason to comment on blog posts. Very good advice. My blog is also on writing, but that is a broad category and my content differs quite a bit from yours, so please don’t view me as competition. Kaye
http://writingtoberead.today.com/
Thanks for your comment icybc. You’re right, we should comment on blog posts which offer us food for thought. Don’t comment for the sake of getting a backlink to your blog.
Thanks for the comment angel. Glad that the post has benefited you. I checked your blog out. You have some nice posts, but you disappoint me with the number of posts you’ve made. Come on, angel, we expect much more from you.
What gave you the impression that I would view you as a competitior? Anyway, you won’t be my competitior until you start making daily posts. Just joking.
Are we trying too hard to boost readership ,just for the sake of that sum of peanuts ?I would continue giving my opinion on interesting issues but not opposing it every single time just to attract attention as that would be pretty pointless