| > | | | | Granted, we all have techniques we are not going to |
| In order to gain site traffic, you must build links. Its | | | | broadcast, but my goal for this site is for someone to |
| inevitable. There are no magic formulas or little red | | | | be able take and use this information to help their site |
| easy buttons to make this happen. Most sites build | | | | be more successful. Authors that take this same |
| their links manually until the site picks up steam and are | | | | approach are the ones I enjoy reading. |
| able to gain links from great exposure and content. | | | | Alright, so lets use Google to find some of these value |
| There are two great plugins for wordpress that will | | | | added sites. We are going to start with a random |
| help you in your quest for site exposure and search | | | | search. First I tried porpuses, but I misspelled that and |
| rankings. | | | | ended up searching for dolphins. Am I an avid dolphin |
| In order to gain site traffic, you must build links. Its | | | | fan? Well, no. However, I grew up around the ocean |
| inevitable. There are no magic formulas or little red | | | | and had some cool experiences with dolphins. So lets |
| easy buttons to make this happen. Most sites build | | | | assume that I wrote a post about dolphins. |
| their links manually until the site picks up steam and are | | | | For keywordLuv, the default text that is added to the |
| able to gain links from great exposure and content. | | | | site below the comments is: |
| There are two great plugins for wordpress that will | | | | "This site uses KeywordLuc. Enter |
| help you in your quest for site exposure and search | | | | YourName@YourKeywords in the Name field to take |
| rankings. | | | | advantage." |
| KeywordLuv is a Wordpress plugin that gives a | | | | So I did a search like this in Google: |
| dofollow links to the commenter with their preferred | | | | "This site uses KeywordLuv" dolphins |
| anchor text without the commenter being perceived | | | | The text in quotes will show text that matches it |
| as a spammer. Its a great way for blog owners to get | | | | verbatim. The second part is where you want to |
| regular readers and commenters. According to the | | | | include the word or phrase that closely relates to your |
| keywordLuv site: | | | | site or recent post. The first page that was returned in |
| "When your readers leave a comment, they should | | | | the search was "The Elusive Dolphin Photo". |
| leave their name and keywords in the Name field, | | | | And on that page, we lucked out...we have |
| using the following format: name@keywords. | | | | keywordLuv, commentLuv, and the blog is a part of |
| When posts are displayed, the plugin searches for the | | | | the dofollow movement. |
| @ character, strips it out and moves the name to | | | | So after looking at the photo, I would simply read the |
| front (outside the link)." | | | | post and leave a comment. In the name section I |
| CommentLuv is a Wordpress plugin that parses the | | | | would leave the following: |
| rss feed of the website that the commenter entered. It | | | | Jason@Dolphin Photos |
| displays a link to the most recent post and typically | | | | My website about dolphins would now have a link with |
| makes the link dofollow. Although, you will find some | | | | the anchor text "Dolphin Photos". After I submitted the |
| sites do still utilize the nofollow attribute with | | | | comment, commentLuv would parse my last post and |
| commentLuv. | | | | place a link to it at the bottom of the page like: |
| So you may be asking yourself: "thats great if I find a | | | | My Cool Dolphin Experience -pretend that was a link... |
| site that uses those plugins and encourages | | | | Speaking of commentLuv, it is a great way to get |
| commenting". Well, its much easier to find those sites | | | | deep links into your site. So in order to find a site that |
| than you may think. | | | | uses commentLuv, search for the following: |
| As an SEO Consultant I spend a great deal of time | | | | "Enable CommentLuv" dolphins |
| reading articles related to my industry and marketing in | | | | You will find sites related to dolphins that use |
| general. Because I spend so much time educating | | | | commentLuv. Read the posts and leave a great |
| myself, I find that it was easy for me to link build at the | | | | comment. Now you have two great links, one to your |
| same time. Although, I do read articles at sites that do | | | | home page and one deep into your site using the title |
| use nofollow, I typically only reward sites with my | | | | of the page, which is almost perfect SEO. |
| readership when they reward comment links with | | | | One thing I must point out, abusing these techniques will |
| linkjuice. I am very careful not to spam these sites, I | | | | only make site owners discontinue use of |
| read a post and when I have a value added comment, | | | | commentLuv and keywordLuv. So don't do it. Also, |
| I simply leave it and voila! A link. | | | | Always Check The Comment Links For Dofollow |
| I do work up front to make sure I am viewing sites | | | | Links Before Reading. There is nothing worse than |
| that will benefit me with great information and links. | | | | reading a super long post (like this one) and than |
| Chances are, if an SEO related site is not willing to | | | | leaving a super long comment, only to find out that the |
| share a dofollow link, they are more than likely not | | | | link doesn't even count! |
| going to share the best information they have either. | | | | |