Comments on: Increasing Blog Traffic by Using HTML in Comments of Other Blogs. http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/ Giving you your daily blog fix Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:55:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Life of a School Bus Driver! » Leaving Comments for Non-Bloggers... http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3947 The Life of a School Bus Driver! » Leaving Comments for Non-Bloggers... Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:57:55 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3947 [...] even if you are being anonymous.  If you would like to make it stand out slightly, I did a guest blog over at Blog About Your Blog with instructions on how to do that, but I suggest leaving a few comments before you try adding [...] [...] even if you are being anonymous.  If you would like to make it stand out slightly, I did a guest blog over at Blog About Your Blog with instructions on how to do that, but I suggest leaving a few comments before you try adding [...]

]]> By: Steve Yu http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3818 Steve Yu Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:55:26 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3818 I never know that this simple tricks can send traffic . I should try this too. <b>WOW!</b> <i>Traffic, traffic come to my blog!</i> I never know that this simple tricks can send traffic . I should try this too. WOW! Traffic, traffic come to my blog!

]]> By: This Eclectic Life » Links from My “Google Reader Monster” http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 This Eclectic Life » Links from My “Google Reader Monster” Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:27:17 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3582 [...] post that caught my eye this morning was called Increasing Blog Traffic by Using HTML in Comments of Other Blogs. If you have been here before, you know that I think comments that you make elsewhere on the web are [...] [...] post that caught my eye this morning was called Increasing Blog Traffic by Using HTML in Comments of Other Blogs. If you have been here before, you know that I think comments that you make elsewhere on the web are [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 Jennifer Thu, 31 May 2007 02:35:31 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3526 I like your site Bev. I am <i>glad</i> you will be able to use this post. I hope you get all the crafters around to visit. That is probably a fairly hard audience to target with a computer, I know a lot of crafters and most hide from computers. LOL... I like your site Bev. I am glad you will be able to use this post. I hope you get all the crafters around to visit. That is probably a fairly hard audience to target with a computer, I know a lot of crafters and most hide from computers. LOL…

]]> By: Bev Schweigert http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3516 Bev Schweigert Wed, 30 May 2007 19:11:04 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3516 <b>Wow!</b> Great post! I never thought of making my comments stand out! From now on, every comment I leave on other blogs will use HTML code. Thanks so much for the info! Bev Wow! Great post! I never thought of making my comments stand out! From now on, every comment I leave on other blogs will use HTML code. Thanks so much for the info!

Bev

]]> By: Blog About Your Blog http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Blog About Your Blog Wed, 30 May 2007 15:45:44 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3509 [...] continue to do so with such great authors. Just wanted to mention that Jennifer’s post about Increasing Blog Traffic by Using HTML in Comments of Other Blogs received 37 diggs and counting! If you haven’t dugg the article yet, please do [...] [...] continue to do so with such great authors. Just wanted to mention that Jennifer’s post about Increasing Blog Traffic by Using HTML in Comments of Other Blogs received 37 diggs and counting! If you haven’t dugg the article yet, please do [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3486 Jennifer Wed, 30 May 2007 02:34:01 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3486 Nia, yeah I agree with you. You shouldn't put a link to your own site in your comments. It appears spammy even though it may not be intended that way. I also agree with you Rob, but only about 1/2 way. When leaving links in comments the HTML should be as simple as possible with SEO out of your mind in my opinion. Yes, SEO is important and should be used properly on a site, so your suggestion of using a Title is very appropriate of on an actual blog site for the writer. In comments though, some people get a feed read of comments and in the feed all that code is spelled out and having to much will confuse the reader of the feed, so by including all the proper code which you refer to you may actually turn off a potential great reader and upgrade your spam status. I actually suggest not using links as much as bold, italics, and underlines in comments. Links need to be very essential information and it is good to know that you can leave them when you have a very informative link that is on topic with a post, but don't spam comments with links all over and tons of code. Your advise is great for a blog owner though and I think there are a ton of blog owners that don't know basic HTML because of the ease of using software to create their posts. It is a great policy to alway have a title for SEO purposes and that little tag window. I admit to not always using this tag in my site...mostly because of laziness. Thanks for reading and commenting. It is wonderful to get such a good response on someone elses turf. Nia, yeah I agree with you. You shouldn’t put a link to your own site in your comments. It appears spammy even though it may not be intended that way.

I also agree with you Rob, but only about 1/2 way. When leaving links in comments the HTML should be as simple as possible with SEO out of your mind in my opinion.

Yes, SEO is important and should be used properly on a site, so your suggestion of using a Title is very appropriate of on an actual blog site for the writer.

In comments though, some people get a feed read of comments and in the feed all that code is spelled out and having to much will confuse the reader of the feed, so by including all the proper code which you refer to you may actually turn off a potential great reader and upgrade your spam status.

I actually suggest not using links as much as bold, italics, and underlines in comments. Links need to be very essential information and it is good to know that you can leave them when you have a very informative link that is on topic with a post, but don’t spam comments with links all over and tons of code.

Your advise is great for a blog owner though and I think there are a ton of blog owners that don’t know basic HTML because of the ease of using software to create their posts. It is a great policy to alway have a title for SEO purposes and that little tag window. I admit to not always using this tag in my site…mostly because of laziness.

Thanks for reading and commenting. It is wonderful to get such a good response on someone elses turf.

]]> By: Rob O'Daniel http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3441 Rob O'Daniel Tue, 29 May 2007 02:01:50 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3441 When building hyperlinks - either in posts themselves or comments to others' posts, don't forget to add the TITLE tag to your link code like so: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/" title="Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit">Wikipedia</a> Supplying the TITLE tag gives the search bots more to chew on and also generates a little tool tip that appears when hovering over the link with the cursor, providing the user a bit more info about the link you're suggesting he should click. And of course the SEO gurus always stress the importance of the "anchor text" (the visible, clickable text within the hyperlink code) to provide more relevant search results. Hope you find this helpful... When building hyperlinks – either in posts themselves or comments to
others’ posts, don’t forget to add the TITLE tag to your link code like
so:

Wikipedia

Supplying the TITLE tag gives the search bots more to chew on and also
generates a little tool tip that appears when hovering over the link
with the cursor, providing the user a bit more info about the link you’re
suggesting he should click.

And of course the SEO gurus always stress the importance of the “anchor
text” (the visible, clickable text within the hyperlink code) to
provide more relevant search results.

Hope you find this helpful…

]]> By: Nia http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3422 Nia Mon, 28 May 2007 16:56:49 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3422 Oh, remember your name is <b>already hyper-linked,</b> to your URL just above your comment <i>anyway</i> so you might want to make sure your comment content is rich before you add yet <i>another hyperlink leading back to your site.</i> ;) Why not hyper-link to another resource that elaborates on some word or concept in your comment? This post has already gotten <a> 29 diggs!</a> Way to go Jennifer! So when is the next installment? (I hope all my practice HTML worked!) Oh, remember your name is already hyper-linked, to your URL just above your comment anyway so you might want to make sure your comment content is rich before you add yet another hyperlink leading back to your site. ;) Why not hyper-link to another resource that elaborates on some word or concept in your comment?

This post has already gotten 29 diggs! Way to go Jennifer! So when is the next installment?

(I hope all my practice HTML worked!)

]]> By: pearl http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 pearl Mon, 28 May 2007 11:42:12 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/05/27/increasing-blog-traffic-by-using-html-in-comments-of-other-blogs/#comment-3412 thank you Matt.. thank you Matt..

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