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If you take the time to comment, make the most out of it

Commenting on other blogs is a great way to drive traffic to your own site.  Although it won’t directly drive hundreds of hits, it will do a great job of building your brand and increasing awareness of you among other blogs.  But commenting on many other blogs can take a lot of time.  Is it worth it?

Here are some tips to make sure you get the most out of the time you spend on comments

1) If the site has top commentators enabled, make sure you are on it - If you want to get the attention of a blogger, being one of the top commentators on his blog is a sure way to do it.  I would much rather participate fully in half a dozen other blogs, and be one of the comment leaders, than spread two or three comments around here or there.  If you only comment once the blogger is not likely to remember you and may not follow you back to your site.  It is through repeated exposure to you that he and his readers are most likely to find you.

2) Aim to be the first commentator on each post - As far as driving reader traffic, being the first commentator on a post is where it is at.  Everyone reads the first several comments, they set the tone for the entire thread.  Very few people make it all the way down to comment #40.  A good trick to be one of the first commentators is to keep the number of unreads feeds in your RSS low.  Then whenever someone posts something new you can go check it out and quickly write a response.

3) Write Quality Comments - No one wants to read a thousand “Me To” comments (though it is ok sometimes if that is all you have)  Aim to read the article and post a good question or expansion on the topic.  That will give other guests something to respond to, and you in turn can respond to them, helping to kick up your ranking in the top commentators

4) Comment on Digg - Instead of focusing all your time commenting on blogs, try to switch it up a little and comment on Digg.  The trick to getting traffic from Digg comments is to look for a rising star on the right hand side of the categories page.  You can then go there write your comment, and insert a link.  However you better make sure that the link is relevant to what you are commenting on, because Diggers are quick to be vindictive against people they think are spamming them.

5) Keep Track of What Works - Make you you keep track of which sites work at driving traffic and which sites don’t.  There is no point spending a lot of time commenting on a blog where the owner stubbornly refuses to take notice of you, and none of the visitors see fit to visit your site.  By taking a little time to track your results, you can save a lot of time in the long run.

I hope this help you.  As a note I try to make it a rule to trace back my commentators to their sites and check them out.  So please drop a comment and let me know if you use any of these tips.