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One of the best ways to network with other bloggers, build links, and increase your website traffic is to comment on the blog posts for all of the blogs that you read on a daily basis. Blogging is a dictatorship where one voice does all the talking, and the readers do the listening. The comment section is the one place where anyone can voice their opinion and be rewarded for it. Now there are many ways to build search engine friendly links through blog commenting through dofollow blog search engines, but something that is commonly overlooked is that the blog owner is the one who has to moderate the comments that get accepted and denied. I always use “Collin LaHay” now when I comment on other people’s blogs because it increases the chance of getting that comment approved by about 300%. If you take a look at my top commentators section, you can see that nearly all of them have their actual name. If someone was an avid commenter on my blog and used the name “Mesothelioma Cancer Lawyer” or “Buy Viagra Online”, I would most likely not allow my blog to give followed links to those individuals. By commenting with your actual name, not only do you have improved chances of getting accepted, but you still receive backlinks and you further brand yourself which is better in the long run. Another problem that I have seen is adding your link as a signature in your blog posts. Whenever I see this in a comment, I immediately remove the link or else deny the comment. Your name is already linking to your website, there is no reason to post the same link again. I have had a few people already do this in the past, but I will keep their names private. My new comment policy to receive search engine followed links in my top commentators plugin is that you must not be keyword stuffing your links, and that your comments must be beneficial to the post (This has not been a problem for me, but I see a lot of blogs with it).

Do you agree with my ruling, and do any of you approve keyword stuffed comments or signature links in the comments?

Update: Someone just broke every single rule I just stated above in my common courtesy to comment blogging… it amazes me how many people spam comments for no good reason, they are getting less links than they would have by being honest without spamming.