CommentLuv Premium Discount and Review
I’ll spoil the fun. Yes it is worth it. I’ve been using CommentLuv from the beginning of this blog after reading about it from Kristi Hines and Ana Hoffman.
Both had similar strategies how to leverage the network of “CommentLuv enabled blogs” (the footprint if you’re searching in Google is to look for “Commentluv enabled + keywords” or just “Commentluv enabled keywords” with or without quotations). Now Ana’s made it simple to find PR2+ blogs (PageRank 2 or over), just follow her link above.
That way you spend time commenting on those blogs with the most Ka-Pow for your whatnot.
What Does CommentLuv DO?
Silly me, I’ve been rambling on assuming things. Not everyone lives and breathes WordPress plugins – what CommentLuv does is a lot more than it used to if you use the premium plugin like I do.
The free plugin is found in the WordPress directory here. Basically you upload it like any other WP plugin:
Plugins > Add New > Search: CommentLuv (OR Upload if you downloaded the plugin from WordPress).
Install, then Activate – you’re done.
The free plugin will simply allow you to get up to 10 of your last posts from your RSS feed – mind you, you can’t fetch pages, only posts. Another thing: if you try to comment on a blog running the premium version of CommentLuv, then you will need to abide by their commenting rules.
CommentLuv Normal Blog Title Link
That means: you can only get your most 10 recent posts in a drop-down menu (to leave the title of the post as a hyperlink after your name in the comment box) IF you meet the host’s filters on their premium CommentLuv plugin.
Here’s the catch: if I (running a premium version) go to a blog with a free version – I still get to choose from my 10 recent posts, plus 5 additional posts and/or PAGES of my choosing…
Showing 5 additional posts/pages in CommentLuv Premium
But there’s more to it than an extra 5 posts or pages, nice as that is.
New CommentLuv Premium Features
This plugin holds 8 plugins in one:
- CommentLuv
- Growmap Anti-Spam Plugin (The “Check Here To Confirm You Are NOT A Spammer” box is anti-spam simplicity – it WORKS)
- TwitterLink (to allow commentators to promote their Twitter names)
- Facebook Like
- Tweet
- Google +1
- Keyword Name (like KeywordLuv)
- DoFollow Plugin (DoFollow Links IF Conditions are Met!)
It’s designed to get more traffic as you blog comment; motivate readers to socially share your posts; check spammers at the door and give your readers incentive to comment (for the Twitter link they also get – which can be nofollowed).
Not only that, but the best part IMO:
Social Bribing / Viral Capability
No I don’t mean extortion – I mean an ethical bribe. On my blog, I’d like more +1′s from people on Google+ for their SEO and traffic benefit. I’d also like more Facebook shares and Tweets.
So here, the way the default setting is: everyone gets just to select heir most recent post title as a backlink.
If you want to choose from your recent 10 posts, like most people, then you can socially share on G+, Twitter or Facebook, OR you can get 3 approved comments here.
What About DoFollow Links?
To get DoFollow links (for a while this blog WAS DoFollow, then I switched to NoFollow after heavy spam), you can either:
Facebook “Like” my post in the CommentLuv section (as you make a comment), and / or give me a +1 in Google.
Do that and you get to choose from your last 10 posts as well as get a DoFollow link.
Benefits of CommentLuv Premium
The benefits are not just for the blogger leaving a trail of comments with the plugin anymore (but by the way, that was one of the only ways I got traffic to this blog when it was new!)…the benefit of using the premium CommentLuv plugin is that now, everyone benefits.
Readers Benefit
If a reader wants to grow his or her following on Twitter, simply leave comments good enough to be approved. This cuts down on SPAM, too – since I’m picky and don’t approve spammers’ comments. In other words, it raises the bar for comments while giving something back to commentators.
Your username on Twitter will be linked to your comment.
Readers will also get a chance to choose from their last 10 posts if they share my posts/pages on G+ or Facebook…
The “Keyword Name” function is also present so commentators can get their preferred anchor text rather than “Suzy Smith” as their backlink anchor text. This is better SEO for commentators, and one more incentive to comment.
But what good is anchor text if the link is nofollowed by default?
It’s NO GOOD unless it’s DoFollow… Anchor text doesn’t pass through nofollowed links – so of course it benefits the reader again if he or she can +1 or Like the posts, to get their links DoFollowed AND to get 3 approved comments to unlock the Keyword Name feature (which is like the KeywordLuv plugin).
Finally, you can encourage readers by using the “Top Comment Luvvers” widget like I have in the sidebar – further giving links to your commentators.
Social engagement = good
To get a CommentLuv Premium discount, use this link before the 4th of October (or follow the CommentLuv links in the comment section, they’re my affiliate links, too).
The reason I’m posting this today, by the way, is strictly due to the time: the plugin is selling for over 50% discount right now, only until October 4th.
(I’m unclear if it will sell at $97 or $197, right now it’s on sale for $40.)
Blog Owners Benefit
The benefit to the blog owner is that he or she can not only leave comments like before (with the blog post titles as a link, much better for SEO) but he or she can over-ride regular limitations.
Users of the free plugin will need to follow the rules set by the blog owner…but if you use the Premium CommentLuv, then you can always:
- Get Your Last 10 Posts To Choose From
- Have 5 Additional Posts OR Pages To Choose From For 15 Total Choices!
- Gloat Like Crazy
Scratch that last one, it’s not nice.
But did you catch that? You can choose 5 pages or posts, even if they’re not your most recent posts… I know I’ve said it earlier, but that’s pretty cool, considering your pages in WordPress don’t use an RSS feed, and CommentLuv used to run purely on the RSS feed.
It’s also great because you may have some pillar content as a page vs. a post (I try to put most of my product reviews on this blog as pages).
Think of that from an SEO perspective: building links with your preferred anchor text to deep internal pages of your choice…that’s excellent, especially combined with Ana Hoffman’s CommentLuv Enabled Blogs list (PR2+).
Is It Worth It?
I was worried about this plugin being crazy expensive once I heard what Andy was doing during development – and I was excited, too – so much so that I didn’t wait too long to get it (though I hemmed and hawed).
The free version practically built my blog traffic, so I really have no doubt the plugin is worth a look.
The premium plugin is currently selling at over 50% off, so I’d get it, try it out and if you don’t like it – then get a refund. Personally, this is going to be a part of my marketing since I always blog comment anyway, even on my niche sites.
It’s worth it to get better PageRank links, natural traffic from other blogs’ readers, and to segue into a guest post.
Blog commenting is still going on, and even if you didn’t want to allow comments on your blog, you could still use it to get good internal links as you blog comment on other CommentLuv blogs (to any post or page, not the last 10 only).
In my marketing efforts, blog commenting has myriad benefits: engagement, traffic, links, social proof…And now, with CommentLuv Premium, even keyword-anchor text, dofollow and possible viral linking all mixed in with an anti-spam protocol?
Yeah. This thing flipped my lid and I think you should seriously consider using it. I wouldn’t be such a sucker for it if it didn’t work so well on this blog, but CommentLuv has worked well for me, and it’s just gotten a viral marketing makeover.
More free traffic? Works for me.
By the way, if you comment here..um…+1 and Facebook Likes as you comment will get you a DoFollow link. :D
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Really, I’m not stalking you James, as you know @netmeg is my current Twitter crush and I only have time for one crush at a time. Just wanted to see how this new plugin worked in action as I’m installing it tomorrow will have to give my site to Ana to add to the list of Comment Luv PR2+ sites. cheers
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No worries – who doesn’t have a Twitter crush on @netmeg? She’s a bloody genius, self-taught hacker. Wouldn’t want to make her an enemy, wouldn’t know why I was getting electrocuted by staring at the screen.
The control is really key – Kikolani is generous on her site, I bought the plugin to entice more of the social sharing that I’m after…and I think on most blogs, you’d see a bio-box, too – I didn’t cover that – when you hover over a title.
I’m now staring at your title. Is that a secret message? Well done.
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I am personally a HUGE fan of the commentluv plugin and I believe that the new premium version will pay for itself in no time at all. Not only do you get all the tried and trusted features which have proved them self time and time again but it’s also now got many features which means that I don’t need many of my old plugins!
Well worth the money if you ask me.
Thanks, Paul – I love that thing, the potential is pretty huge and it’s great for making commenting more worth it (to have your favorite 5 pages/posts to leave a link to).
I’ve known Andy for a long time, and have been using CommentLuv pretty much since it first came out. I’m still not totally sure I really “need” the premium version, as I’m not really paying as much attention to my blog / commenting on other blogs as I used to. That being said, it’s worth $40 just to pay Andy back for all the years I’ve used the plugin for free.
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That’s a good point – and Andy’s awesome as a developer for sure.
It all depends on your marketing methods, for me this plugin makes blog commenting worth it in spades at least within the CommentLuv network (400k + blogs). And like you, I’ve sloughed off on paying too much attention to my blog commenting, mainly because my recent 10 posts may not be my ‘money pages’ or because I want anchor text links, but this plugin brings it back to the fore for me.
But again, it just depends on your marketing methods. I like blog commenting since it’s a quick effort, that can grow especially if you get sitewide links through “top commentator” or through Andy’s widget (like I have in the sidebar). Easy links. And yep: Andy’s deserved it.
Wow – just wow – I’m starting a new blog – need to get some social shite going – never down social before – and I’ve been ignoring the commentluv emails for about 6 days now. I’m glad I did ignore them because I bought thru your aff link. The thing that got me was the integration of the social buttons at the bottom of the post
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Lissie – that is a “WOW” for me – thanks for the compliment, and watchout. Compliments turn me into a creepy stalker guy. You’ll need bug spray to get rid of me. Thanks for the sale, but more importantly I think is the benefit of the easy-as-heck links, PR2+. :D
Oh you weren’t already – I’m well used to stalkers trust me on this one – you have a way’s to go before you get to the SBI level of stalking!
The funny thing about the PR2 list – its all IM – I should probably put together one for the niche I’m going after …
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I’ve been using the Comment Luv for years and have been very impressed. The premium version is off the chain. I’ve put in on a half a dozen so of my blogs. I’ll do almost anything for a backlink to my website, do-follow or not.
Thanks James.
BTW DuctTapeSEO is an awesome product.
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Thanks a ton for the mention of my book – means a lot to me, Skye. CommentLuv Premium is off the hook, really.
Hi James,
I have been a frequent visitor to your blog and I should say that
your blog is impressive.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful information about CommentLuv Plugin. I am
using it and I am loving it. I am enjoying all the benefits that it gives to my
sites.
Regards,
Alfie
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Hey James,
You see I’m using the CommentLuv but I didn’t understand the plug-in better if I weren’t able to read your post. My boss asked to do such but I wasn’t able to totally get why. Thanks to this post I get a better grasp now. Btw, as you implied “the plug-in is worth the time and money”. :)
Thanks again,
Cris
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Sure thing, Cris – and glad to be of help.
I see you also have facebook comments on your page – is this part of CommenLuv as well?
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Oh, those are from a FB plugin from Peter Maxwell called MaxFBSEO. I also own his MaxFBPages but haven’t used it.
They get posted to people’s walls, too, so I like that aspect – but I can’t get a notification when someone comments on old posts…so what happens is I’ll find spammers dropping links on older posts…
I think there’s free plugins that do this too, I use MaxFBSEO for the OpenGraph metadata, which is FB’s markup to allow people to share the link, post it to their newsfeed/wall etc. etc.
I learned all that from Peter Maxwell, he’s pretty keen w/FB, but the gist is that if your FB plugin uses “article” or “blog” in their OpenGraph metadata, then the post won’t be shared as widely throughout FB. (Something like that, it’s been a while since I’ve read all the articles on it.)
But if you markup your post with something like “product” or “company” etc. (depending on the post), then that content gets distributed through Likes and Shares to people’s walls, their friends’ news feeds, etc. and is more viral that way.
I’m totally butchering the explanation of the plugin, but it’s the only one I know of that can give you the easy ability to adjust PER POST your OpenGraph meta, whereas the free plugins go it globally – so your entire site gets marked up with “article” or “product,” when that wouldn’t really be the case.
What a great review of CommentLuv plugin. Just visited their site and see they are selling it for $97 at the moment. Is it really helping to get more Google Love to the sites that have this plugin installed? Thanks,
Brett
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Yes it is – I think the big reasons are that CommentLuv owners want comments, so they’re more open to having comments in the first place; they have an easy footprint to spot; you can specify deep-links to your favorite pages as a choice when link-building; you don’t *have to* enable comments on your target site in order to make use of the plugin – on my niche sites I don’t normally enable comments. But having this plugin, I can get targeted comment links wherever I need.
Yes, it is indeed worth it. It does take time but you can outsource the work if you have trusted staff or contractors. The natural IP diversity that results from long time blog posting from quality blogs can really improve your ranking and get you even more visitors from the blogs where you post. Another thing to consider is that the frequency with which you do you posting is a factor as well. Too much is never a good thing, but not enough won’t work as well. Keep your balance with it, play nice and be professional and it will pay off. A steady consistent supply of fresh link to your site IS a factor in search engine algorithms.
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Sounds like great plugin if you want targeted traffic. So what is the frequency you should be posting in order for search engines to really like your blog? Thanks…
Brett
There isn’t a frequency of posting “rule” per se. It depends on your niche and how you set up your site. If it’s a blog in the tech industry (iPads, etc), then you’re going to wind up dead last and insignificant in a hurry if you don’t stay on top of your industry.
If you’re reviewing kitchen appliances, then about once a year doing a round up of reviews and ranking them (for the new products), you’re good to go. That wouldn’t be a blog set up, though, it would be a static site.
In either case: it depends.