Forum Posting vs. Blog Commenting

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by kflo01, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. #1
    Which of these back link methods do you think is more effective? I tend to think posting in forums for traffic reasons. Cause I find myself more than not looking at someones sig when they post and if it's interesting or if the poster seems to know what he is talking about I fidnd myself looking at their web page.
    In this case I am talking about which is more effective for traffic AND page rank.
     
    kflo01, Jan 12, 2009 IP
  2. deccanbazaar.biz

    deccanbazaar.biz Banned

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    well these days all the blogs are no follow ad would not be counted as a backlink by the search engines but forum signatures work very well :D
     
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  3. zika

    zika Active Member

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    I think that do follow links on blogs and forums has the same effect. Of course it depend of PR of the page, relevant content and anchor text.
     
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    Yeah I would think they are pretty close in terms of effectiveness. In general I think you would have greater exposure with forum links.
     
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    marki8 Well-Known Member

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    #5
    doing both will help you more if doing one method..

    what i think.. PR nothing for me...
     
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  6. surfaddict

    surfaddict Active Member

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    I'm practice both way, and make sure all blogs that i left my comment is do follow.
     
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  7. scweb

    scweb Active Member

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    #7
    forums sigs because search engine spiders will follow them
     
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    atniz Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Both are very helpful tool. However, blog commenting can speed up the backlinks earning faster than forum posting.
     
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  9. itop10

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    Is there any list of blogs and forums that allow dofollow. I will be really grateful.
     
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    #10
    Old school ninjutsu always rocks! Forum link building since some blog do not follow links
     
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    I think there is a more chance of getting traffic in to your blog by forum posting. It will help you in two ways.
    1. direct traffic coming through your signature
    2. Since most of the forum sigs are do-follow, it will help in indexing in search engines faster. Which will ultimately bring traffic in to your blog.

    If we consider the direct traffic coming through the links posting by us in forums or blogs, I think forums will bring more traffic. If you post something interesting or give a good answer for a question posted and if people who are using the forum find its interesting they will tend to visit your site. But I don't think that will happen in blog commenting since not many people are interested in reading comments in a blog post. But if the blog is do-follow then it will help your site in indexing in search engines.
     
    sanjeewamad, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    sanjeewamad Peon

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    #12
    If you search DP well you will find many lists you want.
     
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    #13
    don't be too sure of that.
     
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    #14
    I found forum posting is more beneficial than blog comment.
     
    brandmantra, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    richkid Well-Known Member

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    I make use both and they both provide me with great traffic. I love how a lot of blogs now use comment love, and forums like DP make sure of displaying users latest blog posts.
     
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    proson Well-Known Member

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    #16
    forums works but they are not as permanent as directories or article directories...
     
    proson, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    anhbloginc Well-Known Member

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    By keywords. If much people like topic on forum or ariticle on blog. They will bring very much visitor.
     
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    I only post on two dofollow blogs but many dofollow forums. The thing many people are worrying about is that some dofollow blogs have outgoing backlinks to sites that are RED or bad neighborhoods. So really a lot of these places give no value to your link.
     
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    I feel forums are more effective for traffic. I don't have any Page Rank so I can't help you out there :)
     
    T.J., Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    #20
    I think post in the niche forum is great ,if you post a good content then not only the links comes but also the traffics.
     
    greenpinion, Jan 15, 2009 IP