Don't want to ask a "is it worth it" but rather this. I commented on 50 blogs and noticed most of them declined due to my keyword as a name (yes my comments were very good and relevant and added to the post). Now if I use my real life name as the keyword is that backlink really worth much considering it won't directly help SERPS? or will it indirectly help SERPS? I'm only concerned with SERPS and I don't believe I will get much direct traffic from a blog comment. Should I use a kw as my name and get 10% of my comments approved or just use my name? What have you used as your strategy? P.S. this shit is time consuming commenting
What was your keyword? I use commenting as a way to get backlinks too, and most of the bloggers allow comments unless the anchor text is something really offensive like Hentai Porn or Viagra Pills or suchlike. Anyways, even if you use your own name, your SERPS will definitely benifit(and benifit considerable if the page has a decent PR) from the comments, as backlinks>>>> no backlinks
I disagree a bit on this point. In my experience, if you are posting quality stuff on relevant blogs and are doing it with decent volume, the traffic can be pretty good but it does depend on the nature of your site. It does take work (as you've noticed ) but you never know when that blog post might show up in the SERPs -> your comment -> your site. In answer to your question, because blogs are usually "personal", using a first name as the anchor text sometimes gives more value to your post in the minds of readers anyway. And as Synch. said, it's still a link.
I think there's no problem with using your keyword as name as long as your comments is relevant to the post. And might not look as spammy comments.
Keywords for anchor text are a pretty sure way to have a comment deleted, and if you're taking the time to write quality material, it must be painful to see your timewise ROI do so poorly. Still, most people will assume if you're posting with optimized anchor text on a blog that turned nofollow off, the reason is to get a link and not to contribute. Blog owners see this as an attempt to ride their coat tails, and naturally get upset.
Test the blog before you go nuts with the posting. its all about the blog owners preference. They think you are only commenting so you can get backlinks. They want you to read because you enjoy, not for backlinks. I have seen some that have actually suggested using anchor text and others slap a no follow on anyone who does it. I never use keywords unless I see others doing it for a considerable amount of time on a certain blog, but I do use my company's name.
Hi There are free tools that allow you to find relevant blog posts to comment on. It should be posts that do not have the nofollow tag as only then the gained link counts for your ranking. Try www.seo-traffic-guide.de to find a number of blog posts relevant for a given topic. If you choose a topic that you know something about it should be very easy to make quality comments that will stay. Depending on the topic you can find up to 200 blog posts per search term. I am convinced that 200 relevant backlinks will help a lot. Michael