Jonathan Leger has started a case study related to ONLY using links from blog comments on a completely new website to see what impact it has on search engine rankings. I was going to do this myself for you guys but heck, if Jon is doing it you might as well follow along with that. You’ll find it here.

Also, if you’re not sure about the “no-follow” issue, check out the second comment made…

“I can tell you from experience that it helps - and although you are ruling out the blogs that have nofollow on the comments - that more affects PR than anything else. If google finds a link to something that is flagged as “nofollow” - they have been known to still follow it and see what it was. It just means that they are not counting the vote for PR reasons.”

…there’s your answer. “No Follow” will help your rankings and link popularity but it’s not likely to do much for your Page Rank values. This has been shown to me time and time again. Anyone that tells you otherwise isn’t using the technique.

Best…

Duncan Carver

Hi Guys,

I know a lot of people are busy these days and might not have the time (nor inclination) to use the blog commenting technique. If you’re in that boat, then you should seriously considered outsourcing the task. This could be to an intern, a staff member, or an outsourced worker. You can find many willing people on one of the numerous freelance marketplace websites out there, and pay per blog comment left on unique blogs in your industry.

I can also recommend the Buy Blog Comments service.

The prices are extremely affordable and packages can be purchased in 100, 500, and 1,000 “comment lots”. These are on unique blogs and are written by a real person which is important. As part of your overall link building plan I would highly recommend purchasing 1,000 per month, but if you cannot afford that amount, then even the 500 or 100 packages will go a long way to helping boost your search engine rankings.

Of course, having said that, for the price, you’re only going to receive a certain standard of comment posted, which might or might not be acceptable to the image you’re trying to portray or your individual goals. But everyone needs to make up their own mind about the cost benefit to quality and time ratio.

Best…

Duncan Carver