As a follow up to my blog post several days ago about how to reward you blog commentators , I wanted to let you all know that I have reset my top commentators widget and will be tracking the top commentators per month. If you are in the top 8 spots, you will receive link juice. If you are the #1 commentator, you will receive a free ad spot to display your 125×125 banner on the sidebar for the following month. This is a $25 value!!
Let the commenting begin.
Don’t forget that I have keywordluv installed so please use your real name and then after the “@” symbol type in your keywords. Please do not use your keywords as your name.
Of course, I will be deleting all comments like -”great post, keep it up” or “I really like your blog”
Check back in later on today, I will be posting a great interview as part of the Saturday “Blogger Spotlight” series.
Tomorrow, I will be posting the “Sunday’s Best” feature that highlights the top 10 blog posts from the past week in the “Blogs about Blogging” niche.
On Monday, I will posting the the top commentators and top Entrecard droppers for July as well as providing some stats regarding Tycoon Blogger for the past month.
Keywordluv is a great plugin. I am to the point where I will rarely leave a comment while surfing blogs unless keywordluv is available. Thanks for the luv!
It a great idea to do the contest. Is the contest still running now?
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That sounds like a good idea. I’ve seen a couple other blogs that do that and people seem to like it Well not the ad space thing but the monthly list of top commentators.
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Thanks so much for another great article. I also really appreciate this site using keywordluv. It is great for both parties involved. Thanks again.
mmm link juice is juicy! lol
Top commentator gets a free ad space, wou I am seeing this for the first time, good idea. Contest and prizes always gets people moving, I really have to implement the same strategy more often
I totally agree, its far much better than link exchange as its one way, also one can get many links with least effort, however moderation is required not to allow spam and abuse of this technique.
Your blog is really very interesting. Thank you that you put comment love plug in on your blog comment. I come to your blog top commentator list.
This will be a great commenting. Thanks for having us those rewards its very interesting. I will read more on you blog to get that reward.
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Cool
Keywordluv is my favourite and this contest is a great idea!
Expect to get lots of good comments on your posts
I have noticed a huge increase in quality and quantity of good comments since i’ve installed it
Good article here and I’m very glad to see you’ve put KeywordLuv to use!
Hey Dan, rewarding commentators with back links; and on top of that, a free ad space will certainly encourage more people to take part in the blog discussions; but again it depends how relevant the comments are. People will do try to take advantage of this offer, which is more of a contest,in the meantime, it may trigger spamming and stuff like that…
However, commenting is an integral part of blogging especially, if you are trying to build a long term relationship with your visitors. And allowing users to make quality and relevant comments will definitely foster the relationship…
Free adspace aswell as link juice? Very kind of you, thanks!
blog commenting is the great way to get back links.this is really a great one.
I love blog with commentluv, keywordluv and top commentator widget. Actually I come to this blog through google with this keywords.
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“money online”, you made a mistake by using your keyword as your name which wasn’t allowed. You can really win this contest by commenting a lot but properly
.-= Typhoon´s last blog ..5 mistakes which could stop the progress of your blog =-.
Seems like where ever I go Doug and Deniel are there. Especially if the blog article is about commenting. Okay that just tell me I have no way of winning this contest.
I am commenting anyways because I learn commenting is a good way to build your blog network so I started commenting to blog articles that’s interesting just like this one now.
Michael
Can I copy this idea?
Ooops.
No this is wrong.I’ll create new idea for my blog readers and commentators.
This is not bad but Good for commentators like me get free traffic using free ad space for commenting.
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wow… its great idea..
tycoon, your way to get comment is very smart
hope can be your winners..
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Nice post!
JUUUST KIDDING!!
Baby you know how I roll, you keep posting the great articles you post and you can count on me till I drop.
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It seems everybody are on blog commenting business.. is Google PR update on the way?
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Wow, great contest. And a co-incidence is a similar contest is going on my site too.. haha
But yeah, this blog’s really cool with some great stuff around !
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This is a great idea and I’m sure this will be hard and very competitive amongst us commentators.
Rewarding your commentators is a nice way of saying thanks
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Great to know about this quick contest. well you said ” Of course, I will be deleting all comments like -”great post, keep it up” or “I really like your blog” ”
My suggestion would be instead of telling it here, you create a comment policy page and do some modifications in your comment.php file so that you can list a link to the comment policy there and readers can read it if they don’t know it before comment it.
I have done this. See eg. – http://www.smartbloggerz.com/comment-policy/
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I would try my best will comment on all the posts and will surely win and you rock
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I love the idea of the contest…great way to increase the comments and it also benefits the commentators….
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I’m very excited to hear that and I will definitely be by here regularly to try to take advantage of this great opportunity.
.-= Nicholas Z. Cardot´s last blog ..Crazy for Comments Winners Announced =-.
Oh, Deneil Merritt is here…. mosey along people, we can’t win this when he’s around… just kidding
Dan Keller, I actually installed the “top commentators” plugin yesterday because of your article. Currently I have it just set to display top commentators “all time”, but maybe I should consider doing it on a monthly basis too – no contest though, but still link juice for top 5.
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Feels like a bunch of bloggers have decided to take this step this week. Will you release some type of statistics afterwards there you show how many percent of your visitors that comment on your content? Now and after one month.
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Hi,
very nice post.I really enjoy the post.Blog commenting is really helpful for getting the link.
Thanks for the sharing.
Sounds like I am going to have to step up my comments on here. Contest is all mine
.-= Deneil Merritt´s last blog ..July 2009 Income Report =-.
Haha, seems that many people are doing reward to the top commenter, this is actually a great way to get more people to comment in your blog. In fact, I’ve written an article about blog commenting strategies too. I used to love commenting in blogs these days.
Regards,
Lee
.-= Lee Ka Hoong@Make Money Online´s last blog ..10 Blog Commenting Strategies That Drive Traffic =-.
I love contests! I especially love contests that require me to do what I was planning on doing anyway
It’s a no brainer… I am in!
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Why Comment on MakingMoneyOnline.com? =-.