How to Find Blogs to Leave Comments On

A few days ago I wrote about how spam blog comments will ruin your business and thought I should follow it up with an article on how to go about finding relevant, worthwhile blogs to leave comments on.

Leaving well thought out and inciteful comments on other people’s blogs can be a great way to direct traffic to your own blogs and websites and is also useful for building your online brand, reputation and communicating with both the blog owner and their readers.

Here are a few pointers to help you find the most worthwhile blogs to leave your comments on.

Complimentary Interests

If you are going to go about commenting on blogs properly and not aimlessly spamming them in the hope of getting some backlinks to your website, there is no point in commenting on blogs which are in a different niche to your own.

For example, AffiliateDragon.com is all about how to build your web business and make money online but I do not have to restrict my commenting to the exact same subjects. I can comment on complimentary blogs which deal with search engine optimisation, social media and cast my net further to include business support services, consultancy and even IT suppliers.

To find blogs which will compliment yours, here are a few good places to start:

• Google Blogsearch
• Technorati
• Icerocket
• Sphinn (for blogs related to Internet Marketing)

Blog Popularity

Once you have found blogs which you think may be suitable, you need to determine if they are popular enough to warrant you spending time leaving comments on them. There is no point in you crafting useful comments to blogs which have no readers and therefore direct no traffic to your own website.

There are lots of ways you can assess whether a blog is worth commenting on by seeing if current posts have a thriving community of readers who actively comment on them! On blogs as popular as ProBlogger, owner Darren Rowse would only need to post about his latest bowel movement and he would spark over 100 comments but you don’t need to be that choosy. As long as the blog you are interested in is getting some decent comments which add value to the article then you should join in the conversation.

If you are in the internet marketing niche, some blogs you should get involved with right away, aside from ProBlogger (and AffiliateDragon.com of course!) are:

• Copy Blogger
• Blogging Tips
• John Cow
• Search Engine Journal
• SEOMoz and YouMoz

Likelihood of Reciprocal Comments

If you leave a comment on someone’s blog, it would be nice if they could return the favour. With some of the smaller to medium sized blogs you will find the owners will follow the link you left with your comment and respond with comments on your own blog.

This is a great way to build a relationship with other webmasters in complimentary niches and could lead to mutual guest blog posts or even joint ventures later down the line.

Do not, however, be disappointed if some blog owners do not comment on your own posts. Some of the larger blogs in the internet marketing niche get in excess of 50,000 unique vists every day with posts attracting hundreds of comments. These blog owners simply will not have the time to visit the website’s of each commenter to return the favour.

However, if you do receive a comment from one of these guys, you should take it as a huge compliment and do whatever it takes to build on that relationship!

Summary

You should now be able to identify blogs which would benefit from your expert comments and also which can benefit you in terms of traffic. Always ensure your comments are meaningful, on topic and add value to the conversation. You should be able to build lasting relationships with the blog owner and also regular commentors which can lead to joint ventures and projects which will help you grow your business even further.

In keeping in the spirit of this article, if you have anything to say, please leave a comment below!