Using CommentLuv to Encourage Blog Comments

I think it’s a great idea that you are trying to interact with your readers. I ran across CommentLuv for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I really enjoy it. As I read through comments made on other blogs I can find some very interesting posts that I wouldn’t find otherwise. I may implement it on my blog, but I haven’t made a decision on that yet.

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I love the comment luv plugin. I’ve been using it on Home with Heather for several months now. It is added incentive for other bloggers to leave comments.

I also find that I often click through the link to read the rest of the story.

Great Plugin.

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Caroline I installed it some time ago and the next morning my site was totally down and database corrupted, I blamed it at the time , but perhaps I was wrong, maybe time to revist it, it certainly encouraged me to post here and on Heathers ite

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I too have been using it for a while. it also encourages people o place a feed on their blog if they notice their last post never showed. :)

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I only have a Blogger blog so I can’t use it on my blog but I love seeing this anywhere else; with it, readers are encouraged to click on the link left by a commenter if they like a title. This is a great way to find new blogs to read (just in case you didn’t think there were enough!)

P.S. I just noticed that my last blog post doesn’t appear on my last comment even though I had the box checked but maybe it’s because I already left a comment today on another one of your posts, to avoid too much spam?

Thanks for the writeup Caroline, I saw visits coming in and thought I’d come by!

Internet Junkie: I checked your feed and something is up, the last post you made isn’t linked with any anchor or text. Did you forget to put a title in to your post?

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Caroline and all,

As I mentioned to you, I think CommentLuv rocks. It’s a great way to encourage comments and I am completely jealous that it is not (yet?) available for TypePad. Since you’re blogging about it here I’d like to throw out my two guesses as to what cause the php errors with the plug-in, here and on other sites where I’ve tried it.

One, I’m on a Mac (MacBook Pro); two, my blog is on TypePad. If any of you are also on one of these but do NOT experience an ugly page of error messages after submitting, then that’s ruled out as the bug.

I don’t “know” the author at all, but I did get in touch to offer to beta-test on TypePad if he wanted to tweak (?) the code for it. He thinks it would take a lot more than some tweaks. He seems like a nice guy and I’ll let him know if anyone’s got a better idea about the bug.

Of course, if I hit submit right now and the bug doesn’t happen, then whatever it is, is fixed…

Regards,

Kelly

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This sounds like a great plug-in
It will be on my blog by the time you read this
Thanks for another great idea

First time commenting, but I have to say this is a good plugin. Will be sharing this with my readers also.

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Wow, this is a really cool plugin. I am definantly going to implement this in my blog, and also the other one Top Commentators. Thanks again for another great idea.
-Andrew

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caroline, i noticed this when i posted a comment the other day and i love it! everybody wins. too bad i can’t put it in my blogger blog….

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I use it and like it. My visitors seem to like it as well. Anything to see our name in lights right? LOL

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Very interesting plugin. Why have you kept your links No-follow? Any reason?

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I’ve been using this plugin for a while now and I must say that it really does bring in a lot more comments :)

-Mike

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I was surprised when I commented on this blog because I hadn’t seen Commentluv anywhere else before then. And it sure makes it easy for bloggers to get the attention of others! It also provides an incentive to work on your posts to make them top quality and worth reading.

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I have seen many using this plugin to provide incentives for their readers but not me, since after I tried the implementation, the style of my comment section failed to fit in the headline.

Scrolling through the comment section of blogs using this plugin may enable me to seek for some great reads as well. With this, a blog comment section is improving a blog’s stickiness.

I have contacted the plugin developer to work on this as well.

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@Lisa, oh yeah well a blog really comes alive when the readers take part in the discussion. If not then it’s just one person talking out loud which is boring.

@Internet Junkie, I always check my spam filter and its certainly not that. The plugin is not picking up your feed – I wonder if it is because its a blogger one?

@Kelly, well your posts are certainly showing up ok so let’s hope so.

@Vicky, well yes absolutely!

@Micro Niche Finder, I have an awful lot of spam comments daily, my filter has caught literally thousands now and yet I also have a very healthy comment activity so I simply don’t feel the need to add do-follow. I think that people comment here to add to the conversation and not to get a backlink and adding the do-follow plugin wouldn’t change that and would only encourage more spammers. There are software programs out there that crawl the blogpsphere looking for dofollow blogs for automated spam commenting and I dont want to get on one of those lists.

@Wayne, well let’s hope we get a new version soon that fixes some of the glitches.

From a reader’s perspective I don’t like that the link opens up in the same window and if you can tell it to open a new tab I’d do that. I know in my browser I could hold down the command key to force a new tab but I always forget to do that. From your blogger’s persepective this could lose your readers: following links out to other sites – and then following links out from those sites – can leave a long trail and a heavy back button route back back to the original post and read the rest of the comments/posts.

@David, this is a debate that rages in the Internet world all over. I have people all the time asking me why I link in the same window on my blog too. When you link in the current window the user has the choice of where it goes because they can force that link to open into a new window. When the link is configured to open in a new window you take away that choice from the user and they are forced to endure a popup. Personally, I despise that :-)

Hi Caroline,

I’ve been using this plug-in for a while now, but I like it much better on a site like yours that gets a lot of comments … very interesting to see what type of posts your readers are writing themselves. I’ve clicked through to a couple of interesting articles, just from this post alone.

Todd

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comment luv is a niece plugin

it always gives a good feeling seeing your Link Below your comment

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Thanks for the info, I’ve installed it on my site

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Caroline,

Since moving my blogger blog to Wordpress, I’m really enjoying the CommentLuv plugin. Not only does it offer commenters an opportunity to display their latest post to other readers, but I’ve seen many title links that really drew my attention and caused me to go read the post and comment, and even subscribe to their blog. It really offers a two-fold benefit.

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Howdy, Here’s a small tip regarding this CommentLuv (which I do not have installed, simply because I have had bad, bad luck with WordPress Plug-Ins.) Grr.

I noticed when I leave my web address CommentLuv cannot find my site. However, when I leave my feedburner address it finds my site and my most recent post with no problem.

I don’t know why that is, but that’s what I’ve started doing — leaving the feeds so it will find my blog post.

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@Cardiogirl, thanks that’s a nice tip. What it suggests to me is that the rss auto-discovery option is not working on your site.

Thank your for the post. Will take a look at the plugin, it sounds very promising!

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I’ve been seeing this plugin pop up in a lot of places and I plan on adding it to my blog as well.

I think it’s a great idea.

Now if only my feedreader would make it easier to comment on posts *and* automatically track for responses from the author, that would be nifty…

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just heard about commentluv plugin today and think it a great idea. i will definitely try it out. came across your site while researching the plugin. i see that you took a very courageous step by resigning from your full time employment and wondered how it has turned out for you so far? hopefully no regrets! good luck.clive

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Hi Carolyn,
I’ve been reading your blog since December but I’m a first time commenter. I write on a paid blog and personal blog and am in the process of setting up a niche blog using your ebook. I dream of being one of your case studies some day. I was just looking back at this post with the idea of installing the plugin on my niche site and thought I’d test out the commentluv using my paid site.

You have been a marvelous cyber teacher, clear and concise so that even a beginner like me can make things work. Thanks,
ph

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Is this plugin fetch the rss of our blog ?
And if true, what rss fetcher used by this plugin?

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There’s a workaround for Commentluv if you’re using Feedburner to redirect the feeds properly.

Other than that I think it’s a great way to encourge more user feedback & commenting on your site. I can imagine that it may be abused slightly by spammers etc.

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Many have implemented this Comment Luv Plug In and I believe this is a good idea since you are rewarding your commenter

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I think its a really cool plugin, shame it is wordpress only!

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Hi Caroline,

Thanks for the info on comment luv and the top commentator…I also just came across your blog, and I’m gonna need to come back to see you chronicle your efforts…I had read something on Rosalind Gardners blog a while back about someone quitting their job to do this full time, was that You?

Any way, all the best, and keep pluggin!

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@Mike, yes that was me back in October when I hadn’t earned any money from all my efforts. I’m doing a little better now :)

Thanks so much for the detailed report on the plugin!

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The SEO value has really made commentLuv plugin a must-have for every serious blog.

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This is a great idea and plugin. I’ll field test it on my blog to see how it turns out. I’m am curious if a large number of commenters, around 50 or 100, would seriously slow down performance of the page. I guess there’s only one way to find out!

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CommentLuv is really cool… Definitely one of my favorite plugins.

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Has anyone else struggled to get it to pick up your feed? or am I being the only silly in the classroom?

@Camps Bay, no a few other people have been having trouble with it too. There are detailed instructions on the plugin site about getting your feed picked up.

Thanks Caroline for the detail info and idea!
I have just installed commentluv yesterday. I got convinced after reading this post.

I hope i’ll get more people commenting my blog by using this plugin :)

Thanks!

Hendra

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if you search “This blog uses CommentLuv v1.0 which will try and parse your last blog post, please be patient while it finds it for you” followed by your keywords you will find sites that are related to you and give some CommentLuv. This may see worthless, but it does help you build up a community.

Sending some CommentLuv at you.

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I have just came across this plugin and it seems that it enhances a sites popularity.From reading these comments i will surely give it a try.

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I have read some interesting comments about this plugin and i would definitely give a try to so i can see what benefits it brings.

commentLuv! sweet. I have been looking for ways to get people commenting on my blogs. I am new to wordpress though and I am excited about the possibilities. Do you think you can have to many comments?

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@Jason, well I guess you can. If you look at the really big bloggers in this niche – Darren Rowse, John Chow, ShoeMoney etc… they literally get hundreds of comments every single day. If you’re somebody who likes to read every comment as I do, that would get very time consuming.

This a wonderful plugin i think every wordpress blogger should have because of the benefits it give the blogger and the person who leaves a comment.

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This is one very good reason to move my blog from Blogger to WordPress.

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This post ranks very high for “commentluv” which I heard about for the first time today. Thanks, Caroline for giving a practical example.

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is there commentluv for blogger

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This plugin is great all.It is doing wonders for my blogs.

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A great read! I’ll be using this plugin and I’ll be commenting, thanks.

Very informative article,i just installed this great plugin a couple of days ago and i am already benefiting from it.

Hi

I think commentluv is a great addition to have and really encourages people to post.

Great stuff Thanks

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Good read and awesome plugin. This will encourage plenty of comments for a few of my blogs. Bookmarked and subscribed.

Hi Caroline!

I’m happy to vote for CommentLuv, and I believe it attracts serious Bloggers to comment. If I’m right the post volume might rise, but so will the quality of the posts.

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As I am just starting a new blog, I was curious as to what your results were with this plug-in. Do you find that you receive way to much spam?

Also with the CommentLuv Plugin does it effect your link juice? Does all the extra links in your comments dilute your link juice?

@Zombie, I don’t take too much notice of my spam – I just hit the ‘delete all’ button once a day and that’s it so I don’t really know if it’s increased or not. It doesn’t affect my ‘link juice’ though as my comment section is no-follow.

commentluv plugins really contribute to the increased of traffic and attract blogger though moderation of comment is not my cup of tea. I received a lot of spam since i started using the plugin, poor quality comment like “nice blog site,e tc”, “found your site, etc etc” .

Caroline found your site by searching for more info on commentluv and noticed your free ebook on Wordpress. Impressed with the book but even more impressed that you are giving it for free. My hat would be off to you if I wore one. thanks!

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Do you know if this can be used with blogger or is it just wordpress?

Thanks

G

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@Graham, as far as I am aware this only works for WordPress.

Hey Caroline,

Do you find that this plugin gets you more spam comments than before you used it? Have you noticed a drop in the quality of comments?

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@devjargon, if it has then I haven’t noticed – I just click ‘delete all’ once a day on my spam folder and don’t pay any attention to it.

CommentLuv is useless, unless you use dofollow :p

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I have used this plugin on a lot of other blogs, still have to put it on my new one, but all in all it’s a great way to network.

What I find interesting about this plugin is the huge jump in people commenting. It really does encourage.

Some people think this encourages spam whichif you are dofollow then I guess it does, though there are a lot of people that read and do not comment – I used to be one of them. Now I find anyone who wants to reward their commenters – and I have to comment – even if its no follow!

Good luck

On my blog, I have trouble with this plugin as sometimes it will keep loading and slow down the site. I have since remove it.

This is a great plugin — I’m wondering if this works with the new 2.6 version of WordPress?

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@Best CD, yes it does.

Hi,

I just installed commentluv, I really think it is a great idea to add this function to my site.

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Interesting!
CommentLuv helps you reward your commentators by separating their name from their keywords in the link to their site. This gives them improved anchor text, which can help their site rank higher in the search engine results.
You can now leave a comment with your name as well as a keyword of your choice here and get a PR5 link back to your site! How cool is that? People pay big bucks for that and all you have to do is comment here.

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Hi, Caroline…

Do you have any good Commentluv blog directories? All of the ones I have seen are rather scant.

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@BlogBuzz, no I don’t maintain any such directory but I’m sure I have seen some floating around. Try Googling it.

commentLuv is a great way to encourage people to leave comments.
Is there any workaround through which I can have commentluv enabled in blogger?

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Great post, thanks! I have put this plug in to good use on several blogs and it certainly does encourage thoughtful comments. You should try coupling it with a threaded comments plug-in ;)

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for blogspot?

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It can also bump your feedburner numbers.

I am hoping that Commentluv helps me build a respectable Google PR rank as a sub domain of 200Blogs. Wish me good luck ! :-)

Hi, first time commenter here too. I noticed you sell a lot of products up at the top? Does this mean you tried them all and recommend to have them? Just curious.

thanks
Lucia

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@Lucia, all of those are my own products so yes I recommend them :)

I use comment love at my blog website but it doesn’t really help me get comments! Maybe I have no reach and people don’t know about my blog… hmmm

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Hi Thanks for the explanation. I am testing it on my blog but when it doesn’t work you’ll never know the problem. Therefore I am now on your blog to see how it works.

My link does not work as I have a string of xml errors and other that I have no idea on how to resolve. Goodness gracious me!!! Let me start the process.
http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2F0861wordnumberphonemarketing.ilocals.info%2F
Thanks

Hi Just to give you some feedback. I have fixed most of the space problems before . The feed still does not validate according to the above link but it works in feedburner. Now I am getting the cURL error 52 although my site speed check out as quick.

Even with “nofollow” enabled I have noticed that comments that include commentluv result in a much better CTR from other blog’s comments to my own blog. I am far more likely to post on a blog with it enabled.

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The commentluv plugin recently went through some pretty big updates which have improved it 10 fold.

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works for me :)

I installed it on my blog

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Thanks for the information. Good post.

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This was a great post. Because of this I downloaded the commentluv plug-in. Thanks :)

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hi commentluv rewview is great & i am looking for a comment adder box for a long time. i think i will add this commentluv in my blog

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CommentLuv is great. I’ve found that combining it with a DoFollow plug-in really help to bring in traffic.

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I have started to use commentluv and keywordluv on all of my blogs. I have not noticed many more comments yet, but I hope in time it will encourage more comments. I have noticed a few more comments with things like “Nice Post” or “Thanks”. I normally don’t approve those comments.

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Hi, i just came across your blog on google, it seems interesting si I added your rss feed.
Thanks
Tony

CommentLuv do bring me to your site.. interesting plugin… will get one for my blog hehe.. Will it attract more spammer to your blog?

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I love the commentluv plugin and it has also encouraged me to visit sites that I normally woudn’t visit. I also make it a point to visit one of their sponsors, sort of like a sponsorluv thing.
Thanks for the great article.

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great stuff!!! I love this plugin also

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CommnetLuv is a great plug however if the blog owner has the no follow tag in the comments then it loses most of it’s value since the links cannot be followed and no one really goes through the comments clicking on links.

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@Raj – I’ve gained the largest percentage of my readers because of other bloggers commentluv plugin. :)

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I’m a big fan of commentluv and have been usiong it to promtoe commentint on my blog for luxury homes in evergreen, Colorado. One of friends noted that my links — even with commentluv are nofollow? Does that make any sense?

-Bob

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thanks you!!!

i’m like CommentLuv

very good post

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Caroline, I have just added yoru blog to my list of 100 blogs using CommentLuv for my daily commenting time :)
great blog !

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Hi,

CommentLuv is a great plugin that helps the webmaster in receiving more comments on posts as the commentators will know that they will have a link to their recent post.

I use DoFollow plugin as well with CommentLuv. Thanks for the detailed post :)

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CommentLuv is a great asset. It gives incentive to people to rapidly communicate with each other through comments and wordpress provides the software to also block spam at the same time, so altogether it is a great advancement.
Cheers,
Jessica

Thank you very useful plugin, I love it.
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It took me a while to get Comment Luv to work in Blogger but it now works on 2 of my blogs. Doesn’t like the others though and I think it depends on the template chosen from Blogger.
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