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What is the proper way to comment on blogs? Using anchor text is important? Or isn't using a real Name more important to be accepted by the author? Doesn't Google know your trying to use anchor text since blog comment code is similar and that may penalize your site?

Anyone have feedback on this?

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Short, practical update to the thread (for and everyone who replied): blog comments stopped being a reliable shortcut for PageRank years ago — they remain useful, but mainly for visibility, relationships and targeted referral traffic rather than direct ranking credit. Below are current, actionable rules to follow when you leave comments so the time invested pays off without creating spammy signals.

Google now recommends marking user-generated links with a UGC-style rel value and introduced a sponsored rel value for paid placements; the engine also treats these rel-attributes as signals (hints) rather than hard directives. This means comment links are explicitly treated as user-added and should be handled as such when evaluating SEO impact. (developers.google.com)

What to do in practice: treat commenting as networking, not an anchor-text factory. Add substantive value (insight, a short example, a question), link only when the URL genuinely helps readers, and prefer your name/brand or profile link over keyword-rich anchor text. Over-optimized anchors and mass link-dropping are classic link‑spam patterns that Google’s link‑spam systems specifically target — editorial links earned from real conversations are what still move the needle. (sistrix.com)

Platform note for site owners and moderators: WordPress core added explicit UGC handling for comment links so many modern blogs will flag comment links accordingly; assume links in comments are user-generated and moderate for quality rather than chasing SEO value from them. As a commenter, prioritize high-quality niche blogs, complete your profile (Gravatar/name/description) and put the useful URL in your profile if the theme permits. (core.trac.wordpress.org)

Quick checklist (copy/paste in your head before posting):

  • Read the post, add 2–4 useful sentences that advance the conversation.
  • If you link, link to a relevant resource (prefer article or deep page), not the homepage; use brand/name as anchor when possible.
  • Avoid repeating the same anchor text across many comments.
  • Track referrals (UTMs) and convert active threads into outreach or guest-post opportunities rather than mass-commenting.

This preserves long-term reputation and drives real visitors — which is the reliable upside of commenting today.

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Member Avatar for canadafred

What is the proper way to comment on blogs? Using anchor text is important? Or isn't using a real Name more important to be accepted by the author? Doesn't Google know your trying to use anchor text since blog comment code is similar and that may penalize your site?

Anyone have feedback on this?

Comments should be added to blog articles when an Internet visitor has read the article and has something useful to contribute. This creates an opportunity for a textual anchor. A textual anchor should be deployed with the intention of having other Internet visitors follow, ones who have taken the time to read the original blog article, read your comment and are intrigued enough to click your link. So, however the commentor chooses to insert a link varies, of course real names seem more trustworthy than pseudonyms, but it is usually found that the more natural, logical the hyperlink is placed, the better both the Internet visitor and the search engine will respond.

Member Avatar for diagurzula

The Blog is very ordinary phrase for SEO, because it’s a simple way to endorse the theory of a website and gain back links to the site. Typically blogs contain small particulars or news about the website so that the person who reads cans easily recognize and get paying attention and hopefully visit the website. A number of popular blog sites are wardress, etc.

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i was also looking for the same...thanks for the posts...

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

Hi,

I think blog commenting is still a nice channel for building back links. Of course, you should use your targeted keywords as anchor text if you want them to be back links for your sites. Theme relative valuable comments would be acceptable for the owner, especially on on niche relative blogs.

all the best,

Member Avatar for GoodLuckChuck

Most blogs have code telling the search engine to ignore the link. I know of one blog that does not have this code for the the list of top commentors so those links will be followed. It can have hundreds of comments on a post but the top commentor list is only the top 10.

I think that more blogs should have this. In case you do not know, look at the source code for rel="nofollow". It tells the search engine to ignore this link.

Member Avatar for zorodan

The Blog is very ordinary phrase for SEO, because it’s a simple way to endorse the theory of a website and gain back links to the site.

Member Avatar for GoodLuckChuck

I just learned that wordpress automaicaly puts the code in to not follow the link of comments. The person needs to use an app to cahnge it.

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