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I have a blog, well a couple of dozen blogs on various topics so I get to see the comments from two perspectives.

  1. As a blogger I find comment on other blogs in my niche.
  2. As a blog owner I moderate comments on my own blogs.

For me it’s pretty straightforward. After writing a comment I simply ask myself if I would keep that same comment on my own blog. If the answer is no I start over and do it right.

Below is a comment that I get all too often. How would you moderate it yourself?

Comment: “I visited your blog, would you visit my blog?”

DUH!! Even though they sometimes add the phrase “You have a nice blog.“, it’s just a ploy to stroke your ego but it’s still just spam and adds nothing to the post. So it’s always outta here with just a click. Makes me wonder if it’s automated and if they actually read any of the post.

I work my online business 5 days a week, Monday thru Friday and each of those days I get comments to moderate that are just plain useless and need to be deleted or marked as spam. I am sure it took them longer to write the few words than it took me to delete it along with all the others I get like that. So they have wasted their time.

I used to get right stressed over comments like that, wondering why they wouldn’t just take the same time to write a few sentences that ask a question or add to the post. Can’t be bothered getting all worked up about it these days.

What Does This Tell Me About The Blogger?

  • The blogger doesn’t care a lot about comment etiquette.
  • The blogger isn’t too concerned with their time, as they waste it leaving comments that will just get deleted.
  • The blogger is at the point of desperation.

My Goals As A Blog Commentor And Owner

  1. Getting links to my internal pages.
  2. Getting Blog Visitors and Owners to visit my blogs.
  3. To add value to a bloggers posts that makes me look knowledgeable.
  4. To link from blog posts to relative posts on my own blogs.
  5. To increase my PageRank.

My strategy for commenting on blogs in the same niches as I am is simple. It requires some thinking, a bit of work on a regular basis and patience.

Take The Time To Plan Your Comments For Best Results

I use Bloglines RSS Feed Reader to follow more than 100 blogs on various topics, fishing, gardening, travel, horseback riding and many other niches. I can see at a glance any blogs that have new posts I haven’t seen so I save a lot of time by not having to go to each blog individually.

I check out Bloglines every day or two to see who has new posts and if any of those posts interest me enough to comment.

When I find a post worth commenting on I then check to see if I have a post that is similar that I can link to. That’s an important one for me as it makes my comment far more relevant and more likely to get people to click through to my own blog.

If I don’t have a blog post that is relevant I will take the time to create one. That’s how important it is to follow through on comment planning.

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