Backlinks are a big contributor to how
relevant search engines think your site is to specific search terms. If you have an art related blog, you post about your art or art in general, and other art sites have links back to your site it tells search engines your content is relevant. When your content is seen as relevant you are more likely to appear among the first listings of results a search engine returns for the relevant keywords it finds most prevalent on your posts.
Why would leaving “comments” help you with backlinks? Most comment forms have a field for your web site and when you submit your comment your name becomes a link back to your site. With this in mind, it’s good to comment for purely technical reasons as well as just being part of the conversation in your area of interest.
Pagerank is a term Google uses to qualify how relevant your site is. On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, page rank is determined by many factors including backlinks. Pagerank is not, by itself, an indicator of traffic though. Leaving meaningful comments on related blogs can build traffic to your site because others who read those blogs may follow the link to your site if they find your comments helpful or insightful.
Google also introduced a qualifying “no follow” attribute to the link tag and many comments include the “no follow” attribute. This means the search engine won’t consider that link as relevant to the site it links back to. This prevents large numbers of unrelated comments from skewing the results for a particular site.
Long story short, if you publish a site on a creative subject it’s a good idea to comment on other blogs and sites on the same or a related subject. It’s a good idea because joining the conversation is always a good thing. If the links don’t use the “no follow” attribute, you’ll get some backlink juice from the search engines and your links may show up earlier in searches. Even if those links use “no follow”, you’ll be more likely to increase traffic to your site if your comment is on point, helpful or you’ve added something to the conversation.
You’ll note charmfx.com uses the Disqus comment system. Disqus comments use the “no follow” attribute, but allow for readers to easily log in via other social sites where their comments may be visible to their friends. This also may bring traffic to your site based on the interest of friends.
Please add your comments and your own insights below.
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Does leaving “comments” on Art sites get traffic to my Art site?
Why would leaving “comments” help you with backlinks? Most comment forms have a field for your web site and when you submit your comment your name becomes a link back to your site. With this in mind, it’s good to comment for purely technical reasons as well as just being part of the conversation in your area of interest.
Pagerank is a term Google uses to qualify how relevant your site is. On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, page rank is determined by many factors including backlinks. Pagerank is not, by itself, an indicator of traffic though. Leaving meaningful comments on related blogs can build traffic to your site because others who read those blogs may follow the link to your site if they find your comments helpful or insightful.
Google also introduced a qualifying “no follow” attribute to the link tag and many comments include the “no follow” attribute. This means the search engine won’t consider that link as relevant to the site it links back to. This prevents large numbers of unrelated comments from skewing the results for a particular site.
Long story short, if you publish a site on a creative subject it’s a good idea to comment on other blogs and sites on the same or a related subject. It’s a good idea because joining the conversation is always a good thing. If the links don’t use the “no follow” attribute, you’ll get some backlink juice from the search engines and your links may show up earlier in searches. Even if those links use “no follow”, you’ll be more likely to increase traffic to your site if your comment is on point, helpful or you’ve added something to the conversation.
You’ll note charmfx.com uses the Disqus comment system. Disqus comments use the “no follow” attribute, but allow for readers to easily log in via other social sites where their comments may be visible to their friends. This also may bring traffic to your site based on the interest of friends.
Please add your comments and your own insights below.
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