Comment that just “hi” or “good job” are rarely of any use. I have also found that if you take a contrarian view of the post or subject matter that resulting controversy not only helps the original poster by helps the commenter as well.

So the idea of commenting on blogs or forums is either to further explain or enlighten or debate the subject at hand.

Just my take on things.

Jae

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But… I do agree that the comments that just say “thanks” or something like that need to be deleted.

I know that sometimes they just don’t know any better.

I used to be the same when I got stated in this business some years back and I always usd to wonder why I wasn’t getting the results I thought I deserved.

It wasn’t just commenting on blogs, it was also in forums, facebook, myspace, any web 2.0 socializing place.

Truth is, I didn’t know HOW to socialize with people that well in the real world BEFORE I got involved in network marketing, and ironically, the way I acted online was a DIRECT reflection of the way I acted OFFLINE in face 2 face human interaction.

So, in my efforts to figure out why I wasn’t getting results, I went out (and still DO) to local malls and chatted up random people ADDING value to conversations even if they weren’t there to begin with. And I learned how to be a welcomed edition to anyone’s lives (well, at least most).

Consequently, my behaviour changed online, and as a result I started actually seeing alot more traffic, sales, and money flow my way.

– Joe “The Bad Azz” Benjamin

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I have just started my own blog and the main way I am getting more information and developing thoughts for my own blog is through commenting.

I started by learning about the different opinions people have on Dofollow vs Nofollow. I personally am an avid dofollow guy. My Akismet has picked up most of the spam comments and doesn’t seem to let comments that are not at least a couple of sentences through. I was searching through looking for comments that should have gotten through. I have corrected akismet a few times but it has been really good.

Rick

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The reason your blog said that this blog was linking to you is because of the ‘comment love’ plugin that you see at the end of your comments. I think that it just redirects you sometimes to the latest blog post. If you are a regular commenter (as you are) and you don’t post spammy comments I like to reward people by removing the ‘nofollow’ attribute.

I certainly understand that people are looking for backlinks (another reason for removing the ‘nofollow’) and I don’t have a problem with that. I myself have taken part in commenting on popular blogs in order to get traffic. I will say that my aim was to get traffic from the actual comment rather than a backlink, but my point is, I don’t mind people doing that so long as they are adding value to the original post.

Thanks again for your comments.

Kelly

Regarding spam comments. Due to the type of comments that you mentioned in the post I have had to not only install Askimet but also insist on approving every comment and a lot of them don’t get published.

I am still new at this blogging malarky but I think the majority of people who leave those kind of comments are simply looking to gain backlinks rather than taking part in a discussion.

Regarding venting. I had a great idea on how to get out the agression, I went around in the evening and decapitated the head off every snowman I could find. Made me feel a lot better and I did not hurt anyone.

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