Adding CommentLuv Plugin And How To Tweak Feedburner For Better Backlinks

Everton | May 17, 2008 | Comments


The new theme is working brilliantly and I’m very happy with it. All I’ve got left is a few small tweaks and bugs to iron out, which aren’t urgent and I’ll do them gradually. I’m still glowing with pride that I’ve customized this theme myself, rather than paying a designer to build one from scratch.

I have added some new functionality to the site, and thanks to Zath telling me about the CommentLuv WordPress plugin, I have just added it to my site. CommentLuv encourages readers to leave more comments by rewarding them by automatically adding a link to their latest post below their comment.

This is a great idea for a number of reasons:

  1. If the post has a punchy title and the comment is left on a popular post or blog, then it will get traffic
  2. The link automatically updates with the latest post, so it just keeps on giving
  3. The link points to a post rather than a blog homepage, so it could give vital deeplinks
  4. If the blog has removed nofollow from links, then readers will get a double benefit

Unfortunately CommentLuv only captures comments left after it has been activated. If you have a blog then try leaving a new comment on any post on the blog and you will see how it works.

Because the CommentLuv plugin grabs the latest blog post from your Feedburner feed, you may need to make a change to your feedburner settings to get the full benefit. This is because feedburner uses redirects, so the actual link will be passing on the link love to Feedburner, who then redirect the link to you. Making the tweak below discovered by Martin will also ensure that you get the maximum benefit from any external links featuring your feed:

  • Login to your account and choose the feed you want to edit
  • Click on ‘Analyse‘ and then under ‘Site Stats‘ in the sidebar click on ‘dare to be different?’
  • Uncheck ‘Item Link Clicks‘ and then save

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • Are you not worried that much like the "dofollow" lists this might attract more spam comments?

    John's last blog post..Pick Of The Week - 17th May 2008
  • @John

    Not as many as with dofollow. The problem with dofollow was people left the comments to try and get particular anchor text.

    I think the people taking advantage of this plugin will do it for the right reasons, and I also think it will be useful for my readers. For instance, I'm going to click on your 'Pick Of The Week' link now because I'm curious!!!
  • I see this as more of a genuine reward to readers who contribute on your site and in terms of spam, I get lots of spam (this plugin didn't really increase the amount), but almost all of it is caught by Akismet.

    I'm surprised people find that spam is an issue given Akismet is a default plugin that comes with Wordpress - do others really have problems with spam?

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  • @Zath

    I don't have a big problem anymore with spam getting through, but I had to use a combination of akismet and bad behaviour as the spam was still hitting my site and really slowing my site down.

    I think what Chris was referring to is all the stupid comments from humans (not robots) designed to take advantage of dofollow sites. I had to put nofollow back on as was getting sick of deleting them.

    Once again this plugin has paid dividends - just read your wii fit post. My gf and I were thinking of getting a wii for wii fit, and you've just convinced us!!
  • @Zath Like Everton I too have a problem with spam comments from humans :( Askimet stops a lot of spam but theses still get through and I waste time moderating them.

    Read John's latest blog post....Pick Of The Week - 17th May 2008>>>
  • I think CommentLuv is one of the best ways to reward your readers/commentators. I have been using it on some of my blogs

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  • Thanks for the great tips Everton, I've just changed the details so hopefully this will work correctly. I think I'll use this plugin across some of the sites that I own.

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  • @Matt

    It has worked - your link is now pointing to your site and not to a Feedburner redirect
  • Ohhh a nice shiny new theme :)

    I like it. Only thing I miss is a logo. Are you planning on putting one back up there.

    A nice modified version of your old one would be great/ A nice shiny graphite gradient and gleaming white text.

    Should be easy enough to tweak.

    I love comment Luv and find a lot of good articles from it.

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  • @Forest

    Logo is coming - just waiting for my designer to churn out a new one to fit the new sizing. I kinda like the colouts as they are - clean and professional
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