Top 7 Ways Of Getting Your Comments Approved Online 
Posted by Udegbunam Chukwudi on July - 26 - 2010GD Star Rating
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With the advent of spammy comments, blog owners are very wary of comments they approve on their blogs.
I am one of those blog owners.
If you’re a regular around the popular blogs, you might have noticed that quite an amount of bloggers now consider comments such "Great Tips"and "What an excellent post" as spam despite the fact that some bloggers are of the opinion that sometimes commenters are just not in the mood for writing lengthy comments or just don’t have much to say.
Well, if you’re new to the act of blog commenting, here are 7 surefire ways of getting your comments approved on a new blog you just discovered. Once the blog owner is familiar with your name/brand, you can be rest assured that ANY comment you leave on that blog will be approved (That is of course if you don’t start insulting or spamming him/her in the future).
- If there’s a comment policy on the blog, take some time to read or scan through it before you waste your precious time. Some bloggers are quite strict with regards to the kind of comments they entertain on their blogs
- Never use a keyword when commenting on the blog for the very first time. Even if Keywordluv is activated and the blog owner encourages you to use it. For your first comments, I recommend you use Your Name | Your Website.
- NEVER use a spammy looking site or poorly constructed site in the URL field. If your site looks like s**t, the probability of being tagged a spammer is high.
- If the post you commented on has a retweet button and the blog owner has a twitter account, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you retweet the post making sure that the retweet begins with RT @Blog author’s twitter ID. Spammers are LAZY and would never do this. The blog owner is bound to appreciate this retweet and take note of you. If you love the blog so much, you might even choose to go the extra mile of following the author on Twitter.
- Some blog authors are very busy and appreciate commenters who help other commenters solve their problems. All you have to do is go through past comments on a post and offer advice to the troubled commenters. This works like magic
. - Spammers like I said are LAZY and UNINTERESTED. They never return to continue a conversation. If the blog has the subscribe to comments plug-in installed, make sure sure to sign up for follow up comments notification. This way, you can reply back if the author leaves a reply to your comment. Your coming back to continue interactions signals that you’re genuine .
- Finally do not make the habit of recycling comments ’cause all it takes is for one to copy and paste your comment in Google and all the blogs where you’ve left that same comment will come up. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!
NOTE: You must add your website to your twitter profile for Number 4 to work without a hitch.
If after sticking to these rules, your comments don’t go live after 24 hours, I recommend you contact the blog author to check his spam folder as dear ol’ Akismet might be playing games with you for now
If you’ve got other ways of getting comments approved for sure, do please share with us.
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I do not think I have ever used a keyword in replace of my name, not even my web site name. I don’t know why, maybe I think it is a more personal touch by putting my name instead.
It’s most definitely adds a more personal touch. Lord knows I detest seeing “Red BMX Bicycles ” commenting on my blog. It’s like how do I relate to a guy that goes by the name Red BMX Bicycles? I prefer real names and if the commenter prefers to stay anonymous, a nickname is just fine by me. Keywords alone are so out of it for me.
One of the best ways is honesty! Find sites you admire or genuinely are interested in then commenting is not a chore it becomes like communicating with old friends after a while. A lot of people mainly target the big sites to get their comments and links up. They put up forced comments and sound overall uninterested. It is easy to spot. You will always find big sites in your area of expertise or interest, target a lot of them and have fulfilling, regular and natural exchange.
By the way Ude, these were ‘great tips’ and it was indeed ‘an excellent post!’ LOL.
OMG! You just called me the exact short form of my surname. lol. Way to go. Thanks for the compliment. I just decided to put together my commenting habits in one spot
. I TOTALLY agree with you that one should ONLY comment on sites they are genuinely interested in as it shows. I once had a list of dofollow blogs saved on my laptop but I only commented on a quarter of them as I was so UNINTERESTED in the subjects of most of them.
noted! especially point #6. I always forget to subscribe to comments, and that’s also one thing that you’ve first noticed on my blog that’s missing before, right? thanks for that tip (i mean your tip before in installing a subscribe to comments plugin).
Anyway, what I mostly do with my comments is that I try to add something really valuable related to the content or something that the author have missed to mention. That’s why it’s also important to be always updated with your niche to be able to add something important and relevant to popular discussions. This way they wouldn’t mark your comment as spam, since you are contributing relevant information, however, sometimes it may also start debates or may look as a criticism. just play it safe and be nice. end your comments with “regards” or anything nice
Regards,
Jason
Criticism never hurts as long as one shows that no harm is intended as you rightly stated. Everyone is bound to have his/her own opinion regarding a particular subject.
. Works on some blogs and I’m hoping it will soon start working here too 
Of recent I’ve started leaving tiny bits out of my tutorials so that readers will be obliged to comment and fill in the spaces
These are good tips and nothing annoys me more than when people try to abuse KeywordLuv by using three or four keywords after their name or instead of their name.
I own a blog and I typically don’t like any links in comments at all unless the poster is specifically comparing an article or showcasing something of benefit to me. I use CommentLuv plugin on my blogs which automatically provides commenters with a backlink to their latest blog post on their site.
Thanks for dropping in. Do remember that Commentluv isn’t so complete without Dofollow. I kinda understand the use of more than 3 three keywords with Keyword Luv but if the commenter is really providing some value, it doesn’t really bother me @ all
Certainly spam is a huge problem for anyone who owns a blog. We’ve all seen those comments that merely list links to questionable websites or simply say “great post”. Such obvious spam is what makes building links such a tricky process.
Hey I wish you could have included this tip too-
When you do a lot of blog commenting, it pays to establish a relationship with several high ranking blog sites, especially those that cover a variety of topics. Start with one intelligent comment and click the box to indicate you’d like to subscribe to comments. If the blog owner responds to you, go ahead and comment again. Return next month and leave another comment. This is a great way to get past moderation and have all future comments automatically approved.
Thanks for the contribution
Great pointers! I think the best advice is to make sure that you comment can easily be related to the post you are commenting on. For example, one of the sites I have been writing for had a problem with the commenting plugin Disqus creating duplicates – one comment would go to about 5 other posts that it didn’t belong on. When I went through to delete the dupes, it was amazing to see how good comments could easily be recognized as going with a specific post, whereas the below par ones I had a hard time determining which post they went on in the first place.
I’ve seen similar issues @ Holly Jahangiri’s blog (http://jahangiri.us/news. I wonder if it’s a Disqus problem or not.
“OMG! You just called me the exact short form of my surname. lol”
- ‘Ude’ it will be from now on then, LOL! (Perhaps even a fond ‘Picklehead’ when the sun is shining and I feel free and whimsical!!!)
I like Kristi’s point about the copy and paste brigade. Same answer for every topic LOL!
Lol. Me no think is shaped like a pickle. More like a ball I think
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I think you misunderstood Kristi. She was referring to the problem whereby comments were attached to the wrong post due to Disqus. For example, if I leave a comment on this post and the system misbehaves and attaches it to a different post.
The copy and paste brigade thingy is also a problem but dear ol’ Google knows how to fish them out
Hey these points are really required as, surely, there are some blog owners who will let a “good job” comment get through, but there are many more who see through this and recognize it as pure spam.
I agree with you. I have a tons of comments which are starting with “Check this out” or “Visit this for cheapest ….”. I just hate this kind of comments and I never approve them.
I approve all comments which can show that commentator really read the post and he really have some opinion about that particular issue.
That’s just the way it’s to be. You read the post before commenting.
NOW LOOK HERE PICKLE BALL HEAD!…..LOLs! I understood Kristi. She was saying how the low quality of certain comments meant that they could belong to any post – I merely carried on that concept with the fact that those people also tend to be part of the naughty ‘copy and paste’ brigade who have only one purpose…..oh blah blah blah….who cares? LOL
Nice one with the new blog service. Me personally don’t needy, but me likey!
OHH! Sorry, I was interpreting her comment from another angle. Now I TOTALLY get your point
Thanks for checking out the landing page of my blog setup service and ze compliments. I’m trying to do a bit of promotion to get the word out and get business moving
Cheers
Can I be arrogant and make a few suggestions? I have no idea how savvy you are about anything and your site is already doing handsomely so you have to excuse my presumptions. My suggestion might not even work but it just flew into my head?
Babes you lost me. What are you referring to?
I was replying to your last comment about getting the word out about your blog service. Have you tried FB? There are many thriving Niajan communities there who don’t necessarily have a clue about 1. blog set up and 2. how to use it to make money.
I think it could be worth a try if you get your marketing pitch to them right.
Oh! I see. Thanks for the suggestion. I’m new to this whole Facebook Advertising thing and I’m yet to find a complete guide to it so as to get the best out of my money and ad. I’ll be checking out a few groups to see what I can get from them. I’ll probably hit the forums as well
Sorry – I realize that I used English slang words which probably makes no sense to you!
these tips do work..in addition i would ask commenters to get a gravatar.i usually give more preference to a comment that has a face.
I don’t really pay attention to the gravatars as there are folks who are yet to know of their existence and how to get one. I was one of those folks you know
Hey great tips. Well I feel manier times the comments do not get approved because of those spammers. They just copy paste your stuff in the same blog and then the moderator has to delete both the comments.
I always try to subscribe to the posts and follow on comments so that the blog owner accepts my comment.
Well before reading this article I have left a comment in your blog, but I hope you will approve it since I am not a spammer. Regarding this post, It is always good to leave a good feedback about the article if you don’t have a conversational comment and that is what I am doing in most of the blogs I was visiting to comment.
Not to worry. Your comments haven’t been tagged as spam as I know that you’re legit
. Thanks for dropping by.
All you have to do, is that your comment is in terms of text that comment, so that the administrator sees that you actually read the text, not only that you want a link back. Never leave comments like: good post, keep it up, great information … Leave longer comments, at least two or three sentences.
I first of all want to thank you for your good work here.
i want to know why you focus more emphesis on wordpress and forget that bloggger or blogspot is the most used blog follow the wordpress according to the statistic based on the current google focus in bring blogpsot back to life and many programmmers has went for work to come out with many plugins or call it widget which google have given any body opportunity to come out with his her own plugin and can be upload for free for others to use.
WordPress and blogspot are almost doing the same thing now and anything you can do with wordpress can be done with blog.
Comments on this issue. thank once again Net Dr.