Instead of sending deceiving messages to people’s inbox, consider the power of leaving comments.
After reading endless articles on search engine optimize, page ranking, and creating traffic,I found that leaving comments on other people’s work is an effective way to achieve all three areas mentioned.
It takes less time to read an article, and leaves a genuine comment on it than searching out a particular writer, and sends a message. Many people have overlooked the power of leaving a comment, and just go straight to messaging.
Consider these reasons below, and work them to your advantage.
Leaving a Comment Creates Back Links
According to SEO experts, when you leave comments on other people’s blogs or articles, you are creating a valuable back link to yourself. This is called “one-way back link!” Why is this valuable? Search engine loves this kind of back links, thus gives your page a higher rank, and results in bringing traffic.
Leaving a Comment Gives You Exposure
Do you realize that when you leave a comment, your name is out there for others to see? If you leave a comment on a popular article, that article is receiving thousand of views; therefore, your own name is exposed to thousands of viewers. Chances are, someone might like what your comment said, and decide to check you out!
Leaving a Comment Shows You Care
If you care enough to leave a comment on other people’s work, 95 percent of the time, the person will return your kindness. It is a give and take relationship since we are all working for page views, money, or exposure!
Everybody is hard at working to create articles or poems, it is not right to deceive them by sending message saying you’ve checked out their work, while in fact, it is a lie!
Leaving a Comment Shows Interaction
The online world demands interaction! No website/article/poem/photo can survive without other people’s involvement. It takes work, hard long hours of work to bring views! If you have not grapping this concept, you will face many disappointments.
By leaving comments on other people’s work, you show your initiative in acknowledging the time they have put in to write that piece. In turn, you seize the reward of page views!
The Benefits of Leaving Comments
- You are creating valuable back links
- You are helping yourself with higher page rank
- You bring in traffic
- You are a real friend who cares
- You expose your writing name to the world
- You take time to show support
- You are selfless, honest and hard working
- You are establishing a network of loyal readers, and great friendship
Since writing Beware of Lies, I realize that many Triond writers are victims of malicious messages and emails. No one is falling for them anymore! So leave comment, and understand the power of leaving comments. You will benefit from them far more than you know!
February 16th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Okay, I get the article, but what is with the pictures? The first one I get, and I think the monkey grooming is clever, but the others I don’t. Okay, how was that for a comment?
February 16th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I agree, in fact, I wrote two articles developing the same concepts but in Spanish, because the Spanish community isn’t used to leave comments yet. I learned it from my English speakers fellows.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Sister, thanks for clearing up thing here. I get annoying when Trionders send me their links of work to read, and end up messages like, “I’ve read your work but I’m unable to leave you comment”; “I like your works very much, please read mine”, “Please read mine to get me read yours”, “You’re really good. Please check mine” and etc. I think they’re not honest enough, leaving all these false messages asking me to click on their works.
To all Trionders,
Well, Ok, if you want me to read yours, please read mine too. It’s a give and take. I’ve invested my limitless time to read yours, please be understandable.
I’ve to work full time and I still spend time reading articles written by Triond’s friends here until late night. Please appreciate. If I read yours, you never ever read mine, I’ll delete your names from my friend’s list.
I’ve to take an extreme measure here since I’ve been fooled and deceived for earning clicks.
Please be concerned our relationship here is mutual-relationship but not tainted by earning money here instead.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I mostly leave comments because it’s fun and I like to receive comments too. But now I see there are other benefits as well…even better! http://sabinocanyonblog.blogspot.com/
February 16th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Excellent article and on a subject close to the hearts of many at the moment!
From your opening, I am making a guess (and am pretty sure I am right!) that you get a little irritated by all those unsolicited messages. Here is the one I send out to those folks….
It is nice and polite – tho many of these guys do not deserve that – but I do keep it in a file called f***off.
[START]
Hi XXX
Thanks for the message.
The message you have sent is not personalised, so you could have sent it to many many people! Perhaps you haven’t but the fact that you do not use a personal salutation makes me inclined to believe that this is something normally referred to as spam!
I normally look at other’s work after I see they have commented on mine, rather than simply maintaining that they have! You would spend time much more constructively commenting on the work of others rather than sending emails to their inbox!
In that way, when I see that you have commented on my work – rather than simply saying how good it is (and citing no examples) then I may begin to comment on yours. So it is we return the compliment – at least until we get to know each other better! At that time private correspondence may well be suitable and appropriate.
Best regards
RJ
[END]
February 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I comment on things when I have something to say – sometimes I’m commentless! I enjoy reading other people’s comments on others’ work, and have quite often gone to a person’s profile page and read some of their work if I have seen a good comment from them. If people leave a comment on my work, I always try to reciprocate.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Oh and to Annie…
The LIGHT of exposure – geddit
Also, I think the last one shows threads of info coming together, separating – then coming together. Electronic interaction, innit!
Did I get it, BC?
February 16th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I always leave comments just too SHOW you that I’ve given you the respect of reading your work. If you leave me a comment but are not on my friends or fans list than that’s okay because I will return the favor too.
I think commenting is about one’s self character just as well as lying. I have some friends that don’t comment on my every single piece but they do on most and that’s acceptable but they don’t lye about it when they don’t. Sometimes we have other obligations that have to be dealt with, so I just don’t get the deceit.
However, like Chan, Oh,I dislike receiving those messages saying they been reading your stuff and they love your articles so will you please check out mine and please leave a comment BUT they have left no comment on yours.
Great article, BC.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am
BC, you’re correct on all you stated.I’ve read articles from others posted on my friend’s comment page. Particularly when their comment stood out or offer some type of humor.I’ve just acquired 4 friends-just from their comments on other’s articles.
Thanks for sharing and offering such needed advice. One new writer stated he had read my article and asked me to read his.Would you believe he stated he would hit the “Liked it”,but did not have time to comment. Am I nuts or what?
Keep the great writes uo BC!
February 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Totally agree with this excellent article and all of the comments above, to which I have nothing more to add but thanks for this.
February 16th, 2009 at 11:20 am
You nailed it. I only leave comments if I’ve actually read the article. Some of the comments on my pieces lead me to believe that folks skim a piece and leave a quick comment just to get a ‘hit back’.
Some folks I read all the time and leave comments, without a single response…. I think its time to pare down my ‘friends’ list!
Thanks,
Clay
February 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Thank you for bringing this topic to light, BC. Since I read your poem I received two such emails with links and no personal salutation. Also with the promise they would check out my work and comment as well. Needless to say they didn’t. I love RJ’s idea. I had thought of sending an email similar to his (but no where near as effective) but I don’t like to be rude. On other hand I would be sending it to the rude people.
Call me crazy, I enjoy reading other people’s work and consider it as much a part of my job as the writing side of things.
Eventually these deceitful people will be weeded out of this community as more and more people see them for what they are.
I agree with Clay. It’s time to pare down my “friends” list. Thanks BC for another great contribution.
February 16th, 2009 at 11:47 am
How could I not leave a reply after reading the article!
A well written intelligent take on the subject. which I fully endorse.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
nice article, I only leave comments on here and I don’t always read everyines articles because they don’t all catch my eye. I do go in a read some…not all that much. Ty for the advice.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Wow, thank you for all the great comments, and sharing your experiences!
Annie–Sorry you didn’t get the pictures! Read RJ Evans’ translation on those, at #7.
RJ–You’re right, I am very irritated with all the messages that I’ve received…Thanks for the chuckles, and the explanation to the photos!
Debra–You’re right, we can’t always read everything a friend has published, especially if that friend is active in publishing 2-3 pieces a day, but we don’t lie about it! We comment when we can!
Again, thank you for all the responses and support!
February 16th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
This is a good article to touch upon this subject deeply. Not too many people here seem to know about page rank.
But regarding other things, it is absolutely understandable. The exposure is very important. I felt that it is very much of working hard to comment on others’ articles. But nevertheless I do. Because others’ keep commenting on my works. That leaves me with obligation that comes in the way of my work.
I nevertheless want to point some problems in your article that you did not highlight or hidden for the time being. Just leaving a comment, with a backlink, does not mean you will get a page rank. You will surely gain exposure and hence a share of traffic the article gets. But the page rank nowadays is depending on the quality of the backlink. If the backlink has the tag rel=nofollow, then it is not worth in terms of page rank. Search engines just ignore such links and do not consider for page rank calculations of those web pages backlinked like this.
But that does not mean we should not comment. Commenting on community websites, like here Triond, will allow a backlink to only our profile page without any nofollow tag. This is very useful though we don;t have control over the site to which we want to leave a link here.
That is fine, considering there is no other choice and everyone is affected in the same way. We now work hard and make the most of life.
On a positive note, I had noticed regular traffic to my recent articles which was in the past not seen. All this is only because I had been actively commenting in the recent weeks. Thanks for sharing this information.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
That is such a good article. I do comment on almost everything I read, though lack of time prevents me from responding to all pieces of writing if there are two or three a day from one writer.
I didn’t know anything about backlinks and rankings through leaving comments so I am grateful to you for the information.
I need some lessons on marketing my work. Perhaps you could write an article on how to promote work for the clueless.
Christine
February 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
BC, you already know how I feel about this. All I can say is Amen.
February 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Finally! u’ve said wot most of us feel and i think it is very imp to chk other’s wrk too..cuz some of it is absolutely amazing and hope u hv lotsa views and comments lol…n ppl get the msg…
Thanks.
February 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I agree with you totally, Icy. I have had quite a few of those ‘I’ve resd all your articles..’ messages. I send back a message saying that I am very inpressed with the hours they must have spent reading more than 500 articles, and that if they care to go back and leave me comments on them I will return the favour!
February 16th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Very nicely put.
February 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I love Louie’s comment!! Icy, you have hit the nail on the head. I try so hard to read and comment that many times I have no time left to write, this is another reason it annoys me when someone can churn out 5 articles a day, and I try to crowd in one a week, and they demand that I leave comments on all of them. Not all of us are blessed with the time to write that many daily. Should we be expected to read that many before we can write our own? One for one would be fair, but they withhold comments as if they’ve been shortchanged. Many do not leave comments any where and leave excuses that the system does not work??? I truly appreciate the comments I receive and will gladly click on their avatar to return the favor. I had to do a lot of reading and commenting before I received one, and the newcomers should not expect to be treated any differently. It is mutual. I love reading what my friends have written – one reason they are in my circle. They are talented, respectful, giving, and intelligent. It is easy to leave a comment on a well written article, and you are right Icy – it puts our name out there; not only with the readers but the users. The users can learn to play fair.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Comments are great, but only if they are honest. I read my comments everyday and try to read as much feed as possible. I do feel that it is improper to leave a comment without reading the material. TRIOND WRITERS spend a lot of time on their material and some of the poems are very personal, therefor they should be treated with the respect they deserve.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Sadly, I don’t always take the time to add comments but when I do, I know the authors return the favour. I wish I had more to write about… going through a dry spell.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I loved your article, BC. You’ve really hit the nail on the head. As I meantioned in your last article, I have had people send me messages like that and not be supportive of my work either. I try to be as supportive as I can be because I enjoy reading all of my friends’ work. I agree that leaving comments is a give and take process and we should all help each other.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Yes, very true…and I just think “Is there a sign on my head that says,Goof” Really exellent truth, and I had no problem seeing the correlation between the narrative and the commentary. You have to read deeper. (wink)
Great work BC Doan
AC
February 16th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Your article is the best article about comment I’ve ever read. It’s so comprehensive and true.
I love to leave comment after reading people’s works here in Triond. However I’ve problem lately. I don’t know, why I’ve always failed to upload my comments in the new Writinghood and Bizcovering. If I use my Triond name, they asked me email address. If I give my email address, my comments disappeared. Still don’t know what to do. I’m sad
February 16th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Yes, I do believe in the power of leaving comments. It does not only help the one who posts the article, but those who post their comments on that article as well.
Thanks, BC, for a nice post.
February 16th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Icy,
I just finished your article. There have been times when I set down to write, that I will look over all my friends content, and find myself commenting into the early morning hours, completely forgetting to write my own content. That should show everyone just how many great writers we have here. I too have seen some of those messages everyone is talking about, but when I check my comments they haven’t commented on a one of them.Those that churn out eight to ten articles a day must be working around the clock, or they aren’t thoroughly researching their article. When I write an article, I may spend weeks, even months, researching to make it as accurate as possible. My first article here on Child Sexual Abuse took me over twenty years to write. But it is only the first part of many others to come on the subject. I agree you hit the nail on the head with this one. Excellent article. Very well written.
Randy
February 16th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
i am in full agreement,thanks
February 16th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
You are correct,I noticed early on that many of my comments turned up on the search engines. I believe it is Writinghood or Bizcovering that will not take my comments.I’m not sure which one it is. I have tried over and over and they just will not go in. (It’s the same as Eunice says.) I know I miss one article here and there when I just don’t have the time but I try to comment on them all.
February 16th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Love all your articles, BC. I’m keeping this one. I’ve buzzed this
Your article is always something worth to read.
Well, as for me commenting. I am always commenting as a friend, so that they will know that I’m checking on their content. If they would return the favor, thanks for being a friend if not, I guess my content is not worth reading LOL!
When, I started here in Triond, my contents are fiction stories. I didn’t invite friends for the next two months? Because I do not know how it works here and I am really shy that I am not a real writer. I just wanted to write. I did have some comments from non- Trionders though and it kept me going.
Right now, I am writing thoughts in forms of poems just to continue publishing and to keep in touch with my friends. Maybe when my baby gets older, I’ll have more concentration in writing real articles and of course, in promoting them.
Thanks for the post!
February 16th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Very well written.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:01 am
comments really help and may inspire writers.good job,BC
February 17th, 2009 at 1:35 am
I like this article. So true.
I have the same problem as Eunice, I cannot leave comments in Writinghood and Bizcovering. I have contacted Triond, but this problem has not yet resolved.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
A subject near and dear to my heart and written with passion!
Brian
February 17th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Today I’m surprised that my comment appears in new Writinghood for the first time. Still don’t have any idea what happen. Anyway thanks for sharing Yovita & Ruby. I hope in the future everything will run smoothly.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Very true. It is always nice to get comments as long as they are true and accurate. Nicely written.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am
All those who find that they are not able to comment, can you try refreshing your browsers by deleting cookies/cache/brower history etc.?
I recently was not able to comment on an article on writinghood no matter how many times I tried. Later I realized it was because I was putting a link to a website with ‘http://www.’. Many others are able to do this. And I myself was able to do this but on a different article at a different time.
But later on I found that I could do this now. The only change was the the cache, cookie settings have expired on my browser.
February 21st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
that’s true! If someone doesn’t leave a comment the writer doesn’t know who they are… and if they dont know whow the other writer is who read their work..then the writer will never beable go and look at their work.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Great article! Weirdly enough, although I have never gotten a “I have read all your articles, can you read mine” private message, I have gotten “I’m new, can you come read my articles?” I would have thought that having way fewer articles on Triond than people like RJ Evans and Louie Jerome would make telling that lie easier. Guess those telling that lie are telling it more out of a misguided attempt to impress rather than gunning for a believable lie.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Another great article.
I like how, when you comment on some blogs, your recent blog posts are parsed, thereby pointing readers to them.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
BC,
You nailed this article!
I always try to look through the new content and hot content, and comment on as many as I can. Like you said, not only does that give me exposure and hopefully a back scratch in return, but it also helps the other authors here make some money too. Sadly, I must disagree with the 95% stat. I have found that very few people actually return comments. I try to always return comments to everyone that posts a comment on my work…..that is only fair play.
I do get a lot of those messages “I have added you as a friend.” So, off I go to read their work, but never see them comment on my work or hear from them again. Irritating?- yes!
Thank you for your voice on this matter. The users of Triond really need to learn some manners! But, even if they do not want to just be fair….as you said it helps them to comment too.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:45 pm
BC,
You nailed this article!
I always try to look through the new content and hot content, and comment on as many as I can. Like you said, not only does that give me exposure and hopefully a back scratch in return, but it also helps the other authors here make some money too. Sadly, I must disagree with the 95% stat. I have found that very few people actually return comments. I try to always return comments to everyone that posts a comment on my work…..that is only fair play.
I do get a lot of those messages “I have added you as a friend.” So, off I go to read their work, but never see them comment on my work or hear from them again. Irritating?- yes!
Thank you for your voice on this matter. The users of Triond really need to learn some manners! But, even if they do not want to just be fair….as you said it helps them to comment too.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Thankyou for your article!! Ur knowledge on this is very helpful!:)
March 6th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Thank you, amazing that your article is about what I was asking you earlier on a private message. Being new here I was asking you how to get comments to my work. I myself from a long time being in others board of poetry have learn to leave sincere and golden comment on the work I love the most. I always thought that an author is not only someone who write but it is somebody who is sharing with us a great deal of his own emotion and feelings sometimes it even brings back souvenir. So by living a golden comment from the heart, you are telling the person to keep going, to try to reach the ultimate power of his soul to make us dream make us be able to use our imagination when reading a poem. Every poem are so unique so beautiful, we should be able to have alot of respect for each words written by an author. Leaving a comment is precious for the author, it is their fuel to continue to spread their words to the world.
Thank you for your article you are such a great writer…..
March 20th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I am disappointed when I don’t receive a comment on a piece. I like and need the feedback, good or bad. And for those who don’t read other peoples work, you are the ones who are missing out. There is great talent here! Take the time. Be a good friend too.
March 20th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Thank you everyone for commenting.
DA Cournean,
I understand your frustration. It happens when you first start out, but this is a large community, and it takes time to make friends.
The best way to make yourself known is to find articles that you like, read and make comment. For example, if you didn’t leave comment on my article, I wouldn’t know where to look for you or who you are. Take care!
April 4th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Ditto on Joni Keith,Jo Oliver and RJ Evans. This is an outstanding article. I am a stay at home mom working hard to build some kind of income on Triond. I know I won’t be wealthy here, but it does help. I enjoy writing and reading other peoples work. I am a passionate individual with a strong regard for other peoples feelings. I believe in the “do unto others” philosophy. So when I build on some of my friends I do it with the intentions of assisting in their journey. It is hard when I feel I’ve waisted my time and theirs. The comments are motivational tools. I like strong honest opinions, but often fail to get them. My work is done by the sweat of my brow. People are under the assumption that I have all the time in the world to write. My children and family are extremely active and require every bit of my attention, so when I get something done I feel a great accomplishment within. I can often tell when a comment is generic. It is truly annoying when someone demands comments from me, but do not reciprocate. Weeding out my friends is just as time consuming. It would just be nice if people would respect this area. There would be so much more harmony on Triond. Thanks for the great read.
San
April 5th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
This article is very informative and encouraging .Commenting on other individuals article is really a Good ways for recognising the effort that went into creating the article. I was very surprised to find my name all over the internet when I searched it and all this was just because I made a genuine comment about other individuals articles.
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May 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 am
Just yesterday i was trying to google and see what my name throws back, and the first relevant thing was a comment i had left on a friends article. It was’nt my articles that were reflected, but the comments. They truly are powerful.
July 20th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Well said! I enjoy reading people’s comments. It is nice to hear feedback (preferably positive!).