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What after I place a blog comment
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I have started commenting on high PR DoFollow blogs more strongly off late. I don't do it just for the heck of it. I comment on relevant posts, go through them nicely and make sensible comments. This way I make sure my comments are not removed by the admin,
What I want to know is... What after I make the comment and put my website's URL there? Does that mean I have got a backlink already? Or do I need to do something else too to make sure Google recognizes that as a backlink?
I have the same question regarding forum postings too.
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Thanks Andrew. Your help is always appreciated.
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Hi KS,
A few more comments for you below.
Does that mean I have got a backlink already?
Once the comment has been approved by the moderator you should have a live link. You can check if it is do follow by using a firexfox plugin such as SEOBook or SEOQuake.
Or do I need to do something else too to make sure Google recognizes that as a backlink?
Not normally. As you mentioned the blogs are already high PR, the search engines shouldn't have any problem finding your links. If the blog is Wordpress, then the webmaster may have already setup a list of pinging sites so the site should be crawled often. That said, if you are concerned that Google hasn't found the link, just follow my advice previously regarding pinging the blog you have commented on.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Andrew
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Yes, you can do it from time to time. I once did a study of one of my major competitors and to my surprise I found a few good links it in the comments!
But if page has been created a long time ago then it might take a long time (aprox. 1 month) for Google to index it again!
Cheers,
Russel
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I always use keywords in anchor text.
So what you suggest is that I should continue posting quality comments on quality blogs/websites and not worry about the rest. Google will do its job on its own. Yeah?
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Hi there,
First of all make sure that you use particular keywords in anchor text, in order to increase their placing in SERP.
For example if your keyword is "Donuts in Dubai" then make sure that you use this words in your anchor text.
In case if you will simply put the website link, then it will make an impact only on your Domain Authority but not on keyword ranking!For the forum you can do it in same manner. The link can be at the beginning of the text, middle or end.
You can't do anything in terms of increasing the possibility of indexing this page by Google. It depends on Page Authority, quality of the website, popularity of the text on this page and even on qty of backlinks to this page.
Cheers,
Russel
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