When you leave a comment at any WordPress blog by filling in your name and website URL in the respective fields, your name appears as a link to your blog/website on submission. By default, these links have rel=”nofollow” attribute attached to them. This attribute directs the search engine spiders / crawlers not to follow the linked website or blog. The link may get indexed but it is not followed (or counted as a backlink) from the blog that links.

However, some blogs reward their commentators by removing the rel=”nofollow” attribute from their templates which gives them free backlinks! Such blogs are called DoFollow Blogs or No-NoFollow Blogs. BTW, Inspirit is also a doFollow blog so drop in maximum comments to get some free links from this PR 4 blog 🙂 …

WordPress Plugin : KeywordLuv

As I told you, when you comment at a WordPress blog your name becomes the anchor text in the link that points to your blog or specific blog post, as per what you submitted in the URL field. KeywordLuv plugin has been developed (by Stephen Cronin) to reward your commentators by separating their names from their keywords in the link to their website, giving them improved anchor text.

So, if you’re commenting at a doFollow blog then you can use targeted keywords as anchor text to point the links to your blog or blog post, instead of using your name. KeywordLuv plugin requires a the blog to be doFollow in order to work, because linking using your keywords would be of no use unless these links are followed by search engines (Google esp.) !

Usage:

Using KeywordLuv is quite easy. If I enter Abhinav @ Free Blog Reviews in the name field instead of just Abhinav in the comment form, then the title of a comment would look like :

Abhinav from Free Blog Reviews says :

instead of :

Abhinav says :

The symbol @ does the magic here. If this symbol is not used between Name and Keywords, they’ll appear as they would normally on a WordPress blog with this plugin not installed.

The usage tip generally gets added to your comment form automatically and you can customize this message that appears from the plugin options page on your admin dashboard.

Download Plugin

You can download KeywordLuv Plugin from this plugin page. The plugin author has also nicely explained why anchor text is so important.

If you are running a link building campaign to get better ranks in the SERPS and improving your Technorati Authority, then consider commenting at blogs no-follow free blogs with either or both CommentLuv and KeywordLuv plugins enabled as an easy way to get free backlinks.

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P.S. : As I mentioned above, this plugin needs a doFollow plugin to be installed on your blog to function properly. Read How to Remove rel=”noFollow” from your blog and join the doFollow movement to learn more about NoFollow, DoFollow and how to remove the noFollow attribute from your blog.

Feel free to drop in your comments using the form below. Inspirit uses the KeywordLuv plugin besides being a doFollow blog and using CommentLuv, so take full advantage of it.

Published by Abhinav Sood

167 thoughts on “KeywordLuv – Target your Keywords in Backlinks from Comments at DoFollow Blogs”

  2. I just wanted to give this great advice a try!

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  3. I wish they made such cool useful plugins for blogger.com

    Nice Article, Abhi. Really useful and informative.

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  5. Thanks Abhinav – I wondered about the keywordluv plugin and now I know. Kind of a strange name for what it does, but what it does is kind of neat.

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    1. I think it makes sense to call it “Keyword Luv”… after all, that’s what it’s doing; enabling people to promote their websites/blogs while at the same time leaving meaningful comments (as opposed to being anonymous spammers, boo).

  6. That’s an interesting idea. It could be done for blogger very easily… Most people I doubt are willing to go to that kind of trouble for commenters though.

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  11. Thanks for such a wonderful suggestion and plugin. I have bookmarked your page and will use this plugin in my own blog.

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  12. I agree that encouraging comments is a great thing – even if the people reading are just commenting to get that link. As long as they read, contribute to the article and put something intelligent – then they should have that link there. It is a good service to help other people get those links.

  13. This plugin is really great. I think it could be even better if it had the “remove no-follow” function builtin. Without Do-Follow this plugin doesn’t really make sense. Onn the other hand, blogger who care so much about their readers and install KeywordLuv normally know what they are doing and will install a do-follow plugin, too.

    1. yes, integrating “remove no-follow” code was a good idea.. but the plugin author has explained why he hasn’t added it to his plugin.

      There are already too many plugins for that purpose out there, and duplicating any of them is certainly not a good idea.

      Noble ! 🙂

  14. I do think there are a lot of plugins and it is taxing to weed out the bad ones – however the good make it worth it. I’ve saved tons of time with various software tools. Hopefully they’ll merge some so as to simplify the amount of research needed to find the good programs!

  15. This is a great idea and when someone posts on my blog, I would rather give them anchor text than just a link with their name on it. I can’t understand why other blog owners care ~ a link is a link. I already have the dofollow installed, so I will now take your advice and get the keywordluv. I always see commentluv associated with the keywordluv which I am not sure I want to do yet.

  17. Hi Abhinav,

    I think anyone who is going Do-Follow on their blogs should be using KeywordLuv.

    Thanks for being part of the DoFollow Movement.

    Mike

  18. These are great plugins- thanks for sharing the link love.

    I am anxiously waiting for the next release of CommentLuv where supposedly you will be able to pick from your last 5 posts instead of just the last post.

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  19. The KeyworkLuv plugin is a must have if you have a dofollow blog.

    I see you also use the CommentLuv plugin. I’m trying to decide whether to install CommentLuv or not.

    What are the advantages of using CommentLuv? Does it further encourage comments?

    1. If you see the other comments on this blog, you see a line appended to the end of the comments that says something like XYZ’s last blog post – Link.

      Cost of Text Link advertising on Inspirit is $20 per month, but see I am linking to all my commentators for free. Isn’t that great? Plus, because I am a doFollower, all the links in comments and posts are rel="nofollow" free, so all the links help you build link authority for your blog, and improve your rankings.

      Would that not encourage further comments? 🙂

  20. Thanks so much for this wonderful information. As a new blogger, I need all of the tips I can get.

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  21. Thanks for all to the wonderful information. As a very new blogger, your tips will come in handy.

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  22. I think it’s such a cool plugin! 🙂

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  23. Wow this is cool, I ave never understood the reason bloggers would block comments, (other than junk of course), I have always felt that commenting is part of the converstion and the Do Follow link rewards quality content. As far as comment luv, I think its the greatest thing since sliced bread,

    Thanks for a good “DO”Follow blog

    Richard

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  25. I am thinking about adding this plugin to one of my websites

    Just wondering..

    If you get a link from the keywordluv AND the commentluv on the same post, does Google pass juice through both of those links? Is it simply diluted, or does one of them simply ignored?

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  26. Yes, a truly great plugin. I only comment on keywordluv/dofollow blogs now. And off course my blog also uses it, so I can give something back to the community.

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  30. Keywordluv and Commentluv plugins have been a god send to any webmaster for SEO purposes and also my blog traffic has doubled in the last week due to commentluv traffic alone.

  32. I had no idea this was an issue, very informative post!

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  33. KeywordLuv is absolutely my favorite plugin (well, second maybe to the SEO all-in-one plugin). We should all share the love!

  34. KeywordLuv is a great idea. Totally great way to increase the presence of a blog and great for other webmasters. It brings everyone together.

    Honourable mention for commentluv too.

  35. Great plugin, but is this has +/- effect for your google PR ? .
    anyway thanks for you

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  37. Hi Abhinav, I see you really reward your users by utilizing all the great comment plugins for wordpress. Nice blog keep up the good work.

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  38. Keywordluv is a great plugin. I think it gives readers more incentive to add relevant discussion to the conversation.

  39. I always write about something that works.. unless I exclusively mention that I am trying something out.

  40. Keyword luv is a great way to help readers of your site. it allows them to use words they like and still not ruin post. Comment luv is another great one for blogs because it shows latest post and can deliver good traffic. I like both pluggings they work great.

  41. I’m learning something new about SEO everyday, and keyword luv seems lke a great tool for the not-so-tech minded business owner. Thanks for the help!

  42. The keywordLuv plugin is great, I am a huge fan. I have found that it generates a lot of comments. It also makes leaving a comment like this, where I want to promote one of my sites feel a lot more honest.
    I only comment on keywordluv/dofollow blogs now. And off course my blog also uses it, so I can give something back to the community.

  44. So cool. I am waiting to see what happens and if these links will be followed for long.

  45. niche plugin..i will use its 🙂
    thanks.

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  47. Great plugin! Generates a lot of comments and visitors, to both parties sites.

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