Free Backlinks: A Traffic Experiment via Commenting & Promotion
Howdy-ho fellow marketers! This will be brief, as I wasn’t planning to write anything yet until I saw something really cool.
Michael James J., owner of theBloggersource (among other things) is running an experiment of sorts for the purposes of increasing blog traffic by combining commenting & promotion and giving all free blog promotion in the process. To this end he needs you to drop a link with a brief description in his comment area!
Cool, eh? This “offer” lasts until Sunday the 8th, so check out the experiment (3rd link), read some simple guidelines and help him and yourself a bit by taking part.
All links open in new windows so be sure come back after and let me know what you think, and if you participated 
.
Dennis
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February 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Thanks, didn’t know about that till now
I’ll just watch my rankings zoom to the top!
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
@Milo, Welcome to the community!
I wouldn’t count on anything zooming from a link or two, but it won’t hurt.
February 5th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Thanks for the good look, Dennis.
This will help everyone that commented at blogger source with some free traffic!
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
@Pheak Tol, Indeed it should. I already found some cool blogs there.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I went, took a look, and decided it just wasn’t for me. I don’t even know why; guess being part of an experiment I didn’t start isn’t pulling my chain right now. But it was interesting to take a look at, for sure.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:27 am
@Mitch,
Dude he’s not shooting anyone with needles or anything, take the link! LOL
February 5th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
It was interesting to see all of the different blogs who commented there. I was surprised by the number of people who just had personal blogs where they wrote about anything that came to mind.
Thanks for the heads up. Links are always good.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:29 am
@Jen,
I was a little surprised by that as well, but it was refreshing to see.
Links are always good.
Not always true, but in this case it is.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I’m a good girl and do as I’m told Dennis. I went and followed your example - promoting three blogs with one comment!!!
However, truth be told, YOU are a better “blog promotion tool” than the promotion he’s running!!! The only reason I commented is because you told me to. (I am a mindless drone!
)
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:33 am
@Kathy @ Virtual Impax,
However, truth be told, YOU are a better “blog promotion tool” than the promotion he’s running!!!
Thanks! I guess I better get my blog review page back up ASAP!
(I am a mindless drone!
)
Hmm, I guess I better start ramping up my affiliate marketing!
LOL
February 5th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Thanks for the information dude, I think by blogwalking still became ones of way how to collect traffic and usefull for increasing our alexa rank
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:34 am
@Mindmasteryconvention, Exactly right and welcome to the community!
Please check the comment policy in the future.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
It didn’t pull my chain either but I’m always willing to help someone out with his experiments, so long as I don’t grow another head that is.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
@Sire, I agree completely my friend. Two is enough for anyone…
Sire Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
@Dennis Edell, Two? I already have two, I was worried about a thirdd
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
@Sire, Now how did I know you were gonna go there…
Sire Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
@Dennis Edell, How could I not, your the one who left the gate way open, I just had to come in a leave a deposit
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
@Sire, Yea this is one of the reasons I’m second guessing the comment contests. LOL!
February 6th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Yeah sure Dennis, will take a look into it..
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
@Ben Pei, Cool buddy, good luck with it.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
That’s a great find Dennis…thanks for sharing!
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 10:36 am
@Mike Collins, You’re quite welcome! I do what I can.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I am looking forward to his results from this experiment so I can apply some of the same techniques that worked well for him.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
@Donny Gamble, Leverage my man, that’s the way to do it.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I think I´ll just pass on this experiment and do my own
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
@Mirjam, Give up a free link?
Why not do both and compare results when he announces his.
Mirjam Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
@Dennis Edell, yep, gonna give up on a free link
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Mitch Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
@Dennis Edell, See Dennis, it’s not just me. Sometimes, you feel like you’re being manipulated for someone else’s reasons. I’m not saying he’s doing that, just that it feels that way. I fully under Mirjam’s position here.
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February 6th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
It seems some watch way too much X-Files.
just kidding LOL
Mitch Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
@Dennis Edell, Man, there’s no such thing as too much X-Files. I wish it was still on, as it was one of my favorite shows of all time (and don’t make me get into all things Star Trek now).
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@Mitch, I gotta agree there; two of my faves as well.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I dunno Dennis….
While promotion through blog commenting may be worthwhile as far as traffic is concerned (I checked out the bloggersource’s numbers for US traffic), you have to wonder how STICKY that traffic is.
After all, he got 4k last month and out of that 4k, if you were to measure his success by RSS subscribers, it would be a failure.
IF I was trying to promote via blog commenting, I think I would keep a good eye on the bounce rate and time on my site.
Traffic for traffic sake is nothing more than an ego stroke, ya know?
Aside from that, I appreciate you giving a heads up for some free promotion.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
@Leo Dimilo, first welcome to the community!
It’s true, like most things it’s all a numbers game. However it has been proven time and again by now that blog commenting done correctly is an awesome blog promotion tool among other things.
One does have to be sure of at least two things though - the comments are high quality, and your own blog has to be up to snuff…that’s where the high bounce rates come into play.
Done right it can raise ALL stats considerably; comments on your blogs, links in, subscribers, sales; whatever you may be shooting for.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Thanks for the tip. I commented over there and shared the idea on FriendFeed and Twitter as usual.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
@Internet Strategist, Awesome as always Rose, thanks!
February 7th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Thanks for posting this Dennis. I checked out the Bloggerchoice (and John Chow’s) website. Very informative. I especially appreciated John Chow’s entry on dotcom living.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 7th, 2009 at 10:07 am
@Colleen - Kennewick Real Estate, You’re welcome.
I don’t follow JC, but all is good if some get something out of it.
February 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Hey thanks for this, it seems like I only just made it in time! It seems like a great idea, I’m sure both parties will get something good out of it.
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 7th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
@William - Free Wii, You’re welcome William and welcome to the community!
February 8th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Dennis,
Thanks! I just visited his blog. Looks like his blog is really growing judging by his RSS subscribers.
Peter Lee
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 8th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@passive income ideas, It does appear to be working quite well. I look forward to his results.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Interesting experiment. Anyone knows the results?
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 10th, 2009 at 9:03 am
@Katherine Grey, Not yet, it ended on Sunday.
Btw, welcome to the community!
February 11th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Its really cool and will get success in his new idea. So we need to do effective blog commenting by following some tips to get more traffic.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
@Hernando, Welcome to the community!
February 12th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Dennis,
This is a little off subject. I was just looking at your links in Yahoo. You have over 16000. I just checked your site age (archives) and it looks like you started a little over a year ago. That looks like 1000 links per month.
Where did you get all the links? This might be the base of another article?
Rick
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@Rick Bicycle Hangar, Definitely a good thought; it I could figure it out I’d write it up! lol Just kidding, it’s on the list.
February 15th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
It’s good to see someone looking into this realm. It seems that it’s very difficulty to actually find an honest link swapper anymore. I’ve tried several times to swap with others and found that about 70% of the time the person with whom I swapped links would simply, for one reason or another, NOT bother to post my link on their site. This is a real shame because if people would take the time to actually make the posts, it would take practically no time at all to build a very impressive list of incoming links for your site. Why is it that so many don’t take advantage of this and would rather just scam their way into oblivian? Maybe it’s the type of person one deals with but then again, how does one know what kind of person they’re dealing with on the Internet?
Dennis Edell Reply:
February 15th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
@Gary Vaughn, welcome to our little community Gary!
You said it all right there my fiend, There must be something to scams or it wouldn’t be so rampant.
Sheer laziness in my eyes, but what do I know.
February 21st, 2009 at 9:05 am
Dennis,
I just saw this. Thanks for the link love. You really can think of great ideas, man. Just waiting for the next one, hope soon.
Peter Lee
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 21st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
@Peter@passive income ideas, It wasn’t me this time, but thanks. I don’t know if he still has it running, but you can try.