If you have a website, chances are that you are trying to connect with people. You publish some kind of content in the hopes that visitors will comment, chat, or interact with you in some way. For many people, commenting on other sites is a way to expand their influence, attract new visitors to their own sites, and share their information. A great way to encourage that behavior on your site is to reward those who interact with you and what better way to reward people than through DoFollow links. If this sounds like a good idea, keep reading, the Top Commentators Widget is just what you need.
Spam Attack! 3 Steps You Can Take To Protect Your Blog
We all want to interact with readers. We all want backlinks when we comment on other blogs. What no one wants is comment spam.
Comment spam is a fact of life on the web. If you have a site that allows comments, sooner or later, the spammers will find you. Mostly, these comments are just an annoyance but when allowed to remain on your site, they give readers the impression that you are not paying attention to your site and readers. Just imagine how it looks to a new reader to see a bunch of comments only to realize that every one of them is junk. In their minds, if you haven’t taken the time to remove the spam comments, there is no way you will be responding to real comments from real readers.
I doubt if there is any way to completely avoid spam comments, but here are some ideas to help: [Read more…]
1st on Google – Week 6
Welcome back to my journey to being 1st on Google. If you missed the first few posts, you can find the first one here, 1st Week Update here, 2nd Week Update here, 3rd Week Update here, 4th Week Update here, and 5th Week Update here. Below are the results as of Sunday, 03-04-12 (click here to do your own search):
- #2 – My LinkedIn profile page (no change from last week)
- #14 – My personal blog, BlueCapra.com, with picture (down 3 places from last week at #11)
- #71 – BlueCapra.com tag page; posts tagged ‘Alan Reeves’ (down 19 places from last week at #52)
- #77 – Comment I made on AndyTraub.com around the middle of December 2011 (down 17 places from last week at #60)
- #79 – Comment I made on CoachRadio.tv around the middle of December 2011 (down 2 places from last week at #77)
This week was not so good good for my journey to 1st on Google. I stayed at the #2 spot for my first occurrence which is good, but lost a ton of ground in the other places. Since LinkedIn occupies the 1st spot, it will be tough to overcome such a large site but that is my goal and I will keep at it until I’m there. Overall, my top 5 results decreased 41 places with all spots either the same or down for the week. I showed up 6 times in the top 100 search results with the last occurrence being my Google+ profile at #100.
I am a bit disappointed this week. I am pleased about remaining at #2 but with the big drop this week, I am not as confident with my strategies than are in place. [Read more…]