Kay, thanks for the info.  I have really been learning a lot from your blog recetly.

I was under the impression that links in AR comments have a "no follow" tag and as such do not improve your SEO.  It is also considered bad form on AR and per AR guidelines to link in your comments.  Some people don't care and others come unglued. 

Kay - This is 100% correct.  In fact, my AR profile is now showing 239 backlinks on Google, which is primarily from my comments.  Comments do matter - in fact, I think I may post about this subject, too.

Even if you don't put links in the body of your comments, your signature on the comment leads to your home page, and your home page is linked to your website.  Wouldn't that help your SEO?

I agree totally! You can not overestimate going into the future the  backlinks on sites like Google.

Samuel, I'm glad my blog is helping you. 

You are right Cindy. Links in AR comments do have a 'no follow' tag.

I don't think Google had an effective filter for them until just recently, however, which is why you have those juicy Google backlinks from AR, Jason.

When you're on a blog comment link quest, it's a good idea to use the 'do follow' blog searches. Some bloggers don't mind if you put a link in your comments, some do - usually they let you know when you're signing in prior to leaving your comment.

Brian - I think so, can't hurt.

Team DiMuria - Links links and more links. That's still the name of the game.

Thank you for the insight - I really have been spoiled by how easily disseminate really quality info.  Thank you for making my life easier and more enjoyable.

thanks for the great tips on links. I can't get enough of those back links

Good info to know about...thank you!

Patricia Aulson, Realtor  Hampton NH Real Estate  

Kay, I had heard they did and try to put in keywords in my comments.  You have just reiterated what I thought. 

Kay - I started wondering about this question myself months ago. I have heard conflicting things on this subject though. It's hard to know what to believe because there are so many opinions on it. Logically It would seem that making comments on a blog would not carry the same weight as getting a good link from a website or directory. It would be much easier for someone to make comments all day long at their computer and gain links. This seems to simplistic. I hope you are right trust me :)

Bill, some people do make comments all day long and gain links. Some people have automated it (can you say "black hat?"). But to make relevant and meaningful comments that won't hit the spam filter or be deleted takes time and thought. 

Okay, this may be answering my question on your other post. So it appears that using keywords and relevant commenting content increases value? 

Deborah, you should always make a valuable, relevant comment. If you can link the keyword to your site, so much the better. Even if you can't, it's still a link. Sometimes a non-keyword is better, since it's only natural that not all your links will be exact keywords. The goal is to look "natural."

Obviously being able to include a link in the comment allows you to create a deep link instead of a signature link to you home page only.

Kay, on your SEOdiva site you advertise the 30 minute backlink product.  Do you endorse the product or are you just allowing them to advertise on your site?

As a SEO idiot, this is confusing to me, because I was under the impression that putting links in your comments was frowned upon in AR.  I noticed your response above, but have also noticed there are no links in any of the comments.  So is it helping the persons blog you're commenting on to put a link (that's relevant to the topic) in your comment?

Matt,

Good question... AR has the no follow tag turned on so it does no good to put a link in... you have to comment on follow blogs for it to do any good.

Good post by the way.

Kay, outstanding info here.  I gotta hand it to you, you are smart.  I love this kind of stuff.  Keep the info coming, and I'll keep reading.  By the way, I've been having a ball with my own Sequim Real Estate Blog.  It's all good.

Kay nice post, it amazing what you learn in a week, the phrases "google juice" , backlink, and no follow did not appear in my vocabulary until last week but as I see they are a must to gain online presence.  Thanks for the info.

-Bryan Flynn

@Matt - Mark is right, AR is has the no follow tag. Do follow blogs are great for links, though

@Mark - thanks!

@Chuck - thanks, and I'll check out your blog. Be sure to check out SEO Diva, since that's where I'm doing almost all my blog posting now.

@Bryan - yes, SEO has a lingo all its own. You probably didn't know about "link love" either lol!