Commentluv, more than links, comments, traffic, and why you should use it

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Rob

http://comluv.com?ref=robsellen-80381

I am pleased with the WP and what I can do with it, but wanted to take a moment to share why the commentluv here is turning out to be of the best plug-ins I use, and why, if you use WPress you should be using it on your blog…

If you don’t use WPress, you should, if ya need the help you should ask. :P

It’s things like this that I wanted to get onto WP for, with blogger being so restrictive in many ways I felt I am never really in full control of it, not half as much as I could be like with WP. It’s even making me consider whether to move my other Portland bill blog to WP, and add commentluv to that too. :)

I want to choose what and how the blog is used in all ways, not conform to a set of rules or other by others.

I appreciate every person who comments, other than spammers who won’t get anywhere here :) and more often than not if you comment I will follow you to your own blog, add to it if possible by way of a decent comment…  yet to be honest I think with commentluv we are taking the real essence of blogging back to the blogs, that is…

Blogs are rich interactive communities

By rich I don’t mean money, but rich in value and it’s this one thing I gain most from commentluv, the fact I have found dozens of great new blogs with a similar outloook on the same thing, I found them via the links in comments.

After having that staleness due to using google reader mainly and getting fed up of it, using it less and getting back out there in the blogosphere it has been refreshing, a good way to go find new interesting blogs and commentluv has contributed to that more than anything else.

We all talk about social media and blogs were the real beginnings of that, they should be central to it, you own your blog too, build the socialness around it and be glad Andy Bailey gives us a great plug-in and service to do just that.

I have been shooting my body clock all over the place lately, after having my mojo sparked up by the recent move to this platform, finding great new blogs, blog that give me ideas, writing more… and it’s all good, ramping it up and it’s all a part of the move and using this plug in. :D

Where next for commentluv

Who knows but from what I have seen and can seen now, and where I think things could improved or added to it… I think up. :)

One good thing about the commentluv when you make a comment with the commentluv box ticked, you get is the little drop down of the last ten posts on your blog, you see this when hovering over the little arrow to the right of the link, and I thought a great addition to think about would be an option to utilise the data for the most popular clicked links of all ones used in commentluv comments, to have a best of drop down option, showing 5 most popular to choose from… ;)

Just a thought! :D

Andy recently made changes which will free up more of his time, as a programmer and coder, that’s good lol… this done by stopping spammers in their tracks, only good news for everyone that is.

It would be useful if Andy could somehow utilise akimets database and block all spammers without the hassle of doing it himself… would be saving some serious hassle if it makes any sense. (no idea, not a programmer myself!)

Nevertheless the fact Andy is making the changes shows the direction he wants to take it.

How we users can and should do our bit for and with comluv

This all also has a positive effect on the value overall of the network and users, keeping the quality high is essential really, else people will stop using it, so it’s also in all our interest to make the comluv network work and work well.

Which is why if I comment on your blog I always try to add to to the conversation, add some value, not just for a link. It’s all swings and roundabouts as they say, people follow people not links. ;)

It helps new readers find me and likewise it would with you too, this is the traffic benefit you can get from it, people say ah, small beans a few visitors, yet it only takes one person with the right reach to find you, like what you say and share it, even blog about you, then your traffic could spike nicely, permanently if you keep them interested and coming back

Consider every comment you make, make it worth posting, then try and use the drop down of recent post you have done to pick the best fitting link to that post you are commenting on, always think about the owner and their readers, not you.

If you find an interesting post of someone’s via comment links, and think it’s a good thing to write about yourself, something you wanted to expand on or something similar, then consider taking it that one step further and blog about it, link to them with a nice anchored link… give out, get back in other ways.

Use the search bar on the top of the comluv page (as can be seen through any one of these links on the post here: hint) :P and search for blogs on the same theme, topic, niche as your own, if you can…that searches only those who use comluv and this relevancy matters for the whole.

Visit other comluv blogs via their links in comments and the comluv home page, this is the whole goodness anout the comluv in the first place, it’s a network, a network of similar minded people who feel the luv, so to speak. :D

These comluv users are active with commenting, they reply, they are reading sites, sharing yours, you know, doing all the blogging jazz, the essence of it, make their blogs better by adding to them, linking to them, getting to know them, in turn they help you and yours.

BEFORE you go click this link unless you hit one earlier in the post… and join us in this network and make it what it can be, add to it, build up others and get built up yourself.

Credit were credit is due :)

Gotta be worth some credit that post eh ;) … but all credit to Andy for making such a useful and beneficial plug-in and service.

Credit to him for making a service that is helping all of us, if we use it the right way and help keep the whole network quality, useful and helping it to grow then we all benefit.

Are you using it? No? Grab it…  Yes, great…

Do you like it, or have tips, thoughts to share with us?

P.s Others have written about the commentluv, various good opinions to both sides too, one being a bit of both the good and bad with commentluv and ironic that the comments tell alot too. ;)

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58 Responses to Commentluv, more than links, comments, traffic, and why you should use it

  1. Ileane
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    April 9, 2010 at 4:54 am

    Hi Rob, what a nice show of support for Andy and CommentLuv. I’m a fan also and I wanted to mention that I’m using it on my Blogger blog too. First I installed the Intense Debate commenting system and then the CommentLuv plugin for it. Works great.

    Thanks for the pointers.
    .-= Ileane´s last blog ..Top 10 Ways To Improve My Blogspot Blog =-.

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  2. David Kerr
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    April 9, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    Hi Rob,

    I’ve recently set up a word press blog, which has been live for about 5 weeks now. I’d heard about CommmentLuv on a couple of blogging sites (PROBlogger I think it was), and thought it sounded pretty useful. I made the decision to install it a couple of weeks after I went live, and I’m hopeful that it’s going to allow more people to see my site in time.

    I really liked your comment about blogs and communities. For me also, commentluv adds so much more to the blogging process. It creates an extra dimension allowing for some really interesting connections to be made – helping us all to build and find communities and “tribes” of people, with which we share similar similar interests. It’s also helping us all to expand our own maps by finding that others don’t always see the world the way we do.

    Liked your idea about the top 5 posts too. Maybe if enough of us get behind this idea Andy might consider it. :-)

    Best regards,
    David
    .-= David Kerr´s last blog ..What is Mental Toughness? =-.

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    • Rob
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      April 9, 2010 at 1:24 pm

      Hi David,

      Another convert… :)

      Hope your blog set up went well, easy enough?
      Wish I had jumped to WP a few years ago now and stuck with it.

      The commentluv is great, like you said it certainly helps other find your blog and expand your possible reach.

      Yeah you never know, Andy may like the idea of the top 5 links himself. ;)

      See where it goes, no doubt it will be interesting whatever he adds to it.

      Thanks for popping by commenting mate. :)
      .-= Rob´s last blog ..My first real month on WordPress =-.

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    • Gail from GrowMap
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      April 12, 2010 at 3:48 pm

      Rob, David,

      Great minds think alike. I already requested and Andy already added the ability to choose your favorite posts so you can feature them instead of one of your last ten posts. He calls them default links.

      I wrote about that new feature and linked to it in my KeywordLuv post I’ll feature in CommentLuv. I hope all those who love CommentLuv will consider using KeywordLuv too. My post explains how it benefits us all, what it does, how to use it, and where to get it.

      If you ever need to find that link again just go to the @KeywordLuv Twitter account. I claimed it to make it easy for bloggers to find us. Oh, one more thing. I have a list specifically for DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv blogs on that page.

      If you know of any I missed please leave the link in the comments. If it is your blog or blogs you are leaving you can also let me know what your preferred anchor text links (plural) are and I will use them.

      That post is already PR4 and on the first page of Google search so those links may be useful for search engine position and I hope many will link to it so more can find it.
      .-= Gail from GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Turn Visual Editor on in WordPress =-.

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      • Rob
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        April 12, 2010 at 5:26 pm

        Yeah I noticed that default links… wonder if at some point Andy will add stats just for the clicks on our links used in commentluv, so we can then choose our most popular clicked links which have been used with commentluv, that would be an interesting idea.

        I think I will add keywordluv next, seen enough people use it and use it right to see it is worthwhile and something else I can give back to the bloggers who help this blog grow. :)

        I think I will have to let you when that’s done too, so if, I can have this blog added to your list, seeing it’s a PR4 too, people may take advantage of that… :)
        .-= Rob´s last blog ..Make money online with freelance work =-.

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        • Gail from GrowMap
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          April 22, 2010 at 5:38 pm

          Hi again Rob,

          Do let me know if you install KeywordLuv and I will make adding your links to that post a priority. As you may or may not have noticed in my recent post about Holiday Promotions (featured in CommentLuv), I linked to many of the bloggers in the DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv community. In fact if I remember correctly, I only linked to ONE blogger who was not.

          Now that post will be turned into many small posts for specific niches for my other blogs and all those bloggers will also get links from those posts.

          You probably saw that Andy has announced me as the new Editor-in-Chief for CommentLuv so you’ll be seeing posts in the CommentLuv blog asking for input and suggestions.

          I hope you’ll subscribe so you can add your ideas there. Andy and I are already working on usability improvements and a wish list for the ideal CommentLuv plugin that incorporates features of many other comment related plugins.

          I’m sure many bloggers would love to only have to install and update ONE plugin to replace half a dozen or more others.
          .-= Gail from GrowMap´s last blog ..Affiliate Tips Tuesday: Holiday Promotions =-.

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  3. Richard Scott says:
    April 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    I don’t really have anything to say about Commentluv. It only works if you have a blog. All bloggers assume that the only ones reading their blogs are other bloggers. So for me, Commentluv doesn’t work and all I get are errors! :)

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  4. David Doolin
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    April 9, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    I totally agree.

    CommentLuv is a game-changer.

    I’m sure all the old timey unix geeks and usenet freaks absolutely loathe it, but that’s fine. This is our playground. They can stay on IRC and usenet!

    As it turns out, I’ve been using commentluv as a bit of social hack myself.

    In fact, this particular comment is sort of “recursive” with respect to the CommentLuv link I’m sharing.

    And I find that rather amusing.
    .-= David Doolin´s last blog ..5 Cool CommentLuv Captures – Saturday Morning Surfing! =-.

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  5. Alex Monroe
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    April 10, 2010 at 4:14 am

    I love CommentLuv and you really made a great post about it. I have been thinking about switching to Disqus though which I also really like and think it adds a better community to the commenting, but I really wish it had a commentluv feature
    .-= Alex Monroe´s last blog ..Entrepreneurs and Lochnesasquatch =-.

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  6. Wal Heinrich
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    April 10, 2010 at 5:55 am

    CommentLuv is great and with it, this site, especially with its PR of 4, becomes very valuable for anyone wanting to add value to their own site. Have you had a look at fast blog finder? There is a free version. Once installed you can do a search for commentluv + keyword.
    .-= Wal Heinrich´s last blog ..Think And Grow Rich Mindset Mastery =-.

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  7. Kristi
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    April 10, 2010 at 7:21 am

    I wrote a post a while about on reasons to love commentluv blogs. I think one nice benefit is that if someone is reading your post, hopefully many of the commenters will have similar posts left behind in their commentluv links, so the reader will not only have your post as a resource, but also the commentluv links as well making your post even more valuable. Plus it makes it a bit easier to spot the good commenters from the spammers. It’s not a full proof tip, but just like Gravatars, it helps the comment stand out in the spam folder.
    .-= Kristi´s last blog ..Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Internet Marketing Internship =-.

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  8. Melinda
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    April 10, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    I love it. I just added CommentLuv to my site. I agree it helps form a wonderful community of bloggers. I personally enjoy looking at the titles of everyone’s recent posts, and have discovered some great sites as a result.
    .-= Melinda´s last blog ..7 recycling programs you may not know about =-.

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  9. Kate
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    April 10, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    I actually just downloaded the CommetLuv Plugin recently, so I haven’t seen the benefits of it yet, but I certainly appreciate the idea behind it and I’m curious to see how it works out for me. Thanks for posting about it :)
    .-= Kate´s last blog ..Sarah Palin’s Keynote Speech at Wine Wholesalers Expo =-.

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  10. Matthew Needham says:
    April 10, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    Commentluv is a superb plugin and is responsible for driving a fair amount of traffic to my blog. One thing that I have noticed though is that in the last few days, it seems to have stopped working on a number of sites. I don’t know if that’s due to the recent upgrade or what.
    .-= Matthew Needham´s last blog ..Video: Has personal oursourcing gone to far? =-.

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  11. TheInfoPreneur
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    April 10, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Yep spot on brother. I’m watching very closely to see what else they have planned. Commentluv is a stroke of genius it’s why I mention it in a lot of my stuff too.

    To me commentluv is probably one of the most powerful tools in the box, not just for your own website but for you in terms of commenting on sites like yours Rob to get some click through traffic.

    I love it and have not bothered to comment on a site if it hasn’t got commentluv!
    .-= TheInfoPreneur´s last blog ..8 Probloggers Answer The Ultimate Question =-.

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  12. Brian D. Hawkins
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    April 12, 2010 at 2:19 am

    I’m a big fan of CommentLuv and I’ve been using it for a long time now. The only way it could be better is if I had thought of it;) Andy has been making a lot of improvements lately and I still need to get over there and figure out some of the new stuff. I do think it’s very cool how he’s giving back with the do-follow links from his front page to top users.
    .-= Brian D. Hawkins´s last blog ..Why You Don’t Know Your REAL Email Open Rate =-.

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    • Rob
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      April 12, 2010 at 2:27 am

      Hi Brian,

      Good to see you here and thanks for the comment. ;)

      I agree, it is a great plug in and Andy is doing a great job, he has something special and viral here. :D

      I was on that top commenter list for a day, never realised till I saw hits coming in from there, went to look and see my mug there. :D
      .-= Rob´s last blog ..Portland Bill and the few new changes here =-.

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  13. NewGadgetz says:
    April 12, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    I just signed up for a CommentLuv account also. I’m testing it right now, but it seems it already made people happy so I’ll probably stick to it.
    .-= NewGadgetz´s last blog ..Top 10 Smartphones of 2010 =-.

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  14. Garin Kilpatrick
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    April 13, 2010 at 4:42 am

    I just installed this plugin on my Blog and I love it! Thanks for the solid advice. Commentluv is the reason why I am not switching to Disqus or Intense Debate. Just noticed the Twitter option too, I’d love to install that on my blog as well. Cheers!
    .-= Garin Kilpatrick´s last blog ..25 Tips for making money online I learned from Six Figure Blogger David Risley =-.

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    • Rob
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      April 13, 2010 at 10:29 am

      Hi Garin,

      Glad to hear it helped, I have to say commentluv works with intensedebate, it was something I wondered about, wanting my other blogger based blog to benefit from it, so I added it to the blog to try it, works good. ;)

      Still tempted to move that blog to WPress too though. :D

      You can see it on the link below…
      .-= Rob´s last blog ..Portland Bill and the few new changes here =-.

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  15. Keith Davis from Public Speaking says:
    April 17, 2010 at 6:31 am

    Hi Rob
    CommentLuv is a super plugin for all the reasons you mention.
    I installed it as a small reward to my commenters.

    There is a great community of CommentLuvers out there who interact on each others blogs… makes you feel like one of the family.
    I would recommend it to any serious blogger.

    Notice that you also have KeywordLuv.
    I don’t use it yet but have been thinking about it.
    .-= Keith Davis@Public Speaking´s last blog ..A helping hand… =-.

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    • Rob
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      April 17, 2010 at 12:16 pm

      Hi Keith,

      Welcome to the blog…

      I agree, the community aspect is a great one.

      The keywordluv is here, not sure what to make of it, not had it long enough yet, will share thoughts sometime though no doubt.

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  16. Ned from Property Investing
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    April 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    I’ll second what Ileane said above, Andy deserves the mention and credit.

    The blogging theory goes if you write a good comment someone might click through to your site. Personally I find I am more likely to click though based on the title of the comment Luv post. A catchy title and I’ll click through.

    In your case however I clicked through because I am seeing you on a lot of blogs I visit, so I though I should check you out.
    .-= Ned@Property Investing´s last blog ..Purple Cow =-.

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    • Rob
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      April 19, 2010 at 5:48 pm

      Hi Ned,

      Thanks, welcome to the blog, you saying “I get around?” :)

      I agree, Andy has done a great job, like I say, credit to him for that.
      .-= Rob´s last blog ..Make money online, mining locally? =-.

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    • Ann from storefront says:
      May 5, 2010 at 9:55 pm

      Ned,

      I’m usually very active on other blog and I rarely get more than 1 click a day through someone clicking on the link in my comment.

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      • Rob
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        May 6, 2010 at 5:18 pm

        Hi Anne,

        Sorry about the delay, for some reason you were in the spam folder.

        Having a look at your site, it really offers nothing to anyone as the site is just a static and very unprofessional standard wordpress page…you have used the theme it sets up on, which some will think is a sample site or something, it doesn’t grab attention.

        Not forgetting that your site is a very narrow niche, location based too, a glass place, you have a small target of people, you should be using the keyword love to target that specific person, ie, the same as your url.

        Plus your commentluv link didn’t even go anywhere, it went to the same page as the comment, here, so I removed it.

        Something not set up right on your end, maybe check commentluv account set up.

        Hope it helps.
        .-= Rob´s last blog ..Blogging is endless improvement =-.

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  17. Safari Racheal says:
    June 4, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Thanks for that great information,i use commentluv and its great hope to try out the other plugins.

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  18. ralf dooley from seo short cut secrets says:
    June 24, 2010 at 7:57 am

    I think leaving good quality comments on blogs gives you 2 important features.One you will get your name out on the internet, if you do it right and don’t spam all the other blogs and don’t forget that the major search engines will notice you through all the other blogs where you leave your comments.That will give you higher rankings on the internet and more credit for your own blogs.Also i love to interact with the blogger community and leaving comments on other blogs will just give you that kind of interaction.

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  19. Joy from Nursing Scrubs says:
    June 26, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    I am a big fan of commentluv. It always help me to find quality blog site to promote my sites.Providing a good comment will help every bloggers out there.

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  20. Luigi Fulk says:
    July 9, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Whereas commentluv is a great addon, I think its nonetheless a controversial subject that nofollow links truly count. Typically it nearly seems as if it is dependent upon the web site ; if it’s a trivial site then the nofollowed hyperlink is nearly nugatory, but if its from a excessive authority site (corresponding to hubpages or ezine articles for instance), then it may be pretty sweet although to gain any PR for your site you will want dofollow links.

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  21. Vincent says:
    July 9, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    Using Commentluv did initially help in increasing the number of comments on my tech blog. But it’s only a temporary effect. I suppose my readers find it of no value since I nofollow the links.

    “just do what works for you, not google”

    Unfortunately, all my blogs depend highly on Google for traffic. What won’t work for Google won’t work for me :(

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    • Rob
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      July 9, 2010 at 6:04 pm

      Having nofollow on the links makes it less appealing for them, so that’s understandable, but why have it no follow?

      Well, seeing as you are effectively relying on Google for the traffic, you should start working on other ways to build traffic, what if Google drops yours overnight?
      You lose it all?

      Not saying do anything at all to your google traffic, just work on new and alternative traffic ideas, and then think about the possibility to BUY more Google traffic with profits you make from that if you end up doing well… ;)

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  22. Ryan the External Hard Drive Guy says:
    December 25, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Hi Rob,

    I like commentluv and use it on quite a few of my blogs, mostly with smaller levels of traffic. When you first started using the plugin did you see a signifcant increase in spammers, or did it not really affect things much?

    Cheers,

    Ryan

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    • Rob
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      January 5, 2011 at 5:26 pm

      Hi Ryan, sorry about the delay. ;)

      Na, not really, a few do try to abuse it by doing a mass spam commenting but it usually peters out. ;)

      Add the plug in in the link below and you will REALLY see a difference. ;)

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  23. Steve from colorado springs roofing companies
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    December 30, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    Hey Rob,

    Thanks for doing this and showing everyone about commentluv. I just heard about it today. Unfortunately, my site is down temporarily due but will be up again in mid-January. I look forward to installing commentluv on my blog.

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  24. Ryan from Creating a Website Guide says:
    February 27, 2011 at 2:39 am

    Hey Rob,

    One thing I noticed is when I look at linking domains to a particular post, I often don’t see the links from my comment luv comments that go directly to the post. (I’m usually using the yahoo link checker). Any idea if the links actually help with deep linking, or if they’re just nice to have in general?

    Ryan

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