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A few years ago high PR backlinks from manual blog commenting exploded and became one of the most popular ways to build high PR links quickly and effectively.
Way back then they were very powerful especially if you leveraged the strength of high PR comment links.
It was incredibly easy to rank pages with nothing but blog comments but then tools like Scrapebox came along and ruined the party for everyone as every man and his dog was blasting hundreds of thousands of comments out per day and they become less effective.
UPDATE: You can get high PR backlinks from LinksThatRank or any one of these link building services.
What Will I Learn?
What Are High PR Backlinks?
High PR backlinks are when you get a link to your website from a website that has a high level of authority or page rank. They are considered to be the most powerful type of backlink you can get.
Are High PR Links From Comments Still Effective?
I use high PR links from manual blog commenting as part of my overall link building process but it is difficult to judge if it is still effective as it once was when you are building lots of different links over a number of months.
There is only one way to find out (you know where this is going right?) so I decided to setup my own test and share the results with you!
Can You Rank A Page With High PR Backlinks From Comments?
In this experiment I selected a keyword focused inner page of a website that is already ranking well in the SERPS for its main terms. The inner page I chose had no previous link building work done on it all and was perfect for the purposes of this experiment.
Keyword #1 Competition
Keyword #2 Competition
Experiment Details
The page mentioned above was already optimised for the 2 keywords. Keyword 1 naturally ranked at position 62 and keyword 2 ranked at position 69 at the start of the experiment.
Every week for 4 weeks I built 100 new high PR backlinks with comments and ensured every target page had-
- Less than 50 outbound links
- A minimum page rank of 1
I did not spread out the link building each week and just built all 100 of them in one go every Tuesday morning.
Pretty simple stuff and a few years ago that would have been more than enough to rank for some pretty decent terms.
21st Feb – Experiment Results So Far
I started building the links on the 7th Of February and so far 200 of the 400 planned links have been built.
21st Feb Keyword #1 Rankings (Started at #62)
21st Feb Keyword #2 Rankings (Started at #69)
So 200 links seems to have a positive uplift so far and I’m sure Google are still playing catch up with finding all the juicy new links. Both keywords have jumped up at least 10 positions or so.
12th March – Ranking Update
Last week I built the final set of the links to the page which has now had at least 400 high PR backlinks from comments built to it over the past 4 weeks. Rankings below-
12th March Keyword #1 Rankings (Started at #62)
12th March Keyword #2 Rankings (Started at #69)
Summary
Both keywords have shown fairly decent increases in rank across the past 4 weeks. Keyword #1 has jumped up 23 places so far and keyword #2 has jumped up 25 places although both seem to be jumping between the 40’s and 50’s at the moment.
Google will still be playing catch up with all of the links that have been built so I will update the page again in a couple of weeks with the results of that.
Clearly high PR blog comments do carry some weight and still provide traction with Google although I wouldn’t like to completely rely on them to get me to the number 1 position. You should definitely be using them to support and diversify your existing link building campaigns.
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What Are Your Thoughts?
2,164 Responses
Hi, Interesting article. Not sure about “the more the better”, but it seems to be still somehow effective, as you r experiment shows.
Obviously the more the better but paying attention to quality 🙂
Seriously i was looking for 3 days for this topic, such a nice post Thanks Man
No problem Saeed 🙂
Great post and thanks for sharing. Im starting to use ths strategy. Every little helps right!
It does indeed!
Nice article and best tip ,Thanks for your information !Regard ,Daniel ,
No problem Daniel
Hello Math ,if I build 30 backlinks comment in a Day for new site ,is it good for my site ?
Yes no problem!
Nice Great Job Keep It Up
Thanks 🙂
nice one
Thanks Ayush!
Great article! Glad to hear that blog comments still do play a part in SEO and can have a positive impact on ranking
No problem Amber!
Doing experiment is a good idea. Thank you 🙂
Always be experimenting 🙂
Hi Matthew, This brings me back to a question. Commenting on hundreds of blogs must be taking fairly good time. Now, these comment links matter because they are quantitatively more and on high PR websites ?Or getting fewer backlinks from articles would work better ?Please advise.
Well as with most things in life, more is better 🙂
Nice article thanks for sharing………
No problem Sumit
thanks for useful tricks. Following u.
Glad to have you on board 🙂
Hello Mathew,Thanks for Sharing valuable lesson about the High PR links.
No problem Steve!
This article was great for me. I was just trying to optimize my SEO, DIY style as a small business owner. I knew about linking from comments but thought that it was an outdated method. It’s good to know that backlinks still hold some form of validity in Google. This article answered my Google search perfectly!
Thanks Sean 🙂
Thanks for sharing. Good job.
No problem 🙂
thanks for sharing
NO problem!
Hi. i am facing “DE INDEXING” issue on my blog. If Any one can answer my problem. Please
Please provide more details
Thank you very much.. A valuable lesson about the High PR links.. i learnt some thing.. from your post..
No problem Sriraga 🙂
Very interesting experiment. Very helpful for the beginners seo’s
It is indeed 🙂
Ah thanks so much. I’ve been looking for this kind of answer. There’s such a fine line between pushing a website legitimately and being spammy
That is true indeed!
Thanks Tanks for sharing. Great experience and good job.
No problem!
Still to this day I am commenting on blogs for a page rank…your post really sheds a good light on the topic. Thanks a lot!!
No problem I am glad you are having success!
Thank you so much for writing awesome article. This is probably the best article by far. Easy to understand and educate myself on the blog commenting and how the best way to go about it. Thank you very much, I really appreciate you sharing this with us.
No problem Abhi!
Thanks for this. I was actually commenting on a few blogs but I never stopped and actually wondered if it was making a difference aha. Thanks!
It’s even better if you can grab one of the first few comments to grab some traffic too!
This is a bit weird idea I think.You have to roam around to make some Commenting Backlinks.Recently, also Penguin 4 arrived with real-time action.Its right somehow that still DA, PA matters a lo
So would I go about doing this by entering my web site here or is it like your form here on every site where I enter my website. Hopefully you can clarify for me how I would actually do this on someones blog post.
Yes its like the form here 🙂
This is really very interesting. Yeah i definitely agree that comment backlinks are still very effective. Lower the OBL is better and also if the site is relevant to yours.
Yes and even better if you can grab one of the first few comments
That was exactly what I also wanted to know 😛
Thanks Matt,Personally I have tested this & it still works in Nov 2016..
Hey Ryan,Can you explain your test a little more please?
Thanks for making us believe that commenting still has some value in ranking your site.
Of course it does, but it has so many other benefits as well like traffic and relationships
Great job you did by sharing high PR site. Thank you. It will help a lot for ranking in search engine. Thanks again, Take Care
No problem!
Wow… Its really good, your experiment make me excite, thanks for this post…
No problem!
Very much informative article . In comment backlinks is it mandatory to put only the homepage url or if we put a post url will it cause any problem ?
You can use any URL
Thanks a lot for these great informations. I really appreciate that
No problem Babak!
This is helpful blog, thanks for share it.
I try my best 🙂
Hey Math , if I build 100 backlinks comment in a week for new site ,is it good for my site ?
Yes but make sure they are valuable comments
Thank you for the information about backlink, may be useful for all users blogger. This information is very useful.
No worrys!
Thanks for sharing awesome tips.
No problem =D
Only for rich person
Why?
Thanks for the details. I never knew blog commenting could aid link building and ranking. You really touches all i want
No problem Uthman 🙂
Hi Matthew Woodward. Its very helpful for link builders. I bookmark it on my browser. It will help me in my profession. Thanks for your article. I will read it again.
Thanks Moudud 🙂
Hi Matthew, myself and some of my SEO friends have argued about this recently. My take was this would still have a positive effect on rankings if done the way you have described here. So, sharing this post to somewhat validate my claim 🙂
Happy to help 😛 Mwaahahaha!
Excellent bookmarking strategies.Open my eyes to new ideals and will try to apply them for better exposure for my site.
No problem Jimmy, I hope it works out for you!
THANKS FOR SHARE YOUR INFORMATION IT WILL BE VERYFRUITFUL FOR ME .
NO PROBLEM!!!!1111oneoneone
Thank you so much for sharing helpful information
No problem my friend!
Excellent article.. Thank you mat
Glad you enjoyed it =D
I’m just a beginner learning SEO from your videos 🙂
Well, the best way to learn is by getting your hands dirty 🙂
Wow I think these are great tips.. I will definitely be using this method..Thanks
No problem Kasam thanks 🙂
Very attention-grabbing in my view, those incomes that you have seen strong enriched SERP outcomes with no follow links just for the reason that they were on high PR.it means this way is still powerful backlink source…????
nice information .
Thanks 🙂