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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
Hello Matthew WoodwardI have found a niche where the number 1 site is using nothing but spammy high PR blog comments, that are completely irrelevant to his money site topic.this is so nice !
Yeah and it works really well!
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Your articles are great because of your practical reviews. I am a newbie in SEO & blogging. And I was in confusion about the value of blog commenting. After seeing this practical result, I think I’m ready to go. Do you have any article about best easy linkbuilding strategies? It would be great if you provide me one.
There are a ton on this blog just search around!
Awesome! Thank you!
This article is perfect timing for me. I’ve totally redone my website and I’m currently trying to build quality links while getting rid of the bad ones. Discovering and getting rid of bad backlinks is an article that I would be interested in.
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thank for informations
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does this still work in 2017?
Yes!
do i can use now comment to my website ? or this strategy is dead ?
No it works just fine
Thank you for good content.
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thank you
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It does indeed!
Hi Matt, I’m trying to build links for my website and for sometime now I was not sure which strategy to start with. I will definitely start my commenting campaign asap. Thanks for the insights.
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thanks for this useful article- it helped me a lot
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I found doing a simple Google search, hitting the tools button and isolating the feed under “Any Time” to “Past Hour” or “Past 24 Hours” helps me to achieve this. I also use this feature for various keywords to be the first to post new content on Pinterest and Twitter to help build my followership. But that’s another strategy that has nothing to do with backlinks. Thanks for sharing Matt.
Great post. I am at the beginning of blogging journey and am adding commenting to my overall backlinking strategy. What is the best overall strategy for back linking?
Here you go https://searchlogistics.com/seo/link-building/
Hi MatthewI was wondering if this method is still working. I’m doing some work for a friend, and i can see that he has a lot of nofollow links from commenting on blogs, but the rangking on several keywords are the same as it were before he started this process. Is it only possible to see results if the commentlinks comes in massive numbers (maybe 200-300 comments)?
Yes it’s a great way to start seeing some positive movements
Comment Back Link is Impotent In SEO. It;s Very helpful post. So It’s Help all seo Master.
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Hi. very nice Article. thanks for sharing Your work.
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This is very interesting and could help webmaster begginers to rank up their project. I really hope thta Google still take this tactic into consideration.
It’s a great way to get things moving!
Really Loved you post Sir..! I like your practical reviews and graph.. keep it up !
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Hi,Really nice post. Thanks for sharing with us.
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wow it is amazing.is is very usefulthnks for it
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This is an excellent article. I’m still trying to really get my hands dirty with the link building process. I’ll have to dig through your site and soak up everything I absolutely can. Thank you for your insights and sharing it with the rest of us. I especially appreciate seeing that you even take the time to respond to comments. Wonderful engagement.
Just find something you like and do it well 🙂
Interesting that the links were probably “no-follow”. Which means that Google still takes these into account within their ranking algorithm. I will do some tests myself with some of my side-projects and let you know how I get on. Thanks for the article Mathew!
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I had this doubt ever since I started doing SEO, thank you so much for such a wonderful information.
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Thanks for sharing
Your welcome
Whats up! I simply want to give a huge thumbs up for the good data you might have here on this post. I might be coming back to your blog for more soon.
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Very interesting post
Thanks Vgrig!
nice one
Thanks
Thank you for the info ,do you have a list of PR blogs to comment.
No sorry
i want to ask you if that still working because i still new with seo
Yes its great
I will give this a try. I hope it still works in 2017!Thanks, Dan
Yes its a great method to get things moving!
NICE post sir ji
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It’s really very helpful for SEO. I Like this Article. I know many things by reading this article. Thank you.
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Wonderful post . Thanks for sharing it with us……..
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Thank you to post a fruitful article!!!
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Hi Matthew This post is very helpful to me , Thanks To sharing,God Bless You
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Another great post sir. I think this is the perfect method for me as I am totally noob in seo and building backlink. Sorry for my silly question but do follow backlink is still working in 2017 and how to index the comment backink?
Yes of course please see https://searchlogistics.com/seo/tools/backlink-indexers-test/
It is nice to read post that discuss regarding his/her experiments. Yeah i definitely agree with you that comment backlinks is now not that effective as it earlier used to be. Now i prefer web 2.0 if it directly links from it homepage so that it pass from juice. Otherwise posting web 2.0 simply is not worth. Every backlinks work if it pass some link juice from its home page or some high PR page.
That is true and it wwill always work well
Matt, thanks for opening the eyes of this beginner. Fantastic tip. Thank you!
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I always rely on blog comments for my link building efforts. This was a very useful experiment that you shared. A good guide for internet marketers. Thanks for sharing.
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Really nice post and those who say blog commenting don’t work I say they are so wrong.
It’s a very easy way to get started
nice article good
Thanks Ashok!
Nice and Informative Post. Thanks
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Yes. Manual blog commenting is still poweful. I have used it on my clients site and it helped a lot in almost all the cases.
That is great to hear!
Thanks, my friend for doing a wonderful 4-week test, you save me some, I kept wondering did blog commenting still work, but it’s bad for anchor text because you to use a name. but awesome
Yes but you can use that to build a natural profile easily