How Commenting on Blogs and News Articles Can Help with SEO

Most blogs and news articles have a place at bottom where you can comment. This USA Today article uses a social plugin from Facebook that actually lets you comment on the article from your Facebook account. Make sure to include a link back to your website when you comment on blogs and news articles. It can help your SEO efforts.

Adding comments to news articles (and blogs) related to your industry is a quick and easy way to give a boost to your SEO strategy and create awareness about your company.  Commenting on these articles will help you create back links (links back to your website) for both SEO and marketing purposes.

You can find these articles through searches or just keep tabs on them through a comprehensive Web monitoring strategy. Once you find the article, scroll down to the bottom. Many news articles will have a place where readers can leave comments. They might request that you sign in and create an account. Once you’re approved, draft a comment that is related to the story and make sure to include a link back to your website.

But make sure your comment is adding value to the conversation or else your post might come across as comment spam (and the moderator might not approve your comment).

This strategy works equally well for commenting in a forum. Just make sure you include a link back to your website in your signature.