Comment Policy

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I have placed these guidelines to reward genuine commentators and those who are into real conversations. I wanted to be fair with everyone because in real life, those who abide the rules are the good guys. I’m just keeping it real as I wanted to keep the link love flowing to where it should go.

So, in order for you to be one of the many good guys that have been rewarded by this blog not just with back links but with lasting benefits of genuine blogging friendship, which I’m an advocate, come join the fun by reading the guidelines below.

Most of the time, whenever I receive a comment on this blog, I visit the commentator’s site and if it’s a blog, I leave a comment as well and I even subscribe.

1. Use of keywords on the name field is not allowed even in the format “name @ your keywords” is unacceptable. Strictly personally identifiable names or nicknames only. We all have names so don’t keep it. If you may not like it at some point, use your nickname instead. It doesn’t hurt anyway. Unless you would want to be called a “pig” for not having a name, I’m sure you wouldn’t want that. So flaunt those names brother!
2. This blog is Do follow and you’ll get back links after 10 (ten) approved comments. You really don’t need to have your keywords on the comment name field just to get a backlink. I have experienced that before when I was starting this blog back last year and I was able to find my site having a backlink from a “dofollow” blog where I left my comment using my nick name as anchor text which means even as simple as “Romeo” on a “dofollow” blog can carry a weight for your content to be crawled by search engines. Google is not dumb to know that.
3. Proofread your comments before submitting it because I’m sure you don’t want to embarrass yourself from the public by leaving a sloppy comment full of misspellings and grammatical errors.
4. Be conscious of the blog post and the topic you are reading. Try to offer your best insights to contribute to the conversation. I’m sure you would want the same treatment when somebody comments on your blog and it was relevant to your post and not just some lame “nice post”, “great post, thanks!” kind of comments.

Commenting on blogs is a matter of building relationships and putting your best foot forward in these conversations will help build your credibility online. A very practical move indeed, simply needs a lot of discipline but once you get used to it, you’ll reap the rewards in return.

Thank you all for reading and happy commenting!

Updated 28th April 2010

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