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Do comments on blog posts help SEO?
Over the past several years, SEOs have come to understand and accept that commenting on blogs does not help build links back to their sites. In that respect, comments don’t have inherent search engine optimization (SEO) value beyond participating in a conversation with like-minded people.
Do follow blog commenting websites?
List of Blog Commenting Sites
- Neil Patel: DA 87.
- QuickSprout: DA 73.
- ShoutMeLoud: DA 69.
- Copyblogger: DA 78.
- Yoast SEO Blog: DA 79.
- Backlinko: DA 63.
- Problogger: DA 77.
- Internet Marketing Ninjas Blog: DA 60.
What are blog comments?
A blog comment itself is a comment that someone submits through a form on one of your blog pages. Blog comments can be an indicator of how effective a blog post is, because the more comments typically means the more popular the post was.
What is the average number of comments on a blog post?
First Neil found that he averages about 176 comments per post, with 22.6 words per comment, which means that allowing blog comments nets him an average of 3,978 extra words on each page. Next, he checked Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools to see whether the blog comments were resulting in more search engine rankings.
Why do you need to have comments on your blog?
Neil Patel also published some data in regard to whether or not blog comments generate more search traffic. The theory is that the more blog comments you have, the more content you’ll have on each page, and the more keywords you should rank for, which should increase your overall search traffic.
Is there a correlation between blog comments and views?
There is also no correlation between the number of comments and the number of views that post got. (There is, however, a positive correlation between links and views, which is exactly what you would expect.) So, the data shows that blog comments are not correlated with increased traffic.
When to remove comments from a blog post?
If your comments section is causing you a lot of time, money or stress, and your readers aren’t getting much value from it, then maybe you should consider removing it. Did you enjoy this post?