SmallBusinessNewz

Thanks Chris for another good article promoting considerate use of blogs. It is sad that since this form of communication has become universally popular, once again there is a small minority of people who want to hijack it for purely marketing purposes (as demonstrated by the amount of spam emails I get offering to show me how to market through blogs.

Yes, it is a legitimate way of promoting yourself but only if you have something useful to say - which will, of course have a beneficial effect on you and your business, and as Chris has pointed out, if people find that interesting they'll click a name link.

I tend to err on the side of caution and only comment on things I feel strongly about and often there is no mention of what I do. If people are curious they can find out by clicking on my website link.

One final thought in that spirit. It's just occurred to me that perhaps an even more legitimate link from a blog post is to a profile page on a social/business networking site. That way people can find out more about you and what you offer. It's important to show a willingness to help others first though.

Ok, so here goes a test! My Ecademy.com profile is below if anyone's interested (hope this passes your rules, Chris!)

Thanks

Arthur

After reading many articles (including this one) regarding blog comments, it only make total sense to like your name instead of a key word or some other sort of advertising.

As a new blogger myself, I find it very annoying to get a boat load of emails stating someone commented on my blog and its only viagara, cheaps meds and such.  Many times I'm completely disappointed because I would rather hear what other's have to say regarding my topic.

So, I practice the 'do unto others' rule and comment the way I want to receive comments.

As a relatively new blogger myself, and I love it by the way, I enjoy reading meaningful blog comments that add something to the conversation.  I also love blog comments that just lets me know, they appreciated the information I shared. 

Blogs with spam annoys me as well and I have thought about filtering, but think that is contrary to the concept of blogging.  

There are enough of us who love blogging to keep blog etiquette positive.

BullsEyeResumes 

A very interesting article about comments and spam. I have one question. Your emails are always delivered to me in the spam folder of my email window. Why is this?. is there something on the page that may be regarded as spam?

Jeff

If you have something worth contributing to a blog and it's useful or at least interesting to other readers then sure add it gain a backlink to your site, but if your going to put any old garbage then no way should you think of adding it not in order  to gain another link, I often use blog commenting for backlinks, but I would like to think many of the comments I submit are interesting to the reader, I have seen far to many blogs spammed by seedy webmasters selling some adult service or another and this spoils it for everyone including the seo guys who use ethical commenting techniques.