Getting Technorati Authority and how to comment on JohnChow dot com
Well, I finally made it to the Top Commentators list on JohnChow dot com a few days ago. The biggest plus so far has been that my blog on Technorati now has an Authority of 1. I know this probably sounds pathetic, especially since my current rating is 3,897,068, but hey, I know this blog is 2 months old and started at zero. I’ll keep you posted if my rating goes up (or is it down?).
Getting on John’s Top Commentators list has been a strategy of mine to get a pagerank for this site, and to get more traffic to this blog. I guess in that sense it has failed since devtrench.com still has a big fat 0 for a pagerank, and I haven’t seen a spike in traffic since being on the list. However, I have seen a gradual increase in traffic from commenting regularly, and it’s nice to see some of the faces on John’s myBlogLog widget on mine. Hi everyone 
It hasn’t been too hard to make a large amount of comments on John’s site. My secret method, which I’m letting you in on for free, is that I keep track of them in an excel spreadsheet that automatically tells me how many comments I’ve made in the last 5 days. There’s some high tech strategy for ya 
. Since hitting the list, I haven’t been keeping track because now I can see the numbers on his site. John allows you to comment on posts for the last 20 days, so I’ve found that using his Archive is very helpful. I hope that people don’t think I’m spamming John’s blog since I try to make good comments there. In fact, his is the first blog that I’ve ever commented this much on, and now I kind of feel a part of it. I really like John’s writing and all of the tips and tricks he gives out, so I find it really easy to comment there. John wrote a great post about how to comment on websites, and that is what inspired me to start commenting.
Well, as I dredge through the trenches I’ll post this as my first big milestone for this blog. Remember that I have 2 goals for this blog:
- First and foremost, to shed some light on techniques that work for developing websites - like use MODx and WordPress.
- And secondly to increase traffic to this site so I can make some money doing that.
Really, those goals go hand in hand: I want to increase traffic to bring awareness about how it doesn’t have to too hard to make a website work, and that increased traffic should bring in revenue so that I can continue to write. John has already brought so much awareness about how to make WordPress work for you, and I hope to do the same with MODx and other web development techniques.
A big thanks to John for all the info and a big thanks to anyone reading my blog regularly!
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Comment by jonolan
on 21 Jul 2007 at 1:32 pm #
Thanks, I’ve been following a broader commenting strategy myself. You might also want to try reviewing some sites you comment on a lot. Sometimes you can work out a x-linking arrangement or x-reviewing relationship then
Comment by Johan Cyprich
on 21 Jul 2007 at 3:10 pm #
I just got into the top commentators list today. I’m curious if it will generate more traffic to my blog. So far, I’m getting more links from digg.com.
Comment by Michael Fultz
on 22 Jul 2007 at 12:50 am #
I think that commenting is fine as long as you are contributing something to the discussion- just my two cents, that’s all..
Trackback by creative briefing
on 22 Jul 2007 at 11:31 am #
Branded comments…
It seems like everything we do these days has to be done strategically. Take commenting, for example.
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Comment by Verne
on 22 Jul 2007 at 11:36 am #
Congrats! Funny, I just wrote about commenting strategies! Sent you a trackback to give you a little more traction.
Comment by James Ehly
on 22 Jul 2007 at 3:30 pm #
Verne, Thanks for the trackback and comment. I took John Chow’s own advice when choosing my comment name. I like the article on your blog, and basically I’ve found that you need a strategy for everything. If you don’t those that do will win out. Plus it keeps me motivated. I liked the pic you playing guitar on your site, I’ve got to get a few pics of me shredding it up on my axe sometime.
Comment by Verne
on 22 Jul 2007 at 3:55 pm #
Thanks, James! Happy to provide a trackback where relevant. I didn’t realize John explicitly encouraged the “evil” tactic! Time to update my post with another valued trackback to John.
To be honest, your comment name did catch my attention. As a designer, you don’t know how valuable insight from a developer is. Glad you liked the article on my site though, hope to see you around/subscribed!
Comment by Scot Smith
on 01 Aug 2007 at 9:51 am #
“I guess in that sense it has failed since devtrench.com still has a big fat 0 for a pagerank…”
PageRank doesn’t happen overnight ;). It takes 3-5 months for your PR to update. And one link isn’t going to do the trick. Keep trudging on!
Comment by SEO Reloaded
on 03 Aug 2007 at 6:06 am #
I just made it to ShoeMoney Top Commentators and I’m so happy
It has helped me boost my Technorati Authority a lot 
Comment by krishna
on 11 Aug 2007 at 11:52 am #
Thanks for your wondreful advice. I am also having a blog which is one month old and having a technorati authority 1. I am expecting a good page rank in the next google page rank update which is expected to come any time now.
Comment by Mikael
on 21 Aug 2007 at 12:29 am #
First of all I want to congratulate you on your blog. I only came to know of it recently but I enjoy coming here and the advice you give are great. I’ll be off to beat you in the John Chow Top Commentators List
See Ya!
Comment by Nick Sullivan
on 14 Oct 2007 at 11:55 pm #
Getting on top blogs Top Commentators list is a quick easy way to get a few more uniques now and then but it wont bring you anything amazing so don’t expect too much from this strategy. I started doing this months ago, got to the top of Shoemoney’s I would say that Shoemoney’s would bring way more traffic. I had a decent amount from being at the top. It’s because his plugin is very visible and pretty high up wheras John’s is sort of way below the fold.
Also, a tip: Use a provocative name when commenting so that you stand out. I would forget just using a name that may be good anchor text as viral marketing is much stronger.
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