Since I started using WordPress, I have been using plugins to extend the capability of my blogging platform. I use at least a dozen plugins but I have not written much about how I use them with my blog. I have decided that once a week I will dedicate my time to write one post about WordPress plugins. I will call this project “Plugin Friday”.
The most recent WordPress plugin that I have discovered is called CommentLuv by Andy Bailey. The CommentLuv plugin will display the link of the commenter’s latest post from their blog when he/she leaves a comment on your blog. I personally think this will encourage people to leave comments because you are also giving them some free advertising by displaying their latest post on your blog.
How does CommentLuv plugin get the commenter’s latest post and display it on your blog?
The program will visit the commenter’s feed and attempt to scrape the last post they posted and display it under their comment on your blog. According to what is written about the technical aspect of this plugin, I am quoting what is written on the website www.fiddyp.co.uk.
The plugin retrieves your last post at the time of the comment being posted and appends the extra text just before the comment gets saved to the database, this way it doesn’t put any extra load on the database or server other than the effort required add another 60 or so characters to the comment content.
The plugin will only start adding commenters last post after you have installed and activated the plugin. Any comments before the plugin was activated will not show a link of the commenter’s last post.
How do you install CommentLuv?
You install CommentLuv like how you install other plugins in WordPress.
1. Download the plugin and unzip.
2. Upload the php file to plugins directory
3. Go the the plugin list in WordPress management section and activate the plugin.
Where do I download CommentLuv plugin?
Visit www.fiddyp.co.uk to download the plugin.
Start using CommentLuv
I have activated CommentLuv and I encourage you to leave a comment to try out the plugin.
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I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.
- Sue.
Well, since you asked so here is my comment.
For my own site, I do not use this plugin.
I have my own methods to reward those who comment on my site.
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Thanks for the write up about my plugin!
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I have seen lots of site implemeting this one. Great that you implement it here. I am still thinking if it will suit my site.
Btw thansk for adevertsing at my site. Hope you could get some visitors to your site.
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Interesting!
CommentLuv helps you reward your commentators by separating their name from their keywords in the link to their site. This gives them improved anchor text, which can help their site rank higher in the search engine results.
You can now leave a comment with your name as well as a keyword of your choice here and get a PR5 link back to your site! How cool is that? People pay big bucks for that and all you have to do is comment here.
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CommentLuv is a great and most useful tool to add depth and breadth to blog comments and overall interactive discussions on blogs and blog postings
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Commentluv is nice, but for seo this blog aint very good because the link is a nofollow, that means no backlink