I decided to keep track As of September 2010, I decided to start keeping track of the websites I was leaving comments on, just to see whether blog owners were really letting my comments be published or not.

After all, if I comment, leaving a key word that I want my website ranked highly for as my name, isn’t that good for both the blog owner (the fact that I made comment – acknowledged HIS/HER blog!) …AND me (providing me with a valuable backlink!).

Or… so I thought anyway. By the end of February 2011…

Here’s what I discovered

9 blogs have never acknowledged my comments one way or another, so I assume the owners are no longer tending their blogs.

Here’s the list of the 9:

http://blog.gobigread.wisc.edu/2011/01/paperback-coming-march-8th-2011.html#comments

http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2011/01/31/historypin/#comments

http://blog.scratch.mit.edu/2010/06/scratchers-wiki-by-scratchers-for.html#comments

http://web.mit.edu/dennison/www/blog/2009/06/my-laptop.html

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/claus152/general/2007/02/saving_the_world_one_blog_post.html

http://blog.vuze.com/2011/01/13/next-stop-instant-gratification/

http://www.hudl.com/blog/comments/team-website-improvements-that-dont-suck/

http://www.webdesignideas.org/2010/11/22/youtube-style-video-play-button-photoshop-layer-psd-file-for-video-placeholder-images/comment-page-1/#comment-34314

http://blog.case.edu/webdev/2005/07/01/so_you_want_to_build_a_website.html

3 blogs published my comment but deleted the link back to my website that their comment fields offered… which was the reason for my post in the first place.

http://www.addedbytes.com/online-marketing/how-to-get-listed-in-web-directories/

http://blog.womenshealth.northwestern.edu/2009/08/eat-less-move-more/

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2009/03/michele_bachmann_on_dc_im_a_fo_1.php

1 blog actually replaced the NAME I typed in to link back to my website with my FULL and REAL name, rendering that link useless!  I wasn’t impressed, as I make a habit NOT to use my full name in ANY comment(s). IF you do, Google will show all of these posts in any search result for your name.

http://www.theprofitshare.com/1064/gmail-priority-inbox/

2 blogs deleted my comment yet accepted spammed comments, go figure!

http://applicant.com/facebook-as-a-job-search-tool/

http://www.simplyzesty.com/facebook/ultimate-guide-facebook-2/#comment-22781 [as of March 3, this blog accepted my second comment made on 25 Feb 2011. My original that got deleted, was made on 01 Jan 2011. ]

So, let’s take a closer look at the results, so far.
Here’s a chart summing up what I discovered:

And… 17 blogs posted my comment as I wanted, WITH the NAME I requested linked to my eParrs.com domain. Yipppe!

WOW! That’s nearly HALF of my commenting on other’s blogs proving to have been a total waste of time.

Is commenting on other’s blogs really something YOU need to focus on?

You decide!