{"id":2281,"date":"2009-04-11T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T16:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2019-02-13T08:12:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:12:40","slug":"blog-commenting-tactic-benefits-trainer-not-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/blog-commenting-tactic-benefits-trainer-not-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Commenting Tactic Benefits Trainer&#8230; NOT Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/250-scams.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"250-scams\" width=\"260\" height=\"250\" style=\"float: right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\" border=\"0\"><strong>Over the past few months I've seen an overwhelming increase in comments on this blog that look something like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Name<\/strong>: [guruname] Club<br \/>\n<strong>URL<\/strong>: [guruname].com(tv)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment<\/strong>: Hi! Great post! I was looking around for some thing like that on the net for _____. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also a part of [guruname] program. So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still kinda new in internet marketing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The comment is usually completely irrelevant to the post on which they are commenting.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these comments always includes the trainer's name and the fact that the commenter is new to internet marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Kinda new<\/em>&#8221; is right. <\/p>\n<p>It's obvious that they've been hoodwinked into buying a blogging or online business course that increases their trainer's profile (and profits) more than their own.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these blogs are a journal of the newbie's personal blogging \/ internet marketing journey &#8211; and as they're so new to the game, there is no valuable content that might convince a visitor to either bookmark the site or sign up for the newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Too, there's invariably a blogroll that lists links to [guruname]'s students' sites &#8211; under a heading that reads [guruname] Club or [guruname] Students. <\/p>\n<p>This is obviously taught as a link and traffic-building technique &#8211; which of course &#8216;works' because each of the students would visit each of the other students' sites.<\/p>\n<p>But how <em>very<\/em> convenient to get your students to put your name on each of their sites. Of all the sites listed, [guruname] is what visitors are most likely to remember.<\/p>\n<p>I don't know how other bloggers are handling these comments, but I now delete them immediately. The comments are completely inane, don't add one iota of value to my readers and are ultimately a ploy to get people (who <em>pay<\/em> the trainer for instruction) to post free advertising for their course. <\/p>\n<p>So, I'll say this about that. <\/p>\n<p>If you find yourself signed up for a program that teaches a blog commenting strategy that requires you to post the same comment over and over and that always includes your trainer's name &#8212; get a refund!<\/p>\n<p>Comments, questions or suggestions? Please leave a comment below!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/images\/sig-ros.gif\" alt=\"Ros\" title=\"Rosalind Gardner\" width=\"100\" height=\"73\"  style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months I&#8217;ve seen an overwhelming increase in comments on this blog that look something like this: Name: [guruname] Club URL: [guruname].com(tv) Comment: Hi! Great post! I was looking around for some thing like that on the net for _____. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also a part of [guruname] program. 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