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    4. DISQUS COMMENTS backlinks-good for seo? YES/NO?

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    • Freebetsuk
      Freebetsuk last edited by

      DISQUS COMMENTS backlinks-good for seo? YES/NO?

      I have just started commenting on "powered by disquus" websites in the Disqus comments box and left a link to my website in the name field!

      Having googled whether Disqus comments backlinks are any good for seo purposes i have discovered that there is a 50/50 view on the subject with some people saying they are a "goldmine" for getting high PR backlinks and others saying they are a waste of time because googlebot cannot read Java.

      My own experience of commenting on Disqus powered websites is that wordpress blogs powered by disqus comments ARE INDEXED by GOOGLE and the "BACKLINK IS IN THE SOURCE OF THE PAGE"

      When i comment on normal websites using the Disqus comment system i have found that my Disqus comments ARE NOT indexed by Google and there IS NO BACKLINK in the page source!

      Has anybody got any views on whether Disqus comments backlinks are any good?

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      • AnieMaz
        AnieMaz last edited by

        Yes. I tried a lot through commenting to create a backlink for my post <https://grexa.ai/google-my-business-logo-size > but I failed. I commented on many sites but either comments were not showing or been held up. Could you suggest something more?

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        • psdguru
          psdguru Banned @DavidLenehan last edited by

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          • Ryangambo
            Ryangambo last edited by

            I am currently working on SEO for my <a href=”http://www.pinestatehauling.com”>junk removal business</a> and I have been commenting using the above strategy but not sure if it is working no that I read this. I literally just googled about disqus topic here which is what took me to this web page. I probably won't waster my time randomly commenting on disqus pages. What do you guys think?

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            • CraigyT
              CraigyT last edited by

              Disqus comments probably won't bring much juice with them this is because they are a really common way to get backlinks. But I think they will pass some worth if they're counted but not as much as a backlink from a high-quality news website would. Most people can get their hands on these backlinks. Going for a more unique backlink profile shows you are not just following the everyday norms like most webmasters are.

              As Chris Gregory says the comments are likely being rendered into HTML from Javascript which means that the backlink would probably only be counted if it was on a WordPress site using Disqus these are just my personal opinion and I will be doing some more research on this myself.

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              • Liveqrcode
                Liveqrcode Subscriber last edited by

                It is completely ineffective. I tried a number of different approaches to get the do-follow backlink by comments. But nothing seems to work.

                I tried the following method:
                <a href="https://www.live-qr.com" rel="dofollow">Live QR Code Generator</a>

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                • inovve
                  inovve last edited by

                  Yes should be done, there's an article on Neil Patel's blog where he makes a test and sees a difference on rankings. You should check that.

                  Just don't do random comments on random blogs...

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                  • Chris_Gregory
                    Chris_Gregory Subscriber @Freebetsuk last edited by

                    I can't answer for Gary, but I can say  I have yet to see any of my non-wordpress Disqus comments in any of my various link profies.

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                    • DavidLenehan
                      DavidLenehan @Freebetsuk last edited by

                      How did the Disque binge work out for you?

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                      • AlanMosley
                        AlanMosley @JaredBroker last edited by

                        i dont think he needs to mislead, they can just not count them.

                        Rand recently stated that at a conference, some one asked about their website, and Matt Cutts had a look at it, he said you have about 14,000 links but we are counting only 30 of them.

                        Matt has said, if just anyone can get a link, then it is proabably not going to pass any value

                        So I just dont think that comment spam will be counted. If you found a home made comment system, you might have a chace as google may not reconize it as that, but disqus would easaly be reconized by google.

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                        • Sitense
                          Sitense @JaredBroker last edited by

                          Alan, you didn't think that Matt Cutts is misleads all SEO experts ???

                          He is main enemy for SEO...

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                          • Freebetsuk
                            Freebetsuk @Freebetsuk last edited by

                            Hi Chris,

                            I only went on a "Disqus comments BINGE" about a week ago as i only discovered Disqus about a week ago.I thought i had found a great way of getting high pagerank backlinks for free!....With Facebook comments now been INDEXED by Google there is a high chance that Disqus comments will soon be INDEXED by Google i would of thought.

                            My website is about the online bookmakers free bets and on my matched betting forum>>> Matched betting forum  i have all the online bookmakers free bet offers and so i have been looking for backlinks with a similar theme to the online bookmaker`s free bet offers and the only backlink have i seen registered with a backlink to my website is from the politicalbetting.com WORDPRESS BLOG......as he wanted £2000/year for a backlink i am pretty chuffed at getting a backlink for free lol

                            I will let you know if any of the other backlinks start appearing......most of them are .EDU backlinks lol

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                            • Chris_Gregory
                              Chris_Gregory Subscriber @Freebetsuk last edited by

                              Gary,

                              I'm doing the same thing you are.  If you have 100 disqus comments out there then are you seeing any of them showing up as backlinks to your site?  Right now I have probably half that amount from a lot of non wordpress websites and I have yet to see one of them linking back to my site.  I don't feel enough time has expired as some of these sites I'm sure it takes Google a while to crawl.  However, one in particular is an NFL site that I'm sure gets crawled several times a week.  None of those links are showing up.

                              If you aren't an SEOMoz Pro member go to Alexa or Majestic and run a link report to see if you are seeing your comments linking back.

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                              • Freebetsuk
                                Freebetsuk @Chris_Gregory last edited by

                                When you have done your tests on the "Disqus Comments Baclinks" i would be very interested to hear your results.

                                I know that Matt Cutts has said that Googlebot has been recently updated so that it can now read "Facebook comments" but he has not yet declared if googlebot can read "Disqus comments"

                                As the "Disquus comments" DO NOT NEED MODERATION by webmasters as the Disqus comment system is set to automatically approve Disqus comments by default,then the Disqus comments system does indeed have the potential to be a SEO`s GOLDMINE as we all know how difficult it is getting webmasters to accept out links!

                                I have personally got 100 PR 5-9 backlinks from "DOFOLLOW" websites using the "Disqus Comments" and as my site is only 7 months old with few backlinks i am going to see if the Disqus comments backlinks have an affect on my website!

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                                • Chris_Gregory
                                  Chris_Gregory Subscriber last edited by

                                  I have just started using Disqus and looking for "on-topic" sites that use it.  None of my posts have been indexed on non-wordpress sites.  I did some research and found that Disqus uses Javascript to render the comments which googlebot won't be able to read.  However, it appears there are plugins in wordpress that renders the comments into HTML that can be seen when you view source.  Thats probably why you see your comments being indexed on wordpress sites and not the others.

                                  I'm still testing this myself and would like to hear from others on this topic -good or bad.

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                                  • Brian_Greenberg
                                    Brian_Greenberg last edited by

                                    Since disqus comments are now being indexed... I would think they do hold value in the comment links.  I personally think no-follow links do help sites rank organically.  I know they don't pass page rank (green bar juice), but they do count as links.  I would personally never turn down a good no-follow link on an indexed page.

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                                    • AlanMosley
                                      AlanMosley @JaredBroker last edited by

                                      I remember seeing a video where Matt Cutts said they were useless, I think he mentioned articles posting, blog comments and directories. He said that local and niche Directories mixed with a few quaility links still had value, the others were of no value.

                                      honestly, I think you are wasting your time and may even be doing damage.

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                                      • JaredBroker
                                        JaredBroker @Sebes last edited by

                                        That's my opinion, too, Sebastian.

                                        There is a pretty cool site called Inline SEO that has a do follow comment-finding-tool-thingy.  You can Google it.  It is a pretty useful tool!

                                        Happy Holidays,

                                        Jared

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                                        • Sebes
                                          Sebes last edited by

                                          I see it this way: if the topic is about your webpage and you can add something valuable to the discussion then go for it, but see it as a way to build an audience and not so much links.

                                          Even if the links are nofollowed or not indexed at all: nofollow-links are essential to a "natural" link profile, as most websites do have a number of nofollowed links (and even links from noindexed pages, which google crawls and "sees" nevertheless).

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                                          • AlanMosley
                                            AlanMosley last edited by

                                            More then likely they are no follow, even if they are not they are very low quality links, more likely no value at all.

                                            I would not waste my time.

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