CommentLuv is a great WordPress plugin that will attempt to parse someones blog feed when they comment on your blog. It will parse their feed and display the latest post (or let the commenter choose if they are registered at CommentLuv.com). These links are usually “do-followed” meaning that the standard “nofollow” tag it not there. This will help give the commenters blog some “juice” and boost their search engine rankings or google page rank. The plugin is designed to attract more commenters because it is difficult for blogs to get comments as most readers are in a feed reader or subscribed by e-mail. A blog with comments shows that the blogger has some authority on the topic of the blog. I have also made a “CommentLuv” found here badge for my blog it is in the sidebar on the right.
When upgrading CommentLuv it is recommended that you download the latest plugin from the site, deactivate it, upload the plugin, and activate it. The author of the plugin mentioned that the automatic upgrade was missing some features. One of the missing features was that for the admin the CommentLuv image was not being shown on posts. This made it look like the plugin was not working until the admin logged out and went to a post. Now when the user is logged in the badge shows up, letting the blog owner know the CommentLuv plugin is active.
What are your thoughts on the CommentLuv plugin for WordPress? Leave me a comment and see it in action.
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if something like this can be implement for blogspot user. I will be glad to use it.. so, far I can’t find any
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I have a new update to commentluv out. version 2.5.4
it improves performance and compatibility. be sure to visit the settings page after you upgrade and use reset to default settings if you get into trouble
thanks for the mention!
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That’s great. I do like the new feature which allows you to choose the post to show.
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CommentLuv is one of my favorite plug-ins for WordPress. I have always felt that it does a good job increasing blog awareness and expands readership.
It is a piece of cake to install and I have had no problems with it.
He’s currently working on blogger blogs and other platforms.
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I found commentluv very helpful and I gained many new readers thanks to it.
I would recommend you the keywordluv and topcommentators, you might find these plugins usefull too!
Gigi
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I am starting to have an issue with mine. When I post to other blogs that have it, it’s not optimizing my latest posts. Its currently two posts behind and constantly showing the same post. Could it be something on my end?
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Carla – I was just emailing Andy on this very issue yesterday and today; it could be one of two things.
1. On your end…go to commentluv.com to the “claim your site” page (if you haven’t, you should) and change the “Default cache age (mins)” to 1.
2. If it continues, it most likely means the blog your commenting on has an older version of the plugin.
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Count me among the people who have had no problems with the plugin at all. I’m using WordPress 2.6.3 if that helps.
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I’m not having any trouble either. I’m running it on a couple of WP2.7 blogs also.
FYI for all those that do not receive the commentluv newsletter (which you should)…the updated version for WP 2.7 is out.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/
Alas it is not for blogger yet. But it’s good info for me,thank you.
I’ve started working with commentluv and I’m not sure that I actually have it working correctly with wordpress 2.7
I found out about it thru another site, which I cannot remember what it is right now, but that’s one of the nice things about commentluv is the statistics that they keep on their server which will allow me to see where I’ve posted comments.
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I’m using commentluv on a couple of other WP2.7 sites. I haven’t upgraded this one to 2.7 yet.