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The reason that I am asking is when you look at the source code of an article on a newspaper site that also has comments, the comments do not show up in the source code. I don't know what to make of this. Is there a benefit to having a backlink from the comments section of a newspaper article or not?
Also, this is a little different from my first question, but in general, are comments on newspaper articles going to be no follow? And if they are, are they of any benefit?
I would appreciate your help on this.
I would look to see if the newspaper has a forum divided by region; then you could get widget + location links.
Beyond 50-75 backlinks the value diminishes greatly. If the site topic is not related to news or newsprint media I wouldn't bother as most tend to nofollow links.
Also beware of this kind of link-building technique ;)
1 backlink will atleast get you 100+ unique visitors, depending upon popularity of those newspapers.
Do you think this is possible even if the newspaper article does not show up in the SERP for a specific keyword search?
Also beware of this kind of link-building technique ;)
If I post one comment in articles related to my subject in 5 different newspapers, would that be considered ok?
That would be 5 backlinks. I don't think that's a lot. I don't want it to appear as if I am only commenting to have backlinks.
But these are only useful for traffic and i guess will not count towards SERP rankings as most of these comments are no follow but that does not really prevent you to not comment there.
What impact would that have on non-search traffic? Would there be growth in awareness of your site?
