Have you ever tried to read a non-English blog and see what those guys are talking about? It’s really amazing thing, I have been doing this from time to time trying to know what others say, what is the discussions running on other languages, are they blogging about the same stuff we do in English blogs, do they have the same opinions, or they have different way to think about blogging as a tool?! Give it a try and you will discover tones of new ideas from here and there.
Who don’t know CommentLuv?
It’s known as the most interaction tool between bloggers, and the most famous WordPress plugin in WordPress lovers street, and it went more far than that, CommentLuv entered Bloggers Blogspot world after so many members requested to Andy Bailey the founder of CommentLuv to make it available for their blog platform, and here is a video explain for you how to setup CommentLuv to Blogger using JS-kit comments made by Andy.
I must say that there is so many reasons to love CommentLuv blogs, most bloggers and webmasters who is looking for building links and traffic understand what I mean, and there is no way to know what’s on Andy’s mind and what he will come up with, he is a full of surprises guy.
The answer is YES, there is more than one way to make money on ComLuv, and I recommend you take a look to ComLuv affiliate program, you can earn money by driving new members to signup and buy any of ComLuv paid services or advertise on ComLuv community, I actually got paid once for being the highest affiliates to ComLuv last October, it was awesome to receive this unexpected payment!
Is CommentLuv making any money from your blog?
Now! We know we can make money from ComLuv, but what we don’t know is CommentLuv making or welling to make money from CommentLuv enabled blogs?!
I found a blog post in a non-English language talking about some CommentLuv server errors happen when commenting on CommentLuv enabled blog, I have translated the post to read it, and I discovered interesting thing happened with the guy who wrote it, he was telling that CommentLuv server sometimes return a wrong link, and this made the owner of that blog think of these two possibilities:
CommentLuv is taking advantage of his blog and displaying ad links instead of his blog links!
CommentLuv sever is being exploited to change the link
And the interesting thing was not in the post it self, it was in the comments on that post, it was the only place on the internet to find an answer of Latief’s question about the error he keep getting when he comment on CommentLuv enabled blogs which is “bad juju just happened”, and I found an expected answer as this maybe a server error reflect this message to the user. This is why I always talk about paying attention to blog comments, it is the meat of the bone, and has the real butter of the post sometimes!
So.. anyways,we are now talking about the bad behavior and strange links in CommentLuv that could happen while commenting (This never happen with me personally before) and what if CommentLuv is making money from showing different links instead of the original feed links that it has to show (and I don’t think this something Andy would do)!
And because I can not and I don’t have an answer to this question, I thought to ask Andy to give us a short statement about CommentLuv and ComLuv and make things clear to all bloggers. So I had three question to ask him and he was kind enough to answer them. So let’s see what Andy have told to us!
Hey Andy, I have sent you the link of the post on the non-English (Vietnamese) blog that tells about the CommentLuv server issue and the errors that happen, there no better way but to ask the person who is in charge and behind CommentLuv, so what you can tell us about it?
First things first, the Vietnamese site post. I translated it with Google and I can see exactly what went on.
This was happening around the time the server was having real trouble with the amount of requests it was receiving. Every time a blog with CommentLuv on it gets spammed, it means my server has to try and find the feed at every site submitted on the spam comments and nearly all of them didn’t have feeds which triples the work the server tries to do.
When there’s a thousand comments a minute coming in, well, the server decided to give up and sulk in the corner. It did this 3 times before I managed to put some caching in the API so it sends back the last result if a new request is made within the cache time. problem solved! ….. not quite. It was working really well but only for registered members.
The way the API did it was see the URL being requested and on what page. I get the member number from the URL and search the db for that member and send back their cached result. Thing is, I forgot about non members! so it was searching for a non member id of -1 and sending back the result from whichever non member commented last when a new comment from a non member gets made.
It was first brought to my attention by @nodinsnest
Luckily, because I’m a twitter freak with it open on every device I use, I was notified very early that it was happening and was able to fix it pretty quickly..
Commentluv should be fixed now. can you try it?
It’s all working now and I am happy to say that my changes means the ComLuv server has stayed up for the whole week and has around 2/3 less cpu usage. Commentluv for all! (except for a few who were commenting during the change)
Good to see that you are interacting with feedback by yourself and paying full attention to everyone who contact you, I am sure this is not an easy job! I have a few related questions to ask you, Is CommentLuv taking away the love?
Not at all!
I was just making sure spammers don’t take away everyone’s luv
Well, spammers are everywhere and it’s hard sometimes to deal with their attacks, I hope you are ready always for them. One more important question Andy, is CommentLuv taking advantage of our blogs?
It’s not in my mission statement. That’s more like ‘write code write code WRITE CODE!’
Sometimes the code I write has unexpected results which were never intended but experiencing that and fixing them is how software gets improved and updated. (especially mine! lol, I’m a self taught coder so my mistakes sometimes teach me more than if everything goes right first time)
Is CommentLuv Making any Money from your blog? or selling premium features and other options that you provide to make money from?
Nope. not yet.
Every month the server, management fees, premium features and Amazon S3 bandwidth cost me money.
Real money from my pocket!!
I see! it’s a project with high expenses, Is CommentLuv selling ad links for advertisers to show instead of the original links in the comments?
I have no monetization plans for peoples links. The whole point of the plugin is to provide links to the comment authors site so everyone else can see what they write about. If the link wasn’t theirs, it’d be just another kontera type link which would need a squillion clicks before it made any money and no one would click anyone’s links if they thought they might be ads.
Hope this clears things up, the screen shots of the links on the Viet site show dates and times similar to the tweets notifying me about it so I think it’s safe to say that they were both talking about the same thing.
One more thing, the cache. It saves your last post for 24 hours if you’re a non member so if people aren’t seeing their very latest post they need to check the pull down box to see when CommentLuv api renews it.
As a registered member, your cache reduces to 1 hour and you get 10 posts from your site to choose from. Plus, you get to buy additional urls and default links if you’re a registered member.
I understand now it depends on the system cash and time the feed takes to be updated, now I see another importance for registering our blogs to ComentLuv, this makes a lot of sense. Another important question, can someone exploited CommentLuv server and override the links?
Only javascript stored on the same server as the blog would have any potential to hijack the links and that would have to be installed by the blog owner and have to be written specifically to modify the CommentLuv script. I wont give details of course 🙂
LOL! of course! OK, here is my last question Andy, what is the meaning of “bad juju just happened” message? it happen sometimes while someone trying to add a comment to a CommenLuv enabled blog!
Bad juju happens when the URL being requested results in a feed error 3 times. The server was dealing with nearly half a million error or non existent feeds a week and I had to put in the bad juju bit to keep the server alive. It’s very simple to fix, just visit Comluv unpan URL page and enter your site URL to clear the juju.
If you’re a registered member, you can specify your exact feed url so it will help to prevent this from happening.
Thank you a lot Andy for your time, this should clear things for everybody so far! And now we know why someone is getting a bad juju and how to clear the juju 🙂
Thank you for reading everybody, Follow Andy on Twitter, and tell him about anything you might experience with CommentLuv because feedback is so very important to him as a project owner even more than to you, and this will help him to solve problems faster and support this great plugin, so Don’t forget to follow Andy on Twitter @CommentLuv and us @FamousBloggers to keep updated and and be in touch.
I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.
I just wanted to say i really love the whole commentluv plugin and i encourage people to use it in the right way, otherwise it will be ruined like everything else. It is a handy way to build some affiliate links but i always go for relevant blogs and add helpful comments in order to build relationships as well, which in the longterm can be just as handy as backlinks.
Bashar Ahmed says:
What a brilliant post. You should do a series! :)I did a sort of blogging for dummies over
on one of the craft forums and I thought it was too simple for them, but the amount of
emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was unbelievable. As young
people today we have grown up with computers, but it's easy to forget that even people just a few years older have not! Really good post! :)
Lara N. says:
Thanks for taking the time to follow thru with Andy Bailey! It was a nice interview that answered some questions. I think it's so interesting that you check out blogs in other languages, and you're right, the interaction in the comments is a valuable part of the post, not just an afterthought. I always wondered what other bloggers in the world were blogging about :)
Talin Mia says:
What a brilliant post. You should do a series! :)I did a sort of blogging for dummies over on one of the craft forums and I thought it was too simple for them, but the amount of emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was unbelievable. As young people today we have grown up with computers, but it's easy to forget that even people just a few years older have not! Really good post! :)
Arun Chakma says:
What a brilliant post. You should do a series! :)I did a sort of blogging for dummies over
on one of the craft forums and I thought it was too simple for them, but the amount of
emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was unbelievable. As young
people today we have grown up with computers, but it's easy to forget that even people just a few years older have not! Really good post! :)
gozy21 says:
For almost 5 months now I am using comment luv and considered as the best plug in right now
Miyako says:
Hello, whenever I see a blog with comment luv enabled, most of comments are good!!!
I think comment luv is a wonderful plugin as long as we combine it with anti spam tools.
George Queen says:
CommentLuv is just simply amazing! :)
juan says:
I think comluv is an amazing thing, all those that dont know should certainly get to know! It's not only about building links back to your own site, its about enhancing the blogsphere world as we know it.
I feel comment luv makes it easier to interact with others and also helps me to find interesting reads which I normally wouldn't have found. Where as I would usually only add a few blogs to my reader a week, I am now inundated with good reads daily.
My attitude is just to designate sometime to reading blogs and see where it takes me...one minute im reading about cooking, the next about charity!
Paul says:
I have only be using CommentLuv for a few weeks, and besides the FeedBurner issue, I haven't experience anything odd. I'll have to keep my eye out to see if I notice anything unusual.
JamestheJust says:
Great post - and yes, ComLuv is worth the hype. Definitely a great way to build an online presence, get real human traffic and be picked up by the spiders.
Bob says:
commentluv is great it helps us get the backlinks we need in order for our website to get more traffic, and it helps increase the page rank
71mm0 says:
Great post are shared here for starting online business. It would be beneficial for them who are thinking of doing online business.
Glenn Torres says:
Good info. I appreciate your post a lot. It tells me that CommentLuv is a real, living, community and not just a lot of comments flying back and forth. And I love that it's being actively developed. Sometimes, we just tend to not notice in the midst of all the work we have to do. Thanks.
Eseotips says:
I like Commentluv so much. Its will get more traffic for my site .
Joel says:
Nice post Hesham, it's interesting learning about these problems that other people have encountered with comment luv. I have never encountered any of these problems myself. Comment luv is an awesome way to get more traffic to your blog too.
CJ says:
First of all, really well designed blog! Secondly, I don't think there's anything wrong with CommentLuv, I think it helps prevents blogs from looking spammy.
Hesham says:
Actually , this is a good point! @CommentLuv reducing spam because it give another option for spammers to enhance their attitude on blogs ;)
Thanks for the complement!
CJ says:
No problem man!
mamyaw says:
that's interesting. would want to see and hear more from you.
Hesham says:
Glad you like it!
Hecky says:
Commentluv is amazing, don't diss!
Hesham says:
sure it is! I wished you will say something new!
Cah Ndeso says:
Interesting information. Thank you very much. Now I know why yesterday I often comluv error. And now I have comluv back to normal.
Greetings success of Indonesia
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Hesham says:
Glad you know how to solve it now!
Gautam Hans says:
I like comment luv, i have faced a number of problems with it, mainly when it didn't show up the link.But otherwise, it has worked fine fr me :)
.-= Gautam Hans´s last blog ..The Art of Commenting =-.
NpXp says:
Same here there has been errors and such but never something like other website links. Commentluv is a very good plugin for Wordpress blogs.
.-= NpXp´s last blog ..5 Awesome Free Black Wordpress Themes For Your Blog =-.
Joe in San Diego says:
I've got nothing but good things to say about comment luv. I guess its time for me to check the keyword plugin that you are using. seems cool.
.-= Joe in San Diego@San Diego Mortgage Loan´s last blog ..Three Big Reasons to Buy in San Diego NOW! =-.
Dak Wan says:
Yup! I myself can attest of being a victim albeit Comluv only show my 2nd latest post, until I decided to register with Comluv today.
.-= Dak Wan´s last blog ..2 in 1 post : Gabungan Contest dan Tag! =-.
TheInfoPreneur says:
Awesome post this, the title drew me right in, why?
Because I know how important commentluv is for my site. It's vital really. I think we can see commentluv being bought out very soon.
Awesome stuff brother
.-= TheInfoPreneur´s last blog ..The Day My Wife Almost Died =-.
Anne says:
I really love Comluv. I can see how it can be resource intensive at this phase. I bought ten credits over there to support Comluv. I hope Andy can make it profitable.
.-= Anne @ b6s.net´s last blog ..Managing the Content on Multiple Blogs =-.
Dana says:
Oh, now i understand why my comment luv link do not show my newest post back then. It always show my old post. Thanks for bring this explanation hesham.
.-= Dana @ Blogging Update´s last blog ..Easy Way to Put Social Media Button in Blog =-.
Alison Moore Smith says:
Very interesting stuff, Hesham. And kudos to you for going to the source instead of just repeating rumors. I'm sure Andy appreciates that even more than we do.
.-= Alison Moore Smith´s last blog ..7 Things You Must Avoid When Choosing Your Wordpress Theme =-.
Tom says:
I have not noticed anything like this happenig with my comments, but definitely something I think we all need to keep our eye on!
Simon says:
A very interesting post. I've been seeing commentluv on more and more blogs which i have been visiting lately. Well this could be because I've been reading more, but before the last couple of week, I haven't really seen the plugin.
Glad to hear hes not making money out of people unknowingly. But I think it could work if people got an percentage as sales on their site.
Hey Andy, I have sent you the link of the post on the non-English (Vietnamese) blog that tells about the CommentLuv server issue and the errors that happen, there no better way but to ask the person who is in charge and behind CommentLuv, so what you can tell us about it?First things first, the Vietnamese site post. I translated it with Google and I can see exactly what went on.
Good to see that you are interacting with feedback by yourself and paying full attention to everyone who contact you, I am sure this is not an easy job! I have a few related questions to ask you, Is CommentLuv taking away the love?Not at all!
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