How to use Google to find .edu, .gov and CommentLuv backlinks

You know it, in order to rank high in search engine results pages, you have to get strong backlinks to your blog.

Today, I got even better than a list: I’ll show you a technique to find .edu, and .gov site as well as blog with the CommentLuv plugin enabled, using the power of Google.

Please use the techniques shown this post reasonably and don’t spam any sites. Spam is not an efficient SEO technique and is penalized by Google.

Commenting guidelines

 

[tweet]Before showing you the techniques, I’d like to insist on the fact that you that you should never spam blogs or forums. Serious and/or popular sites never spam, and there’s no benefit to do it so.
In order to get a real traffic and seo benefit from the sites you’re going to find, always post relevant comments and use your real name, not a keyword. Also, don’t paste links in the comment text.

Finding .edu or .gov blogs using Google

In order to find .edu or .gov blogs using Google, you simply have to use Google search box and a few special parameters.
Let’s give it a try. Paste the following code in Google.com search box:

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment"

Google just returned you thousands of results: sites which have .edu and blog in their url, as well as “post a comment” in the page. easy, isn’t it?
Finding .gov blogs is extremely easy as well. The only thing you have to do is to change the extension in the query:

site:.gov inurl:blog "post a comment"

Using the inurl parameter, you can find lots of things, such as wikis. Though, be warned that modifying wikis for promotional or SEO purposes is not a good thing and that it may produce more harm than good.

site:.edu inurl:wiki

How to find blogs with CommentLuv

CommentLuv is a free WordPress plugin which automatically create a link (generally dofollow) to the commenter last post. Of course, leaving a comment on a CommentLuv enabled blog is good for your SEO.

But now, how to find blogs with CommentLuv? Just use the following query and enjoy Google results. The text within quotes is the text that must be contained in the page, and “blogging tips” are just keywords related to what you’re looking for.

"Enable CommentLuv" blogging tips

Finding blog with the “Top Commenters” widget

Top Commenters is another free WordPress plugin which reward top commenters with a link, generally in the blog sidebar. It used to be very popular but seems its popularity decreased. Anyways, using Google it is still pretty easy to find some blogs with this widget enabled:

"Top Commenters" make money

Good luck in your backlink search, and please remember to stay reasonable.