CommentLuv Is In ‘Da House

I finally installed and activated the CommentLuv plugin today on three of my blogs, heeding the advice of several people who urged me to consider this method of sharing link love. As mostly everyone knows, good SEO strategy is to make your blog as inviting as possible, encouraging people to leave comments while linking back to their most recent post.

So, why are you still reading this? Leave your comment now!

Moments after installing I got this nifty little note on the WP administrative panel asking me if I wanted to upgrade to CommentLuv 1.2. It so happens that the latest release was made available today, so if you have CL you can obtain the newest copy right through your Plugin panel. No need to leave the blog and look for the upgrade — one click and WP does that for you. So, why couldn’t WP do my taxes for me this year?!?! Hmmm???

As far as changes with this release, it is now fully compatible with WP 2.5 and it now uses a remote script to do the parsing if your hosting cannot do it and has it’s own options page.

Of course, I can’t really know that it works until someone leaves the very first comment….

Monday Morning Link Love

I’m swiping a page from the Pearl play book to mention a few articles I have read (or bookmarked) this week, those reads which could be of interest to you. Click a link and enjoy!

Here goes (thanks, Pearl):

The Evaporating Yellow Line Between SEO & Social Media @ aimClear Blog

Mixxed Messages @ Collective Thoughts

The Cycle of Madness @ Words On The Page

How to Commit Social Media Suicide @ SocialMediaTrader

Thinking About Ghostwriting Fees @ The Golden Pencil

Life In Hawaii: A Carnival of Aloha @ The Right Blue

7 StumbleUpon Problems I Would Love To See Fixed @ Andy Beard

The Small Fish Eats The Big Fish Paradox @ Pamil Visions’ eWritings

Maybe Next Time We Should Talk? @ Irreverent Freelancer

What I Learned From People With Magical Thinking @ A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye

Weirdest Things Found In Sewers And Drains @ Life In The Fast Lane

Court Finds That Trolls Can Remain Anonymous @ Tech Crunch

What Is The Duplicate Content Penalty? @ Writing Thoughts

The Biggest Reason Small Business Owners Should Be Blogging @ eMoms At Home

Google v. Links Sales — The Worst Is Yet To Come @ iBrian

Reasons Every Blogger Should Participate In Forums @ Randy Clay Design

Have a productive week, everyone!