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I've only been blogging for about 3 months but I'm loving it. I don't make money off it and am in no rush. But I would like to build traffic to have more discussion on my blog.

A while back I went through a period where I was commenting on other blogs. Not just commenting for the heck of it but to really help the conversation. And sometimes I would put links to similar posts (with a slight twist) that I'd written that I felt would help readers.

But then I read a few the comment policies of a few sites and realized that some might find that rude. I'm sorry if this is a stupid newbie question, but am I damaging people's blogs by doing that?

Thanks!

Post edited 10:42 pm – February 16, 2014 by MITM

Thanks Michael. Glad to know I'm not damaging their blogs.

But I'm still kind of confused. Why is it a mistake and why would they find it annoying? Just speaking for myself, if someone puts a link in their comment that helps my readers, I would like it because I want my readers to grow and learn.

Again, sorry if this is really basic.

Thanks!

MITM said:

Thanks Michael. Glad to know I'm not damaging their blogs.

But I'm still kind of confused. Why is it a mistake and why would they find it annoying? Just speaking for myself, if someone puts a link in their comment that helps my readers, I would like it because I want my readers to grow and learn.

Again, sorry if this is really basic.

Thanks!

Bloggers could find this annoying if they don't know who you are. If you comment on a blog out of the blue and have a link in your comment, the blog owner is going to think your comment is spam. I can't count how many spam comments I get a day and although a lot of them are clearly gobbledigook, some spam comments sound like real people. And if I'm ever in doubt, I treat it as spam as do a lot of bloggers.