There has been a method floating around for a while that leverages blogs that utilize plug-ins that list their top commentators to create good inbound links. While this method is of questionable value as more and more blogs use the “rel=nofollow” parameter in their anchor tags to reduce the link’s value to spammers, it is still interesting and requires more thought. In a recent thread on the subject started by Dave King, a BHW user asked:

Thx, nice idea. But how do you find Blogs with ‘Top Commentors’ on front-page?

Here are a few different Google query URL’s that one could scrape sites from.

WordPress blogs with a top commentators list that have been updated in the past week:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=allintext%3A+%22Top+Commentators%22+%22Powered+by+WordPress+%22&as_qdr=w&btnG=Search

WordPress blogs with a top commentators list that have been updated in the past month:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=allintext%3A+%22Top+Commentators%22+%22Powered+by+WordPress+%22&as_qdr=m&btnG=Search

Blogspot blogs with a top commentators list that have been updated in the past week:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=allintext%3A++%22Top+Commentators+%22+site%3A*.blogspot.com&as_qdr=w&btnG=Search

Blogspot blogs with a top commentators list that have been updated in the past month:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=allintext%3A++%22Top+Commentators+%22+site%3A*.blogspot.com&as_qdr=m&btnG=Search

It’s important to ensure that the sites you comment on aren’t using “rel=nofollow” on all outbound links, so be sure to check!

If you’re attempting to advertise to a specific region, you can add any of the following path arguments and receive region-specific results. These are just a few examples, there are many more.

United States:
&gl=US

United Kingdom:
&gl=UK

China:
&gl=CN

For a complete list of country codes, check out Google’s reference site.

Who has ideas for other queries?