The number of comments posted on a blog article seems to improve the page rank and SEO of that article on Google.

I'm a believer that Google loves blog posts with lots of comments. The more comments on a single blog post, the more that URL will rank higher on Google's search results pages.

I don't believe, however, that comment frequency alone holds the major factor in page rank, but just one of them.

To test this idea, I did a study of all the posts on all of my blogs that received a ton of comments. I mean, I looked at only those where the number of comments measured in the double-digits, often 30+.

It appears that those articles rank between #1 through #5 on Google's search results pages, for the keyword/keyphrase found in the article's title. AND, they've remained in these positions over long periods of time, years.

Here are some examples of my blog posts...

• Sentry Natural Defense - 50 comments - ranks #3 on Google



• Gasoline Pill - 1,141 comments - ranks #3 on Google



• Elvis Reeses Cup - 47 comments - ranks #3 on Google



• Santa Ana Valley High School - 130 comments - ranks #1 on Google

I had several other articles with 30+ comments that did not rank in these positions, but it appeared that the URLs ranking above mine were from highly authoritative sites.

In addition, I looked at some of my older blog posts that receive zero comments, and these articles don't seem to show up much at all on Google.

Consider this, since Google uses popularity to determine authority, then it stands to reason that a blog article with an abundance of comments identifies popularity. Certainly, not just any kind of comment would do, but more than likely comments that repeat main keywords, comments from registered users versus anonymous.

Overall, blog comment frequency is just one of the factors towards ranking blog articles. It'll help if your blog has high page rank overall, and if your blog post repeats the most authoritative keywords, as well as keywords in the filename.

But it's certainly obvious that comment frequency is a factor.

So, think of ways to write your articles so as to entice your readers into posting comments.