Banned by John Chow! First Google and Now This!

Posted by Not John Chow | April 25, 2008 .

That’s right folks, John Chow has removed my name from his Top Commentator’s list!

One minute I was there, the next I was gone.

Okay, that doesn’t actually constitute being banned, but I am disappointed. After all, I was beginning to see some traffic benefit from it.

Check this graph showing how my traffic has gone up due to John Chow, Shoemoney, and Zac Johnson’s blog. It isn’t big but, considering the size of my blog, it is significant.

So, what do I do now? I think that I will use a surge method and try to be top commentator every other month for a week and then let it fade. By doing this with different blogs I will be able to spend the time writing better quality comments and I will be attracting readers from different blogs.

What do you think? Is this a good plan? Will it work? What would you do?

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Can he not sue you for this?
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Sam October 3, 2011 1:16 pm

This is not a good professional thing from John. Why should he block you? To get to top you might have spent hours together. Just because your site is having his name, he can not do this. Are you trying this still? I dont see you in JC site.
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tree September 6, 2011 11:00 am

I agree. I don’t comment as much as I used to but, it is fun to read Chow’s blog. I do not expect many readers to benefit much from it though..:P
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Nishadha July 20, 2011 2:21 am

Those are hard blogs to be top commentator and still you got very little traffic. I guess you will get some SEO benefits but in traffic point of view I don’t think it is worth the effort.
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Ben January 25, 2011 2:51 pm

You survived even without commenting at someone else’s site. You just need to make a name for yourself. But your URL doesn’t seem to agree with me. Cheers!

Josh Ray November 13, 2010 7:48 am

That seems like a lot of work for a little short lived traffic. As soon as you stop making 10 comments a day on his site you won’t be a top commentor and you lose traffic. Why not focus on more long term stuff like writing great content, building links in permanent places, etc. Just my two cents.
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Ata May 21, 2010 6:30 am

Just wondering why would you use John chow’s name as your own domain. Can he not sue you for this?
Also, maybe he felt exploited by you reaping some of the rewards from his online status!
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why did he banned from google
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Hello, well you are on to something with spending time to create more quality content. However, I also feel that you should offer people something new. Something that is going to make them think about visiting your Blog often as there is something in it for them. I have on my site a page that offers 3 free back links and its updated every week, this is an incentive to draw the people and it works.
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Not John Chow November 26, 2009 7:25 pm

Thanks Dan,

I agree. I don’t comment as much as I used to but, it is fun to read Chow’s blog. I do not expect many readers to benefit much from it though. i don’t think many get rich by visiting John Chow.
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Dan November 26, 2009 11:53 am

Sorry I know this is an old post, but I’ve just come from John Chow’s blog and after reading this post I just had to let you know that the top commentor at the moment is going by the name of “Weight Loss Diet Plans” !!!

I’d have thought he should have more issue with that BLATANT spam than with someone like you who actually adds to the discussion when commenting – rather than “Great post – Buy Hoodia Online” or something equally as retarded.

Just had to share.

Not John Chow October 31, 2009 8:19 am

Oh please Nick!

You can’t actually believe that John Chow and I dislike each other! Can You?

I do enjoy a little traffic from his site but, that is all.

I seldom write about John Chow but, when I do it is in parody. I have fun with John Chow and I am not a serious threat to his site (also I am not banned from his site!). In fact, I am a supporter.

So, in answer to your question, “Yes, I am kidding.”

Nick Bentley October 30, 2009 11:53 pm

You’ve got to be kidding? You try to copycat his site and name and have the balls to use his name on his own site commenting and have an attitude when he bans you for being a total prick? All you’re doing is show that you don’t have an idea in your head and have to copycat someone who’s been successful. The backlash is you’ll never be taken seriously. It’s just not gonna happen.

life moto August 10, 2009 4:21 pm

well i guess it is better that way. writing good comment is to show you are really part of their life and what they sharing.
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Not John Chow July 26, 2009 12:11 pm

suroso, Thanks for your support!

suroso July 26, 2009 2:31 am

That’s pretty good idea NJC. I think John Chow’s site is not the only one popular blog. Keep fighting!

Cheers,

Suroso

Mom's Online July 7, 2009 3:09 am

Hi… I am new to blogging and not trying to get traffic from JohnChow, NotJohnChow or even JohnCow. Phew…. That’s a lot of John’s !

Frankly, this is my first time arriving at your blog and after reading your blog post and comments … I thanked God that I am not TOP Commentator ! Hahaha…. YET !

Try to go more global and comment on Reed Floren’s , Matt, Alvin Phang and other guru’s blog… there’ll be more traffic too.
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[...] Banned by John Chow! First Google and Now This! [...]

Not John Chow June 30, 2009 10:24 pm

I strongly encourage you to do so but, one word of caution. Make sure that your comments are relevant. I do not encourage comment spamming.

Also, don’t forget to be a top commentator on Not John Chow as well!

yanjiaren June 30, 2009 10:17 pm

Good idea. Maybe I should ebeg my way to the top commentators on John Chow, Shoemoney etc. I never thought of that!!!
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Not John Chow June 29, 2009 3:19 pm

Ouch!

Such fierce words.

In my opinion I am not a scam. I blog for fun. I don’t make money off it so, if I am a scam I am not a very good one.

Apparently dosh dosh thinks I am a pathetic comment scammer? Such rude remarks! I do not comment very much but, I will make sure that my unappreciated comments are not left on the dosh dosh blog in the future.

Also, please feel free to delete any of my past comments from your site if you feel the same way.

dosh dosh June 29, 2009 3:05 pm

Don’t you know why? You are a scam, you use his name!
Also, you are just a pathetic comment spammer!

adjustmyloan May 3, 2009 7:55 pm

Your plan to comment on blogs to drive traffic to your site is pretty much why I am commenting on this post! I do like your creativity in spoofing some of the top bloggers with your site!

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Tari Conley March 30, 2009 8:16 pm

There are tons of top commentator sites you can comment on. No need to obsess about John Chow’s site. Pick a niche, write a post about it, fine tune your SEO, monetize the page, pile up the backlinks.

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Birman February 18, 2009 2:26 pm

OK – I admire your energy – maybe it could be positively directed by toning this Website down a bit – it’s too in my face – less is more – beauty is in the eye of the beholder not in the “I” of the webholder !

blazin December 27, 2008 4:48 pm

Very interesting tactics you have there. You definately think inside the boxes. Comment boxes especially!

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Linda December 11, 2008 11:45 am

As a resident of the UK I’m blissfully unaware of most of the blogging Gods. Thankfully!

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Busby December 3, 2008 3:04 am

I think it’s something personal between him and you. Or, maybe he just acknowledge that you just taking advantage from his popularity. And, I think you are popular now, anyway…NotJC!

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JohnClown.com November 23, 2008 8:33 pm

I think that is a good idea to spread your comments around more to allow your blog to get more exposure on other sites as well. So get this, your blog, John Chow’s and also johncow.com made me think of the idea to create JohnClown.com! I haven’t done anything with it yet but I think that I may start doing it for fun. What do you think?!

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Toinker November 8, 2008 2:46 pm

Too bad… I feel sorry for you buddy.

I just wonder if it’s your blog name that cause you to get banned…hmmm..

Anyway, John Chow is not hte only guy who has a great blog out there. Why don’t you try Problogger or even John Cow?

Not John Chow October 29, 2008 10:04 pm

I don’t think that John Chow thinks much about me. I don’t think I bug him at all.

brandon alan scofield October 29, 2008 9:24 pm

I love your blog domain name , surely you make john chow go crazy lol

JohnChow-Cow.com September 27, 2008 2:28 pm

You are banned because of the name, Cow must have pain in his ass for it. Thus, nothing to be worried about, just use another name…you’ll be luckier…btw Hi im another Chow Cow…lol

Paul U August 10, 2008 10:04 pm

The top commentator is always refresh after a week!

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Not John Chow July 9, 2008 9:34 pm

Actually Tony,

John Chow has helped my blog get started rather quickly but, “Stealing?” Really? If as you say, that the internet is not a model of scarcity, how can you accuse me of stealing?

I also take offense that you assume that I am not adding value. Occassionally, I add value by adding humor. I also add value by showing you that it isn’t as simple as following John Chow’s example.

Perhaps I will go to your blog to see how you are making more traffic and money quickly?

Hmmm… No statistics there!

Tony July 9, 2008 7:18 pm

Hi,
I actually think it’s not that good as far as strategies go.
Basically what you’re trying to do is to “steal” traffic, which seems to come from a scarcity mentality.
I don’t think it would ever take you very far, whereas doing stuff that adds value would make you more traffic (and money) really fast.

Tony

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Not John Chow July 8, 2008 9:20 pm

Thanks for the support!

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you are cool man !! LOL

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Austin June 24, 2008 12:29 pm

A lot of other blogs are out there. I would try some others.

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Not John Chow June 19, 2008 7:38 pm

I think John Chow goes up and down. I don’t think he is in trouble any time soon. But, what was that dating thing?!

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com June 19, 2008 3:55 pm

I think JohnChow.com is starting to go downhill. I recently saw that TheUniversityKid.com had a better alexa ranking than him, and whats with the dating posts?

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Not John Chow June 12, 2008 5:47 am

Yep, it appears that I am back. Maybe if I am careful John will let me hang around for a bit!

The Wealthy Blogger June 10, 2008 11:03 pm

Hmmm – you seem to be there on the sidebar today at John Chow’s place.

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pmonchet June 5, 2008 2:50 am

Now I’ll start commenting to be on top of commentator’s list. Seriously, it is only now that I am beginning to understand the importance of giving a comment. I content myself by just reading other peoples comment or reaction to a certain blogs.

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Not John Chow May 30, 2008 8:02 pm

Not offended, I just have a very long to do list. I have been distracted lately by my full time job and family responsibilities lately. Make sure you check out my new contest launching on June 1st which I was working on instead of my to do list!

Yan - Blog for Beginners May 30, 2008 2:20 pm

Aha, you got it up and running pretty fast. Your efficiency in dealing with your readers’ request is commendable.

Actually, I was just asking myself earlier why would you want to be the top commentator on other blog while you do not have one here on your blog. No offense, will you?

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Not John Chow May 30, 2008 6:24 am

Yan,

Not yet but, it is in the plans! I’ll try to get it up this weekend. Stop back and check out the June contest and I will try to get the top commentator up and running.

Yan - Blog for Beginners May 30, 2008 2:18 am

Excuse me, is there any top commentator plugin in this blog? Oh maybe I’m lost but seriously I couldn’t find one. If there is any, I’ll like to make myself available for the top spot..

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Not John Chow May 25, 2008 10:49 am

Chip, sounds like a good plan. I will definitely keep poking fun at John Chow in the future. Have you read this one?

http://www.notjohnchow.com/john-chow-killed-by-panda/

Chip May 25, 2008 5:11 am

You should repeat this game every month. Who knows, maybe he’ll write about you “What a stubborn commenter!”, maybe even link to your blog. And then, explosion!

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marlon May 5, 2008 5:52 pm

Good point well made. Obviously, your blog is designed specifically to target spillover traffic from JC which is undoubtedly a smart move. And indeed I found you whilst searching for JC so it certainly works.

Not John Chow May 2, 2008 10:40 am

I agree as well, whereas the name NJC gets some useful traffic from JC, I spend most of my discussion and commenting time on smaller blogs with whom I am aquainted.

Let me ask you this: How did you find my blog? If you found me through John Chow, then I have gained by enjoying your conversation. If not, that is good as well.

marlon May 2, 2008 8:08 am

I agree with Wakish and tyna – It’s a good idea to build up some solid discussion with other bloggers in a similar sphere AND of a similar size.
It’s too easy just to target John Chow et al and it’s important that smaller / newer bloggers work together help build our own communities, instead of just making the ‘ice bergs’ bigger.

Puneet May 2, 2008 6:55 am

Yes “Banned” sounds more Fun … and i think u like it a lot and love to get banned from top ice bergs

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Not John Chow April 29, 2008 11:56 am

Wade, I figured I haven’t been banned but, doesn’t “banned” sound more fun? Also, it allowed me to have banned, John Chow, and Google all in my title!

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Wade April 29, 2008 9:39 am

NJC – The Top Commentators plugin automatically resets after one month. The time can be changed to never, one week, ect. I am not sure the exact interval that JC uses. I have been “removed” from the list a few times. Just keep commenting again and you will reach the list. So you haven’t been banned, it is just a setting that is set for everyone.

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Not John Chow April 29, 2008 8:38 am

If you do a Google search you will find blogs that list other blogs that use the top commentator plugin. Then you need to review those blogs to see if you think they are good targets. I have started this process but, it is not yet complete. Do you have a list of blogs you comment on?

Mattaw April 28, 2008 8:28 pm

Not a bad plan, any blogs you have in mind to target?

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Not John April 27, 2008 6:25 pm

Sorry, I have been out of town and off line.

I do comment on other blogs. Actually, I comment mostly on other blogs. I do however make a point to comment on John Chow’s site daily. I am not sure if John “banned” me or not. It really isn’t that important. The important thing is to generate a discussion about commenting. This experiment with top commentators has shown that you can boost your traffic on sites that use this plugin.

tyna April 27, 2008 10:11 am

You should try other sites,especially new ones they need your comments,inorder to grow too.

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Wakish April 26, 2008 4:36 am

This is also a sign that you should not just comment on A+ blogs and just for traffic. Get out of bucket! Go comment and visit other blogs, build a true relationship.. there are better average blogs out there than just hitting the ice-bergs..

- Wakish -

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Syed Balkhi April 25, 2008 8:39 pm

I don’t know if thats exactly how he do it … I know I have been in his list for quiet some time and so is alan from affiliate confession and a few others … The comments are restarted weekly (But it is set to a system that every day your comment count decreases because the new week start every week) kinda hard to understand but thats what it is..

You are always welcome to hit the top spot on my blog .. though it is competitive

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Not John Chow April 25, 2008 2:23 pm

I am sure I haven’t offended John. I think if someone is on the top of his list to long he clears the que and starts fresh.

Michael Dunlop April 25, 2008 1:47 pm

Thats not very nice hope he sorts it out!