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Thinking About Disabling Blog Comments

Ari Herzog

I remember when commenting was a feature at the bottom of every newspaper and media website article. Initially, anyone could add a comment without a profile. That led to vulgarity and incivility, which in turn began moderation with publishers employing a mix of robot algorithms and human checkers. I like email too.

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Hello 2015, Goodbye Comments

Ari Herzog

I am disabling blog commenting on this post and into the future. My reason is simple: You’re reading but you’re not commenting. It is a time management task to ensure comments are real and not spam and I’m seeing lots of spam comments try to get published. Commenting is not that place anymore.

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Blogging Every Day

Ari Herzog

This is the 1,526th blog post since May 2007. June 2020: 19 posts June 2019: 0 posts June 2018: 1 post June 2017: 0 posts June 2016: 0 posts June 2015: 1 post June 2014: 7 posts June 2013: 1 post June 2012: 5 posts June 2011: 14 posts June 2010: 17 posts June 2009: 23 posts June 2008: 13 posts June 2007: 17 posts.

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Driving Traffic From Blog Comments

The Marketing Blog

31 pm Driving Traffic From Blog Comments Jump to Comments Today morning, I was listening to the Episode No. PR Evangelist Neville talks about one of the blog-posts on Darren Rowse’s blog which addresses the power of commenting on blogs. The time spent on Blog-reading and commenting is really astounding.

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Do You Read Blogs in 2018?

Ari Herzog

I started blogging in 2004; and I launched this blog in 2007. During the years, I strived to publish articles several times a week. Beginning in 2009 and several times since, I invited my blog readers to delurk and add a comment. Are you still reading blogs? If so, who writes them and what are they about? Thanks for reading.

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Introducing Users to the Concept of Meeting Workspaces in MOSS 2007 | NetworkWorld.com Community

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Introducing Users to the Concept of Meeting Workspaces in MOSS 2007. publishing template to create the Meetings site so that the left hand navigation would be â??empty.â?? Add new comment. Read more about: MOSS 2007. She is co-author of Essential SharePoint 2007: Delivering High-Impact Collaboration. We used a â??blankâ??

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

For confidentially reasons I am not able to reveal the specific titles, but they are all well-known brands from major publishers. One thing that is important to point out is that some publishers participate in StumbleUpon Paid Discovery which has an impact on their traffic figures. StumbleUpon Traffic Declines: Three-Year Trend.