ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2024

The post Engaging Your Audience: How Building on Reader Comments Can Fuel Your Blog’s Growth appeared first on ProBlogger. Maintaining Momentum in Blogging Series Blogging thrives on conversation. One of the most vibrant places for these interactions is often overlooked—the comment section.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Ever notice how the most flattering blog comments are actually the spam comments? Finally, you have to admire the “it’s them not me” approach of this one: I have to say Akismet does a good job of catching spam comments like these. Related posts: Blog Tag Optimization Tips for News Sites.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of the things I’ve loved about blogging is getting to see the growth of comments on my blog over the years. I’m always incredibly thankful for those that actually take the time to leave their thoughts on my blog posts, and it makes it that much more inspiring for me to continue to write here. Don’t Be A Grammar Nazi!

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Ari Herzog

APRIL 11, 2012

With names such as SEO Forum, SEO Outsourcing, and Herbalife, it is pathetic that despite clear instructions that real names are required when adding comments, people continue to leave comments with their company names or other search engine optimized keywords. I wonder if these people are following a manual when commenting.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Dear Blog Comment Spammer, who just left a comment on one of my recent blog posts: I think whatever software tool or script that you are using is broken. Whatever the reason, you should have noticed that none of the blog comments that are left on my blog actually allow outgoing links to websites.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Remember when blog comments were about building links and traffic? That was the early days of blogging. Then Google decided not to count blog comments for links. That pretty much shut down the blog-commenting-as-linkbuilding game. But blog comments still hold value. Others won’t.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 25, 2011

It is common for companies (who don’t comprehend a blog comment is akin to having a conversation) to hire people to write manual comments on blogs all over the place in the hope an unsuspecting reader will click to learn more about the company product. Subsequent comments should be automatically added.

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Twist Image

APRIL 16, 2014

I think that I provoked the blog comment Gods today. Sorry about this, but the ability to comment on blog posts here at Six Pixels of Separation has been disabled. As you may (or may not) know, I have been blogging for over a decade. I love your comments, feedback and even those that disagree with me.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 26, 2023

And one of the biggest questions we’ve seen about LinkedIn content is whether or not you should put links in your posts, or in the first comment. We were curious too: why put the link in comments on LinkedIn? Why put the link in comments in LinkedIn posts? Comments vs. post? So we designed an experiment to find out.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of the things I’ve loved about blogging is getting to see the growth of comments on my blog over the years. I’m always incredibly thankful for those that actually take the time to leave their thoughts on my blog posts, and it makes it that much more inspiring for me to continue to write here. Don’t Be A Grammar Nazi!

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The post 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Only 1 out of every 100 Readers Comment on your Blog. Are only 1% of your blog’s users are actively engaging with your blog? . Some bloggers actually like it like this and switch comments off. Be Open Ended.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. If you publish a blog, there are three things I want to tell you today. I think Livefyre, the comment system that has been implemented on WUL for just under two months , is da bomb. I’ll give you the short version, and then the long version. Short version. Just genius.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I love reading your comments. Your personal brand and your wanting to share that social identity with the world is the primary motivation for you to take time out of your day and write a comment. You want to add your comment to the continuing saga of who you are online. 9 Never-Before-Seen Blog Comments.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 7, 2014

When you have a fairly popular blog, you have to deal with comment spammers. Unfortunately, blog comment spamming still works apparently, or at least the blog spammers haven’t learned that it doesn’t work. Nonetheless, I’m still amazed at some of the comments left on the blog.

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Socialized

AUGUST 5, 2010

One of the most powerful elements of a blog is the ability for people to leave, read and respond to comments. Often, the discussion taking place in the comments is more interesting and certainly more dynamic than the original post. I was recently faced with a comment that combined some interesting,

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 3, 2017

Beginning in 2009 and several more times over the years, I invited my blog readers to delurk and add a comment. Debra arrived at my blog from someone else’s link. Jeff commented for the first time. In my first blog post of 2017, can I interest you in joining them? Comments I delurked!

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Ari Herzog

APRIL 11, 2012

With names such as SEO Forum, SEO Outsourcing, and Herbalife, it is pathetic that despite clear instructions that real names are required when adding comments, people continue to leave comments with their company names or other search engine optimized keywords. I wonder if these people are following a manual when commenting.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

You’ve probably heard that blogging can do wonders for your business–improve your SEO, attract more visitors to your website, build trust and brand loyalty, generate more leads and sales, and more. The problem is that figuring out how to start a blog for your business isn’t as easy as starting a personal blog.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I love reading your comments. Please continue reading Why You Write Blog Comments and leave a comment if inspired. Related articles you may enjoy: 910 Blog Comments You Wrote Here. 9 Never-Before-Seen Blog Comments. Why You Should Stop Writing Blog Comments. I respect you.

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Kikolani

MAY 1, 2011

As some of you may know, I recently launched a photography blog, Photostry. And one thing I discovered very quickly about the photo community is if you want comments, you better start giving comments first. Once I started interacting, I saw my own comment numbers start moving in the right direction as well. The result?

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Old content is especially helpful when one sees lots of comments, tweets, and other social sharing metrics reflecting the value of whatever is written. Here is a short list of some older blog articles that are popular for a reason. 90 is the number of comments about blog lurking , illustrating why you choose not to comment.

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Later

AUGUST 6, 2020

Hello Instagram pinned comments, goodbye trolls. Aimed at tackling negative or offensive interactions on the platform, Instagram’s pinned comments feature helps you moderate posts and combat misinformation or bullying. Here are 4 strategic ways you can use Instagram pinned comments for your business: Table of Contents: .

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

It goes without saying that people enjoy commenting here, and I enjoy interacting with them. But some comments never make it past my Akismet spam filter. Here are some examples of comments you should never write (with embedded links removed): 1. The vague comment. The misspelled gratifying comment. Very well-done!

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 27, 2011

This may come as a surprise to you, being a reader of a social media blog. Having negative comments on your Facebook wall or blog means you’re doing something right! Take those negative comments from your pagans, and address it in a way that talks to your core believers! Because we are scared. You’re too cheap.

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Kikolani

JUNE 8, 2011

This guide will cover what is new for both blog owners and blog commenters alike as well as how to install and configure this plugin on your WordPress blog. CommentLuv is a plugin that allows commenters to leave a link to their latest post behind with their comment. Benefits for Blog Owners.

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Twist Image

JULY 9, 2013

What is the true value of a comment on a blog? If you go back in time (a little over a decade ago), the mainstreaming of blogging as a publishing platform brought with it a couple of unique features. To this date, there is a constant slew of criticism and discourse on the importance of comments.

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MAY 23, 2014

Sadly, I shut the commenting functionality on this blog down on April 16th of this year. In a strange twist of fate/timing the blog comments being shut off happened in and around the same time that the subject of commenting on blogs re-entered into the social media zeitgeist. How have you been?

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Perusing through Dan Kennedy’s arguments in the name of civil discourse why he insists people write their full names — that is, first name and last name, and nothing but that — on blog comments, I applaud. I realize this will mean fewer comments. Related posts: Top 47 Blog Commenters in February 2010.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

When it comes to blogging, the phrase “birds of a feather, flock together” rings very true. Those that visit your blog and read your articles consistently likely care about many of the same things you care about. To this date, “twitter desktop” continues to be in the top five inbound organic searches to my blog.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 19, 2012

Riffing behind a commenting layout convention by Matt Cutts, such as his latest blog post when he wrote about giving up news consumption for a month, I’ve decided to require every blog comment here be associated with a real name. If you don’t comment with a real name, your comment will not be published.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As lifestyle blogs continue to grow as a popular medium for distributing content, there’s never been a better time to start one of your own. However, the versatility of lifestyle blogs can also make narrowing down the perfect topic overwhelming. What does it mean to create a lifestyle blog? What is a lifestyle blog?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The post 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Only 1 out of every 100 Readers Comment on your Blog. Are only 1% of your blog’s users are actively engaging with your blog? . Some bloggers actually like it like this and switch comments off. Be Open Ended.

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 19, 2018

Here are four tips to always keep in mind when addressing negative comments from your customers. So, as a Community Manager , comments can feel like a personal attack. Always remember you’re representing the brand and not to let comments affect your personal feelings or cause you to react from a personal level.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 24, 2010

In his latest article on blog comments , Dave writes: Why I have comments: I hope I might learn something new from the people who read the blog. Everett disagrees in his latest, also on comments : You might have noticed that I’ve had commenting turned off for the last 4 weeks. Confessing About Commenting.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

And of all engagement, actual comments rank towards the top. It can provide valuable social proof, showing first-time visitors that all these other users were invested enough in your content to comment on it or subscribe to your channel. Let us know in the comments!” Leave the First Comment. It breaks the ice.

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Taylor Marek

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I’ve been tinkering with the idea of changing my blog design once again. Tags: Blog Blogging General comment redesign vote. Typically it comes to me every year around this time and I start to play around with different website designs. This time, I want your feedback though. What would you like to see?

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 11, 2011

How many different blog comment applications are out there? If you are a WordPress user, then you know you don’t need to add a plug-in or application to encourage comments on your blog. However, you can add comment management services like Disqus or CommentLuv. But what if Google+ had a blog comment system?

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