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Do you lose value by turning off comments on a blog?

The Way of the Web

If you’ve ever spent a Sunday evening clearing out the contents of a website or blog anti-spam filter, you’ll identify with the decision of Dave Winer to turn off the comments on Scripting News. And having commented on Twitter and received some replies from Dave, I wanted to expand on the subject.

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My thoughts on Facebook’s commenting system

The Way of the Web

You may want to keep Facebook personal, and use Twitter/LinkedIn/your blog or site as your professional reference. And judging by the SEOMOz toolbar’s ‘NoFollow’ indicator, the Facebook comments are followed links back to Facebook everytime. Not reward Facebook for doing nothing.

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The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs

ProBlogger

The post The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. In fact this technique is a key element of Engaging and Networking – Day 11 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Photo by Red Mirror on Unsplash. More about that below.

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The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs

ProBlogger

The post The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. In fact this technique is a key element of Engaging and Networking – Day 11 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Photo by Red Mirror on Unsplash. More about that below.

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Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

These are the people who really make a solid effort — they review the blog content and realize that their pitch might be a further extension of content that they had already seen on the blogs they are targeting. Let’s say you worked with a client to give away a freebie to readers of specific blogs. Yes, seriously.

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The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs

ProBlogger

In fact this advice is Day 20 in our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Driving traffic to your blog – as a result of your engagement, you will often get people checking out your blog. 1 Problem with Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs.

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Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Tweet Spinner also has a “nofollow&# user list that will algorithmically never follow users who meet certain criteria. Moreover, you can also nofollow people based on their tweets. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg.