Absolutely – you can start with your comments! What You Can Learn from Setting Up Blog Comments as Goals. Here are a few things you can learn from setting up comment form submissions as goals in Google Analytics. Discover what referral sites are sending the most commenters. Learn the difference between commenters and regular traffic. On my blog, one interesting tidbit is the average time on site for regular visitors is 1:23 vs the average time on site for commenters is 10:31! good reason to encourage comments! The Basics of How it Works.

PageRank 5, Alexa rank about 15K and constantly dropping (in case you are not familiar with how Alexa rank works, the lower the number, the better), a wealth of comments on every post. Yes, her readers come back over and over because of the exceptional content Kristi provides, but also because she rewards those who take their time to read her posts and leave their thoughts in comments with Dofollow , CommentLuv , and KeywordLuv enabled links back to their blogs. And blog commenting is still one of the easiest ways to get backlinks. How does that play out in comments?

For this purpose, today I have written about a research by EdgeRank Checker where they examined a random sample of 5,500+ Facebook Pages, to understand engagement rates through different activities on Facebook – Like, Share, Comment. Likes, Shares and Comments: To make your Facebook page more effective, recent EdgeRank Checker research shows that you have to go beyond just posting content. Content needs to generate engagement from fans like comments, likes and shares. Avg Clicks Per Comment: 14.678. Tweet. Each post on Facebook roughly reaches about 2.5%

You’ve been following the conversation about your brand using one of the many monitoring tools available to help you manage and monitor your online reputation and now it has caught wind of a few negative comments or posts about you or your company. No one likes to discover negative comments and reviews but many times it is the price of doing business. You should work on establishing which comments you will respond to on Facebook, Twitter, and other channels but be consistent with equal treatment of all posters. 10 Dreadful Mistakes that Kill Your Comments.

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. For example, Extreme John left behind this comment and CommentLuv link on yesterday’s guest post. Installing CommentLuv on your blog will allow commenters to leave behind a link to their latest blog post with their comment. Benefits for Blog Commenters. for Commenters.

If you’ve been blogging for anything more than a few months, you probably have come across blogs using third-party commenting systems like Disqus , Livefyre , Facebook Comments, Intense Debate , and more. Should I use a third-party commenting system on my site?” ” I have used both the built-in WordPress commenting system and a third-party commenting platform for an extensive period of time. Pros of third-party commenting systems. There are a lot of trolls on the web leaving anonymous comments. Are they helpful? Spam control.

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. wonder if these people are following a manual when commenting. also muse if human beings are commenting at all or if sophisticated robotic scripts are doing the work. My comment review process is simple: No real name, no approved comment. Reintroducing Blog Comment Moderation. by Jack.

It's not easy to create a platform that truly engenders comments. Getting those same people to actually create any form of content for you (like a comment) is even tougher. Whatever the case may be, when someone does take the time to comment, it really does speak to the power of the content because human beings have been trained for decades to consume content. Not all comments are created equal. For some reason, the majority of comments found on newspaper websites and on YouTube are brutal. blog comment. comment. There's a trend happening online.

Drop a comment on a blog post or Facebook stat, respond to a tweet or perhaps add your opinion to a LinkedIn discussion. . In fact, sometimes comments can even be pulled into a blog post. My Comment. My Comment. Next time you drop a comment think. Tis a fact well known, that if you want to develop a presence in the social web you must join in on the conversations. The conversations that take place below the fold can be as interesting and informative as the original content. Call it repurposed content. Here are two examples. . LInkedIn Discussion. He agreed.

Every tweet, Facebook update and comment posted online is a form of communication. Whether that comment is on a blog post, news article, YouTube video or Flickr photo, it counts. So my question is this: Why isn’t this content being held to the same high standard and given the same level of thought as traditional [.]. Community Building Public Relations digital communications PR public relations social media social-communications

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. Never-Before-Seen Blog Comments. Why You Should Stop Writing Blog Comments. Recent comments Geoff is another one I was getting via email. by Ari Herzog I comment for you not me. Theres just too little time in the day, by Janie My commenting (for any reason) has slowed down a lot recently, by Kristi Hines. Media comments identityPhoto by taliesin.

To be honest with you, I can’t remember much about the first comment I ever received on a blog post I’d written. When that first reader comments on your blog, you know you’ve finally reached someone. Whether the comment’s long or short, detailed or simple, it doesn’t much matter: that first real (non-spam) comment is a milestone for any blogger. Comments are always an issue for bloggers. Recently, I asked some experienced bloggers if they’d share their wisdom with us in a series of posts on generating comments.

Trying to understand the ways to get more traffic to your site, or even get some backlinks, you’ve probably stumbled across comment marketing. So what are the basic benefits of comment marketing, and what should you aim to get out of it on the long term? The benefits of comment marketing. Once you have a deep understanding of the benefits you can get from leaving comments on other blogs, you can learn the right approach to doing so. The only way to make this happen is to leave good, structured comments that add value to the discussion. Comment Marketing 101.

Commenting is what makes a blog article a living and breathing document. When you make insightful, witty, or thought-provoking comments, you encourage a dialogue that adds value for the entire community of the blog – for today and into the future when new readers happen along. Our Blog Commenting Guidelines. Unlike some of the mega blogs, the comments here predominantly fit those guidelines. In putting these guidelines together, I read many blog commenting policies. Your Comments Reflect on You. The Best Commenting Strategies. Be Yourself.

Arment Dietrich Overview Expertise Resources Gini Dietrich News Media Center Careers Contact Follow US Facebook Linkedin RSS Feed Twitter YouTube Share Categories Communication Social Media Advertising Entrepreneur SEO Marketing Marketplace COMMUNICATION / SOCIAL MEDIA / ADVERTISING / ENTREPRENEUR / SEO / MARKETING Jul 18 2010 Tips for Getting More Comments On Your Blog By Daniel Hindin | Email | Print | 36 Comments | Spin Sucks reader Kara Vanskike sent me an email recently saying: “ Our blog has been up and running for about a year and a half.  Comment on other blogs!

Every blogger wants people to visit, read, and comment. Commenting has a stigma of being hard. While it’s easy for you to comment, studies show you would rather tweet a link to the article or share it on your Facebook profile than taking time out of your day to type in a name, email address, website, and whatever words inspired you to leave that comment. But commenting can be very rewarding — especially if the blogger provides ways for other readers to interact with you. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Focus on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv.

Bloggers obsess over traffic and comments. But you can help them get the conversation on their blog going, by leaving good comments. Just make sure your comments don’t come across as spam. The secret to good comments, is to add value to the conversation. Here’s how you can go about it: Read the post first (this might seem obvious, but many commenters don’t take the time to read the article and it often shows in their comments). Write a good comment that adds value. Is Closing Blog Comments a Good Idea? on it already.

Jeff Korhan - New Media and Small Business Marketing Home About Me Working With Me Speaking Favorites Trends Subscribe « Personalize Your Small Business Marketing | Main | Facebook Tips for Better Engagement » June 28, 2010 10 Blog Commenting Strategies Here are 10 simple strategies that may help you to reach out and release your commenting genius.    Commenting doesn't get any easier than this!   Nothing makes us feel better than appreciative comments.   Here's the value-added: Comments are indexable social media objects. 

'Now Blogger.com blogs can add Google+ Comments  and leverage the engagement and interactivity of Google+ to enhance their blog comments as well as their social networks. We We had mentioned how  Embedding Google+ Comments on Websites  will boost Google+ to new levels. look forward to embedding Google + comments on our blog as it would be fun to test the amazing engagement which Google+ offers. believe it will be better than Facebook comments , will be faster loading, and be easy to implement as Google+ scripts and badges are already there on every website.

Instantly, with no refresh of the page, my News Feed was literally singing with new comments. It appears Facebook has taken its “Recent Items&# feed to a new level, introducing a very FriendFeed -like live commenting system, also similar to Facebook’s new Groups and Messages system. One of those features was live, real-time commenting, where the comments appeared before your eyes without having to refresh the Page. The conversation just naturally flows, making conversation much easier. No worries!

think Livefyre, the comment system that has been implemented on WUL for just under two months , is da bomb. I’m not one to get overly excited by blog comment systems, but this one has me blown away. in my opinion, than other comment systems that allow you to post your comments to, say, Facebook or Twitter? It’s the fact that you can do this while you’re commenting, and not after the fact. Like this (except that Joe Fernandez didn’t bite, in this case): Once my comment is posted. Short version. Image: elventear via Flickr, CC 2.0.

Who could have predicted that 1,183 distinct names wrote comments here over the past 12 months? Many names belong to the same person, such as writing “John” on some comments and “John Smith” on others, but each name represents a person who was voluntarily inspired to take moments out of their day and share thoughts. [.] If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Thank You to 1,183 Commentators in 2011 in your browser. Related articles you may enjoy: Top 70 Commentators in January 2010. Thank you for reading!

The BlogHer community manager, a self-confessed lurker, admires people who may be you who prefer to read and lurk than read and comment. In a comment about lurking, she writes : I know the word “lurk&# and thus being a “lurker&# sounds bad but really, it’s not bad at all. If lurking makes you more comfortable than commenting, please be comfortable. Related posts: Commenter or Lurker: Which Blog Participant Are You? Introducing a 5-Part Series on Enhancing Blog Comments. Boost Corporate Branding and Add That Blog Comment. love lurkers!

Today, Ari at AriWriter wrote about closing or moderating blog comments in response to another blogger who is closing comments on posts after two weeks. Reasons I Keep Comments Open. While I can understand why closing comments on older posts is a good idea due to all of the heavy spamming that goes on (I have considered doing it myself from time to time) ultimately I think that commenting should stay open for the following reasons. Encouraging Comments. One major goal as a blogger is to receive comments on their posts. Handling Blog Comment Spam.

Ever notice how the most flattering blog comments are actually the spam comments? There are the simple, straightforward compliments: And it is hard to argue with this: A pat on the back is always nice too: But I like the longer, dare-I-say philosophical comments best: Bringing someone back from the precipice makes all this worthwhile. 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. Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers? Publishing

The reason why most bloggers don’t get many comments is they fail the “Sloth Test.” If you read posts that get hundreds of comments, the conclusions are so passionate, so full of energy that you can’t help feeling a little bit charged up after reading it. To get lots of comments, you have to electrify your readers, and that, of course, requires you to be electrified yourself. Do those things, and you won’t just get more comments. Get More Comments: Use Energy to Spark Reader Response. Your job as a writer is to get them to move.

You can say it in the comment section below or you can say it on your own blog. You can visit an internet newspaper and comment there too. wrote on my civic blog that residents have the right to write comments using whatever names they felt most comfortable, and that it is our choice to read and respond to their pseudonymity , regardless of the vitriol therein. On this blog, you are welcome to write a comment using any name you choose. Beyond your name, write whatever sentences you want in your comment. Recent comments Recent comments.

Home > Blogging > Tutorials > WordPress Did you know that Akismet can auto-delete valid comments, which it considers as spam, and WordPress admins might never even get to review them in the spam comments queue! But I am sure that as an old time WordPress blogger you always thought that Akismet (the superpowerful WordPress anti-spam comment plugin) would send ALL spam comments to the spam comments queue, which would always give you a chance to moderate and choose valid comments to approve. Should you allow Akismet to auto delete comments?

TweetRecently a friend of mine posted a great question on Facebook about the act of a business deleting social media negative comments from its fan page. Here’s the question: Should businesses EVER delete negative comments about themselves on Facebook, or should they engage customer service issues in the public forum? How-To Opinion Applebee's Conversation Engage Customers Facebook Learn How To Write Learn To Write Media Comments Negative Negative Comments Protect Your Business Social MediaYou Read the Rest.

Online Community Strategist Angela Connor on Growing Successful Online Communities Home About Angela Contact Popular Speaking Media Press Tips Subscribe to feed Why did you post that comment? September 19, 2009 in comments , online communities | Tags: news comments , online news comments , story comments , terms of service This is the question I wanted to ask the woman who called asking me to remove a comment, actually several comments, she’d posted on a news story. The call comes first if the comment is particularly troublesome.

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How many sensible and well-reasoned comment threads have you seen on YouTube? wonder how many individuals, brands or companies are spending efforts on keeping up with YouTube comments, and if they do, how worthwhile those conversations are? Go ahead and think about it. I'll wait. Have your answer? Me too. The number you're looking for is ZERO. All too often the threads devolve into inane commentary, not to mention hateful or offensive language. There's a definite lack of civility going on there. could be wrong, though. What has your experience told you? Image courtesy of Indexed.

Whenever I get a comment on one of my Facebook business page posts, I like it. I’ve realized that one of the ways I can improve interaction on my business page and improve the value of a like is to like the comments that people write in response to my posts. By liking their comments I am acknowledging their effort and telling them I want more interaction. In other words, liking a comment doesn’t just signify approval, but actually can be a call for action, and create a reciprocal exchange. What’s the value for a business? Book Reviews. out of 5.

When I first started blogging, I was very into blog commenting. had to make a choice between continuing to comment on a lot of sites, or spend that time focusing on the content I put on my site. In mid-December, I was able to make time for blog commenting again. Commenting again has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience, and has proven very beneficial in the several ways. Blog commenting is a well known way of link building. But more important than the links you drop in the comments is the links you get from other bloggers in their posts. Captchas.

The comment system remained for three months. How to comment with Livefyre. Write your comment inside the box at the bottom of every post. Post your comment. You will initially see a “Post comment as” button. If you click Facebook, for instance, then your subsequent comments will have your name hyperlinked to your Facebook account. Future comments should allow you to merely “Post comment.” expect this social commenting system, including the tagging ability, will be a welcome sight. Blog News comments

Disable comments. In the past, whenever I did I’d usually receive a comment from the other blogger, thanking me for the link. That would be the comment in its entirety: some variation of “Thanks for linking to me.”. These comments and their brethren did nothing to propel the dialogue. The thank-yous were in addition to the comments that said “I agree with that one point you made,” and that perhaps included an anecdote that no one beyond the commenter’s family would ever be interested in. of the comments were effectively meaningless.

There’s been a lot of debate around Facebook’s new commenting system, particularly due to the fact it is currently being tested on Techcrunch. Matthew Ingram does a good job of summarising at GigaOm, although the heart of the debate seems to be in the comments section of Robert Scoble’s post (I pop up a couple of times in the comments!). There are various reasons for allowing a choice of commenting profile, whether or not that includes the facility for anonymity in an easy or more complicated manner – such as creating a fake Facebook account.

Home > Blogging > Tutorials > WordPress Want to fix WordPress export comments errors, and problems in Disqus import? Are you unable to replace Disqus Comments with your WordPress comments? Read Full Original Article here: How to Fix WordPress Export, Disqus Import Comments Errors. We switched. Blogging Tutorials WordPress

Recall a few weeks back when Spin Sucks featured a post called “ How ‘No Comment’ Has Edelman in Trouble.&# That changed one day after one of the national radio hosts we advertise with made salacious comments live on-air. My first ‘No comment’ moment!” His advice to me: “NEVER, EVER SAY ‘NO COMMENT.’&#. It seems obvious after the fact, but “no comment&# is, in and of itself, a comment. “Blinds.com could not be reached for comment.&# began receiving hateful emails, demanding we revoke sponsorship.

Comment spam. Even the typical blog reader who just stumbled upon an article for something they searched in Google has probably seen their fair share of comments from people by the name of Loan Modification that think that article is a “great post&# and would also like to drop in the fact that they offer incredible deals. Here are some different viewpoints of valuable comments and comment spam from blog owners to link builders. As a blog owner, I engage in a daily battle with comment spam. Do I ask for comment spam? Leave quality comments.

If you read it there, hop to the comments, which are likely way more entertaining than this entire blog post. Essentially it’s commenting on blogs, articles, and editorials where you have expertise. But what they do have time to do is read the comments people have left on their content. You’re going to tell me you don’t have time to comment. Then, once a week, comment on one article, blog post, or editorial. But, rather than comment as you, we find the articles, summarize it, write some key messages, and then leave the rest to you.

We know that not every article we write will get the same response in regards to social media sharing and comments. After I have finished writing a post, I have a fairly good idea of the response I’ll get via the comments. As a result, the comments for these types of posts are low. They become inspired and excited by this, and so want to comment and share their thoughts on the same topic. To get a high comment response, you just have to think and feel like your reader. Get More Comments: Know Which Posts Make Readers Talk.

When presented the choice between two different commenting systems, which do you choose? The Facebook commenting system (alternatively by Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail login) appears first. The WordPress commenting system appears below that. Please continue reading Comment by Facebook or WordPress and leave a comment if inspired. Recent comments Recent comments. Will one beat the other? Ari Herzog is currently seeking a full time position in social media. Connect on LinkedIn today. Discover more articles on new and emerging media. Musings

Home About Me Charities 12for12k Kiva Work With Me About This Blog Disclosure Comment Policy Headway Archives Contact Me Great Blogs My Comment Policy September 2, 2010 25 voices share yours! Share 1 save One of the things I’ve been considering for a while is having an official comment policy. feel incredibly lucky to have you guys come here and share your views, because you always treat both me and your fellow commenters with respect when discussing something I’ve written. So why a comment policy? Aris comment is a good example of that.

Following are the top 10 Spin Sucks blog posts of 2010, based solely on the number of comments. Share Your Link Love with 131 comments begins the list, mostly because this is where you were able to recommend one blog to our readers. I’m the Smartest Person In the Room with 122 comments raised a lot of fun comments because of this whole, “I’m an expert&# mentality that happens online. It’s actually way more fun reading the comments on this one than the actual post (I love it when that happens!). So you get a half-brilliant post instead.

I used to comment on other blogs for the SEO benefit.  Although there is a push to offer SEO-Friendly backlinks (via CommentLuv ), Google is now giving less weight to comment links. That’s all right because I’ve been clued into the real reason to comment on blogs – getting noticed and making connections with influencers in your niche. No One Ignores Comments. read every single comment. If you leave a comment, it’s very, very likely that it will get read. But all comments are not created equal.  Blog authors live for these comments. 

Posting positive comments online about your clients without disclosure is, in fact, against the law. Negative Comments Social Media bell pottinger disclosure in PR ethics in PR jimmy wales tim ireland wikipediaFive years ago, Wikipedia would not allow PR people to edit or change anything on the site because they found too many of our peers were editing things to be company-friendly and full of controlled messages. So they banned us. You may use one account per person. You must allow the community to edit your work. Maintain a hands-off policy on controversial content.

Some just ask their customers to comment online about their experiences. Aside from the obvious, someone posting a review or comment about something they have not experienced, is a review posted by someone who has been given access to a computer while inside the business considered a fake? What if the business has just asked their customer base to comment? Review Sites Social Media comment Consumer Alerts digital Ed Thompson gaming Gartner internet online web word of mouth YelpToday’s guest post is by Allen Mireles. Some of them post reviews online. IMPORTANT!

status update posted on their Facebook wall yesterday has garnered 1,677 likes; 1,233 shares and 3,008 comments. Community management facebook comments facebook outrage nikon nikon-facebook-stats nikon-facebook-updateThis is a cross-post from my Company blog. How long does it take to anger a slew of fans on your own Facebook page? Let’s ask Nikon. Numbers to die for in most cases, but not this [.].

The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA ) is seeking public comments on its Ethics Code until January 5. Please take a moment to review these disclosure guidelines at the Living Ethics blog and provide your comments. The comments section will remain open until January 5, 2010, and final guidelines will be issued shortly thereafter.&#. If you are involved with any business use of social media (which includes blogging), you should review the code and make suggestions. For some, the business ethics of social media present a quandary.

More than two months since Livefyre launched on this blog and replaced the vanilla WordPress commenting system with a more social interface, metrics indicate the number of visitors has essentially remained the same — but the average time you spent on this blog has drastically decreased. Peruse through recent articles in the archive and observe a marked decrease in comments since July 25. Livefyre is to blame for less comments. Would uninstalling the commenting plugin directly cause an increase in the amount of time you spend here? Add a comment below.

→ Google’s Inside Adsense home for spam comments September 19th, 2010 · View Comments Comment spam is a constant pain and chore for anyone running a blog. The prospect of gaining links to their websites means that a mix of human and automated spam producers will keep submitting their comments packed with terrible content. Or you can turn off comments either completely, or on posts older than a certain age, to keep everything to a manageable level. Which explains why any article in the archive is absolutely packed with spam comments.

Before you answer that, think about what happened when I googled the email address of an Essential SEO consultant who posted multiple spammy comments on my blog in recent days. Tags: Case Studies comments marketing Twitter Describing themselves as search engine optimization and web development specialists who possess “online brand and marketing expertise,&# it is curious that a British marketing company named Essential lacks basic Twitter familiarity. It seems she spammed other blogs too, per this blog post devoted to her and her company. Is Direct Marketing a Dying Breed?

Their eyes keep reading downwards, so it’s wise to optimize the area with advertorials and an encouraging comment area. Persuasive, easy-to-use comment design. As business bloggers, we want the most comments possible, of the best quality possible, so as to generate a vibrant community that helps build their repeat visitor traffic. Yet comment design rarely does anything to encourage this behaviour, being seen as a merely functional element rather than a serious opportunity. Tell people Why they should comment. State it explicitly above the comments area!

Community Building Community management responding to comments user commentsIt is not easy being a community manager. It seems that many people are content to call themselves community managers because they manage a Twitter account, post content on a Facebook fan page (with the goal of “engaging&# the masses, or at least those who actually visit the page or allow posts on their newsfeeds) [.].

Effectiveness was measured according to comments and likes. Fans follow instructions well: If you want your fans to like or comment, don’t hesitate to ask them. Facebook Marketing & Communication Buddy Media comments Facebook Page indutries key findings likes post effectively ReportTweet Buddy Media has released a report that reveals when it is most effective for brands to update their Facebook pages thus gaining the most impact on their users. The analysis was performed on 200 of Buddy Media’s clients during a two-week period. short message is much more easy to decode.

Opinion Facebook online comments TwitterThere is no “undo” button for the web. What you say today in anger or in a moment of thoughtlessness can come back and haunt you. Most especially if you are so motivated by negative emotions that you feel compelled to write or voice a rant on it and then post it to a blog or media sharing site.

It took two years for me to consider allowing non-spam blog comments to appear here, and not restrict comments to people with real names. Me : Blog comment question: If someone writes a NAME other than a real name, do you care? Me : Yes, if someone comments as “Blah blah company&# or as “someone&# but not a NAME. Jillian : But, generally, I’m fine with descriptive comment names. Me : Do you suggest I let “A Moroccan dude&# comment on my blog, then, and not require “Ibrahim?&#. To Moderate Blog Comments or Not.

Instead, this can often signify the beginning of the content's life, as it is shared, retweeted, liked, commented on, and further distributed. Displayed on SI.com and other partners' sites were real-time comments, user reactions, badges and achievements, and a visually appealing image gallery for hosted graphics. Standards Echo CommentsThe foundation of the Web is moving from one of unchanging static pages to continually updated streams fed by external services. Gone is the time when publishing an article or a site was the final step in creating content.

And, in this case, visiting your blog and commenting is what they can do for you." " Gini goes into detail about certain Bloggers who email a personal note of thanks to people who leave a comment on their Blog to others who send handwritten notes to those who leave comments. it's just a comment on a Blog post (it's like using a rocket launcher to get rid of a mosquito or sending a thank you note if someone calls you), but I understand the spirit of the act. What's even more amazing is what comes out in the comment section of Gini's Blog post.

We’ve talked about the issues of blog comments before on Problogger.net, but never from a point of view of profit-making. Image courtesy stock.xchng user lusi But as I was looking at the stats on dPS last week, I found that this short, helpful opinion post from 2010 was still attracting a steady stream of readers—and comments. explained on Google+ why I think that post’s still so popular , but today I wanted to look a bit more closely at how comments can help a profit-making blogger. Commenting is a very strong kind of engagement. Increased ad revenue.

Mr. D sent this to me…it’s a very funny video about managing negative comments (cough, trolls, cough) online. Social Media Top 5 cats playing patty cake Conan O'Brien gin and topics jack mcbryer jordan knight marc girolimetti mister rogers Negative comments old navy triumph the insult dog weiner circle youtube advertising youtube commentsIs anyone a dog whisperer? Jack Bauer has decided, of late, between 4:05 and 4:08 is the appropriate time to get up every morning. And, let’s be real, 4 a.m. is early even for me. Is that too much to ask? Thank You Hater

On January 3, 2009, I challenged the shy and introverted to write comments. mused how many people would return to read more and write more comments. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Why I Want You to De-Lurk Again in your browser. Recent comments Hi,I'm Joey. Media commentsI asked you to de-lurk three years ago today. You did. Maybe you were in that crowd. wondered who would write and who would reply. waited [.] Thank you for reading! Ari Herzog is a new media explorer. Just stumbled here. About lurking, actually I try.

Have you noticed a decrease in the number of blog comments you get and an increase in Facebook likes and Twitter tweets about your posts? Are you worried that you are loosing social proof about the validity of your posts to the social media conversation, rather than as direct comment on your site? There is a way to get the best of both worlds and aggregate comments and social media responses on your site. It’s more public and gives better results to share on Twitter or Facebook than it is leave a comment. note on hosted comment systems. The problem. Disqus.

There were some interesting posts over the weekend from Steve Cheney and Robert Scoble on whether utilizing Facebook Comments kills or in fact increases user authenticity within on-site commenting. TechCrunch also shared that comments are down but quality is up since implementing the system and they’re going to stick with it for the time being. It’s safe to say that most of the things that I read and comment on professionally are of little interest to my friends from high school, college, time spent overseas, etc. So is the system good for publishers? think it is.

One of the things I love about Problogger.net is the value of the comments my readers make here. Image courtesy stock.xchng user lusi Although the days when I could reply to many of those comments are now, sadly, long gone, I do read comments on the blog, and frequently get ideas and inspiration from them. Not all bloggers feel this way—you probably know of at least one or two big-name bloggers who don’t allow comments on their blogs. critics: some bloggers find criticism made in comments difficult to handle in such a public sphere. blog comment value.

When it comes to meaningful comments, and deep discussions, forget Facebook and Twitter. If anything, they can flood you with banal comments that take a lot of time yet deliver little in results. There are other sites where comments reach a more meaningful level, and often lead to much deeper conversations. The best sites for meaningful comments include: LinkedIn – if you are looking for indepth conversations on particular topics then it’s hard to go past LinkedIn. Another great place to leave meaningful and insightful comments.

Here’s the deal, for every subscriber to JoeyStrawn.com , every time you comment on a post with something on-topic or helpful you get a point. Each Relevant Comment = 1 point. You can think of it like a Comment Punch-Card though, if you’d like. Start commenting and sharing and win yourself a free book and some priceless art. Related Posts: Don’t Comment On This Post Where You Can Find Me in 2011 Make My Blog Better A New Way To Inject Awesome Create an Iron-Clad Social Network. Tweet. Not actual JoeyStrawn.com loyalty card, don't use it.

Lately Facebook introduced an updated version of their Comment Box that can be incorporated on blogs and websites. The Insights gives you statistics for Like button, Comments box, Popular pages, Demographics and Organic sharing. This way it is possible to see how many times a Like button or comment box have been viewed, how many of them actually got Liked or commented on. The Insights also tells you how many referrals the Like or Comment gave to your website from Facebook. Measure impact of social plugins. source: Facebook Developers ).

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. was recently faced with a comment that combined some interesting

My comments yo-yoed up and down. One post would get 15 comments, the next raked in a whopping zero. And no matter how much time I spent analyzing the differences between them, I couldn’t find an explanation for the stark contrast in comment numbers. made assumptions, and while sometimes my guesses hit the nail on the head (15 comments), others flopped miserably (a big fat zero). Determined to start 2012 with a video blog that pulled in consistent comments, I ditched the guess-work altogether. don’t have massive ProBlogger-esque comment numbers to brag about.

m sure you’ve heard well-reasoned, logical arguments for why you should be commenting on blogs: “You can be a part of the conversation happening out there.”. But, while there may be a burned, unpopped kernel of truth in these statements, none of them take into account the many reasons you should never comment on a blog. First of all, you shouldn’t even begin to think about commenting unless you have something really profound to say.  There is no room for mere opinions in the comment section of a blog.  Those other commenters probably know more than you anyway.

If visitors remained near-constant, what of comments? Disregarding the initial article that introduced the comment system, the subsequent 11 articles saw an average 8 comments. It is notable that frequent commentators prior to July 25 are no longer here — but that may also be due to my commenting on their blogs less. Questions develop every week about the commenting interface and kudos to support whiz Jenna Langer for her quick responses. Blog Commenters: Question For You. Blog News commentsJune 27: 516. July 4: 338. July 11: 430.

Every blogger wants people to visit, read, and comment. Commenting has a stigma of being hard. While it’s easy for you to comment, [.] Please continue reading How Commentluv Premium Promotes Your Blog and leave a comment if inspired. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Focus on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv. Recent comments Superb post Ari! am a strong believer in comment luv. Media comments plugins WordpressPhoto by Edumigue. Visiting is the easy part. Type in a URL or click a link and voila. How KeywordLuv Promotes Your Blog.

But, leaving a comment on a blog is a very effective way to get traffic and you can say that it is very useful for an inbound marketing because a business leads quickly with the help of blog commenting. There are so many business blogs that are very famous, so you can comment on those so that you can get more traffic to your business blog as well as company website. Be regular in reading and commenting. We must spend at least one hour in leaving comments on corporate as well as business blogs. It will make them paying more attention to our comments.

For the better part of a year, a black REPLY button has existed underneath every comment. It is also clear that when someone (me, a guest author, anyone) replies to your comment, you rarely return to add a follow-up comment. The way it’s historically worked on this blog is when you submit a comment, you have the option to check a box — powered by a WordPress plugin called Subscribe to Comments — to receive subsequent comments by email. Scroll through the comments below to see what I mean. Blog News comments plugins Wordpress

According to a recent survey, nearly 60% of respondents realized the highest return from email marketing and their company website. Those same channels are top of the priority list for spending among 46% of respondents. So, do corporations just not get social and mobile or are these channels simply not effective? Cross-channel ROI Research email EPIserver mobile social media spending web site

Today we hit 4000 comments exactly. only mention it because I’ve never noticed it being dead on a thousand before, but it got me thinking about what I’ve learned from 4000 comments: That the Friends who comment here are like a family to me; that even though people may be thousands of miles apart with no knowledge of each other, if you give people room and allow them to shine with the light that is often brighter than your own expertise, then like minds will always come together. What you learn in 4000 comments. Thank you all, Scott. Community

Today we hit 4000 comments exactly. only mention it because I’ve never noticed it being dead on a thousand before, but it got me thinking about what I’ve learned from 4000 comments: That the Friends who comment here are like a family to me; that even though people may be thousands of miles apart with no knowledge of each other, if you give people room and allow them to shine with the light that is often brighter than your own expertise, then like minds will always come together. What you learn in 4000 comments. Thank you all, Scott. Community

Well you do not have to be a community member to receive negative feedback / response or a comment. While sometime the comments 'may' not be 'useful', other times certain comments are necessary to be heard and addressed to. When the comments are directly towards you at a personal level you may tend to re-act a little more strongly. Before we re-act to negative comments we need to have a basic understanding towards the human mind set. There are a couple of ways in which one should re-act or rather let me say 'address' negative comments. Silence speaks.

The recipient of this comment then responds with something like, “No, I think you’re really inexperienced.” Some organizations will delete critical comments from their blog or Facebook page, for example. Customer Engagement Negative Comments Social Media criticism margie clayman respond to criticismToday’s guest post is written by Margie Clayman. large part of marketing, PR, and online communication rests upon how you respond to criticism. Others, however, respond to criticism in ways that makes them look really, really bad. Surely we can do better? Run Away!

Steve Rubel owns this site 5,034 subscribers The Steve Rubel Stream 1 Jul 2009 Voice Comments Are Open, Call in and Share Your Thoughts on Social Media I promised you when the site lanched that we would use it as a place to experiment with new formats and concepts in co-created content. Note that phone numbers wont be shared (you can keep it private if you want) and not all comments will make it on to the site - only the more interesting or, dare I say, entertaining ones. audio innovation Voice Permalink Tweet Comments 4 Comments Jul 01, 2009 Steve Rubel said.

Take Brian Meeks ‘ comment on the recent guest post by Erica Allison on vlogging. Here’s part of Brian’s comment: That being said, I must respectfully disagree with the ‘Don’t edit’ comment. When I read Brian’s comment, I couldn’t help but laugh (I mean, how many people would watch your video so closely as to count all the “uhms&# and then rewrite “Gone With the Wind&# to make a point?) Blogging Communication Shonali Burke brian meeks comment policy erica allison taking criticism wellCriticism.

I’ll be sure to share any comments I receive here with the group! “I’m just happy to be asked to do whatever not-so-fulfilling task that you’ve dumped on me with no direction and very little chance of changing the inertia of the project or the association.&#. Have you ever told this lie? Omitting the truthiness of it, of course.) I have, and it’s really frustrating. It seems like a lot of the things worth doing in associations take years and years to articulate, get buy-in, and implement at the level where it can actually succeed. volunteer maxims.

Needless to say, readers who keep being distracted and having to relocate the left margin often don’t read to the end of a post—so they often don’re share it or comment on it. But don’t forget to share the changes you’ve made in the comments below! Simple Font Changes to Boost Readers, Comments, and Shares on Your Blog. This guest post is by Bnonn of Attentionthievery.info. You may not realize it, but the font settings on your blog can have a huge effect on how many people read your content. How huge? Font size—16px minimum. Sadly, nothing has changed since then.

ll take it one step further and add that you should never  respond to any comments that bring out emotions you feel you cannot control. Here’s an example: You’re reading a highly critical comment [.]. Reputation management social media cafe pharma jobvent responding to comments scott stratten social-communications unmarketing book tourIf you learn anything about communicating across social channels in 2011, let it be this: Never write anything when you’re angry.

The next source of blog traffic is blog commenting. Blog commenting is so easy, even leaving a sentence can supply you with an excellent 50 unique visitors. What are the steps for driving traffic through commenting on other blogs? Before commenting, you need to know exactly where to comment. If your blog’s about dog training and you comment on Web Designers Ledger, you should know the amount of traffic will be little and the SEO gain may be zero. The most important thing in blog commenting is the blog you comment on. Why and how?

Look and see how many comments this post gets, compared to how many tweets: This isn’t just a trend over the last week. Almost every post I write has more comments than tweets. This average time means people are reading the posts and reading the comments. If you were to ask me for my number one metric of success on my blog, I’d tell you instantly it’s comments. don’t know of any top blog that gets more comments than retweets. Tags: Case Studies Marketing and Branding Social Media blogging comments engagement postrank value

One particular type of spam that I find particularly egregious is blog comment spam because I see so much of it. Here are five specific ways I can tell a blog comment is spam and why I won’t approve it. Your comment is written by your company name or a keyword phrase. If that is the case, then I’ll send your blog comment to the spam folder. Your comment won’t be approved. Your comment is too generic. If the comment you leave on my blog is a comment that could have been left anywhere, then it won’t be approved.

Please comment if you’d like to suggest something, I’ve got a few hours to cram (yikes!). Industry discussions about community engagement best practices, nurturing, blogging, conversing, commenting, liking, moderating, etc., Sharing, commenting and liking are technology feature sets for web pages, a group that’s become an expected part of most web pages. Mobile Social Media adoption augmented reality cmo study commenting facial recognition google input liking mobile pictures professional project glass sharing technology text trendsFragmentation.

Further, professionalism means engaging your commenters , on and off your blog with respect. Too many times I debated commenters rather than simply thank them for investing the time to comment. Word of mouth through commenting and links did the trick. Keeping readers is partly about a professional attitude about content and respectful commenting. There’s a corresponding long tail of similar voices that compete on many common aspects; content, community commenting, topic, format, etc. We live in an attention economy. You serve them. No matter what.

This week began interestingly when I commented on a Telegraph article on the iPhone 4, which had it’s ‘ 10 reasons not to buy the iPhone 4 ‘, none of which were factually grounded. commented saying that it was poor journalism considering it was false information, but the shock came when my comment was promptly deleted. Starbucks got to work and deleted the comments (which took a long time), but then received criticism for removing all presence of these messages without acknowledging what had taken place. wouldn’t bury the deletion though.

After clearing out around 2,500 pending comments and over 3,000 spam comments, I thought it was time to do a little update post on how I do comment moderation and otherwise determine what comments to approve or delete. The Overall Commenting Picture. Let’s start with the overall picture of what your comment will look like on Kikolani, starting with the comment form. And when you’re comment goes live, the above will result in the following. WordPress Comment Plugins and Services. Subscribe to Comments. Dofollow.

You may have heard the stat that for every 100 people who read your post, only one, on average, will leave a comment. know I am; I read dozens of blogs every day but very rarely comment. Having eyes on your post and having comments aren’t necessarily the same thing, but the silence can be frustrating. Lesson: As Darren pointed out in his excellent 2006 post on comments , one way to encourage comments is to write open-ended posts that leave room for readers to provide extra information and expertise. Lesson: Ask for comments. Darren. Google Instant.

One primary finding was the lack of commenting occurring in mature western markets, including the United States. Marketing commenting ComScore customer feedback Forrester Gina Sverdlov Nate Elliott participation Poll survey technographicsDoes it seem quieter online? Forrester recently updated its Technographics profiles (made famous in the book Groundswell) for global social media consumption, surveying 95,000 consumers across 18 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Adoption is [.].

People may Retweet and Like your stuff, but they aren’t depositing their two cents in the comments section as often as we might like. Getting someone to visit is step one, and getting them to share your content on their network is nice, but getting them to leave a comment is the holy grail. Even Facebook started as a site for students of Harvard only, so don’t worry if the only people commenting on your blog (at first) are people you actually know. When someone does take the time to comment continue the conversation with them. We’ve all done it.

Amazon on Negative Comments: Disregard 5% | Geoff Livingston’s Blog. In its Holiday Marketing Best Practices Guide , Amazon coaches online merchants to disregard negative comments until they reach a ratio of 5% of all comments: “Most sellers will eventually receive some negative feedback. But I agree with the online retailer’s guidance in principle, and use a similar barometer in coaching clients about negative commenting. do think its important to listen to the comments in case there are insights to be gleaned ( even from a troll ).

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. The comment policy reflects this new change and I’m not accepting any exceptions. I’ve already begun emailing some new commentators with questionable names to ensure they are real people. Recent comments Recent comments.

The sites also fight for the most amount of comments, retweets, and social shares. But if you are inspired to add a comment (either to the author or an existing commentator), you must have either a Twitter or Facebook account and be willing to sign-in to Mashable through that third-party channel. The prior Disqus-enabled commenting system (which allowed for commenting by both anonymous people and by those without Twitter/Facebook accounts) is gone. Updates in your feed when your friends post comments. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Get a Gravatar.