Ari Herzog

JULY 26, 2010

It amazes me how many people add comments on these blog posts but don’t have globally recognized avatars next to their names. Add a comment below and we can see what square image is in the top right corner of your published comment. Related posts: How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Get a Gravatar.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. Good luck adding a comment from a mobile device, for instance. Enter Disqus. No related posts.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Asked to add a comment quickly on a blog such as this with the built-in WordPress commenting system, you can easily step up to the opportunity. You submit your comment and voila! At no point during the commenting process are you asked to register and prove who you are. Why I Ask You to Comment Right Now.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 18, 2010

I’ve since deactivated Mollom and brought back Akismet, after a weekend away saw eight Mollom-approved comments which are really spam. The WordPress plugin shows me two graphs that indicate 1,679 potential blog comments were marked as spam. The positive aspect about Mollom is I will never see spam comments.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 7, 2011

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. Enter another WordPress plugin called ReplyMe. 1 Essential Plugin for Your WordPress Blog.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

I am testing a WordPress plugin to share blog posts across social media. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Here’s a screenshot of the plugin’s homepage. Thanks for reading.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

WordPress was new to me that year, having migrated from Google’s Blogspot system a month earlier; and I wanted to display certain features on my blog. These functions could as easily be manually coded into any WordPress editor. Please continue reading The Thesis Theme is Gone and leave a comment if inspired.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 7, 2011

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. Enter another WordPress plugin called ReplyMe. 1 Essential Plugin for Your WordPress Blog.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 23, 2012

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. Future comments should allow you to merely “Post comment.”

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

When Donnie adds a comment on this blog, he types [link] in the URL field and Donnie @ Digital Comics in the NAME field. When Jason adds a comment on this blog, he types [link] in the URL field and Jason @ SEO Marketing in the NAME field. Related posts: How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Focus on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Days after telling you about bringing back commenting , I’m pleased to share I upgraded the design of the site. He founded a company called StudioPress and created Genesis, a framework that runs on top of WordPress. Threaded comments. I always strived to focus your eyes on my words and less on distractions. No sidebar.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Henrik Blunck, Wayne John, and Christopher Roberts are three people who frequently add comments here. But for some reason that I was never able to understand, their comments were considered spam by Akismet — the most popular anti-spam plugin used by nearly all WordPress blogs. They write prolifically and intelligently.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Commenting is the #1 way community is built on a blog. Having the proper setup for commenting to take place is important indeed. Threaded comments are a must. Turning this setting on in WordPress allows readers to respond directly to each other and not just show up as the most recent comment. Get your setup right.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 17, 2011

After migrating this blog from Google’s free platform to a self-hosted WordPress platform in the fall of 2008, I followed Chris Brogan’s blogging advice and contacted Tubu Internet Solutions (affiliate link) to host my blog for $10 a year. How to Identify Spam in Blog Comments. Recent comments Recent comments.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

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. Livefyre is to blame for less comments.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I suppose I should also incorporate grammatical structures that WordPress allows and that social media does not. And I’ll end my posts with a request for comments, social shares, and/or mental memories to return here for more. This got me thinking that I want to write more and keep people here. I’ll write with a purpose.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 31, 2014

It’s a WordPress plugin (and works with other blog platforms or any website for that matter that lets you add code) that lets you record a short voicemail message to any website owner or blogger who has it installed. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Thanks for reading.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Related Stories Analyze Your Visits to My Blog How WordPress Comments are Evolving Plot Your Tweets with @Xefer. Thanks for reading. Thanks for reading. Blog News blogging metrics Twitter'

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This blog is powered by WordPress — and the Thesis framework , a premium theme that sits on top of WordPress. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Design Your Own Blog or Ask For Help in your browser. Recent comments The answer seems pretty obvious from way over here.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

With the help of a WordPress user group on Facebook, a lot of people suggested SiteGround. Related Stories Introducing a New Design at AriHerzog.com Hello 2016, Welcome Back Comments Tracking 2 Weeks of Blog Visitors. I also grew dissatisfied with increased incidents of downtime and longer-than-usual responses to my support questions.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 6, 2011

Anyone subscribing by RSS will now see a slightly-different view, with embedded comments for instance. Recent comments Recent comments Related articles 17 Plugins to Improve Your WordPress Blog. Connect: Twitter | Facebook | Email | 978.558.0008. No related articles yet. Have you visited the blog archive ?

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Amid yesterday’s comments about my announcement of a domain I bought to shorten web addresses , Leo noticed [link] redirected to [link] and wondered why I didn’t use a WordPress plugin instead. Why I Use 22 WordPress Plugins Today. What’s Leo babbling about, you ask? Pro Powers My Short URL at AriWriter.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 1, 2010

Here’s the old: And here is version two, tweaked with slight font and text changes: Based upon initial comments below, I tweaked it further — returning a bolder flavor: You like? Related posts: Enhance Your WordPress Blog with 23 Plugins. I created these in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Rethinking Blog Design.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 25, 2011

Whether you’re using a Blogger or WordPress blog (the two most popular blog platforms), there are plenty for you to choose from. Peruse through the WordPress plugin directory or this Blogger widgets repository. Recent comments Recent comments. Care to share any tips below? Thank you for reading!

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 24, 2011

Titles and descriptions play a part, along with the extent of how popular the article is through backlinks (also called inbound links) and comments. Articles become popular, or viral, through multiple backlinks and multiple comments — and accurate taxonomies. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Share Then Link.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

One of the neat aspects about WordPress is nobody owns it. With more than 1,300 themes and over 13,000 plugins , the appearance and functionality of any WordPress blog is up to the blog owner’s imagination. When you add a comment and John replies to you, a plugin emails you that comment. Want to see the map ?

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 26, 2011

John Haydon leads the Inbound Zombie army of Kim Woodbridge and Tina Marie Hilton helping nonprofit organizations with numerous internet services including online fundraising, social media training, and Facebook and WordPress implementation. Recent comments Recent comments.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

WordPress didn’t exist then, and neither did blogging. Please continue reading The Key to Online Success and leave a comment if inspired. Recent comments Recent comments. But I quit because I didn’t think office work was for me. Those sites had Google Adsense ads on them, and the ads made a little money.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 23, 2012

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.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 12, 2010

First: The following plugins only apply for self-hosted WordPress blogs. Pre-installed with WordPress, new users need to follow directions on the Plugins page to sign up for a WordPress.com account, and copy the API code into the plugin management page. If you want to see the page without adding a comment, click here.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 20, 2011

One of the key goals when I started blogging was to encourage a healthy discussion area in the comments. I’ve always been a firm believer that the real gold to any blog post can (and does) come from the comments left afterward. Native Comments. Third-party systems usually rely on adding a plug-in and this slows down your site.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 31, 2011

From generalists to specialists, Inbound Zombie has a specific mission to help nonprofit organizations with online fundraising, social media training, and Facebook and WordPress implementation. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Who I Am and What My Business Does in your browser.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Whether you spend your time on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or your own WordPress blog, social media is where online communication happens. Please continue reading Introducing Sean Platt: Internet Grammarian and leave a comment if inspired. Recent comments Recent comments. Connect on LinkedIn today.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Juli Monroe wrote this comment : I really hate blogs with comments turned off. While I do lurk much of the time, I like the option to comment. When comments are turned off, I wonder why, and it makes me not want to read. They frequently write passionately and conversationally without any places to comment.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 7, 2010

The above screenshot is a comment posted to AriWriter two hours ago. Because this blog is powered by WordPress and I run a spam detection plugin called Akismet that automatically places comments meeting certain criteria into a holding pattern, the bestiality comment was not published. To Moderate Blog Comments or Not.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 23, 2012

Every blogger wants people to visit, read, and comment. Commenting has a stigma of being hard. But commenting can be very rewarding — especially if the blogger provides ways for other readers to interact with you. Most commenting systems provide a reply button for anyone to reply to your comment.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 24, 2011

You don’t want to be required to sign up for a user profile to write a comment. You want stress-free commenting. You are opposed to comment registration and you support creating conversations. You comment on blogs with the hope that people reading your comments will visit your site. True or false?

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