ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

You may have heard the stat that for every 100 people who read your post, only one, on average, will leave a comment. I 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: Ask for comments. This example got 113 passionate comments in just eleven hours. Lesson: Have an official policy on comments.

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Scroll below his post to add a comment — and be forced to comment through Facebook. Whether or not you choose to share that comment on your Facebook wall is up to you, but it’s either comment with Facebook or don’t comment at all.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 26, 2011

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. And blog commenting is still one of the easiest ways to get backlinks.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Please share them in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics. Information graphics, or infographics as they are more often called, are a great way to convey complex information clearly and concisely. Infographics can be anything from annotated maps, timelines, flowcharts, graphs, Venn diagrams, size comparisons, charts, or data presented with snazzy typography to a gorgeous amalgamation of several of these techniques.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2011

Also, be aware that it may take the text of your comments into account when evaluating your site. Let us know in the comments! Kimberly Turner is a cofounder of Regator , a site that curates the best of the blogosphere, as well as an award-winning print journalist. Blogosphere Trends + Readability Scoring. Do you know your blog’s readability score? If not, there are several ways to find out. But before you go calculating, let’s talk about why you should even care.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2011

Tell us about it in the comments! Blogosphere Trends + Improving Readability. Hello again, fellow bloggers! Last month, we talked about how to find and interpret your blog’s readability score. If you weren’t happy with what you found, don’t worry: there are plenty of ways to improve readability and we’ll look at a few today. Some, such as using shorter sentences, may actually improve your readability score.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 21, 2010

Thanks for joining me for another edition of the weekly blogosphere trends, provided by Regator.com. Then share a link to your post in the comments. Please share your accomplishments in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world's best blog posts) - Darren. Hi-dee-hoo, fellow bloggers!

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 28, 2010

Because today, we’re going to use the weekly blogosphere trends from Regator to talk about the importance of storytelling in blogging. Please share a link and any tips you may have in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Storytelling. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts) – Darren. I went tandem skydiving for my birthday in June.

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ProBlogger

JULY 24, 2010

Man alive, I hate bringing you a list of blogosphere trends that includes both Lindsay Lohan and Jersey Shore—not to mention Sarah Palin. Cottle has a long history of writing highly opinionated pieces that have, no doubt, helped her build a tough skin when it comes to antagonistic comments. Let’s chat about it in comments. Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Check back to answer questions and follow up on comments. This example received several negative comments but when the guest poster didn’t return to address them, they got out of hand. Lesson: Stirring controversy in a guest post is risky business, particularly if the host blogger disagrees or the comments get out of hand. Blogosphere Trends + Guest Posting.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

If you use humour on your blog, please share your tips in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Humour. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. Once again, we’re taking a look at the stories bloggers have been writing about the most during the last seven days (list provided by Regator ).

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2010

Second person is the best choice when you’re trying to encourage interaction and, although the rest of this post is written in first and third person, most of the comments directly answer the second-person question from the headline. Please share your thoughts and unicorn stories in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 6, 2010

Share your ideas and methods in the comments! Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. Each week, we look at the ten most blogged-about stories of the last seven days, as provided by Regator (which is turning two years old on Saturday!).

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And that’s simply not the case, in today’s blogosphere. 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. Write a good comment that adds value. That’s my take, but what do you think makes a good comment?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 12, 2011

Good grammar can do more than just help you avoid admonishment in the comments; it can also help your blog build trust and authority. Share them in the comments! 10 Blogosphere Trends + 34 Handy Grammar Tips. Online retailer Zappos has recently seen a “substantial” increase in revenue after correcting the grammar and spelling of reviews on its site.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 13, 2011

Even if you’re not selling anything (yet), you still want your audience to take action by commenting, interacting, sharing, Facebook “liking” your post, watching your videos, attending your events, etc. In this example, the bloggers directly asks readers to vote in the poll and state their case in the comments. My call to action: If you’re a ProBlogger reader who has never commented before, take this opportunity to introduce yourself and say hello in the comments today.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 10, 2011

This particular live-blog also makes the author of each comment undeniably clear, which is especially important when opinions are being shared in a post by multiple bloggers. Blogosphere Trends + The Art of Live Blogging.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2010

Please share your techniques in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Handling High Word Counts. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. I’m often asked about the “ideal length” for a blog post. I’ve heard answers ranging from 200 to 800 words, but my answer is always the same: Enough to tell the story and not one word more.

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ProBlogger

JULY 10, 2010

Share your thoughts in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Your Blog’s Tone. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. After a brutal summer flu took me down and prevented me from writing last week’s weekly trends post, I’m especially happy to be back to bring you a fresh list of the most blogged-about stories of the last seven days.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 18, 2012

That’s when you begin to wonder … why isn’t anybody leaving a comment? There are blogs with readerships in the hundreds of thousands with barely a handful of comments per post. Why don’t people comment? This may come as a bit of a shock if you’ve been navigating the blogosphere for any length of time, but commenting on a blog is not a natural or intuitive behavior. But for commenting to happen, they must understand it as an option.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Taking this theme a little further, I decided to branch out into the blogosphere, but using the number seven this time around was a tad too limiting. There are so many blogs out there that regurgitate news, causing clutter in the blogosphere. Thanks for commenting, Megan!

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Monitor the mentions you get and be ready to comment, answer questions and make replies to those who write about you. Social Media Social Media PR blog reach blogger outreach bloggers Blogging blogosphere Influencer online mention PR publicity social media pr strategy word-of-mouth

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 28, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Use CommentLuv for better comments I just finished my daily ritual of reading my favorite sites. Once I left a comment I saw that it had grabbed a feed from my site of the last post and added it. Leave a comment!

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ProBlogger

JULY 24, 2012

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?”

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 3, 2012

If new visitors never stick around, if you rarely get retweets, or if there’s tumbleweed blowing through your comments section, this might not be because you’re getting anything wrong in terms of promotion. You could ask them to comment, ask them to subscribe, or ask them to check out your new product or service. If you’ve got a great writing tip to add (or a question to ask), just leave a comment below. Why Great Writers Win Out in the Blogosphere—And How to Join Them.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 25, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking iPhone 4 First Impressions Written on June 25, 2010 by Justin Levy in iphone , video 6 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Firebelly

MARCH 9, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week | Main | Fans With Benefits: Add Value On Your Facebook Page » March 09, 2010 The New Dork - Entrepreneur State of Mind “Yeah, Now I’m in the Blogosphere.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 3, 2010

Even though I do such little promotion, many posts get hundreds of retweets and comments. If you can get someone to comment on your blog, there’s a good chance you can get them to subscribe to it as well. Anyone can retweet, comment, or link to you once. Home What the F ?

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2011

Surprised, you quickly turn your laptop on and glanced at your latest blog post comment status. No comments whatsoever. But how come your visitors left without leaving any comment on your blog? So why don’t you invite them to comment on your blog, literally?

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 30, 2010

→ Google Me – quick thoughts for and against… June 30th, 2010 · View Comments So the rumours are building about the ‘Facebook killer’ being worked on at Google. And whenever there are big rumours, the blogosphere rushes to comment.

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The Marketing Blog

JUNE 11, 2008

18 am Services & Tools for Bloggers Jump to Comments Ever since the philosophy of blogging has become popular a lot has happened in the blogosphere planet. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 2 Comments Filed under Cool Stuff , Tech Tags: browser plugin , desktop blogging , semantic web , Tagaroo , Windows Live Writer , Zemanta , zemanta plugin 2 Comments Blog Editors « SEA Property July 15, 2008 at 11:50 am [.]

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

I have collected a Super Link List from around the blogosphere for you to be all that you can be online! Leave a comment! Five Comments No Serious Blogger Should Ever Post ¬ Mihaela Lica #265 February 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pm What an excellent list, Koka!

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 25, 2010

That's only half of the story in this very interesting Blog post about what is really happening in the Blogosphere. Now it's your turn: in the comment section below pick one thing that you saw this week that inspired you and share it. blogosphere. Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

via GIPHY The news channels are covering it, social media experts, gurus, and wizards are clogging up the blogosphere with posts about how amazing they are. Comments. Feel free to leave a comment (because I don’t have reactions enabled on this blog).

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Know your part in the blogosphere. Comment and share. Guest post, link back, comment on other blogs. Trying to get commenters on your blog can be really frustrating at first—it normally doesn’t happen automatically, but keep at it! Respond to comments right away with a real response, rather than just a thank you. Blogging for Dollars Business Blogging comments content conversation make money blogging

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 14, 2011

Since the emails started rolling out, Netflix has been taking a beating of “ Dear Netflix – &# tweets, comments (38,007 as of this writing) on its Fan page, and overall really bad sentiment across the blogosphere and social media. Guest post by Joe Hackman.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Formerly known as The State of the Blogosphere the report has been renamed the 2013 Digital Influence Report because it takes a look at the broader social Internet as well as blogs and bloggers. Instead they should be looking at pageviews, comments, replies and retweets if they wish to gain insight into engagement and influence.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 16, 2012

There has been so much going on lately in the social media blogosphere that it seems the most efficient way to let you know the most important stuff is in a quick round-up post. Main takeaway – less commenting across the board seems to be a trend.

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Alongside my ongoing book reading challenge , I start off every day by reading the latest goings-on in the public relations, social media and tech blogosphere. Let me know about your favourite pieces from the last week in the comments below.

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Social Media Citizens

APRIL 12, 2010

The blogosphere is an ideal place for that; it’s like a big church where you can push your ideas to so many different audiences. smcitizens ] — October 8th via Twitter Comments ??????

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

GIFs have become increasingly popular on social media, and they’re a fun way to respond to a comment or add humor to a post on social media. Transform customer content, testimonials and your comments section into content for your blog or social pages. Guest Post by Jessica Davis.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It makes the blogosphere less frightening. And, quite frankly, the blogosphere can be daunting. If Kami Huyse hadn’t given me the opportunity (and a genteel kick-in-the-butt), I would never have ventured into the blogosphere. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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