Comments on: Five Ways To Generate Discussion and Support Blog Comments

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:46:39 +0000

I agree that there is the temptation, but I think I simply look at it as a smart thing to take advantage of. It’s kind of an offering to users.

By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Brandon,

I like your tips. I wonder though, does CommentLuv combined with the DoFollow tag really foster blog community, or does it just encourage comments? It’s hard to pass up that combination when I am comment marketing my blog, unless the site is completely unrelated to mine.

I try to leave good comments, but I must admit to leaving contrived comments on some of these sites because I was more interested in the link than the blog post (not that your site is one of those). What do you think?

Brad
Brad Harmon´s last blog ..How to Effectively Bring Prayer Into the Workplace

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:21:45 +0000

Farrhad, you’re absolutely right!

By: Farrhad A

Farrhad A — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:26:31 +0000

Responding to comments regularly and some good plugins can spark conversations with ease!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:39:39 +0000

No problem Walter – thanks for stopping by!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:37 +0000

Excellent thought – people love answering questions!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:04 +0000

Will, a very interesting concept! I look forward to seeing how it works out.

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:49:35 +0000

I have to consider commentluv and WP Ajax edit comments. I never have this on my blog. Thank you for this info. :-)

By: InternetHow Blog

InternetHow Blog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:39:11 +0000

These are all good and encourage readers like me to comment. I try to the same on my blog. I also try to finish my posts with questions to the readers.
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By: Will

Will — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:59:12 +0000

Hi Brandon,

These are all good ways of making your blog very user friendly. I’d like to add commentluv to my own blog but am currently using Disqus and don’t think it’s possible to use both features at the same time :(

You asked about community – my own approach is to search the web looking for quality sites ( it’s not so important if they are currently popular or not) and bring them together using the “whata” domain name branding strategy. The concept is still in its infancy but if you like what you see, please feel free to join by leaving a message on the site ( with your link & a short descriptive sentence – and I’ll gladly add your work to the blogging category )

Five just happpens to be my lucky number by the way !

Best wishes from Hamburg

Will
Will´s last blog ..Ninetynineways.net

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:44:26 +0000

Well I’m certainly glad you stopped by Nanodance. Conversation is a nice thing! Great to meet you!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:43:46 +0000

I feel like I have a lop top do also, so you’re right – editing is nice! :)

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0000

Thanks Jad. When you jump in, it’s a ton of fun, but it’s also very time consuming. Keep us posted on your progress!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:41:38 +0000

David, glad you stopped by – you have a very nice blog!!

By: nanodance

nanodance — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:40:29 +0000

I don’t get an overwhelming number of comments and I want to interact with my readers, so I make a point to respond to every comment. When my blog was brand new, however, I didn’t respond to comments and lost readers that way. What did I know? I was a newbie. But it only makes sense- I enjoy getting responses back to the comments that I leave, so I try to do the same thing for my readers.
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