With so many posts that end up with no comments and more bloggers every day ditching comments all together I think it's going to be interesting to see how the way in which we handle comments evolves in the future. I've used CommentLuv Pro for years and it works very well.
I still believe in blog comments. Even if they are a pain to manage, people who read an article and have a question are much more likely to do so on your comments in hopes of receiving a response. If they don't have that option, they might seek an answer on another site instead.
I agree, Kristi. I rarely read blogs that don't have comments. When I have time to read, I want to do so in a community where I can interact with the writer and other readers.
These are so frustrating, I wished I could use the native system within WordPress, but it doesn't seem to "do" enough. Disqus has become wonderfully bloated, and if you try their advertising model, you get a page full of junk. There must be more than 3 options. If you go native the spam will make you insane. I wished there were more options discussed here
There are other comment platform systems - these are the ones that most people end up on after testing others though. Unfortunately, spam is going to get you no matter what you use. Even Moz, where they have their own platform, gets a rash of spammy comments per post.
Hopefully Kristi won't mind me jumping in here to say that the free GrowMap antispambot plugin (GASP) works best for me. Without it, my blog was getting 1000+ spam comments a day. The day I installed it they dropped to 40 and most of those were real. 100% of them were manually created.
The comment section is a great place for idea generation. It’s a group of people, batting ideas around.
A blog comments section is the best place possible to interact with the author, and get feedback directly from the source. Anyone can read an article and then relay it to you with their interpretation, but having direct access to the writer means you don’t have to assume or take someone else’s word for what they meant. You can ask the writer herself.
I’ve also written blog posts based on comments found on other blogs, too. Inevitably, I link back to the other blog (win for them), and I get a great post idea (win for me). Plus, I have a legitimate reason to leave a comment and say “I wrote a post about this here” and perhaps get some new readers.
It was in our blog comments where a reader brought up the need for social proof. It was a comment that piqued my curiosity and got me doing some research. I eventually wrote a blog post.
At the very least, you’ve probably found yourself realizing that there were questions or directions your readers have suggested that would make a great new blog post (or two or three). That’s happened here on this blog, even.
You write a post about topic. The discussion is active, and you find yourself leaving long comments. Pretty soon you think it’s probably best to write a whole new blog post because the topic has expanded and given you a lot to talk about, all thanks to the blog comments section.
After testing Google’s new Chrome web browser, I’m happy to see that Chrome also flattens the bookmark hierarchy. However, Chrome takes it a step further by searching Google itself as well as the user’s bookmarks.
I love making compound butters and this is one of the best. Great for steaks, burgers, corn on the cob...and baked potatoes. Wow...delicious! Thanks so much - it gets a big 5 from me. Great post
Hey I have to say I really do think she's going early, but what could be considered a full term I'll also pick July 30th. Its the date to go with cause she won't go for the next two weeks after that, August 20 would be another good pick, but no I'll stick with July 30th
