Blog comments are important for a blog, it shows the growth and quality of a blog. It doesn’t make sense if the blog you build doesn’t have even a comment, it might be your content does not sticky enough to get your readers to leave a comment, or you have not done enough work to get your readers to contribute their opinion on your blog.
If you want to get people leave comment on your blog, first you have to know what mistakes that you’ve done, then you can avoid and don’t repeat the mistakes, and improve your blog to get more comment. You have to do something to attract your readers to leave a comment after reading a blog post, it’s not an impossible mission but you have to do it the right way.
7 Reasons Why You Aren’t Getting Blog Comments
1) You Didn’t Leave Comment On Other Blogs
Blog hopping and leaving comment on other blogs is important, you want people to leave comment on your blog, then you have to do it first on other blogs. When the blog owner sees you contribute an honor comment, then they’ll be happier to leave you a comment on your blog in return. It’s the concept of “give and take”.
2) You Didn’t Reply Blog Comment
Alright, now you’ve gotten a blog comment on your blog. You need to be sure that the commentator will be coming back on the next few days to leave another comment on your latest blog post. Be sure you reply their first comment to show that they’re respected, and they’ll be your regular readers and commentators. Never ignore even it’s a critic comment.
3) You Didn’t Use Plugin To Benefit Commentator
Nowadays, most of the people leave comment because they want something in return from you, traffic and backlinks. If you give them what they want, then they’ll be happier to leave a comment. There are several wordpress plugins which would benefit commentators such as KeywordLuv, CommentLuv, Top Commentator, and etc. Spend some times and install the plugin on your blog, you’ll see the differences.
4) You Didn’t Dofollow Link From Commentator
It goes same to #3, you need to give advantage to your commentators, reward them something for their contribution. What they want is just a dofollow backlink juice from your blog. If you want your readers to leave a comment with desired keyword link, then you might need to install a dofollow wordpress plugin to make their link dofollow. It would definitely increase the conversation rate on your blog.
5) You Didn’t Write Call-To-Action Post
Blog content is the key that makes your readers to leave comment, sometimes people don’t leave comment even your post is quality and unique because they don’t know what to comment, it’s because your post is perfect and they don’t want to just say “Great post! I agree with you!”. So you have to make it to be a “call-to-action post”, it means that you can ask a simple and related question at the end of the post, and ask your readers to share their thoughts.
6) You Didn’t Show Your Enthusiasm While Interacting With Readers
While interacting with your readers, you need to behave yourself. You can’t be rude to your readers even they critic your blog. You show your enthusiasm and good attitude, then they may be your regular readers and contribute comments on your blog from time to time. Good relationship is the key to build up health community, it could help in a long run basis.
7) You Didn’t Write Simple And Understandable Post
Many people like to write long and complicated post to show people that they’re professional, they use complicated words and sentences to write a lengthy post and they thought they’re expert in writing but they’re wrong. You want people to read your post and leave comment, then you have to write simple and understandable post that make people easier to leave a comment. You may write list post for easier understanding.
How To Get More Blog Comments?
1) Blog Commenting
If you want to make your blog to be crowded with conversation, you need to learn how to build a healthy community around your niche, then the community will be hanging around your blog and leaving comments from time to time. Blog commenting on other blogs is a good way to build up community, you may search for similar niche blog and leave a comment or two. I’m sure they’ll drop by your blog and leave a comment as well.
2) Sincere Interaction
I’m sure you did receive several emails from blogger fellows who asked question about your niche right? You should reply them sincerely and try to help them as much as you can, once you help them to resolve their problems, they’ll be your regular readers forever, or at least for a few months. When they know you can help them with their problems, then they’ll leave more comments on your blog and ask questions.
3) Know Your Mistake And Overcome Them!
You just have to know your mistakes (perhaps one of the 7 mistakes above), overcome them and you’ll be getting more blog comments on your blog. Learning from mistakes is the essential process toward success.
Wrap Up
In fact, it doesn’t matter if your blog doesn’t get more comments, only if you want to build a brand for your blog. A brand is important for a blogger if you’re serious in blogging business, it would definitely help in your future business. It’s not complicated to get more blog comments on your blog, you just have to do a little more research on what mistakes that you’ve done on your blog, take some times to fix them and improve your blog.
Are you doing one of the 7 mistakes above? What you do to get more blog comments?
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“You Didn’t Write Call-To-Action Post” will be main reason why visitors don’t comment on your Blog because the other reasons are targeted to Bloggers and but this is one which is really important for visitors of any kind.
Thanks for such wonderful article
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Absolutely, that’s what I used to do on my every blog posts and it does really help to get more blog comments. By the way, I think the blog update is very important, when you’re slow in updating your blog, readers may run away for awhile.
Thanks for your comment dude.
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All good points, Lee. I especially agree with you on the importance of responding to comments, and doing so in a manner that isn’t rude or obnoxious. We need to cultivate an atmosphere in which our readers are comfortable sharing their thoughts, without fearing they’ll be attacked by those that may disagree with them.
Good post!
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@Doc Sheldon,
You’re right. It goes same to teacher and students, when the students ask a question and the teacher reply in rude or no manner, then the students will not be asking question anymore. We have to treat our readers as our friends, communicate in manner and they can be our loyal readers.
Thanks for your comment Doc Sheldon.
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I agree with you lee and will like to make one more addition
there is one way that how you can get more comments. I have personally observed that if i use words like you and me instead of SOME BLOGGER, you will get comments. This is because readers like personal interaction rather than using some 3rd party name. You consider your own example and think that what you will like more- personal attention or random mention. So, a very good way is to address your readers personally.
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@tushar agarwal,
I strongly agree with you. This is a statement which explained by Darren Rowse from Problogger, we shall indicate “you” in the post, and not “they” or “the reader”. Personal in touch would be more effective, and “you” will be more likely to leave a comment.
I think Doc is right honest interaction with people who care to comment and, as you say, interaction on other blogs is importen.
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@Bent,
Yes Doc is very true. Sincere and honest interaction is effective and you will keep the reader’s heart, when you ask a question and they will response. Leaving comment on other blogs would be important too, you might need to interact with others before you want them to read your blog and leave a comment. Give before you take.
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One way, that I’ve found, that really seems to pull out comments is that you don’t just give every bit of information to a person because at that point you cover it so well that there’s really nothing to comment about. This isn’t to say that you are selective with your information but you do leave little gaps which are otherwise already understandable (example: don’t really need to mention SEO – everyone knows it, at least frequent website owners); this gives people room to discuss the sections further, ask questions and answer others you may have missed.
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@Murlu,
You’re absolutely right Murlu, I never think about this effective method. Even you know a thing 100%, but write it in 80% and leave the 20% to your readers to share their opinion. That’s an awesome way to drive comment, I may try it in my coming post.
Thanks for your comment Murlu.
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I think the point 7th which is “You didn’t write Simple and Understantable Post” is extremely correct for me. Most of my friends commented that my blog posts are too scientific and they can’t even understand it. That is why i cannot get blog comments. Thanks for your sharing Lee!
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@Kok Siong,
Yeah, so you know why some blog receive many comments, while some blog don’t. Topic of the blog plays an important role as well, sometimes scientific blog post may drive people away to leave a comment, they don’t understand the sentences you write. End up they leave your blog without finish reading the blog post. Anyway, try to write a blog post with simple words and sentences, then leave it to the readers to leave a comment.
For my blog most of the 7th point of view you tackle are the major problem of me because they comment but i’m not comment back to them. Now I know what are the thing i need to improve to be more better blogger. Thanks for sharing ideas and tips.
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@Gilbert Salcedo,
You might need to reply the comments from your readers, they will feel that you respect and appreciate their comments. And they’ll be coming back and leaving comment on your other posts as well. Gilbert, don’t worry, spend some times to reply comments and you’ll see the difference.
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I like call to action in my post.I have not yet used this but will use now.Actually you are right in every post readers couldn’t find themselve to involve with comments,if you ask them any question or any opinion then they can easily interact with your post.I also find one thing which would affect readers conscious mind to comments on you,if you left a award/prize for them,just like award for top commentators etc.I think this will affect huge.Thanks.
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@FreeMoneyMaker,
You’re right. When you ask a question, readers will be easier to write a comment to answer your question. Bear in mind, keep the question as simple as you can, so they know how to answer your question. Regarding the contest or prize for top commentator, it definitely helps, but sometimes the quality of the comments might not reach the level, and end up you will receive tons of nonconstructive comment. It may be true or not true, you may try to see the result.
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Points number 1 and 2 is a must. I mean, to get more comments to your blog, then you should check out and comment at other blogs as well. Also, if comments are coming in to your blog, then its essential to reply at them with sincerity.
It is all about open and sincere communication. Show some enthusiasm about your blog post by entertaining or answering each and every comment being posted there by your visitors. For sure, they will keep coming back (and posting comments as well) to your blog to read more post.
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@Ron Leyba,
That’s right Ron. Replying every comments on the post is very important, you can’t miss out anyone of them, otherwise the one you missed will think that you’re not respecting him and you will lose a reader aka commentator forever. Anyway, interaction is very important to build a community, once you have a healthy community around your niche, then most probably you’ll get lots of comment on all your blog post.
Hey Lee,
Suspense and mystery is one of the main reason someone will be interacting with somebody else.
If you write something that people can relate and the content can have topics that could spur a debate, this can also attract comments.
Interacting with your readers by answering their comments can also make them comeback or check your other articles.
Of course, rewards have to biggest success because of the Newton law, applied in reality “every action has an opposite and equal reaction”!
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Hhello Lee Ka Hong and a real thank you for the 7 reasons why you are not getting blog comments. I see this article as to 7 tips to attract comments. I’m new to blogging so I found all these information are very essential. I used to think comments are not important as long as I get readers and traffics. After reading through you article and comments from other bloggers here I know it is time for me to take comments seriously. I never thought leaving comments at other blog can go so far to create a strong community. True, comment is one important way to get feedback about the quality of the blog content. Once again thank you for your generous tips. =)
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@Alex,
I totally agree with you that rewarding commentators with something else such as cash contest, one way dofollow backlinks and the like, these all can actually get your readers to leave a comment effectively. I used to give my commentators backlinks from the Top Commentator, but I’ve yet to try the Cash contest and I’m not going to try this in the coming days because I believe that the quality of comments will be sliding down as people leave deconstructive comment because of the cash, the cash blows their mind.
Thanks for your comment Alex!
Nice Article. I’ve never been a fan of the reply comment, unless it was a necessary addition to the post. Commenting, Quality Content, and Follow links have increased my comments. You can also shut off the spam filter and get TONS of comments.
Thanks for sharing.
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@Dog Bowls,
You’re right Dog Bowls, shutting off the Akismet and for sure you will get thousand of comments per day. It was what one of my blogs got when the Akismet accidentally shut off, and it took me hours to remove all the SPAM comments. Anyway, it’s definitely a way to get more comments, but not quality comments.
Thanks Lee for enlighten me on this crucial matters for blogger. Sometimes, we just took for granted about the comments made by our readers. But on the other hand we were really happy seeing all the comments. From now on I’ll surely make a move to leave sincere comments on their blogs also in return. You are right on the point that sometimes our writing did not have call-to-action post that can gain us more readers discussion and interactions among each other. Anyway a big thanks to you for all those GREAT ideas for making us GREAT bloggers..
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@Rodie,
Yeah, it’s actually great to see people leaving comment on your blog, it shows that they like your content and they have something good to say. Rodie, you try to ask a simple question at the end of your post and you may see some improvement in the coming days.
Thanks for your comment Rodie.
Hey Lee,
Awesome post. However i am setting up my blog from dofollow to nofollow to see who the genuine commenters are.
I mean, those who will still comment in my blog even if it is a nofollow.
I have noticed it clearly, and come to conclusion, that i have a good content, and having a nofollow blog will still rock
Thanks for the great points above!
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@Kimi,
Yeap, turning a blog from dofollow to nofollow would be a good test to see who is genuine commentator, most of the commentator leave a comment because they just want to get dofollow backlink in return. For me, I would prefer “real” commentator instead of commentator who wants only a backlinks.
I found interaction is important, I will comment more if my comments received replies from the blogger or others. Also the blog posts are “call to action ” type, which ask the reader’s opinion, will encourage the readers will leave comments on it
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@David,
Absolutely! Interaction is very important, when your comment has been replied by the blog owner, then you will feel that you’re respected on the blog. It goes same to me, when I leave a comment and the owner reply my comment, then I’m already another regular reader and commentator for the blog.
Blog posts that are good quality certain help. Also blog post that is controversial sometimes will attract a lot of comments as well. Always leave the blog post open ended and leave room for discussion.
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@Fiona,
Asking a simple question at the end of the post will certainly increase the participation rate on the blog. The combination of good quality article and a simple question is the best, you’re leading your readers to leave a comment by asking a simple question.
Thanks for your comment Fiona!
Lee
I agree with you on all of these as they are essential to getting more comments but the crux of it besides writing great content that in essence begs people to comment is also looking to see if they have a blog that you can read, comment on and share with your network. That is also key to building readership and comments. It is more than you did for me so I do for you. It is finding a new POV and also starting more conversations that lead to building relationships. Every comment I get on the blog, I see if they have a blog, every retweet I look at their profile, visit their site, every person that comments to a comment on a blog that I write, I look to see if they have a blog. etc.
Building a community around you that wants to learn from you and you want to learn from them is not only what keeps the blog alive but also the blogging community in and of itself alive.
@SuzanneVara
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@Suzanne,
I strongly agree with you Suzanne. Building a healthy community is the best way to increase the number of comments or conversation on our blog, but it’s not a simple process though, it can be taking a few weeks or months to build a community in the same niche. Anyway, that’s the best way in long term basis, for people who are serious in blogging, for sure they’ll take time and build a community, that would help their online business in long run.
Thanks for your comment Suzanne!
Twitter: redgedimaano
I agree with what Lee has written on this post. I’ve been blogging for about two months now and my first month was very crucial. I really really wanted people to read my posts in my blog. It was so hard to pursuade people to get to the point to read and internalize the points on my blog for there are times that readers cannot relate to the topic or does not really like the topic. Blog commenting is actually number one on my list that I really fail to do during the time that I started my blog. After some time, I am receiving some feedbacks, from the blogs that I have commented to, so blog commenting really helps actually to reach a wide horizon for your blog. I’ve learned so much from this post, and I will surely follow your tips, Lee! Thank you for this, you really inspire bloggers like me to blog more for the better!
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@Redge Dimaano,
Good to hear that your blog receives some feedbacks and improvement now. Blog commenting is more to building a community around your niche, when you leave a comment on other blogs, they will be more likely to leave you a comment in return if they like your article, it’s like “you do me a favor and I’ll do the same for you”. Of course, you have to write simple quality article and create call-to-action post, make them easier to leave a comment. Redge, keep doing them and you’ll see the improvement.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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Great post, I think I’m lacking in the first one, so here I go leaving a comment!
I’ve noticed that I tend to leave more comments on blogs that are quick to react to something I’ve left.
I’ll leave a comment, and within minutes they will respond, and are smart and ask a question or something of me in order to get me to return and respond (which I do) which then starts a dialogue between us, and before you know it we’ve created 6 or 7 comments in a matter of minutes.
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@Warren Wooden,
Yea, asking a question while replying comment would make people come back and answer the question, then end up the article is full with conversation. That’s one of the way to create lengthy conversation too, this is one of the methods I used to do but not too often.
Thanks for your comment Warren!
Hi Lee,
I agree with all points, especially number 3 – we love our posts to be commented by other bloggers, and so we come by at their blog site and leave a comment on their post too, only to find out that they don’t have plugins to benefit us (as a commentator). Leaving valuable comments as well as replying to the comments from one’s post in a sincere manner is the way how others get more blog comments.
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@Felicia,
When you leave a comment on other blog, I’m sure they’ll do the same for you. As for the plugins, it depends on what’s the main purpose of the commentator, some are really helpful to leave you a comment because they have something to say about your topic, while some are just want to get a dofollow backlinks, these commentators usually leave a comment and will never come back again. Anyway, build a community around your niche and you’ll receive more conversation on your blog for sure.
Hi Lee. I think most people could be too busy or too lazy to leave a comment. Or sometimes we get distracted, like while visiting one website, already thinking about the next search term on Google or switching to new tab on the browser. Afterall, we live in such a fast pace society and it shows no sign of slowing down.
Having an easy access to a comment section is a key. I have a WordPress blog/website and I too have comment section where readers can share their thoughts and opinions without creating any account. I tend to skip or shy away from sites which requires me to sign up or creating a password. Who would want to create another password just to leave a comment anyway…?
Thanks!
Best regards,
Kako
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@Kako,
You’re definitely right and I strongly agree with you. Our moves are just too fast and don’t want to slow down to leave a comment or something else, most probably we just read the content, we get new knowledge then we will hunt for next information. Regarding the ease of leave comment, I’ve seen someone uses a comment software which requires people to register and leave comment, that definitely drives people off to leave a comment. As you said, nobody likes to waste time registering an account just to leave a comment, it doesn’t make sense at all.
You have a great view here Kako! Thanks for your comment.
Great post Lee, I totally agree with you that engaging and interacting with your readers is essential to having a successful blog. Which is why it’s important to get your blog reader to leave comments. The best way to do that, just like you mentioned, is to create a community around your niche and write compelling content that would make people want to leave a comment.
I think your point about making blog comments “dofollow” will help to increase comments on your blog. However, if you have a blog in the “make money online” niche, then many of them tend to be spam or they just care about getting a backlink.
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@Mathew,
Absolutely! Create a community around your niche would be a long term success if you could do it well, then creating compelling content is good to attract people to leave a comment. Addition, create a post which is easier for them to leave a comment, just like asking a simple question at the end of the post, this is effective.
Regarding the dofollow, when you turn on the dofollow, then you have to spend some time in reading each comments and make sure they’re not spamming your blog. I receive tons of spam comment everyday and I spend few minutes a day to evaluate all comments.
Thanks for your comment Mathew!
Twitter: Gloson
Oh dear! That’s why I have not been getting comments on my blog when I first started it – I was doing all of those 7 mistakes! Haha!
But now, I have realized my mistakes and I stopped doing them. Now I receive more comments on my blog than I did last time.
Superb post, Lee! I’ve retweeted it
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Cheers!
Gloson
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@Gloson,
Hey Gloson thanks for your support (retweet and comments)! Congrats on getting more comments on your blog. I’ve seen you doing well now as you leave comment on other blogs and I’m sure they’ll do you a favor by leaving a comment in return in your blog too. Keep it up Gloson, you’re doing better than me!
yahh. i agree. No wonder some of my friend’s blog still never get any comment. Seems like he must read your article. This will be a big help for her.
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@abrablog,
You may ask your friend to check out what mistakes which they’re doing now, then follow the tutorial and see how much it helps.
Thanks for your comment dude!
Great post if your no-follow like you pointed out that is a lot of traffic you are leaving on the table so make your blog do-follow for more marketers eager to comment for a backlink.
Also make sure your content is interesting and serves a purpose by teaching them something they probably did not know.
If your blog is high traffic that doesn’t hurt either. Good post!
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@Jay,
Absolutely, making your blog dofollow would definitely receive more comments, but you have to take more time in moderating the comment because you’ll be receiving more spam comments than usual. Serving useful post would be much effective, try to write something which comes straight from your mind, as long as it’s useful and simple, then most probably you’ll get more comments.
Hi Ka Hoong,
I think it is also quite difficult to write good comments when there are short comments like this.. “Great posts, thx for writing this up.” I get really annoyed when I see it but usually I graciously comment back. The trouble is most people should learn how to add value and be an extension to the conversation in your blog posts or comments. Thx for posting this up. Good luck in your contests!
Cheers
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@Bryan,
Yes it’s really difficult to reply a comment like “Great post”, but most probably I don’t accept comments like this, I’ll just click “Trash” or “Mark as spam”, that’s it. I won’t approve comment which doesn’t add a value for the article.
Thanks Bryan for your comment and support!
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Lee,
One thing I would add here is for new bloggers is be patient….for comments.
It can take several months of consistent blogging and commenting on other blogs before you start to see comments appearing on your own blog.
But don’t give up…follow the 7 steps you outline and comments WILL appear.
Andrew
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@Andrew,
I strongly agree with you Andrew, keep writing great post and don’t urge for comments, and don’t think you can get more comments for your new blog, keep building it and follow the 7 steps, I’m sure you’ll get more comments (up to 5 comments a post) in coming days.
Thanks for your comment Andrew!
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Hey Lee,
Another awesome post as usual I see.
Thanks for sharing.
I myself have had problems leaving comments on some other blogs (probably they’re also doing the mistakes you mentioned). Hence, I don’t get that many comments. But whatever it is, we just got to keep going, right?
All the best, Lee.
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@Charlton Gomes,
Yea, we have to continue posting even we don’t receive comments on our articles, the blog still need to be running. Follow the steps from time to time, comments will come when it reaches its’ stage, just keep on doing what you suppose to do. Keep going Charlton!
Twitter: charltongomes
Indeed! Thanks, bro. Same to you.
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I want to add this comment of mine.
One of the many reasons why you blog is not getting any blog comments is the blog commenting structure or form itself. I have encountered this one blog who happens to dish out or post up a good article. That article is really a good one. It offers a new and fresh information around the blogosphere. But to my surprise, no one leaves any comment at that article. I wonder why by that time so I decided to leave a good and thank you comment for his article. Until this blog commenting technical error hits me up.
After I wrote my long comment, entered the captcha code that the blog requires to be able to comment and hit the submit comment button, a error message pop up saying I inputted a wrong code (captcha) and then after I click the ok button, the whole page refreshed and my long comment is gone. So I wrote it all over again, but same thing happened error and comment is gone. So after trying 2 times, I leave the blog without commenting although I really wanna make a comment there.
Sometimes, it can be at the technical side. So it is really a good thing to check it as well from time to time.
Hope this comment of mine makes sense.
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I’ve had that happen to me, Ron, and it is infuriating! Important to note, too, is that even when things have been working very smoothly on your blog, it’s still necessary to check it once in a while. Even an automatic update of a plugin that has nothing to do with commenting can sometimes cause a conflict.
I recently discovered that all my widgets were frozen, and couldn’t be edited. After investigating, I found that it was because of an automatic update on a plugin that manages something else entirely. Many plugins (most, in fact) have to interface with your database, and conflicts are easily introduced.
Great addition to the convo, Ron!
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You are really right on that one Doc. It’s like a regular or routine check up of blog or websites. Testing all aspects and more importantly testing its functionality within “different browsers” as well.
Thanks for the reply to my comment.
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@Doc,
Oh really? I thought a latest plugin version will need to be updated manually? Perhaps there’s an option which you can set to update plugin to the latest version automatically, it’s something which I have not figured out yet, lol!
Anyway, blog maintenance once in awhile would be good because it may causes your blog losing traffic and comment when it’s down. Sometimes latest version of wordpress would conflict with the older version of wordpress plugin.
Appreciate that you share your experience with us Doc, we learn something new today!
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@Ron,
I strongly agree with you Ron, it definitely drives me off when I have to write the same comment twice, I experienced it before and ended up I quit the blog. Now I learn the mistake, I copy the comment I write before clicking “Submit”, at least I have a copy of the comment if technical error occurs.
One more thing, I hate blog which needs registration to leave a comment, I’ll never do that to leave a comment, it takes long times. Doing blog maintenance once in awhile would be good, just to avoid giving inconvenient to readers and give them the best experience while surfing the blog.
Thanks for your comment Ron!
Hi Lee,You have discussed some very good points,I would like to share some more things.Technical things do matter why people land to your page,they try to comment and get irritated due to some tech problem and leaves your page.But one more important thing is what makes you to comment on your post.Basically it is is the content part.How interesting and updated is your content,what message you are trying to convey to your readers,Are you asking a question,suggestions,tips etc.I want to say that basically it is the content part what you are trying to say to your visitors.what they want and what you are delivering.
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@Adam,
I agree with you Adam. Sometimes you’ll receive emails which ask a question, you may answer the question in a blog post, that way you’ll get the people to take part in the conversation. When it comes to content, you may try to make the post as simple as you can, then ask a simple question at the end of the post, for sure you’ll receive more comments on that post.
Thanks for your comment Adam!
Thanks so much for this post Lee. I have been doing these things for sometimes now and I will have to rethink my strategy, many of these 7 points have I not take so hard on and I must write more quality instead of quantity of posts. I must also take more time on the comments and to give better comments back, thanks again.
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@Property Marbella,
Quality of post is beyond quantity, but be sure you write a quality post with simple sentences which people can understand easily, then only they can leave a comment easily. Do ever try to show off your profession with complicated sentences, it will not only bored your readers, it will drive them off as well.
Keep commenting on other blogs and reply comments on your blog, you’ll see some improvement in some days.
Thanks for your comment.
Its very good infoe, now I know how to make traffik comes to my blog. Thank you very much for your information. I learn many thing from your blog.
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@mamajambu,
You’re welcome dude. You may follow these steps and you’ll see some improvement on your blogs in some days. Would appreciate if you could come back and tell us your result after a few days or weeks. Keep going dude!
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I really like the reasons provided in this blog, and it’s great that you also touched on ways to get more comments.
Another way to get more comments, is to participate in a “Blog Challenge”, like the Ultimate Blog Challenge that just finished in October. These kind of challenges create a connection between the bloggers, where they each support each other and leave comments on each others blogs. This can really get the conversation going.
Bloggers just need to understand that “blogging” is a form of “social” media. It is not the same as formal writing. It is much more engaging, and the comments section is the best part of blogging. I really liked what you said – you need to leave comments on other blogs to get comments on yours – - – and this is true! This is blogging karma.
Also blogs that use the Commentluv plugin can be helpful too, as it provides a link to your last post on your blog, and other commenters can see this.
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@Fiona Bosticky,
You’re right Fiona, blog challenge is a good way to get more comments, a community would be more effective. Blogging is just like an interaction between each other who has similar interest. It’s all about communication in blogging, don’t be afraid to give before you take.
Thanks for your comment Fiona!
Twitter: vijayrc
I am absolutely go with you Lee. Blog commenting is an important for every bloggers to make a good brand as well as the benefit of backlinks from Dofollow blogs. Commenting will really helps to make a good interaction on the blog networks as you said.
Few days back I realized that to give for my readers and commentators something, so that I have changed my blog to Dofollow blog. So that they will get satisfied while commenting.
Atlast I love your 7 points to overcome on blog commenting. In my words, Good comments really makes good interaction between bloggers. Thank you for your delicious posts.
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@Vijay,
Yea Vijay, making your blog dofollow would definitely increase the number of comments on your blog, but you need to spend more times on moderating comments. Anyway, making good interaction and build a healthy community would help in a long run.
Thanks again for your comment Vijay!
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Thanks for all these tips , from mistakes to doing it right, you are a rare gem, from following you from your blog2day blog to this place, you have really shown that you good stuff, I still on my learning curve but according to Andrew from Blogging Guide, I am patient and trust that the comments would come and result in consistent readers, thanks
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@Iroko,
Thanks for following my blog and supporting my guest post Iroko. My methods might or might not work for you, you may try each of them and see which one works well for you. Keep doing what you think is right, keep writing and comments will come when it reaches a certain stage. Keep going bro!
Twitter: kikolani
It’s amazing how commenting on other blogs, and replying to comments in your own posts will make a dramatic difference in the amount of comments you get. Especially if you are commenting on CommentLuv enabled blogs – the post you include in your link will receive quite a boost!
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@Kristi,
Yea, commenting on other blogs or replying comments in our own posts is a type of way to build community in similar niche, that would definitely help in a long run. Kristi, you’re doing well in building community around your niche.
Thanks for your comment!