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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Sue- LA Private Investigator — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:01:05 -0000

I like the article, but it seems some peoples comments are defensive towards other writer's habits.
So, just out of curiousity... is it so wrong for a person to try and make some extra cash by doing link building and making comments on blogs? If they really are reading the blogs and trying to pay attention are they still "spammers" or smart business people? Isn't one of the points here that it's ok to write short creative comments, but just to keep them relative and not generic? Just playing a bit of devil's advocate.

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

L@Custom Wood Door Creations — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:33:59 -0000

I love #4. (hmmm... the sarcastic one in me wants to stop there!)
It is also always helpful to make a comment in regards to a line of content, not just a title or such. Show that you didn't speed read, but paid attention.
(so, did I pass the test?!?!)

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

adwido — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:37:06 -0000

Well I'm almost scared to give you a compliment after that post, but what the heck. Great post. These are good tips for new bloggers who don't necessarily know blog comment etiquette. As far as debating goes, I agree it's ok...for some blogs. However, in some blogs one could be viewed as a trouble starter. So I suggest an approach similar to your advice on linking...check out other comments before making an adversarial remark to see if it is acceptable.

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

theaffiliatepost — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:44:38 -0000

I am surprised you have not had more comments on this post. It is well written, informative and usually a post about comments brings you people who are willing to try a little harder just prove that they are capable of writing good comments.

Nice blog btw :)

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

nithin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:53 -0000

Hi the tips are really worth trying. Actually I have been following some of them but some I did not. So I have to try them.

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Bare — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:05:24 -0000

I totally agree with number 2. Staying on topic is key. If you stray off topic or write something totally random, not only might you be annoying, but you could be flagged as a spammer also.

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Mark — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:07:33 -0000

Great tips. I'm looking too build up sites so comments are very important. I always take the time to read through so I appreciate your tips. Great post.

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Gixar's Gadgets — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:15:27 -0000

If writing came easily to everyone, there'd probably be a lot less readers and a lot more writers. In verbal conversations most people would rather give their opinions than listen to what anyone else has to say--our egocentric human nature at work. Thankfully, most people don't have the time, will, or skills to write something worthwhile, meaning the rest of us have a chance to be heard. And make money :)

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Soham — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:46:59 -0000

I do agree but the disagree and debate thing is a little difficult, as many remove the comments entirely.

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Michael — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:06:35 -0000

generally i think you should built rapport with the site owner

it's always a win-win situation when two bloggers collaborate together or rather join forces and help promote each other

also bad comments are good comments as it fuel's people's thoughts and you get a lively debate over your site - not to mention hits

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Sara Ch. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:10:02 -0000

Jesse - Yeah. I have noticed quite an increase in spam comments since I started using the dofollow command. But I wouldn't change it simply because I think it is good etiquette to pass on link juice.

IdeaCafe - There has definitely been a change since I started showing up on all the "dofollow" lists floating around the blogosphere so I'm certain that's where probably 80% of my spam comes from.

V - You won't find that happening here. Unless you are trying to sell me something or blatantly advertising your site, I don't delete comments. I'm all for disagreement and debate!

Quentin - I'm not sure exactly what you are saying, but I do agree that the bloggers who use nofollow aren't being very polite. However, some people are very paranoid about Google smacking their pagerank for using dofollow. It happened to me, but it is easy to recover if you fix the problems. I'll be writing a post on that in the next week or so. Last fall my PR3 dropped to a PR0 overnight!

360 Degrees - Well, I'm about as liberal as you get, so I'm sure we'd have fun debating. I honestly listen to a person's point of view before I decide what I think about their argument, though. Unlike many extremists (right or left wingers) who have already decided that someone is wrong before they speak just because they have a different opinion/belief about certain things.

Olivier - I had fun reading through some of your posts - the MotivAider sounds really cool! And, yeah, writing a post about comments did seem to work well to get them. =)

Gus - of course there are more than five ways. I just said I was going to discuss a few. I agree about the ADD, though. It's all about short attention spans and multitaskers.

James - Yup. Drives me crazy when someone says, "Nice Post" and then includes three links for vicodin. silly spammers!

Phew!

Should have checked on these comments sooner so I didn't have to play catchup. Thank you all for the great points!

Sara

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

James — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:01:35 -0000

I agree. And the "Valentine's givers" are for the most part spammers looking to get an easy link or two just by typing a few words like "Totally agree man, thanks for the post" haha

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Gus Direct — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:27:34 -0000

"Disagree and Debate" - Only 5 ways? There should have been more. And staying on topic? This is the internet. No one stays on topic. Its like these series of tubes are laced with ADD.

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

360 Degrees — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:19:08 -0000

"I am not suggesting that you create strife, but there is nothing wrong with playing devil’s advocate. Oftentimes, counterpoint is a great way to engage the blogger. . . ."

Well, then, I guess the blogosphere is really the place for me, because I love an intelligent debate! Also, my views are quite conservative, and if there are other like-minded individuals out there in the blogging world, they sure are quiet about it. . . .

Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Olivier - 7 laws of attraction — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:26:47 -0000

May I say that this is an excellent way to generate comments: make a post on commenting :-)
I wish I was that smart. Although lately, people start to comment also on my blog.

Excellent post by the way.

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

IdeaCafe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:25:06 -0000

Nice post!

...just kidding. That really makes sense me, though I'm not experiencing same kinda problems that you are. Maybe it's just that you use DoFollow-plugin, so people comment just becouse they want link?

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:45:39 -0000

The problem with #5 Disagree and Debate is that I often find myself moderated afterwards. People are not likely to take criticism- being called and proven wrong in your posts hurts even more than in your comments especially when you're trying to sell a product or otherwise monetize your post

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Re: The Fine Art of Blog Comments

Jesse — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:20:42 -0000

i totally agree with the line,"Being called out and proven wrong is a surefire way to become labeled as untrustworthy and just plain stupid." no one wants to look stupid with his/her comments. coming to the spamming part, its just that a majority of the blogs have a "nofollow" thing attached. so it makes the spammers kinda desperate.