Everytime we hit the publish button for every articles we hurdle to write for our blogs, we deliver a message. That message could be a reflection of who we are, what we believe in and just whatever trivial thoughts that walk through our heads. The message could be clearly and effectively adhered to by our respective visitors or they could have opposing views on the matter. Whichever case it is, I personally would want to hear each and everyone’s points of view by airing their respective sentiments, additional and substantial inputs related to the subject or if not related, a simple hello being sent via the comment section is always appreciated. Commenter’s contribution to the discussion at hand is always of great value.
What really makes a blog interesting is when we have readers reading our stuffs. I want to quote Uncle Che of AZ Blogging for this. He aptly said of which I so much conform:
“I have always considered the art of commenting as the “BEST SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS FOR BLOGS”. Your blog can be on BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog, Bumpzee… Irrespective of how much users interact with our blogs, we still need their direct comments and that counts more than anything else…”
When it comes to commenting best practises, there is no irrelevant comment in my vocabulary. Everyone who takes extra time and effort in hitting the comment box and eventually publishing a comment is highly appreciated by yours truly. Spammers have no place in my blogs though.
The power of commenting can actually get our blogs to greater heights. By commenting, our presence is not only warmly felt but we can increase traffic to our respective blogs as well. In addition, it enables us to share our insights and gives more depth to the topic being discussed. And here’s the catch! Get your blog indexed in search engines by posting relevant comments. That’s only one of the real great value of commenting.
OK!
You do publish comments at other blogs. But how well motivated are you in coming forth and commenting more? Are you recognized for the inputs shared or for the frequent comments you’ve had posted for a certain blog?
Well, for the First Commenter’s Club, you will get due recognition! We shall be recognizing those people who have placed the first ever comment for a specific post. I do not exactly know who authored this idea but I stole this brilliant one from a great and lovely blogging pal, Mariuca of Wishing on a Falling Star. For almost a year, I’ve tried to install a few widget codes to identify the Top Commenters for my blogs, but my effort were for naught. I always fail. Not until Marzie came to the rescue! She made everything possible! Her unselfish act is truly commendable! Together with the brilliant Uncle Che of Novice Master, they were able to install the JS KIT and Comment Luv Plug Ins. These two people are my angels! What could Lainy be without you, guys???A million thank you’s to the both of you!
To further encourage commenters to share their thoughts and establish rapport and camaraderie with each one of us, this blog and my other blog, Our Journey to Forever, shall be linking up to those people who shall be identified as first commenters. The Top Commenters for the month shall also get a few incentive in the form of EntreCard credits. These shall be my comment policy across my blogs. As you can see, I also try my best to answer all posted comments. I do not moderate comments because I am not online most of the time.
I am therefore encouraging everyone to get involved and share your thoughts as long as it is not a violation of my comment policy. Rude and nasty comments shall be subject for deletion. And please… No more marriage proposals again, OK? LOL!
SEE ALSO RELATED ARTICLES:
- The Power of Blog Commenting and Some Comment Etiquettes
- Yet Another Type of Commenting Reward
- Get Some Love for Commenting Easily
- Commenting Best Practices
First commenter for this post!
General Santos Time
I recently saw the Comment Luv plugin being used for the first time. As a commenter, I was impressed. It got me thinking about how undervalued the comments setup is to some bloggers – myself included sometimes. Your post is a good reminder of how we can fix that. The First Commenters idea is also a very good one.
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i prefer the old format of comment box in here. i have a hard time commenting in this new set up of yours sis. and u know me, i am a huge commenter!!! lol
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Will you marry him(Scott)? Joker some1 proposed ?
I value my commenters(friends)..especially if her last post in her blog is a personal entry so I can comment on her also.
But sad to say that my posts are not informative and I ended up having maximum of 10 comments(excluding my relpy) and minimum of zero or 1. ehehe!
Leyn, much better na makita namo kung pila na ang comment sa entry mo aron d ko mailad perme..abi ko nasad ako una nag comment. “0″ abi perme nakasaad. And like Rez, i have a hard time commenting in this new format. Naa hinuon ko absent kis-a sa comment.
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That is sad, Sis! I don’t know what seems to be the problem. I am in love with this present comment form, hehe!
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Haha! No Lermz! Someone actually asked me to marry him in the comment form, would you believe that??? I am not too sure if he was making fun of me though or something like that but that is entirely a faux pas.
The number of comments don’t actually matter for as long as the comments are genuine, if you know what I mean.
The number of comments showing up with this plug in is a bit delayed, Lermz. I am sad you are having a hard time in this new comment format, Lermz. I find it easier for my part especially since I always reply to the comments posted. I hope you will get used to it soon…
You absence is understandable. You are a well-rounded person. It’s great that you still find time commenting on my blogs. Thank you so much!
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I absolutely love to hear from my commenters. If I have a post up that isn’t getting responses, I worry that I haven’t hit the mark.
Reaching out to others is the reason we all blog!
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Yeah! CL for Bloggers is just so great! You hit the nail right on the head! Comments by our readers should’t be underrated. They are of so much value to our blogs and they are the reasons why our blogs are breathing…
Thank you so much for your input and for being my first commenter
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We love our comments. We have Technorati Fav Love, nofollow is disabled and we have keyword luv.
Comment Luv is coming but problems with plugin.
Otherwise lots of comment love.
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sa other blog mo sis, sa journey of forever, i can never comment na talaga. the site requires registration daw and i dunno where to register.
tuloy dami ko ng miss sa mga posts mo. 
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as to my say about this post of yours, eto, nakikipag-comment pa rin kahit nahihirapan sa new set up mo dito! lol does that show i am a comment-whore? hahaha! yeah, i love to read comments in my posts as i will know if my posts are interesting to my readers. pero kahit walang comment, oks lang din kasi my number 1 fan is my swithart! and i know he stalks my blogs so oks na yun! lol
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hello lainy!
love this post! It is always nice to blog hop but what I like best is knowing more the people I visit. I get to leave comments on posts that I am personally connected with. Leaving and reading comments are nice except those who are just there to leave their links.hehehehhe
but can you be kind enough to update my blogs?
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When it comes to blogs and blogging, comments are kings of the post. No matter how good your content is, if you don’t have someone saying something about it, you feel like you have been talking to yourself LOL.
Thanks for this great article and all the related articles you added at the end of the post
Oh! As for the proposals, be sure to expect as many as “impossible” =-X
You are too hot for the guys to resist, sis. Don’t blame anyone who proposes
Uncle Che was able to fix it today, Sis. I think it’s working now. DO give me a head’s up if you encounter more problems with it…
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It always makes my day when i go to my site and can see that i have a people leave their comment and opinion on something i have wrote. It makes you feel like people are listening and reading.
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I am sorry about that, Sis! I hope you will get use to this new comment form soon.
Yeah, I know you love to comment, I can see you everywhere, hehe! People of course would love to comment at your blogs! They are great and you are very articulate. But there are just too many out there who prefer to stalk than involve themselves in the discussion. I think it’s ok but would be better if they could share their thoughts with us, too.
Ang cute naman! Of course your hubby is proud of you. And besides, he would really want to read your blogs, sila ang laging bida ni Triz, eh! Hehehe!
Pleasure is all mine!
Thanks Rose! I can’t agree with you more! I really hate spammers, too! They are selfish bloggers who does things unfairly…
I will update your blog come weekend, Rose. I will let you know once I am done with it…
Only you can say it better, Uncle CHe!
Hmmm, the proposals… You know it was uncalled for… I didn’t asked for it and I don’t want it to happen again…
Same here, Bill! As what Uncle Che have mentioned, it’s like you are talking to yourself if you can see no comments. No people agreeing or disagreeing with you.
But of course, publishing an article comes with a responsibility as well. If we were able to stir the interest of our readers, then we could expect a number of comments…
But come to think of it. Some bloggers get a lot of comments by just being TOO friendly. And they themselves have been commenting a lot. I think reciprocity works here.
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Thank you so much for the lovely mention here sweetie, and again I was really glad to help u with the TC widget. It works fine too yeah?
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Btw, I have a simple tag for u. It’s really fun, so come check it out later when you’re free! :* :*
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I can’t help but click on the smileys here each time I comment, ha ha! It’s almost automatic lol!
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Great! I see your JS-KIT is finally installed with the Guest comments on (it was off last time and could not comment when we had that discussion over Windmill’s post).
“Get your blog indexed in search engines by posting relevant comments. That’s only one of the real great value of commenting. “
This is very much true. Good comments are really seen valuable by search engines.
By the way, I also don’t like some commenters, such as those that post comments that are not related to the post. I get the feeling that they don’t ever read my stuff.
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I must agree with you! We all love comments. But we have to admit it that some of our posts aren’t worthy of our reader’s attention. The challenge there is for us to write thorough, interesting and thought-provoking posts. If it is of highest quality, no doubt, readers will take notice. Before we know it, we already have built or increased our traffic. By engaging our readers to the discussion at hand, comments will come forth.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I don’t know what other plug ins could work for Blogger. I just love it when CL can be applied here. At least commenter’s recent posts are showing up…
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MARZIE!!!!
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MARZIE!!!!
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MARZIE!!!!
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Blogger has some serious limitations. I recommend to everyone a free wordpress.com blog or if you are skilled a self hosted wordpress blog.
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At last! The culprit was the previous post Marzie. The post asking for sponsorship… :).. Too many sponsors there and they were all linked up. 82 blogs sponsoring the contest as of this time,YAY! I placed it in scroll bar form. After that, the page loading speed is like thunder
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What a great idea! I love my commenters too. I actually featured you in my blog today if you would like to check it out here:
http://lenoxknits.blogspot.com/
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Hi Lainy,
Just popping in to send some hugs!!
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Ellaine!!!
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hahaha..
I just love this new comment form! I’m so loving it in my blog sis!
Like you I value my commenters too, it feels great to read comments and know that people do actually take time to read your post eventhough sometimes how nonesense it is..
I joined the First Commenter Club too sis! woot woot! =-O =-O
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I’m with you.. I love all of the comments on my blog.. With the exception of one.. I got some off the wall comment…and this person’s avatar was a naked mans bum, it was clearly meant to be offensive, and it WAS. I don’t want to look at that! LOL.. Happy we have the delete option, that is for sure!! =D
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I love getting comments on my blogs too so I try to comment on others as well because I know how much I appreciate them. My husband really gets excited if anyone comments on the posts he thought of. I tried installing CommentLuv but just became frustrated with it when it didn’t work right. It was a big hassle so I gave up on it. I do have top commenter widgets and last year dedicated an entire post with links to the blogs of all my commenters for every month but this year I stopped because I was just getting too many so it took me a lot of time to do it. I wanted to spend more time actually reading and commenting.
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A wholeee lot lol
Comments are hugely important to any blog. In many ways the dialogue between the blogger and commenter is the lifeblood of any blog. I find that one of the best ways to attract comments is to come up with a controversial (within reason) point of view that you know many of your visitors will disagree with. Then watch the comments roll in.