How important is it to leave a comment when you read a blog?
Posted 1st October 2008 at 04:26 PM by shrinagesh
Here are 11 reasons why I think posting comments on other blogs is very important.
1. Posting thoughtful comments on authority blogs (consistently), helps in building brand identity & eventually brings in loads of traffic.
2. Even if the geek blogger misses to notice, at least 10% of those thousands of blog readers are bound to notice your comments.
3. Lets imagine: If you are lucky enough & the geek blogger notices your comments, and requests you to write a guest post. Lol! Fortune Shower. (History has examples).
4. Ping backs & comments are great for networking. Ping a small blog’s post n do them a favor. You can expect a favor in return later.
5. Though google doesn’t consider links in comments, yahoo does…improving your yahoo search rating.
6. If you have a thoughtful comment, you can elaborate it into a blog post.
7. Time sucker? Restrict the number of blogs you want to comment on & stick to them consistently.
8. Commenting on new blogs aspiring for exposure has its own advantage. You build personal relationship & easy to get pingbacks & guest post requests..thereby improving organic links.
9. Its so humane to appreciate somebody for their thoughtful blog posts. Gives them a warm feeling. Its great to be good sometimes.
10. It lets me know that I am not typing into the ether. Brrrr! internal monologue. The thought scares me.
11. Reader gets to contribute to the discussion making it a community rather than just one-way information”.
So Its all about interacting with other bloggers (same niche or not) and becoming part of a network.
Tip: Use anchor text (your preferred keyword) in the name field of the comment box. Yahoo loves it. Try <u>link:http://www.domain.ext</u> in yahoo search box and see how many links you’ve aggregated.
What are your thoughts? Do you leave comments on blogs? How would you feel when you receive / do not receive comments on your blog?
1. Posting thoughtful comments on authority blogs (consistently), helps in building brand identity & eventually brings in loads of traffic.
2. Even if the geek blogger misses to notice, at least 10% of those thousands of blog readers are bound to notice your comments.
3. Lets imagine: If you are lucky enough & the geek blogger notices your comments, and requests you to write a guest post. Lol! Fortune Shower. (History has examples).
4. Ping backs & comments are great for networking. Ping a small blog’s post n do them a favor. You can expect a favor in return later.
5. Though google doesn’t consider links in comments, yahoo does…improving your yahoo search rating.
6. If you have a thoughtful comment, you can elaborate it into a blog post.
7. Time sucker? Restrict the number of blogs you want to comment on & stick to them consistently.
8. Commenting on new blogs aspiring for exposure has its own advantage. You build personal relationship & easy to get pingbacks & guest post requests..thereby improving organic links.
9. Its so humane to appreciate somebody for their thoughtful blog posts. Gives them a warm feeling. Its great to be good sometimes.
10. It lets me know that I am not typing into the ether. Brrrr! internal monologue. The thought scares me.
11. Reader gets to contribute to the discussion making it a community rather than just one-way information”.
So Its all about interacting with other bloggers (same niche or not) and becoming part of a network.
Tip: Use anchor text (your preferred keyword) in the name field of the comment box. Yahoo loves it. Try <u>link:http://www.domain.ext</u> in yahoo search box and see how many links you’ve aggregated.
What are your thoughts? Do you leave comments on blogs? How would you feel when you receive / do not receive comments on your blog?
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Good post on blog interaction, Shri.
I enjoyed it.
AsherPosted 1st October 2008 at 10:57 PM by Asher
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I consider a signup as a better comment than a comment is, but you are right in saying that it pays to make actual comments. It can pay off in all the ways you mention and a few more besides.
Any time someone leaves a comment on my blog site 999 times out of 10,000 it will repeat exactly what I said, then sign their names. That is not a comment. Nor will it ever get posted on my site. I don't care if you are for my subject or against it, always say something you actually mean, or don't say anything at all.Posted 1st October 2008 at 10:58 PM by talewins - Anyone who has their own blog can remember the feeling u get when u press that button to submit and make it viewable to millions. ...You could have spent hours researching , time sifting thru copyable ads and adapting them to show ur individuality...or spent hours on end tweaking your html code to improve the numer of visitors to it.
So when you check in the next day it is lovely to see a comment to ur post...a sense of achievent...someone has taken notice of ur efforts and they offer a recognition for it.
Kind of a praise and reward encouagement for you to start to work on your next post
Posted 2nd October 2008 at 02:45 PM by mumswillearn
Updated 2nd October 2008 at 05:53 PM by Janet Sawyer (Changed the font color, did a little tidying up, so that most could understand and read the posted comments)
