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Would people leave comments on a post about blenders?

by pepper81 Banned
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Just wondering if you allow people to comment on your posts when you are promoting a physical product. Lets say you are doing a review on a blender, do you think people will bother to leave a comment for a post about blenders?

I understand the importance of allowing people to comment when you are discussing an issue like 'self-improvement' or 'SEO techniques', but does it have any real value when you are promoting a physical product like a blender? Do you think it makes your site about blenders look like a ghost town with "no comments" after every post because people don't usually voice their opinions on a post about blenders?

What do you think?
#blenders #comments #leave #people #post
  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    It always help to have generated content from other people. Some people do leave comments about physical products.
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    • Profile picture of the author howinfo
      The only way to find out is to leave comments open. If you got regular visitors to your site that come back regularly they may leave a comment as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael D Forbes
    The Cuisinart Smart Power Premier 600-Watt Blender CBT-500 is excellent at blending, is dishwasher-safe, and comes with handy extras like a built-in digital timer. In brushed metal/stainless steel. I love mine, it looks fab in the corner hutch!

    Erps! Sorry, wrong forum!
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    • Profile picture of the author 1byte
      Originally Posted by Michael D Forbes View Post

      The Cuisinart Smart Power Premier 600-Watt Blender CBT-500 is excellent at blending, is dishwasher-safe, and comes with handy extras like a built-in digital timer. In brushed metal/stainless steel. I love mine, it looks fab in the corner hutch!

      Erps! Sorry, wrong forum!
      Rotflol...good one!
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      • Profile picture of the author glowworm
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        I imagine if they'd bought a blender and were completely satisfied then they'd be only too happy to leave a review. Make sure of your list, or follow up emails after purchase.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelplies
    i think there should always be some user interaction, gives your site more credibility with new visitors.
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    • Profile picture of the author pepper81
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      Originally Posted by michaelplies View Post

      i think there should always be some user interaction, gives your site more credibility with new visitors.
      I agree it gives you credibility when people are actually leaving comments but if nobody is leaving comments and you have "no comments" after every post it kind of makes your site look unpopular in my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author slicka
    i would let them, and you wont know if they will comment unless u let them be able to and wait and see, give it a shot!
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  • Profile picture of the author shane_k
    well I would read comments posted on a forum about blenders.

    I have two in my home and I use them alot.

    I would like to know if others thought they were any good, if they had power in chopping things up, or were they weak?

    So if I would read comments on blenders yes I am sure people would post comments on blenders.

    One way to check is to do a search for blenders on amazon, ebay, or ohter e-commerence sites and see if people are leaving reviews.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lana Holmes
    I think that if you are making "authority" type of site, not only with descriptions of products, but with something like guides, features and problem discussions etc. it's better to allow comments.

    But if it is highly targeted mini site selling particular products and you are planning to have more than 10 of them it could be hard to moderate and answer all comments you are getting, especially because most of them will be spam from the same mini sites.

    In that case for me it's better to eliminate comments from post template, so you don't have mention about comments at all. For me a site looks abandoned not because it has no comments, but when it has comments from the celebrities like "Best Blender" or "Look At My Site".
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Why not?

    We have a blog page in our website for our content writing services and we allow people to comment on those blog posts. Though we have intangible products (content writing services), we can also relate that to your physical product(s).

    Make sure that the content of your blog post is written for human and not just for search engines. Keep in mind that people bother to comment when what they read caught their attention. That's the way we write our blog posts, too.


    Originally Posted by pepper81 View Post

    Just wondering if you allow people to comment on your posts when you are promoting a physical product. Lets say you are doing a review on a blender, do you think people will bother to leave a comment for a post about blenders?
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  • Profile picture of the author johnes4th
    The two methods I have used to get comments on physical product sites (mostly review sites and review/education sites) is through customer reviews and questions.

    It definitely takes a while to start getting comments on a regular basis, especially if most of your content is product reviews. I know some people think its shady, but with these types of sites I pay people to make one or two comments on each post until the real readers start getting involved. The appearance of reader activity is essential.

    More specifically, I pay people to leave a question in the comments section. Once they leave their questions, I answer them. This sets an example for real readers to follow. If they see you actively answering questions, they are more likely to ask their own questions.

    The same is true if you opt for customer reviews instead of a comment section.
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  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    Win a blender by leaving your feedback...

    Give them a reason to leave feedback, ^ doesn't have to be it.. but make them want to leave feedback, and if you have the TRUE real visitors they will.

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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      One quick suggestion, though.

      Be absolutely ruthless about moderating any comments left. If you get even the slightest bit wishy washy about it, you'll land on the bots' radar and soon you'll be buried in "Great post!" spam for backlinks.
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      • Profile picture of the author fluffythewondercat
        My experience with comments on several sites is that people don't leave remarks that are useful for SEO. They might say they liked the product or they didn't, but they don't go into long detailed feature-filled explanations.

        That seems to only happen on Amazon. There's a reason. People engage with Amazon. Some of them write reviews for everything they buy and they genuinely want to help others make a buying decision.

        I would turn comments off but give people a way to contact you if they have information they'd like to share.

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  • Profile picture of the author TerranceCharles
    If you're targeting the RIGHT people, they will leave comments because they understand exactly what you're talking about. May not be a big deal to some, but it will be to others.
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  • Profile picture of the author OutsourceFactor
    Originally Posted by pepper81 View Post

    Just wondering if you allow people to comment on your posts when you are promoting a physical product. Lets say you are doing a review on a blender, do you think people will bother to leave a comment for a post about blenders?

    I understand the importance of allowing people to comment when you are discussing an issue like 'self-improvement' or 'SEO techniques', but does it have any real value when you are promoting a physical product like a blender? Do you think it makes your site about blenders look like a ghost town with "no comments" after every post because people don't usually voice their opinions on a post about blenders?

    What do you think?
    Some degree of interaction is good. Allowing people to comment can encourage them to ask questions about the item or the post. It all depends on what kind of post you're doing, like if you're doing a review for example, your content should be compelling enough so people would want to comment or would want to ask a question. I say allow commenting but work on promoting your site or developing your content to get those comments rolling.
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