Written on October 12th, 2006 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse

10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog

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Only 1 out of every 100 Readers Comment on your Blog

Below I’ll outline 10 ways you can increase the participation rate in the comments section on your blog.

Jakob Nielsen’s latest study finds that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing.

So 1% of your blog’s users are actively engaging with your blog and the rest are at best occasional contributers.

The study isn’t just on blogging so the actual numbers could be more or less than these and would no doubt vary from site to site anyway - but the principle is true. The vast majority of readers leave a blog without leaving a comment or contributing to it in any way (and some bloggers like it like this and switch comments off - read more on whether to have comments on or off here and the up and downsides of comments on blogs here).

To some extent this is just the way it is and we probably need to just get used to it - however when it comes to comments there are some ways to encourage more interactivity on your blog:

10 Ways to Increase Comment Numbers on Your Blog

1. Invite Comments - I notice that when I specifically invite comments that people leave them in higher numbers than when I don’t. To some degree this confuses me as most of my readers know that they can leave comments on any post - but I guess inviting a comment triggers a response to some extent. Also keep in mind that new readers that are unfamiliar with blogging don’t always know about comments or how to use them - invitations to participate in well laid out and easy to use comments systems are good for helping them participate.

2. Ask Questions - Including specific questions in posts definitely helps get higher numbers of comments. I find that when I include questions in my headings that it is a particularly effective way of getting a response from readers as you set a question in their mind from the first moments of your post.

3. Be Open Ended - If you say everything there is to say on a topic you’re less likely to get others adding their opinions because you’ll have covered what they might have added. While you don’t want to purposely leave too many things unsaid there is an art to writing open ended posts that leaves room for your readers to be experts also.

4. Interact with comments left - If you’re not willing to use your own comments section why would your readers? If someone leaves a comment interact with them. This gets harder as your blog grows but it’s particularly important in the early days of your blog as it shows your readers that their comments are valued, it creates a culture of interactivity and gives the impression to other readers that your comments section is an active place that you as the blogger value. As the activity in your comments section grows you may find you need to be slightly less active in it as readers will start to take over on answering questions and creating community - however don’t completely ignore your comment threads.

5. Set Boundaries - I noticed that shortly after I set the rules for my comments section (with a comments policy) that my comment numbers jumped up a little. I’m not sure if it was just a coincidence or whether readers responded to knowing what was and wasn’t acceptable. It’s just a theory but I think a well managed and moderated comments section that is free of spam and that deals with well with people stepping out of line is an attractive thing to readers. I personally don’t mind people expressing different opinions to one another in comments but when I sense things are getting a little out of hand and too personal I often step in to attempt to bring some order to the situation (I rarely delete non spam comments). I find that people have responded to this and that comment threads generally stay constructive as a result.

6. Be humble - I find that readers respond very well to posts that show your own weaknesses, failings and the gaps in your own knowledge rather than those posts where you come across as knowing everything there is to know on a topic. People are attracted to humility and are more likely to respond to it than a post written in a tone of someone who might harshly respond to their comments.

7. Be gracious - Related to humility is grace. There are times where you as the blogger will get something wrong in your posts. It might be spelling or grammar, it could be the crux of your argument or some other aspect of your blogging. When a someone leaves a comment that shows your failing it’s very easy to respond harshly in a defensive manner. We’ve all seen the flaming that can ensue. While it’s not easy - a graceful approach to comments where you admit where you are wrong and others is right can bring out the lurkers and make them feel a little safer in leaving comments.

8. Be controversial? - I put a question mark after this one because it doesn’t always work (and I personally avoid it as much as I can these days) - but there’s nothing like controversy to get people commenting on your blog. Of course with controversy comes other consequences - one of which is the risk of putting off less vocal members of your readership.

9. ‘Reward’ Comments - There are many ways of acknowledging and ‘rewarding’ good comments that range from simply including a ‘good comment’ remark through to highlighting them in other posts that you write. Drawing attention to your readers who use comments well affirms them but also draws attention of other readers to good use of your comments section.

10. Make it Easy to Comment - I leave a lot of comments on a lot of blogs each week - but there is one situation where I rarely leave a comment - even if the post deserves it - blogs that require me to login before making a comment. Maybe I’m lazy (actually there’s no maybe about it) or maybe there’s something inside me that worries about giving out my personal details - but when I see a comments section that requires registration I almost always (95% or more of the time) leave the blog without leaving the comment that I want to make. While I totally understand the temptation to require registration for comments (combatting spam in most cases) something inside me resists participating in such comments sections. Registration is a hurdle you put in front of your readers that some will be willing to leap but that others will balk at (the same is often said about other comments section requirements that go beyond the basics). Keep your comments section as simple and as easy to use as possible.

So - what do you think? How have you increased the levels of comments on your blog (had to ask)?

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724 Responses to “10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog”

  • revan

    October 12th, 2006 1:17 am

    Thanks for an idea, buy imho main problem content :((

  • hdw

    October 12th, 2006 1:20 am

    Nice post. All very good points. There are a few sites that I’ve registered at in order to comment, but they are few and far between.

  • Jane

    October 12th, 2006 1:22 am

    Thank you Darren, this is an excellent list. I’m new to all this but want to setup my first blog soon so I intend on printing this out and adding it to my boxfile.

  • Don Yuan

    October 12th, 2006 1:22 am

    Nice one Darren! But I’m sure you left an important one out.

    #11 “Leave comments on other blogs and others will do the same for you.”

    Well, there are certain techniques like “rewarding comments” which I won’t be able to use I guess because I’m on blogger but I think I’m gonna try all the other techniques out!

  • Marek

    October 12th, 2006 1:29 am

    Good post!

    I am promoting my blogs through participatation in different discussion forums and, unfortunately, most comments or responses I am getting on these boards, not directly in my blog posts …

  • brem

    October 12th, 2006 1:34 am

    I’m personally not too much into coercing people to do things, but I must admit it’s nice to have more comments. I don’t actively try to get more, except when I want to know something specific. In that case, I use one of your tips, I ask a question, and recently, this has worked out pretty well. When I didn’t get as much traffic though, it wasn’t very successful.

    I’m a serial-commenter. It’s probably because I have an opinion on everything and that I think people care. Or simply because I’m a compusilve freak.

    In any case, I try to make sense, to add to the debate, and the side effect of it is that people come and visit my blog back from where I left the comments.

    Maybe a more obvious “comment” button would help getting more comments?

    I notice that most links to “add comment” are usually buried within other links. Not that other links aren’t important, but I guess if one really wants to put the emphasis on comments, the visual impact of that link should be enhanced.

    just some random thoughts…

    brem

  • dolphin278

    October 12th, 2006 2:08 am

    Totally useless. Even a kid can make such list.

  • Kanwal

    October 12th, 2006 2:19 am

    Awesome list Darren. I have been waiting on opening up my comments section till I got enough visitors coming to my site. Now that at about 1000 visitors a week, I think it might be time to open it to the community.

    Thanks

    Kanwal
    Sharepoint BUZZ
    http://www.sharepointbuzz.com

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  • Gdog

    October 12th, 2006 2:55 am

    Interesting…should I try those tips?

  • Grayson De Ritis

    October 12th, 2006 3:06 am

    Interesting statistics! I was actually thinking about comments last night and this morning (particularly, how to utilize the feature to promote increased interaction). Thanks for the tips, mate.

  • Tony

    October 12th, 2006 3:14 am

    For a brand new person this is a great list. (Especially since there are so many new bloggers coming online daily) I’m just past the brand new stage and into the “knowing enough to be dangerous phase” lol.
    I believe it’s good “basic” fundamentals list to go by and I’ll be adding a few of the points because I’m not currently. I doubt a “kid” could put together such a list as dolphin278 suggested. Maybe he’s just attempting to be “controversial? lol

  • darrenh

    October 12th, 2006 3:20 am

    It can feel lonely out there blogging and not having anyone comment or answer back — even if you know folks are visiting. I always think of comments like applause, even if they are negative. At least it’s feedback.

  • Jason Clegg

    October 12th, 2006 3:38 am

    Comments do help sites flourish, especially where blogs are concerned. Yet, I have to wonder how much they actually are necessary. I have to wonder if site forums will soon replace comments completely as we’re already seeing with a handful of sites.

    Nevertheless, these are great suggestions!

  • Curt

    October 12th, 2006 4:02 am

    Even asking for comments I see the same commentors post all the time — this is on my established blog. On a newer blog I’m getting the odd comment here and there but I think a lot of that has to do with the lack of traffic/acknowledgement that it’s there.

    I think the traffic has everything to do with the comments, the content helps as well but if you have nobody visiting the comments will be low. It also depends on how well your audience relates to the subject matter. By blog that receives comments is a general blog, people are able to comment on different topics as they understand it, my Mac blog however has low comments (it’s the new one) but I think it’s moreso because the reader base isn’t there yet — or the content, possibly a combination of both.

  • Michael Webster

    October 12th, 2006 4:07 am

    Wouldn’t it also be nice to be able to subscribe by email or rss to the comments? It is one of the things I usually look for when deciding whether to comment or not. Usually.

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  • The Positivity Blog

    October 12th, 2006 6:29 am

    Wow, when I was lurking I didn´t think I was in such a big majority. I like advice number 5. When posting a bit on different messageboards a couple a years ago I always liked the ones that where moderated hard with strict boundries. The discussion became so much more focused and fun.

  • Sheila Scarborough

    October 12th, 2006 7:07 am

    Hi Darren, thanks for this. I wish that my blog posts had more comments but really, the family travel topic is not terribly controversial so I guess people don’t get worked up enough to leave their thoughts. I do try to ask for input and follow your advice above; will just keep at it. It’s good to know that statistically there are simply a lot of folks who do not comment.

    Agree on the dislike of login requirements (Blogger and Gridskipper come to my mind.) I do not want to get accounts there just to be able to comment when there are other sites that are less hassle.

  • Dennis Ray Nestor Jr.

    October 12th, 2006 7:29 am

    Thank you very much for your ideas on getting people to post comments on our site/blog. Do you think there can be some technical or usability reasons why people do not leave comments as well?

  • Michael G. Richard

    October 12th, 2006 7:31 am

    Well, I *have* to leave a comment in this thread..

  • Layal

    October 12th, 2006 7:53 am

    thanks :)

  • David Turnbull

    October 12th, 2006 8:16 am

    I couldn’t resist commenting.

  • Steve Remington

    October 12th, 2006 8:20 am

    Yea, these are all great ideas, thanks Darren.

    I think it is simply setting a precedence for it and people will normally take your lead. If you don’t ever reply then I think it is harder to reply in the future. If you begin dialogue within the comments section then you have set a precendence for it.

    I know some people who own blogs who do reply to comments but leave that closed as well. Even within the comments section you need to leave it open ended. People will reply to their own blogs like this:

    “Yea if you see I did mention that”

    Some people like to just rehash with you. So if people would be less offensive about what others post and open it up like this:

    “Hi there Fred, thanks for the comment… I sort of agree with you, how come you feel this way?”

    When they come back to read they will be more apt to respond because they now have an invitation to add more. :D

    Darren good post!

  • fajar

    October 12th, 2006 8:34 am

    Good post.
    But how to prevent comment spamming?

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  • jhay

    October 12th, 2006 8:50 am

    The humbleness-in-posts tip is a good one. Unless your readers have PhDs or other letters (besides RIP) after their name, they wouldn’t add anything new to the post save for some praises which again might not elicit some good comments from other readers.

  • Lesly

    October 12th, 2006 9:29 am

    This is a great list of tips, Darren, so thank you. I have had more comments on my blog lately but don’t really know why. But it would seem that I am gradually getting a circle of regular readers/commenters who I also read/comment on! Whether there is more to it than that i don’t know.

    Sometimes I get comments from ‘out of nowhere’ and from quite unexpected sources … and I love that.

    I nearly always respond … either with another comment or a visit to the commenter’s site. I figure if people are nice enough to leave a comment then they deserve some sort of recongnition.

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  • Vincent McBurney

    October 12th, 2006 10:10 am

    I think that blogs are not quite a community and have much lower participation rates. The 90-9-1 is probably based on forums and groups. Blogs comments and wiki contributions are lower.

    There is one type I would add to that list, the Water Cooler post. It’s an entry on a topic that everyone is talking about “around the water cooler” at work, that attracts 100s more comments than the average post. The passing of Steve Irwin, controversy about the Pope, IT off shoring, a headbutt in the World Cup. It may be off topic but everyone has an opinion on it.

  • Leon

    October 12th, 2006 10:28 am

    Excellent post Darren. I like these posts most of all, practical information that all bloggers can use. Hopefully I can use these to draw out some lurkers.

  • James bright

    October 12th, 2006 10:34 am

    This post is very true. I enjoyed reading it.
    Comments on my blog became very less when I changed to my new blog. Now, I think I have to be bit more careful.

  • Hanlon

    October 12th, 2006 11:01 am

    One more: not requiring people to go to another page to comment. It’s why blogs with HaloScan tend to have oodles of comments. You can get the little comment popup and still surf away while commenting.

    Over on mine I’m working on a fully inline commenting system and I did notice that when you were FORCED to open up the post’s individual page in order to do any commenting, people were less apt to do it.

  • Dotty

    October 12th, 2006 1:00 pm

    Up until now no visiter leave any comments on my blog, I guess with your article, sure will help. Let me try it out tonight with some great content. Thanks.

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  • Dawn

    October 12th, 2006 1:20 pm

    Thanks for the tips! I have A LOT of lurkers on my site and I’ve been trying to figure out better ways to get them to be more interactive with the site. I’m going to try some of your suggestions. Thanks again!

    -Dawn
    http://www.steptalk.org
    Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent

  • Jason

    October 12th, 2006 1:22 pm

    #11: Write a post about leaving comments

  • RJ

    October 12th, 2006 1:25 pm

    Good points…I would note that as someone who really doesn’t comment to blogs much (in fact, this may be my first post), I don’t think the term “lurker” is very flattering to a non-posting reader. It’s not your fault in the least, but perhaps the blogosphere could come up with a better, non-creepy name for the 90% of us that enjoy reading the content.

  • Steven

    October 12th, 2006 1:31 pm

    Hi Darren,

    Yes I agree, engaging readers to be active participants is a challenge, but certainly a rewarding one. Over the years of blogging I’ve basically fallen upon most of those you’ve outlined above.

    Two points I would add.
    1. Reward your readers with new, original and timely content so that they feel their investment in your site is worth it.
    2. In extension to your first point, I created a special post type (tag) called Talkback, which posed a topic of discussion to actively encouraged people to debate the subject matter. I introduced each post saying it was a talkback session, and please comment on what you felt about the post content. I found that this was more effective than simply asking for comments because readers quickly identified these posts, and left comments because they wanted to support the site, and they knew others would do so also, thus reading their comments.

  • darksama

    October 12th, 2006 1:31 pm

    You’ve compiled a pretty good list here. I’ve used a couple of these tips my self when I know there are certain readers just to get a comment conversation out of them. Unfortunately, I think the biggest problem with some blogs is not really the fact that people are not leaving comments, it’s really just that there aren’t enough people visiting the blog. You need to have a pretty high number of visitors per day, even 50 is pretty high if you think about it, to get a pretty decent number of comments per day.

  • Dave Davis

    October 12th, 2006 1:36 pm

    Thanks for the tips. Making it easy for users to comment and asking questions are the most effective I have found.

    ie: Have I missed any?

  • Jason

    October 12th, 2006 1:37 pm

    I definitely think making it easy to comment (eg, not requiring registration, and requiring as little information as possible) is most important.

  • Neil

    October 12th, 2006 1:39 pm

    Thanks for the list. Good points to think about.

    I would like to get one specific visitor of my blog to post a comment. She/he is from the distant north of Canada, and visits at least once a week. I’m curious to know who it is, and what life is like in the far north… Should I just post an entry saying like this?: “Hey, whoever you are up there, please leave a comment so I know who you are! Thanks for visiting!” I have so few repeat visitors, it would be nice to know who they are. =)

  • Colby

    October 12th, 2006 1:40 pm

    YES! I AM 1 IN A 100!!!!!!

    Great tips!!!

    Comment?

  • Lofton316

    October 12th, 2006 1:46 pm

    These are good tips!!! But some people are just to lazy to comment!

  • brant

    October 12th, 2006 1:47 pm

    Im only commenting to skew your data that 1 out of 100 comment. Wait, I could be the 1 out of 100 person. Oh dear. :(

    Hah, but i do agree about having to log in to comment. Its un needed. A good coder/blog app can get by without it.

  • Bitcloud

    October 12th, 2006 1:53 pm

    Hey great suggestions, thanks!

    It can be difficult to pursuade people to comment. It’s partly about building up a sense of community, but at the same time when the community reaches some critical mass it seems that people can sometimes be intimidated, or feel like they are enchroaching on someone elses turf…

    Blog community dynamics are a strange science!

  • j4s0n

    October 12th, 2006 1:57 pm

    Good! And for that I’ll give you a comment! I’ll get back here and comment again if the Techniques work.

  • Easypctips

    October 12th, 2006 1:58 pm

    #11. Write a post about people not commenting on posts.

    Some good advice here, will incorporate some of them into my blog.

    My site deals with how-to guides for new users, so if 1% of all lurkers, leave comments, then the percentage of newbies leaving comments must be absolutely miniscule. I’ve not had one comment on any of my posts so far despite getting a reasonable amount of traffic…

  • Greg

    October 12th, 2006 2:02 pm

    All good points. I think that Blogs are fighting an uphill battle when compared to boards however. Boards tend to be designed with multiple ‘original’ contributors in mind, most blogs have only the blog owner creating ‘original’ content, and everyone else following on with comments afterwards. My experience with this is that the blog is driven by whatever passions the owner has, and starts to look an awful lot like navel gazing after a short while. Inviting guest bloggers to contribute is a good way to escape this trap.

    One of the best points you made is rewarding commenters. If they have a blog of their own, take the time to go over there, read it, and add a comment of your own. We’re in the initial stages of creating new kinds of communities, interactions are part of the process.

    Finally, boundaries are probably a very good idea. I’m a moderator at a large board, which has clear boundaries, warns violaters, and in egregious cases expels them. I haven’t the experience with any blog I own needing it, but my sense is that this is a good idea.

  • Gdog

    October 12th, 2006 2:02 pm

    You’ve been “dugg”…hence all these comments!

  • Justin

    October 12th, 2006 2:03 pm

    oh cool, this information is really useful and definately is comment worthy! hehe. I’ll see if I can try to use some of this information for my own blog.

    Thanks!

  • Brandon

    October 12th, 2006 2:09 pm

    Looks like your question thing at the end of the post worked. Also not having to sign in is nice too. Good job. Nice list. Thanks.

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    October 12th, 2006 2:15 pm

    This’s me commenting.

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  • Kimberly Kay

    October 12th, 2006 2:27 pm

    1. I think you need to conversational. Some people still stick up formal long posts that are informative, but are written in such a didatic manner that I think people dont bother posting.

    2. If you are a new blogger, you need to give comment love. As I write this, I have not myself in engaged in this practice as much as I would like, becuase I get easily distracted. But comment on the people who comment on you.

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    October 12th, 2006 2:30 pm

    RE: #10 - Even requiring an email address puts people off. Not everyone knows to use the disposable email sites. Despite your intentions, people generally don’t want more useless (despite how useful you THINK it’ll be) messages in their respective Inboxes whether you send it or no. JMTC.

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  • dave

    October 12th, 2006 2:39 pm

    no comment.

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    October 12th, 2006 2:47 pm

    How about this for the “Only” reason

    people don’t want to have to fill out information to leave a comment.

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  • David B.

    October 12th, 2006 2:52 pm

    I absolutely HATE having to register to leave a comment. There’s nothing more annoying than when I go to leave a comment and find out that I have to register first. As soon as I see that, I leave the site. Anyhow, excellent article Darren.

  • Bob

    October 12th, 2006 2:55 pm

    For some reason, I feel inspired to leave a comment?

  • Michael

    October 12th, 2006 2:57 pm

    Some handy tips thanks. I look at the stats of my web site each day (which are not that bad) and I would say less than 3% of visitors leave comments. I am always thinking of new ways to get more comments so some of the things you said make sense and I will no doubt try them out.

    PS: love your work.

  • Da Commentah

    October 12th, 2006 2:57 pm

    Do comments make you happy?

  • sandeep

    October 12th, 2006 3:06 pm

    It seems like that a Contest have begin to leave a comment.
    So this is my entry.

  • Coopz

    October 12th, 2006 3:16 pm

    To leave a comment, or not leave a comment, that is the question.

    I choose not to leave a comment.

  • Shiva

    October 12th, 2006 3:31 pm

    Darren,you made me put in my first comment on a blog !!! Its a great start.

  • Greg

    October 12th, 2006 3:36 pm

    Good post, I just started a blog and took my time implementing a nice comment system with some scriptaculous animations and some ajax immediately posting to the comments. I was wondering if people would notice the link to leave a post as the actual controls come up on an overlay, but I think from now on I’ll remind people of this ability in my blog post detail as to convince more to comment. Please check it out.

  • arthur

    October 12th, 2006 3:45 pm

    thanks for this list. although i find nothing new in this topic, it serves as a great reminder and tip

  • Buggly

    October 12th, 2006 3:47 pm

    What benefit do you think there is in getting comments?
    90% of people are dumber than monkeys why would you want to hear what they think?

  • Darren

    October 12th, 2006 4:03 pm

    Usually I just don’t have the time, or do not notice the comments. I think if comments were a larger part of the blog then I would comment more. It j.st seems that it isn’t worth it to comment.

  • virens

    October 12th, 2006 4:11 pm

    Great post! Some of this tips I use intuitively, so there are some comments in my blog. But some of them I didn`t knew. Thanks a lot!

  • hmm

    October 12th, 2006 4:14 pm

    this page has too many comments

  • Geoff Young

    October 12th, 2006 4:15 pm

    Good points, Darren. Of the ones you list, I’ve found #2, 4, 6, and 7 to be most effective. Humility and graciousness go a long way toward inviting comments and, beyond that, opening genuine communication.

    Good stuff. Thanks again…

  • ironic

    October 12th, 2006 4:26 pm

    I totally agree that having to register…or giving a name/email to leave a comment is a hurdle…

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  • Millions Livio

    October 12th, 2006 4:31 pm

    I agree with all of your points, more people should pay attention to the details if they want results.

    If your an artist or a writer you may enjoy my site at TheBluePanda.com

  • Jonsd

    October 12th, 2006 4:33 pm

    well, here is my comment…are u happy?

  • The China Expat

    October 12th, 2006 4:36 pm

    Aiyaa! Look at all these comments. My problem is not enough traffic + too many posts, which means very few comments.

    Along with the navel gazing, that is.

  • Bob

    October 12th, 2006 4:39 pm

    Well I commented so poo on you this site stinks.

  • nel animo

    October 12th, 2006 4:41 pm

    Thanks for all the tips you recommended. This is very helpful.

    This is nel from http://www.animomedia.com

  • Dion

    October 12th, 2006 5:21 pm

    This is a great list! Well done.

    I have fiund some of these suggestins to be true fir both my blog, and the blogs of others.

    Keep uo the great work!

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  • Raju

    October 12th, 2006 7:26 pm

    Thnaks , interesting points.

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  • Darren

    October 12th, 2006 9:12 pm

    After writing a post like that, I can’t to anything but comment!

  • Darren

    October 12th, 2006 9:14 pm

    Oh, and I just noticed we have the same first name.

    There aren’t many of us, that’s for sure.

  • JFB

    October 12th, 2006 9:29 pm

    I’d love to have more comments to my posts and I actually invite everyone to comment. I only ask questions on my blog… This is my “concept”.
    But I have hardly a few comments so far.

    So my question here is simple : is there a way to avoid asking for the email before posting comments (i am on Wordpress) ?
    I think that like registration, it can keep some people from dropping me a line.
    I don’t see the use of the email request by the way. Is there any reason it is required ? .

  • planner

    October 12th, 2006 9:56 pm

    are comments really that big a deal?

  • Darren Rowse

    October 12th, 2006 10:05 pm

    Thanks to everyone for your comments - there’s so many (this post got to the top of Digg and Delicious) it’s hard to know where to start.

    A recurring them here (and in the Digg comments) was ‘what’s so good about comments’ or ‘why would you want more comments’?

    I’ve previously written a post on the upside and downside of comments (link above in the article and here which might help answer that question.

    My perspective is that comments are not the be all or end all. On some blogs I think it’s even legit to not have them at all (depending upon the goals of the blog).

    However on most blogs comments are a good thing and are one measure of how people are interacting with your blog. I love comments on my blogs because they are where a lot of the real action happens and where the real learning happens. I know on my blogs that I always have limited knowledge on my topics and that it’s my readers who teach me so much - as a result comments are something that I value highly.

  • Just me

    October 12th, 2006 10:16 pm

    The number one reason that people don’t comment is because they just can’t easily give a comment, they have to set up an account ,login in ,give a real e-mail address, etc. I wouldn’t have made this comment if I had to do these things..

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  • Steve Remington

    October 12th, 2006 10:46 pm

    97 comments.. wow! :D

  • Casey Fulton

    October 12th, 2006 10:55 pm

    Well, it made me comment, so you must be doing something right…

  • Dweebo

    October 12th, 2006 11:03 pm

    OMG, i didn’t have to register to leave a comment….wtf OMG LOLz0rz….amazing stuff bro.. Thx

  • christopher

    October 12th, 2006 11:10 pm

    i’m just commenting to get the 100th =) hehe

  • Jaymoon

    October 12th, 2006 11:35 pm

    Well you got me to comment… Good article.

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  • Akula

    October 13th, 2006 12:06 am

    I think you may have forgot the number one technique to get comments………..ALLOW COMMENT SPAM.

    I let a stand idle for about three months with no comment spam filter. I recently ressercted it and had over 25,000 comments waiting my approval. In fact so many comments it WP locked up before fully populating the entire list so I can delete all at one time.

  • john

    October 13th, 2006 12:45 am

    Hmm… so you have to be nice to those that leave comments? No wonder I only have one person that leaves comments.. or it could be the fact that I only have a handful of regular visitors

    thanks for the advice

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  • crimemastergogo

    October 13th, 2006 1:25 am

    Hey, Darren
    Thanks a lot man, and honestly, This is the first comment I’m leaving on any blog post
    Really useful post

  • jlo7719

    October 13th, 2006 3:28 am

    Let me guess…. Most comments you’ve ever recieved on a post. and guess what else? first time I’m commenting on a “blog”. No registration helps alot.

  • Adrienne

    October 13th, 2006 4:42 am

    Great tips! I’m going to start putting a few of these into action NOW!!!

    Cheers!

  • Acting Class in Los Angeles

    October 13th, 2006 5:26 am

    Love the article!

  • quarks

    October 13th, 2006 6:34 am

    good points, and you have everyone leaving comments ;)

    Another thing to do would be to reward regular commentors, if a commentor is a regular and is polite, you can offer to link to them or have a post every week/month/year (depending on how frequent you blog) that thanks all users that commented (and you would post the users name in the post so:

    Thanks to all the commentors of week #2 (oct 5-oct 10)
    User#1
    User#2
    User#3
    User#4

  • Jay

    October 13th, 2006 8:02 am

    I was one of your lurkers, so I thought this would be a good post to comment on first. :) Thanks for the list!

  • Kailani

    October 13th, 2006 8:25 am

    In regards to #4 Interact with Comments, in your opinion, is it better to respond to comments via your blog or by personally emailing them?

  • Ryan Carter

    October 13th, 2006 8:35 am

    This is a good list for all of us to remember when blogging. I find it hard to garner comments, and feel that it’s okay to be wrong and still maintain credibility. Thanks for this post, I love your blog, so keep up the great writing.

  • rick

    October 13th, 2006 9:27 am

    Nice job! Like many others, I am just getting started. The tips you provided are most useful.Thanks.
    ~rick

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  • Shawn B

    October 13th, 2006 2:39 pm

    Hey Darren,

    Here’s my contribution to your growing commented post.

    Cheers,

    Shawn

  • Mike

    October 13th, 2006 3:13 pm

    worked for me…I commented!

  • Sweet..but

    October 13th, 2006 4:57 pm

    I think one that definately invites me is having a picture… well i guess it keeps me on page for me to leave a comment :)

  • Singapore Mall

    October 13th, 2006 5:08 pm

    Where should I leave the comment

    (Error : Please leave the mail)

    http://mynamitha.blogspot.com

  • Ismael Valladolid Torres

    October 13th, 2006 5:35 pm

    This post shows 126 comments where your FeedBurner speaks about more than 9000 readers… This makes an 1,4%.

    So, definitely you’re making a good job encouraging people to comment in your blog, 0,4% more than usual!! :)

    A very interesting point of view nevertheless.

  • Tom

    October 13th, 2006 5:35 pm

    Thanks for the advice. Will put it to work.

    Tom

  • villiam

    October 13th, 2006 6:04 pm

    How to encourage useful comments and get rid off the idiots?

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  • Falls

    October 13th, 2006 7:03 pm

    Good read … headline catchy … good points, some of which I have learned along the way as well (humility, grace, layoff the controversial stuff). Will share with my colleagues at work as we begin blogging from a corporate perspective.

    Thanks!

  • cyber

    October 13th, 2006 9:48 pm

    It’s because the comments are on the bottom. People read the blog but the comments are not a big part of it (or rather, the comments doesn’t affect the article too much so readers don’t bother to comment anymore).

    If the comments are made visible after a few scrolls, then they could be noticed.

  • Scott

    October 13th, 2006 9:49 pm

    Darren,

    Number 6 is what attracted me to you 15 months ago. You came across as a decent “person” first. That helped to establish rapport and trust.

    I couldn’t agree more with this post.

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  • Jaap

    October 13th, 2006 10:54 pm

    I will use your advice from now on.
    Jaap

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  • ronnknee

    October 13th, 2006 11:24 pm

    Here’s a comment. Great advice =) Thanks

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  • Bob

    October 14th, 2006 1:16 am

    Thank you for the advice. I’ve found #4 to be effective.

  • James

    October 14th, 2006 2:58 am

    A comments policy is something I am missing. A few months ago, I had to ask a semi-regular commenter to refrain from personally attacking other commenters. The case was very mild, but I thought worth a polite mention. He took it the wrong way and hasn’t been back. Perhaps a clearly written policy could have avoided the situation from the start.

  • Keith

    October 14th, 2006 3:56 am

    You sure produce a great example to demonstrate on ways to get people to comment, as what I can see from the result of your blog site. Good work!

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  • Eddie

    October 14th, 2006 9:41 pm

    outstanding post! great advice, will take on board!

  • Max

    October 14th, 2006 10:45 pm

    I usually never leave comments on blogs,
    but you persuaded me!

  • Bruno Ribeiro

    October 15th, 2006 2:15 am

    Well, I don’t know if that’s going to work for me, but definitely worked for you! :)

    Excellent post!

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  • Ben

    October 16th, 2006 9:52 am

    I would asume that this can be used as any any form of an online community? I am having a lot of trouble getting my forum of the ground. The site has been running since may, and i only have 20 registered users on my forum. That would have been fine, but they register, make a few posts then never come back. My aim is to have the forum self sustaining. If I get busy with work and dont get time to go on my forum i dont want the forum to die. WIll give all of this a try
    Thank You!
    Now lets see if you adhere to point 4.)

  • binoculars

    October 16th, 2006 11:58 am

    Great tips Darren. Thanks.

  • adria

    October 16th, 2006 12:04 pm

    Great post, I found myself nodding my head as I went through each point. I would like to mention cocomment, a firefox addon that automatically tracks all your comments left on different blogs and organizes them onto one page. I just recently started using it, and I think it makes commenting more of a conversation than a “hit and run.” Before using cocomment I would be much more likely to leave a comment, then forget to go back and check to see if anyone had replied.

  • Jordan the Shoe Blogger

    October 16th, 2006 12:30 pm

    Best way to get comments from readers is to announce that you died. They will send all sorts of condolences. After that, announce that you actually lied and are alive. You should get many comments also.

  • Darren Rowse

    October 16th, 2006 2:47 pm

    Ben - yep - have already left a comment although this post has so many comments on it its difficult to interact with :-) You’re right though - a lot of this could be applied to other forms of online community (eg forums).

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  • Mital

    October 18th, 2006 8:04 am

    thanks for the great info Darren.

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  • sylvie

    October 19th, 2006 7:26 am

    I enjoyed reading your blog, and I agree with everything you say…in fact, I think I have tried all of your suggestions at one time or another. I don’t find that it encourages people one way or the other. Whatever they happen to be feeling at the moment, whatever strikes their fancy…you know people are hard to please, impress, entertain. They don’t give a shit what you or I have to say. It’s all been said before, maybe in just some other way. It’s just a passing fancy…a way to while away the hours. If it dosn’t cause lightning to strike, of thunder to roar, of isn’t profoundly moving in some way…or maybe doesn’t scare the hell out of ‘em, they just pass on by. Know what I mean? Us bloggers are a dime a dozen…a drop in a bucket and mother- - - -it !
    Got my drift ? But I still liked your write…it was well organized and has a lot of energy!

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  • bogdanlebu

    October 20th, 2006 10:32 pm

    true… but also content counts a lot… and also communities…

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  • Hollivander

    October 23rd, 2006 5:15 am

    Good points. But how can you ask for comments without sounding too needy?

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  • Atlantis

    November 9th, 2006 10:58 am

    I am new to the world of blogging. Started a blog about 7 weeks ago. The counter shows almost 17,000 visits but I only get a stray comment here and there. I am glad people keep coming back, but feel ‘odd’ that there are so few comments. I guess it just makes me wonder what they think/feel as they read each post. Then again, maybe the comments aren’t all that necessary? And they do have to register to leave a comment, so maybe that’s the reason?

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    November 16th, 2006 6:47 pm

    thans for sharing such wonderful info. What you said is really true “Only 1 out of every 100 readers of this post are likely to interact with it by leaving a comment…”

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    December 6th, 2006 8:22 am

    You’ve made your point beautifully. How many people receive over 180 comments to one of their posts? If I get 8 comments on my blog I count myself lucky.

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  • Daze

    December 13th, 2006 1:25 am

    Many thanks for these valid points. I haven’t read all of your comments on this post itself, but I am sure that the way the comments appear on the page is very important too, as is how you “advertise” the fact that people can comment, for example:

    “Leave your comments below:”

    or..

    “What do you think?…”

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    December 18th, 2006 9:36 am

    Personally I like AJAX commenting and display. While it’s not a must have by any means, the easier it is to comment the more likely I am to do it.

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  • Matt

    January 10th, 2007 3:14 am

    Great tips help my blog

  • Joe

    January 10th, 2007 3:15 am

    These tips are so true

  • Pua

    January 11th, 2007 1:43 pm

    i let out my frustration about not getting comments on my blog in the yaro’s forum http://www.blogtrafficschool.com/forums/ and got the recommendation to read your post abot techniques to get more blog comments.

    it sounds all very common sense. i will immediately try some approaches, like the question in the headline, and come back and let you know my success.

    would you guys mind in the meantime visting my hawaii blog and leave a comment???????!

    no ’sign in’ necessary, just click ‘other’ and type your comment about hawaii, the hawaiian ladies photos and whatever you want to say about my blog. thanks a million! mahalo and aloha, pua

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  • bewerbung-downloaden.de

    January 12th, 2007 10:38 pm

    This is a very interesting stuff. I will use your tipps. Hope to hear more from you.

  • Beau

    January 13th, 2007 9:28 am

    Thanks Darren- Good advice. Just starting out myself. It has always seemed simple and intuitive to me, but then I am mystified at friends and relatives who are afraid or don’t know what to do… Thanks for making this available. Best wishes! Beau ( foxhavenjournal.com)

  • Tammy

    January 14th, 2007 5:02 am

    Wow.

    I am so grateful you exist. THANKS! 90% lurking is an astonishing statistic. I have lurked and occasionally I will lurk again — but never with the same innocence! Thanks Darren. I will study your site - quiz me later!

    Tam

  • Housewife

    January 17th, 2007 5:23 am

    I dunno….

    I think I’ll go back to lurking…

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  • mike

    January 23rd, 2007 4:04 pm

    …I very nearly left this site without posting a comment.
    Ahem. Thanks for the tips. It makes sense, though most of it is common sense.
    So, someone leave a comment on my site, and i will reward you!!
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  • John

    January 28th, 2007 1:00 am

    Nice post! Indeed comments are important. It makes it look that your blog is indeed being read. Most often, if one person leaves a comment, others follow like a cascading effect.

  • Matt

    January 28th, 2007 11:56 pm

    Thanks for these interesting and useful points. I get a few hits to my blog, but have found it difficult to get comments. I think that this might be in part because it has a slightly facetious, tongue-in cheek tone. Maybe people construe this as hostility?

    I’ll try and tweak the tone a bit and make it more comment-friendly by utilizing some of these tips.

  • honeytech

    January 30th, 2007 10:11 am

    thanx for the tips buddy
    i think that to make the blog alive n draw
    the attention of mass we have to improve on comments
    make reponse to usable comments,
    so that reader stay connected with your blog
    …

  • MopUpDuty

    January 31st, 2007 6:15 am

    I find the same to be true. My Blog has about a 1% comment rate. I’m going to try changing the wordpress “Leave a Reply” text to something more inviting. Nice article.

  • Jordie

    February 2nd, 2007 12:52 am

    Wow, great list. 6 rung true for me — I don’t know how many times I’ve avoided commenting on someone’s blog for that very reason.

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  • Biddy

    February 6th, 2007 11:07 pm

    I think one of the things that really drives the number of comments you get is whether your audience “gets” the whole concept of blog comments. If they haven’t been around blogs very much, the idea that you could write your opinion on *someone else’s website* is novel and rather strange.

    In my own experience, my personal journal-type blogs which are part of a commuity of *other bloggers* are much more likely to garner comments than my “semi-professional” one about my life as an eBay seller, which is largely read by other eBay sellers. You might think that being used to feedback, eBayers would also take to comments like ducks to water, but you’d be wrong. This is why I like Darren’s suggestion that comments are *invited* (though not begged for).

    Before I finish waffling, I have a question about #5, the comments policy. Is this something that you think *everyone* needs, or just those whose comments are getting out of control? For example, going back to my eBay blog again, I’d like to have a policy that says “it’s okay to link your own eBay sales from my comments”, but I do wonder if, with a low level of commenting *anyway*, to have a Comments Policy doesn’t look like overkill?

    I’d be interested to hear anyone’s thoughts ;-)

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    February 8th, 2007 7:27 am

    I liked the google adsense tips on this page.

  • Jesus Guerrero

    February 11th, 2007 8:33 am

    Thank you. I will implement some of your ideas in my own blog…

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  • Joe

    February 13th, 2007 7:35 am

    I always knew I was 1 in 100! I found this blog after googling “get your blog read”. Nice.
    Good article. Have a good one man.

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    February 18th, 2007 4:44 pm

    Thanks for the advice Darren. Recently started a VoIP blog. Still the early days but your login opinion (#10) makes sense, I’m the same way but still fell for it :-) Will be changing this tonight!

    Thanks.
    Andy

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  • KiShan

    February 21st, 2007 9:02 pm

    Great post! Fairly new to blogging and so far I have to agree with alot of what you said. Guess the best way to treat comments is like one part of a dialogue or conversation. If no one responds thats as far as it goes. Also took rule #10 to heart and removed the “login to comment” option on my blog

    Cheers

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    February 24th, 2007 12:47 am

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  • Iulian Ghisoiu

    February 25th, 2007 9:20 pm

    Thanks. I give me some very good ideas.

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    February 27th, 2007 12:04 pm

    I find the same to be true. My Blog has about a 1% comment rate. I’m going to try changing the wordpress “Leave a Reply” text to something more inviting. Nice article.

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  • Efficiency Expert

    March 6th, 2007 12:29 pm

    Good article. Have a good one man.

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  • lisa

    March 21st, 2007 1:10 am

    I suppose a great way to get people to comment is to write a blog about commenting. Nice article

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  • Student Art

    March 23rd, 2007 6:46 am

    Well i think you should talk about something new or whatever interests people.

  • Melanie

    March 23rd, 2007 10:16 pm

    I started my own blog last Saturday and this is really great advice. Many thanks!

  • Ari Dubov

    March 24th, 2007 12:40 pm

    Very Nice Article, I learned alot, especialy form your review of how to. I would like to incorporate these item to my dental site.

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  • Lola LB

    March 24th, 2007 11:37 pm

    Thanks for these tips!!! I’ll be implementing these, or at least being more conscious of what I’m doing on my blog. I kinda disagree with the registration issue. It actually takes more time if you leave the comments open to all and your blog is somehow on some spam master list, so you’re getting bombarded with spams. And these end up with legitimate comments in the junk folder. For a good long while, I wondered why I wasn’t getting comments. Then someone suggested that I look in my junk comments folder and found a good bunch of legit comments going back several months. I had to go through the list to move these over. Now, I’ve turned on TypeKey and I only have to click on “trust” button when a new commenter posts. And, no more spam for me to wade through . . .

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  • Dmitri

    April 6th, 2007 9:32 pm

    I guess the best way to make people leave comments is placing a URL field in the comments area. the other 10 are nice too

  • Mike Crowl

    April 7th, 2007 7:01 pm

    As someone who feels like leaping for joy when a reader actually comments on one of my posts, I found your list of ten points very helpful. I’ll keep them in mind and see what I can do to encourage more interaction. Otherwise a blog feels very lonely and one-sided.

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    April 12th, 2007 8:33 pm

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  • DaveG

    April 19th, 2007 10:34 pm

    “Only 1 out of every 100 readers of this post are likely to interact with it by leaving a comment…”
    as I am #235… does that mean 23,500 have viewed your post!?!

    Darren,

    Have just had lunch with our SEO agency COO who offered to advise me on improving my blogging - she started by giving me a copy of your post here. All very relevant, except the one she hit me with was a bit of a gob-smacker; seems I may be intimidating readers too much to leave them comfortable to comment without risking making an idiot of themselves. Who me? “Yes you” she said. OK… “be open ended”, “be gracious”, “be humble”… don’t appear to be such a bloody know it all… I’m listening.

    Thanks for your post. Thoughts provoked.

    DaveG

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  • Daniel

    April 25th, 2007 2:27 pm

    Darren,

    Great tips! I started my blog for last year but there were some posts which did not get any attention/comments from my readers. I’ll keep your advice whenever I write a new post. Have a great day!

    Daniel L.

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    May 4th, 2007 4:50 pm

    Great article, I’d have to say you hit the nail on the head with all 10 techniques. I already know I need to interact more with my readers who comment on my site =)

  • MYip

    May 17th, 2007 3:53 am

    it sounds all very common sense. i will immediately try some approaches, like the question in the headline, and come back and let you know my success.

  • Angelo22

    May 21st, 2007 2:16 am

    Very interesting article, i’ll surely try doing some of those.
    Thanks!

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    May 29th, 2007 2:10 am

    I’ve tried every angle of attack to try to persuade readers to comment. I’ve been rude, positive, negative and rambunctious. Nothing! Very rarely do I receive comments and it’s not feeding my attention whoredom!

    Soulgirl x

  • Bugsy

    June 1st, 2007 3:26 pm

    245 comments on a blog entry about comments. i say you might know what you’re talking about.

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    June 6th, 2007 6:13 am

    I thought this was extremely interesting! A friend of mine and I are just starting a blog so I found this post particularly helpful. I particularly liked the part about setting boundaries. One of the things I’ve noticed on a couple blogs is how out of hand some of the conversation tends to get. I love a good verbal sparring match, but a great deal tends to get lost when people resort to crudeness and rudeness. Thanks for addressing that issue - it makes me feel a little more confident.

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  • Adam Snider

    June 13th, 2007 1:50 am

    Inviting comments is definitely a big one, at least for me. My blog has a very small but loyal following. I know many of them personally, and they know that comments are always welcome and appreciated, but still it seems that they are more likely to comment when I specifically ask for comments.

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    June 14th, 2007 5:53 pm

    Inviting comments is definitely a big one, at least for me. My blog has a very small but loyal following. I know many of them personally, and they know that comments are always welcome and appreciated, but still it seems that they are more likely to comment when I specifically ask for comments.

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    June 18th, 2007 3:08 pm

    I would prefer better quality comments that can even allow more interaction between the blogger and the poster, rather than the “Oh-i-like-it” type of statements.
    Clara

  • Jess

    June 20th, 2007 11:38 am

    You are right ! Having to register is not goping to help with your blog or comments forms. We had to implement this to stop spam but if you content is good and relevant you will see very little spam that you cant remove one a week ..

    Good posy keep up the good work.

  • Deane

    June 20th, 2007 7:35 pm

    comments should be detailed and sound. not just nice site etc

  • Chris Paul

    June 21st, 2007 3:12 am

    thanks for info…good advise. Another thought ask for input on specific area of business or marketing but where there is some confusion as to how to solve the specific issue or challenge…not just controversy but confusion…like there is a great deal of confusion about what really works in Internet Marketing ….but more specifically as we are still in such a young industry and there are so many Internet Marketing experts :) ….but it always amazes me after working online for 14 years and being involved in Internet Marketing the various levels of confusion existing… but that’s the thought…yes the controversial but also getting comments from folks helping to clarify confusing issues.

  • hans

    June 21st, 2007 9:01 am

    Hi,

    The Jacob Nielsen study is what prompted us to create ClickComments. It makes it easier for that 95% to comment with one click. It is not meant as a replacement for traditional comments. It is more a way to get that 95% accustomed to commenting in some form. Eventually, they will want to write traditional text comments.

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  • David Bradley

    June 22nd, 2007 1:21 am

    I came up with what I hope is a quite unique way to get more comments on your blog, it has sure worked for me in the past, although it’s a little dubious it is not unethical

    http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-comments-on-your-blog.html

    It’s a bit tongue in cheek, but I’d be interested in what you thought of it in principle

    db

  • rickh

    June 28th, 2007 12:54 am

    Very helpful information. Awesome participation. Very impressive.

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  • Robert Wooller

    June 30th, 2007 8:14 am

    Thanks for posting this blog. It certainly helps me as nobody comments on my blog.

  • Flint

    July 5th, 2007 4:18 am

    The whole commenting issue definitely depends on the amount of traffic you get and how well known your blog is. The majority of blogs are grateful for any type of comment, while well-red blogs do need to filter out the nonsense.

  • Michael D

    July 8th, 2007 7:00 am

    To encourage comments should one allow links or would this just encourage spam?

  • Tracy@SEO

    July 11th, 2007 6:40 am

    Darren Rowse,

    I always find your articles very informative. You did it again with “10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog”,

    How about increasing the quality of comments..?

    Michael had a good question.. I think as long as the comment looks decent(not a spam), you need to encourage surfer to add their link..

    Thanks

  • Matthias Köbrich

    July 12th, 2007 4:55 pm

    great tutorial! i hope this´ll work out.
    maybe you wanna leave a comment on my blog too? :)
    bye
    matthias

  • Dana

    July 14th, 2007 3:22 pm

    The “be controversial” one is interesting. I think I don’t like it when people are controversial for the sake of being controversial. But I do like to know people’s honest opinions on difficult topics. It really depends on what your readers expect, though. It seems like the internet pulls good blogs to the extreme because controversy gets so much more attention. I think it is something people need to think about before hand so they don’t alienate people.

  • Dominick

    July 18th, 2007 2:55 am

    My whole life is one major controversy so sometimes it can be hard not to be controversial. I can see where being controversial just for the sake of “creating a stir” can be deemed as wrong. However, I have found that when I have logical arguments that are controversial in nature, I tend to get the most comments.

    For example, I did a story on the Chris Benoit Murder Conspiracy Theories. I was shocked by how many replies I’ve received! I was thinking it was just my opinion on the matter, and venting my frustration with the conspiracy theorists, but people either really liked or absolutely hated what I had to say and they wanted to let me know it!

    Ultimately, I think its finding the balance between controversy and an informative nature is ideal to a successful blog, but that’s just my two cents.

    Thanks for the tips Darren! I’m going to implement those I do not use very much to see if I get more comments.

  • Jennifer

    July 19th, 2007 6:57 am

    Where do you get your statistic of 1 out of 100 readers? I’m not challenging it, I just need to reference it. -Jenifer

  • Darren Rowse

    July 19th, 2007 8:31 am

    Jennifer - follow the link in the third paragraph ’study’.

  • TimuM

    July 20th, 2007 10:59 pm

    Good info..Thanks

    User Interaction is the key to increase online traffic…

  • Paul Hancox | InternetInfluenceMagic.com

    July 24th, 2007 8:04 am

    Oh my gosh… well, it seems your tips worked :)

    By the way, you said…

    “I notice that when I specifically invite comments that people leave them in higher numbers than when I don’t. To some degree this confuses me as most of my readers know that they can leave comments on any post - but I guess inviting a comment triggers a response to some extent.”

    You don’t need to see it as a mystery - it’s the law of reciprocity in action. You give to someone (in the form of a great post), and they feel an obligation to return back in kind. So when you ask for comments, you get more than usual.

    Best,

    Paul Hancox

  • Yuriko

    July 24th, 2007 8:51 am

    I really enjoyed reading your tips on gettting more comments on a blog. I’m new to blogging and it’s really an uphill battle to get people to even look, let alone comment, on the blog. Of course, it may have to do with my not having anything interesting to say.

    Still, thanks. I’ll keep at it.

  • Bo

    July 24th, 2007 11:46 pm

    Being new to blogging I’m always looking for tips from veteran bloggers. Thanks.

  • Ryan

    August 1st, 2007 3:21 am

    Good points. I know it sounds lazy, but it takes a long time to comment on most of the blogs i check up on. :)

  • indeterminacy

    August 2nd, 2007 4:19 pm

    You got masses of comments here - amazing. I found the post googling for “how to get comments” - it’s a phenomenon that fascinated me since I started blogging. I just posted a comment at another blog which worked out a stat of 0.75% of visitors leaving a comment at my blog - during a period when it was getting 4000 hits a day (linked on the front page of blogger.com). But I’ve seen the same thing everytime there was a sudden upsurge in visitors, through some popular forum, etc. No one leaves comments.

  • d.edlen

    August 10th, 2007 9:22 am

    Must leave another comment, ;) No, again this was very helpful. I’ll be able to keep it in the back of my mind while writing my pithy posts. I appreciate it.

  • Elliott Cost

    August 11th, 2007 5:01 pm

    Great post. I’ve learned a lot from your blog so far.

  • Svetoslav

    August 12th, 2007 4:10 am

    Hi,

    it seems many of your tips seems to work as I see the comments :)

    About #10 I strongly agree, and I am against registration for anything, it is very annoying, people fighting with spam may use a CAPTCHA image and fix the issue.

    Svetoslav
    http://seofilter.com
    http://devcha.blogspot.com

  • Leena65

    August 12th, 2007 5:50 am

    It’s partly about building up a sense of community, but at the same time critical mass it seems that people can sometimes be intimidated, It really depends on what your readers expect, though. It seems like the internet pulls good blogs to the extreme because controversy gets so much more attention.

  • samarth

    August 16th, 2007 4:24 am

    its grt to see so many people contributig their views at this blog post.If any one of you would lik to be my blog friend leave a message at my blog.i m new to blogosphere and it will be great to ahve some company!!!

  • Christopher

    August 19th, 2007 2:18 am

    Thanks for the ideas. I’ve only received one comment so far and it was just spam (multiple links for products not blogs) so I deleted it.

  • HarryPotter

    August 22nd, 2007 8:35 pm

    Thanks for the good advice. Would be great to get more comments on my blog.

  • Laydee D

    August 23rd, 2007 2:02 pm

    I love this site and it was very helpful. If you get a chance, check my site out and give me some pointers.

  • Toll

    August 28th, 2007 4:38 am

    Great information. Great site. Really enjoyed reading the tips. Keep up the good work.

  • Danny Tuppeny

    August 29th, 2007 4:25 am

    Good post :-)

    I’m suffering a shortage of comments (even with ~= 200 visitors per day), so feel free to drop by! :-D

  • Sami

    August 29th, 2007 8:41 am

    Thanks for the nice idea. will definitly try your strategy :)

  • Valencia

    August 31st, 2007 5:03 am

    Nice tips. I will see to that if I like a blog, I post a comment. Regards

  • Cell Phone Reviews

    September 4th, 2007 2:16 pm

    I am that 1 in 100, I guess. Thanks for the tips. On my blog, I have comments turned off though, too many spammers.

  • Andrew

    September 5th, 2007 5:17 am

    Thanks for the tips. You haven’t mentioned “nofollow” attribute directly though. As far as I know it can increase comment count if you remove it from your comment links, but then it would attract people to comment merely to get a backlink to their site without “nofollow”.

  • TiesPlanet.Com

    September 8th, 2007 9:23 am

    Does anyone have any tips on getting readers rather than comments? Obviously we want comments, but also I need readers before I can get comments.

  • Aiden

    September 14th, 2007 3:19 pm

    I am usually a lurker. I read several blogs (I have been reading ProBlogger for about five months now and this is the first comment). I am trying to make it so that I interact with the blogs I read (as well as message boards and such). I like the idea of promoting myself and our web page. My only issue is that I receive so much spam on my blogs and sites that I don’t want to make other’s feel like I am spamming them. I think that only one percent of the comments that are left on my blogs are indeed comments. Most of them are spam (even my MySpace gets spammed). It frustrates me so much!

  • Darren Rowse

    September 14th, 2007 6:14 pm

    thanks for the comment Aiden - great first one - may there be many more!

  • Pierluigi Rotundo

    September 16th, 2007 5:39 pm

    One of the greatest posts ever…because more comments=more traffic=more money:)

  • Asif Rahman

    September 21st, 2007 1:45 am

    Thank Darren, excellent work.

  • dusakabin

    September 27th, 2007 8:08 am

    Thanks for the ideas.I love this site and it was very helpful.

  • Bob

    September 27th, 2007 6:23 pm

    I definitely need more comments, thanks for the tips

  • Bull3t

    September 29th, 2007 5:23 am

    Very compelling and helpful post, thanks for this! My blog always lacks comments.

  • "Mommy"

    September 29th, 2007 1:09 pm

    Good post, though I avoided replying to each comment, because I didn’t want to make my commenters feel as though they had to continue a conversation with me.

    I would usually go to their website and comment back whenever I could, though.

    Darn spammers made me take my comments down; I was getting almost 10,000 spam comments a week.

  • 100mb web hosting

    October 1st, 2007 12:36 pm

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  • Why blog? « Dana’s user experience blog

    October 1st, 2007 11:41 pm

    [...] If you allow comments, you can get a discussion going. Be aware that sometimes it might take a bit of work to get people commenting (Emily Clasper writes about her experiences with comments on library blogs here, and there are some tips on getting more comments here). [...]

  • Dario Cukier

    October 3rd, 2007 10:38 am

    You seem to learn your own lesson: 304 comments and conting!

    Dario Cukier

  • new blogger

    October 4th, 2007 10:18 am

    now im part of the 9%
    good post, i think it will defentaly help me, and i think the reason users comment more when they know the rules because then they know they cant get in trouble.
    woo hoo! now im part of the 1%

  • gbrent

    October 5th, 2007 11:49 am

    I only comment on blogs where I have something to say and if I do not have to register. The minute I have to register, I am gone!

  • Naclo

    October 6th, 2007 8:37 pm

    I would have to agree, i like to leave comments, its quick and easy, but if i have to sign up, thats not easy…

  • Don Tolep

    October 11th, 2007 9:24 am

    What amazes me about people is that you have to rile them up to get them to comment. Love your stuff, please keep it coming.

  • Nira Amartha

    October 11th, 2007 7:17 pm

    309 comments to now! I think that just confirms that you surely know how to get comments. I personaly never put comments if I have to register, it just takes too much effort and I usualy quickly forget password to my newly created account. Thanks for the article Darren!

  • Pierluigi Rotundo

    October 12th, 2007 8:04 am

    I totally agree with you, but i think also that useful comments (and professional comments too) improve the visibility and the credibility of your blog in an amazing way!

  • Indir

    October 16th, 2007 6:14 am

    thanks working :)

    My only issue is that I receive so much spam on my blogs and sites that I don’t want to make other’s feel like I am spamming them. I think that only one percent of the comments that are left on my blogs are indeed comments

  • Aubrey

    October 16th, 2007 1:00 pm

    Wow Some great comments on here.
    Thanks!

    Aubrey
    http://www.trusttheseller.com

  • anil

    October 17th, 2007 2:17 am

    this is very important that your blog should have place so people can comment on this.

  • anil sharma

    October 17th, 2007 2:18 am

    this is very important that your blog should have place so people can comment on this. true??

  • anil sharma comment

    October 17th, 2007 2:19 am

    this is very important that your blog should have place so people can comment on this. or not really??

  • Girish

    October 17th, 2007 2:39 pm

    Darren,

    Excellent set of tips. I agree that when you make your post more interactive and conversational you get more comments. It worked for me atleast.

  • Bernie

    October 18th, 2007 3:33 am

    Useful, but lets see if it works, shmuck!

  • Greg & Sheryl

    October 19th, 2007 4:47 am

    You have more than 300 comments on this entry, so you obvious know what you’re talking about. Even though we update our blog frequently and we get a fair amount of visitors, we get very few comments. Thanks for the tips!

  • Justin

    October 20th, 2007 4:49 pm

    Very nice tips, It will help, thank’s

  • ebook software seeker

    October 23rd, 2007 3:53 am

    Useful, but lets see if it works, thank you!

  • Work at home guide

    October 24th, 2007 10:33 pm

    Thanks for this great tips. I will to try it out now. Thanks again.

  • webmaster

    October 25th, 2007 7:54 pm

    The longest comments list :)
    Great post. Thanks

  • nightmare landlady

    October 31st, 2007 12:58 am

    You forgot the #1 rule to get comments - have a high PageRank and do not no-follow links!

  • nightmare landlady

    October 31st, 2007 12:59 am

    PS You might be interested to know that this page is #1 in Google for blog comments - always good to be #1.

  • aaa

    October 31st, 2007 5:27 am

    mmmm <u> nice </u>

  • Whitney Hanson

    October 31st, 2007 7:51 am

    This is a really great post!

    I am in charge of my company’s recently launched blog, which requires that you register in order to leave a comment. We are getting plenty of views, but not many comments. I am concerned that if we let anyone leave a comment, I will be spending hours filtering through SPAM. Can anyone that doesn’t require registration tell me if they recieve much extra SPAM as a result??

  • Thomas

    October 31st, 2007 12:54 pm

    Thanks for the advice and thanks again! I especially like the Set Boundries part.

    Tom
    http://www.shipanddrop.com

  • LiveSex

    November 5th, 2007 5:14 pm

    Thanks! My blog is getting lots of comments and traffic now.

  • @}-- ruby --{@

    November 5th, 2007 11:37 pm

    thanks for that tips, a guide I have to follow and hopefully will increase traffic and interaction with my readers

  • Men Mind

    November 13th, 2007 1:27 am

    Guess I’m one in 100 then! Well these are all certainly tried and true techniques but what everybody needs to keep in mind is they will only work if your blog is getting any traffic at all - if nobody is seeing the tricks you are trying to use you can be perfect at trying to get more comments but you will still, sadly, get none…

  • Sujoy

    November 15th, 2007 3:35 am

    Hey, thanks a lot for the suggestions. I am a newbie in the blogging arena though, and the question that comes to my mind most often is that how to know what exactly my readers are expecting of me (well actualy would be…), anbd what better way to know than from comments.

    Yes, I understand that people like you have to spend time reading the enumerous comments and reply them too if need be but its just that for starters (like me) it really is a vital motivating thing.

  • Sirened

    November 17th, 2007 10:58 am

    Thanks Darren, I really want to make my blog more interactive!

  • Sneezy Melon

    November 17th, 2007 4:16 pm

    hmm…I think the “invite comments” part is the most important. my friends have often told me that my posts dont attract comments

  • Redeyeshev

    November 21st, 2007 5:33 am

    Good tips!

  • easypctips

    November 23rd, 2007 11:31 pm

    Will test some of these things out now… Great post. Tks.

  • Freelancenow

    December 3rd, 2007 8:14 am

    This is a good tip I am digging it…

  • Clangnuts

    December 4th, 2007 10:01 am

    What about moderating comments? Does the fact the readers leaving comments have to wait for you to approve then, affect the amount of comments left, I wonder?

  • alwaysLovely

    December 5th, 2007 10:39 pm

    hey man! i love it.
    it’s clear and crisp. i’m going to use them and may i get more comments :)
    1 thing i truly learnt is that i need to give comments first b4 i expect to receive.
    Give so that your hands will be free to receive more!
    Cheers!
    Singapore

  • Sean Chua

    December 5th, 2007 11:38 pm

    Halo Darren,

    Thanks for sharing with us those wonderful tips.

    I personally felt registration to comment is frustrating for people that comes into our blog or website.

    I started to look into Blogging since May this year.

    Do share more tips and suggestions with us.

    Cheers,
    Sean
    http:\\sean-chua@blopspot.com
    http://www.SimpleChemConcepts.com

  • Online Business with a kampung boy

    December 6th, 2007 10:32 pm

    Just few words to add on.. i notice there’s a trend in giving away comments.. lots of readers tend to keep their comments for a high PR page only.. well I think we all know the reason why.. sadly to all new bloggers… it’s harder to attract commenters, even readers nowdays

    What do you think..

    Azlan
    Online Business with a kampung boy

  • Free Chat Room Guy

    December 7th, 2007 4:02 pm

    If you want comments, push it on digg, propeller, and similar sites. Hands down best way to get both readers and comments.

  • Robert

    December 9th, 2007 6:47 am

    Good suggestions for get more comments I start a blog and I would apply some of them like make a questions and be more controversial too.

    Blogs and Stuf

  • Steve

    December 9th, 2007 11:47 am

    Good tips, will give it a try on my blog. Did like the interact more. Someone takes the time to post, may as well show its noticed

  • robojiannis

    December 11th, 2007 11:54 am

    Intriguing list. It is still of question though, how to get comments if noone knows about your blog. I mean, regulation of commentary, humbleness etc. are surely noteworthy, but one should first have a public.
    Nonetheless posing question is, i believe the most rewarding technique. That is what the social web is about. Starting a discussion. Writing an authoritative post, will probably help a lot of people and leave a bunch of ‘thank you’ comments, but surely will not endorse a discourse.

  • Michael

    December 15th, 2007 5:12 am

    I unwilling to leave post on sites that require you to register, also I am more willing to leave comments when I an sure my e-mail will not be sold, or marketed to.

  • shadygrounds

    December 17th, 2007 3:47 am

    A very nice and oriented list, I will try to apply those to my website.

  • skinnydog

    December 20th, 2007 2:01 pm

    Here I want to add another very recently used technique from some blog.They are giving the commentrator as a link from home page by the haeding of recent comments.When an user get that facility then he tries to always as a recent commentrator .But after some days blogger has removed the link from all pages.I think one can try this wherever its not fair…….)

  • mitesh

    December 21st, 2007 7:17 pm

    great suggestions for getting more comments

    registration to comment is frustrating - Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips.

  • Matthieu

    December 28th, 2007 1:23 am

    Oh cool, this information is really useful and definately is comment worthy! Hehe. I’ll see if I can try to use some of this information for my own blog.

    Thanks!

  • sky

    December 28th, 2007 6:36 pm

    you have a very good post man.I must use this tips to increase my blog comment.It is really 1% people who leaving comment..wow that so sad.. :(

  • Quickie

    December 29th, 2007 5:34 am

    Good article. In my opinion, I think if you are an genuinely honest person with a social well-rounded aspect to yourself, things will fall into place as these characteristics will show in your posts. Being social helps in any circumstance. It is important to always be open to meeting new people and learning from them. This applies to life in general and not just your blog. Much luck to you all and Happy New year!

    And if you are not social…get more social. It can’t hurt.

    http://www.quickieclick.com
    Social bookmarking with a visual twist

  • eftim

    January 3rd, 2008 9:21 am

    A very good list….. See, I´m leaving a comment now :)

  • Asia Business Advisor

    January 6th, 2008 1:36 am

    Comments do help make sites more attractive for repeat potential users.

    Keep up the good work with your site, the looks and feel is very clean!

  • Adsense Survival Kit

    January 8th, 2008 9:49 pm

    so true… I can only urge to print this article, study it and stick it next to your computer…
    Great work…
    Cheers
    Thomas

    The Adsense Survival Kit
    http://www.adsense-money.biz

  • Internet Business Tips

    January 14th, 2008 3:39 am

    Cool post!
    I wish i had more comments on my blog :(

  • cwassall

    January 16th, 2008 2:49 am

    Hi, I very rarely leave comments myself, usually because I try to spend more time learning than teaching, although the one thing I refuse to do is log on to post a comment, and I don’t expect my users to do it either.

    I personally don’t get many posts, so I wi try some of these tips and see what difference it makes.

    Thanks for the excellent post!

  • Geoff

    January 18th, 2008 3:52 pm

    stumbled upon your website by accident and almost left immediately because of the font. Is there a reason why you use a font that is hard to read?

  • Toowit

    January 18th, 2008 3:54 pm

    Hey, great post and excellent tips! I really enjoyed reading this entry. Thank you for sharing your tips about blogging. They helped out a lot! =D

  • Darren Rowse

    January 18th, 2008 3:54 pm

    not sure what you’re seeing Geoff - its fairly readable from what I can see - if you could send me a screen shot and details of what browser you’re using I can check it out.

  • Omar

    January 20th, 2008 7:48 pm

    I usually do not leave comments myself excellent entry and very useful tips.

    Thanks :)

  • Anita

    January 21st, 2008 12:02 am

    Actually, good advice. I have only spam comments on my blog. I hate asking others to register to leave a comment because I hate registering to leave a comment. It’s way too much work.

  • Chuck at Burns Eng'g

    January 25th, 2008 1:28 am

    The ideas may seem straightforward but helpful to me.

    We have entered into an industry conversation via a blog on “Temp Talk”. The blog has been active for 2 months with weekly posts of various topics, yet very few comments.

    The blog at http://www.burnsengineering.com/BEblog/ is intended to create interaction about temperature measurement in the process industries; Biopharma, Food & beverage, Gas and oil, and Energy.

    Thanks for the ideas. The blogosphere is new to Burns Engineering, yet we believe in the power of conversation so we’re giving it our best shot.

  • Chuck at Burns Eng'g

    January 25th, 2008 1:32 am

    Thanks.

    Helpful from my point of view. If nothing else it confirms my beliefs.

    This blog thing is new to Burns and the people we serve so it’s been a fun experience and experiment.

  • Better Tom

    January 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Really a good artical.
    I am learning and about to build my own blog about our pins and hope to get more suggestion.
    http://www.betterfinish.com.cn
    http://www.chinalapelpins.com

  • Anthony

    January 27th, 2008 1:30 pm

    Hi, I’m new to blogging and just wanted to check if you practice what you preach ;-) Effectively, there’s no need to register in order to leave a comment. I’ll put in practice your recommendations. Thanks a lot.

  • Mathias

    January 30th, 2008 7:35 am

    Thanks for the tips. You haven’t mentioned “nofollow” attribute directly though. As far as I know it can increase comment count if you remove it from your comment links, but then it would attract people to comment merely to get a backlink to their site without “nofollow”.

    Greeetz, Seducy

  • snes

    February 5th, 2008 12:07 am

    Hi Darren,

    Although your post is old now I would say the data is not relevant to blogs. the data is mostly usernet / compuserve stuff and does not take blogging into account.

    the only way to to stop blog spam and the good ol no follow attribute is for everyone to register on a blog first. but then hey that brings other problems……..

  • dj

    February 11th, 2008 11:54 am

    Thanks for the tips! I’m new to the blog world and would love to get comments on my postings so I’m going to try this out. I’ll let you know how it goes!

  • Canvas Prints

    February 21st, 2008 6:10 am

    great post. I will use the advice from here.

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    February 21st, 2008 8:29 pm

    Nice list of ways to invite comments. Looking at your comment list, it proves that they work!

  • Karpacz

    February 22nd, 2008 8:15 pm

    Thanks 4 tip:) As we see on this blog Your advice is working;))

  • beastmoon

    February 24th, 2008 6:55 am

    thank you Problogger for your post. It help me now to have more interact with comments in my blog. Since I’m a newbie in blogging, sometimes I can’t refuse any comment that is very….. let say very dirty for me….how to avoid these comments that come to my inbox mail?

  • wedding-engagement-rings-jewelry

    March 3rd, 2008 10:02 am

    Is there a way to prevent comment spamming indeed?

  • Tony

    March 10th, 2008 7:34 pm

    great post.

    new to your blog, but i’ll definitely be checking back and reading some other posts.

    1st thing i’m going to do, set up a comment rules post.

    btw what are some free blog hosting sites besides blogger. i’m kinda not feeling the layout of things sometimes.

  • Tina Lewis Rowe

    March 11th, 2008 12:48 am

    I know this is an old post, but I’ll comment anyway! I do agree, in large part, that showing some humility is worthwhile for helping people relate to the writer. However, I have stopped reading several blogs in the last few months because the writers so often wrote about their various angst issues.

    I noticed that many people DID comment on those posts, and I wondered what kind of lives they must have, that they all seemed to feel so incapable, guilty, empty, ugly and overwhelmed! I know we all have our outward persona and inward feelings–I certainly do. But, I wanted to read more uplifiting posts, that provided hope!

    I did enjoy this post of yours very much though. And, as for those one or two who were less positive, I wonder if THEY have a blog that is read a much as this one!

  • Chris

    March 11th, 2008 3:33 am

    I actually found this really interesting, I’ve been looking at various ways to improve my reader base. I’ve got about 100 people a week looking at my blog but I’m sure I can improve it, this will help me I’m sure.

    Thanks again

    Chris
    http://wwww.christierney.co.uk

  • Chris

    March 14th, 2008 8:27 am

    Very interesting article, i’ll surely try doing some of those. Here you got a lot of comments - the reson is because the article is interesting for everybody who has a blog.

    Best greetings from Germeny!

    Chris

  • davesslave

    March 19th, 2008 11:47 am

    Great blog.. even tho I had to fill out stuff to say that. ;-)

  • WrinkleFree

    March 19th, 2008 9:52 pm

    Great article! I learned a lot from it, keep it up!

  • Stacy

    March 23rd, 2008 8:13 am

    Hi there and thanks for the article.
    I have tried ALL of these things. **SIGH**
    I find the “no comment” part of blogging extremely frustrating…….especially since it’s my family and friends who always ask what I’m doing, “hows the family”, etc.? Well….I started the damn blog(s) to let you know, yet no one looks or comments. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
    So, I’ve tried, and tried and am about ready to just give up on blogging. Nah…..can’t do THAT. LOL!

    Anyway….thanks for the tips.
    Hope it helps someone out there.
    Cheers,
    Stacy

  • PSP Blogger

    March 23rd, 2008 10:00 pm

    Well since my blog is quite new it might take some time before I actually see any comments but I’ll be sure to take your advice.

    Thanks, and keep up the good work

    PSP Blogger

  • Webcam Mates

    March 26th, 2008 9:01 am

    Thanks for sharing the tips. This page itself is a good example of attracting comments.

  • bishan

    March 27th, 2008 5:29 pm

    thanks for the post..your posts are really informative……..

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    March 29th, 2008 1:44 am

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  • An333D

    March 29th, 2008 7:06 pm

    Nice tips man. Kinda feel bad that i’m in the high percentage of lurkers, but after reading this i’ll try to be more of a active contributer and try to use your techniques at my blog. Great job man

  • Nicksus

    April 2nd, 2008 11:17 am

    I thought this was a very helpful blog, and I fully agree with it. It’s a shame that we have so many lurkers out there, but I can’t say that I’ve never been like one before in my life. I’ll keep these tips in mind for future articles and blogs.

  • secret owl

    April 3rd, 2008 1:45 am

    I’m guilty of being a lurker.

    This comment sucks, but at least I’m trying.

  • china tour

    April 4th, 2008 8:05 pm

    did enjoy this post of yours very much though. And, as for those one or two who were less positive, I wonder if THEY have a blog that is read a much as this one!

  • Andrei

    April 5th, 2008 2:19 am

    Thank you for the advices. There are very useful; I like especially the one “Be Open Ended”. I still have a lot to learn about blogging.

  • Amy

    April 6th, 2008 3:43 am

    As far as I know it can increase comment count if you remove it from your comment links, but then it would attract people to comment merely to get a backlink to their site without “nofollow”.

  • Asnath

    April 7th, 2008 12:38 pm

    A+! for comments/tips on blogging. I’m an ebay/half.com bookseller. I got more feedback now than ever before because I specifically wrote on the invoice that I would appreciate buyers’ feedback. I was even thinking of offering to reward for each POSITIVE feedback that buyers leave me. As an online seller , 100% is to be coveted and maintained.

    I’ll apply your tips to help me when I FINALLY get down/serious about blogging.
    AC

  • Jan Foselli

    April 8th, 2008 3:36 am

    Thank you for sharing these tips. I’m clueless on this part of my blog, so I appreciate the tips!

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    April 8th, 2008 5:18 am

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  • instrumental PAVILION

    April 9th, 2008 3:01 pm

    Thanks for the article! I have been doing most if not all that has been suggested, but still get next to nothing for comments on my blog. Lots of “lurkers” but no discourse no matter how many questions I ask or the amount of people I thank for dropping by. There was a comment here that said if readers cannot relate to content, that could be a problem. The focus of my site is jazz and other forms of instrumental music. Probably not as exciting as erotic poetry or relationship issues!

  • Cindi - Moomettesgram

    April 10th, 2008 6:01 pm

    Excellent recommendations! I’m relatively new to blogging and especially found your suggestions regarding open-ended topics, and inviting questions, comments particularly helpful. Lots of good info in this post. Thanks for sharing.

  • Luis Gross

    April 11th, 2008 6:10 am

    Great Post!

    Exactly what I needed, I barely have action In my commentary box. I’m going to go back and change a couple of things, because I just realized that I have that login requirement to make a comment and I myself never follow that process for a simple comment so why should my readers? Thanks Darren Great Ideas!

    - Luis Gross http://TopBusinessReviews.com

  • Orfej

    April 14th, 2008 8:04 am

    For me, most important thing is interest.Everyone must has some interest to post comment.

  • Ashley Banfield

    April 16th, 2008 4:12 am

    I like it. I’m off to write more posts and put your ideas to the test. After all, we always have something new to learn and being humble, I came here to learn.

    Thanks again

    Ashley Banfield
    http://www.onlinebusinessmarketer.com

  • David Cheong

    April 16th, 2008 4:30 am

    I think part of the tips that i might have miss out, thats why, even though i have readers coming in but not much of them post their comments.

  • joseph alvini

    April 17th, 2008 2:40 pm

    i definately loved this thank you for the post it was very informative

  • Joe Jaegers

    April 18th, 2008 2:44 am

    Maybe # 11 is to put a challenge in your heading. That’s what inspired me to comment.

  • web designer wiltshire

    April 18th, 2008 7:38 am

    Good, site have learned more through this site than I have through months of reading search engine optimisation and wen design books. Prehaps you can give me me some advice on how to get my wiltshire based web company to the top of search engines - help to get me links and to the top, any helpers?

  • Boris H

    April 19th, 2008 4:14 am

    I’m so with you on this one :). I hate when you have to log in to make a comment. This little form you have here is perfect.

  • P. from Weston MA

    April 20th, 2008 2:15 am

    Thanks for the great suggestions, I’ve only gotten about 10 comments on my blog so far and am really interested in getting more feedback.

  • Form Filling Software

    April 21st, 2008 8:16 am

    I think a majority of people are afraid to leave comments due to their email address being sold or spam think a privacy policy should be somewhere in your comments sections.
    Just my 2 cents

  • C K

    April 22nd, 2008 11:06 pm

    Thanks for the list. Now trying to build up the comments on my blog. Cheers!

  • remrow

    April 27th, 2008 12:29 am

    Be controvorsial was the best point i got from you guys. Thanks very much

  • Mike Paahana

    April 28th, 2008 10:53 am

    say somthing stupid an people will respond

  • Carson Ding

    April 28th, 2008 6:18 pm

    hehe… taking a tip from Darren, I am leaving my comment here. yeeehhaa…

  • thatsme @myworkathomedaddy.com

    May 8th, 2008 4:39 am

    Without comments, most of us wouldn’t get any backlinks.

  • Gail Cavanaugh

    May 11th, 2008 4:16 pm

    This is very encouraging. As a new blogger, I will be able to apply these suggestions to my own blog. I have not had many comments to date, but I am hoping that in the future, I will have more activity.

  • Rahul sharma

    May 15th, 2008 7:58 am

    Good tips, thanks alot. Been having quite a few problems with comments and what to do with them.

  • Dimitri

    May 16th, 2008 12:10 pm

    Powerful information, I’ll let other know about it. I will implement #4 into my comments strategy today!

  • Manou

    May 16th, 2008 12:10 pm

    As always a very informative article

    Thanks

  • Hank Freid

    May 16th, 2008 3:37 pm

    I studied the all techniques and got good results.

    i found it
    …. 1 Informative
    …..2 Productive
    … 3 Comprehensive

    Regards
    Hank Freid

  • zamri

    May 16th, 2008 4:43 pm

    Sometimes, they comments because of they want you to their sites or blogs. But it is the way attract a visitor. So it’s good to have good relationship within the commentators.

  • Peter

    May 17th, 2008 8:27 pm

    Our Comment Section has a great problem with spaming. So we closed the comment section only for registered users. But we have to overthink that comment policy. Good Summary and good ideas.

  • รถมือสอง, ซื้อรถ, ขายรถ

    May 18th, 2008 12:54 am

    I can’t writ a good article. so I have no comment for my blog.
    and don’t get click for adsense. too sad.

  • Jeremy

    May 21st, 2008 9:24 am

    Wow, I see by the number of comments written on this post that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing…

    Great post Darren

  • Madhav Tripathi

    May 21st, 2008 10:19 pm

    I have blog on myspace since last two years I have posted more than 20 posts, and got about 1500 hits but zero comments! So I am spesialy surfing for some great resource and I found one of here.
    Thanks.

  • Suzanne

    May 24th, 2008 12:46 am

    Thanks for the advice! I’ll be trying out these techniques on my blog!

  • Kronik Media

    May 24th, 2008 8:50 am

    Inviting users to leave comments is certainly a good idea and so is rewarding users in some form. Many users leave comments as a part of their own SEO strategy to increase the visibility of their own website. There is nothing wrong with this as long as the user has taken the time to add something useful to the discussion. The problem is when they ry to leave a comment as link or keyword spam and nothing useful to add to the post whatsoever.

    We follow this same policy on our web design and e-commerce resources blog at http://ww,kronikmedia.co.uk/blog we encourage users to leave comments and link back to their own website just as long as it is relevant to the blog content in some way. This is a small way to reward participation.

  • facebook

    May 24th, 2008 11:56 am

    Thank you very much for your ideas on getting people to post comments on our site/blog. Do you think there can be some technical or usability reasons why people do not leave comments as well?

  • Chimbles

    May 27th, 2008 1:59 pm

    Good advice… seems so common sense but yet I’m sure no one could gather all that… thanks!!

  • Canvas Prints

    May 27th, 2008 7:17 pm

    By the amount of replies this post is getting, the advice is very good.

    Well Done!!

  • Domenico

    May 28th, 2008 5:28 pm

    Thanks, for these great tips. I’m still in an early phase with blogging. I hope your tips help me out getting more comments.

  • shawn

    May 28th, 2008 6:26 pm

    hmm very nice to hear this but can it also be for forum posting?

  • PPCfool

    May 29th, 2008 6:56 am

    Good info as my blog is still a baby i need to learn this stuff …

    just curious how to get your ‘blog off the ground’??

  • e-okul

    May 29th, 2008 6:26 pm

    Hi, Thank you for sharing these tips. I’m clueless on this part of my blog, so I appreciate the tips!

  • asd

    May 30th, 2008 2:49 am

    This post is very true. I enjoyed reading it. Gread post!

  • Arthur

    June 1st, 2008 8:27 am

    As always a very informative article

    Thanks

    P.S http://vektor-it.ru

  • Web Design Taxi

    June 2nd, 2008 8:29 am

    # 7 where you put “admit where you are wrong and others is right” did you mean to put “others ARE right”? Or was that on purpose to get me to leave a comment so you can be gracious? ;)

  • Jill

    June 2nd, 2008 9:29 pm

    So glad I stumbled upon this! Have been wondering how I can get more participation on my blog. Thanx!

  • george tomas

    June 3rd, 2008 2:52 am

    Hello Zamri,

    I’ll be trying out these techniques on my blog!

  • Andrew

    June 4th, 2008 3:36 am

    I think it’s a good idea to reply to your comments if you want them to comment again, unless you get tons of comments like here. lol

  • elena

    June 4th, 2008 4:13 am

    wow this is really a great articole and helped me a lot thanks really very much i think i’ll bring u tehniques abut my blog too if u want

  • dhurowitz

    June 5th, 2008 12:25 am

    well written article, like the way you explain Blogging making it easy to follow and understand. Going to add this page to our link of how to do its sites.

  • casasbarlavento

    June 5th, 2008 1:08 am

    I am wondering if the real reason for not having comments in my blog is the point “No one has anything else to say !”

    When I like a blog or website, if possible I try to comment or leave a remark.

    But it seams that for my side something is falling …

  • Juegos

    June 5th, 2008 8:03 am

    Interesting article, thanks for all‼

  • elektrik

    June 5th, 2008 8:27 pm

    Powerful information, I’ll let other know about it. I will implement #4 into my comments strategy today!

  • Lukman

    June 5th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Thanks - great info

  • Steffen

    June 5th, 2008 11:55 pm

    First of all, I’m leaving a comment to not be a lurker! That sounds terrible, so I’m avoiding it.
    I have read your tips and will keep them in mind for future use of blogs. I’m new to this, so my learning curve is still quite steep. thanks for help in this phase.

  • Kim

    June 6th, 2008 9:05 pm

    Thanks for the great tips. I love to leave comments just because I like getting them. But lately I don’t seem to be getting many if any. I’ll try your tips. I feel like I have so much to offer but noone is benefiting if I can’t get them to my blog.
    Thanks again.

  • Elektronik sigara

    June 7th, 2008 2:21 am

    I feel like I have so much to offer but noone is benefiting if I can’t get them to my blog.
    Thanks again.

  • Andy T

    June 8th, 2008 2:45 pm

    I just don’t know why people hesitate to leave comment on other blogs. Read other blog content, it just polite to leave feed back about what you thought about the content to the blogger.

  • meh

    June 8th, 2008 8:27 pm

    Thanks for the tips…keep up the good work

  • Frank Polenose

    June 10th, 2008 6:58 pm

    Well, you have had 447 (448 including this one) responses so far so you’re doing something right! :-)

    Frank Polenose - Homeowner Loans

  • Japablo-Online-Marketing

    June 11th, 2008 12:16 am

    Thanks for this, I think this can help me very much

  • Randy

    June 13th, 2008 2:19 pm

    Just a thought but If I have to give you my e-mail and name isn’t that like registering. Sorry I am new at this and I am not sure if I should let everyone comment without registering some how. thanks for the info.

  • Waxstrong

    June 15th, 2008 3:06 am

    Your post was indeed commentable (if there is such a word). You made ma realize how it is to engage in the blogging industry.

    Recently, I felt that I needed to have presence on the web and during that moment I thought it’ll all be easy. But after reading your post, I thought blogging is a challenge worth trying. I realized that establishing a well-commented blog is a great accomplishment. Congratulations! :)

  • Jess

    June 15th, 2008 5:48 pm

    I am normally a lurker….but this is such a great blog and informative post so I thought I’d try an ammend my ways. …thanks for the tips..

    jess

  • Alan Thomas

    June 16th, 2008 4:01 am

    This is a great post. It shows you the power of blogging, posted 20 months ago and today comes up no 1 on Google search for “blog comments”.

    Wow

    Alan

  • vinus08

    June 16th, 2008 8:18 pm

    In many opinion Subscribers are the life blood of a successful blog and frankly, I wish I had more of them. I value subscribers more than any other measure of blog success, such as page views or raw traffic. Inviting users to leave comments is certainly a good idea and so is rewarding users in some form. using comments systems are good for helping them participate. thanks for the info.
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  • Laurann

    June 16th, 2008 9:06 pm

    Thanks, Darren, for your pointers. I guess that my life as a teacher has taught me enough about generating discussions that this aspect of blogging came naturally to me; however, your article (and the related links) spoke to some procedural issues that I never even conceived — boundaries for comments, for example.

  • Sash Windows

    June 16th, 2008 10:47 pm

    Great list Darren. This post was enough to make me leave a comment and by the looks of things hundreds of others too :-)

  • Diamond Solitaire Necklaces

    June 17th, 2008 4:16 am

    i love writing up a blog and leaving comments! im trying to get better at leaving comments my self!

    -Chrissy

  • Mitoman

    June 17th, 2008 10:07 am

    I’ve done what you said, but people still wouldnt leave a comment =P I had 100 views but only 2 comments

  • Bi dünya

    June 17th, 2008 7:47 pm

    I’ve done what you said, but people still wouldnt leave a commen

  • new myspace layouts

    June 18th, 2008 3:49 am

    These are great tips. Hope they work on my blog.

  • Doctor Proctology

    June 18th, 2008 6:38 am

    Try using Doctor Proctology’s special techniqes.

    They bring in alot of comments. “Ward Churchill performs

    proctology on little eichmanns.” See what I mean?

    Much better than Doctor Phil !

  • Brad Stewart

    June 19th, 2008 3:19 am

    i def agree that rewarding is a must whether it be on myspace or a reg blog. People are more apt to check back if they get a respond from a comment

  • Nick

    June 19th, 2008 4:20 pm

    After writing a post like that, I can’t to anything but comment!

  • Latest internet tips and tricks-SEO

    June 23rd, 2008 1:31 am

    Your 2nd point is enough to gather number of comments….
    nice post…

  • 50yearlearner

    June 23rd, 2008 9:44 am

    These are some great techniques to have and use.

  • Alex

    June 23rd, 2008 10:18 am

    This is very interesting! I remember the days when my only blog was a personal site for ramblings and whatever else I felt like sending into the interwebs. It had no real purpose, yet I constantly felt like a loser because nobody commented on my posts. Well no wonder! Hopefully I’ll have more success with my more recent project; thanks for the tips! One thing I would change in your advice is to make a distinction between encouraging comments and whining for them haha. I’ve seen a number of blogs that plead “plzzzzzz comment thx guyz!!” after an entry on nothing…

  • Brad Grier

    June 24th, 2008 2:02 am

    Flipside. Too many comments to read them all. It’s entirely possible that I’ll be repeating something already said, and, not wanting to simply say ‘me too’, I’d not leave a comment.

    Rewarding comments is good, disabling ‘no-follow’ will mean you have to monitor / moderate your comments more, but it’s a great way to help your commenters feel their comments are valued.

  • istioselida

    June 24th, 2008 4:46 pm

    interesting list!! for the amount of comments that I see, it seem to work :)

  • Program

    June 25th, 2008 11:33 pm

    I’ve done what you said, but people still wouldnt leave a comment =P I had 100 views but only 2 comments

  • Jay

    June 26th, 2008 5:03 am

    Thanks for the information. I’m starting a blog for work and hope to generate some communication through it.

  • BillinDetroit

    June 27th, 2008 2:09 pm

    Darren,
    What, given the chance, would you do to make this a better post?

    (I figure that if you can ask an open-ended question to end the post, I can start my comment with one. )

  • Tala

    June 28th, 2008 1:19 am

    the post, I can start my comment with one. )

  • skippyjon jones

    June 28th, 2008 2:50 am

    I appreciate that I don’t understand this genre. I was doing it to fufill an assignment and to read myself ranting. The tips will help me make my rantings more productive for feedback, however I am concerned aboout time. My youngest potty trained while I was blogging!

  • Dış Cephe

    June 29th, 2008 2:46 am

    There are thousands of blogging related resources on the Internet which can create an overwhelming experience for anyone looking to get into blogging. Because of this I created a list of blogging resources that I use on a regular basis. Here is a list …

  • reduce water usage

    June 30th, 2008 3:08 pm

    amazingly put together list darren,
    did your homework, hunh?
    thanks for this.

    Cheers,
    Chrissy.

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  • libras

    July 2nd, 2008 5:07 am

    Very useful blog. I’ll attempt to use this. I’ve just added a commenting option on my pages tht get the most traffic. Hopefully i’ll see some feedback soon

    http://www.reabo.co.uk

  • Eric Santillan

    July 2nd, 2008 12:41 pm

    Thanks for this post.

    Learning a lot of new things here. You’re a blessing for bloggers like me.

    Thanks!

  • data entry

    July 3rd, 2008 2:20 pm

    Yes,
    I found these techniques helpful.
    I have mine 10 wordpress sites. I used these ten tips and get more traffic.
    Thanks.
    Regards

  • george tomas

    July 3rd, 2008 4:43 pm

    Thanks for the great tips.

    Regards

  • Gaolga

    July 5th, 2008 8:15 am

    Thanks for the tips, really I feel that comments are like the food for a blogger, cause is when really you know if the post was interesting. Yes there are many people who can read it and find it interesting also, but if someone takes the time to leave a comment (even a small one)… is even better for us I think.

    —-
    http://charcotrip.com

  • Three

    July 5th, 2008 8:47 am

    I’m just getting started blogging. This is helpful information. I enjoy your site and the knowledge I can skim. Thanks.

  • Animated Flash Fireworks

    July 5th, 2008 1:39 pm

    Thanks for the great tips! Happy Forth of July.

  • Carl

    July 5th, 2008 6:17 pm

    I want to help and get the exceptional classical pianist Zeljko Vlahovic more into the public view. Recordings of his playing have been published on YOUTUBE. How can I get the link into classical music BLOGS so that more people see them? Can anybody help?
    here is the link:
    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zeljko+vlahovic
    http://www.zeljkovlahovic.de

    Thanks for your help. Carl

  • Frank Polenose

    July 6th, 2008 2:16 am

    This had proved a great post and a great help to many - including me. Thank you.

    Frank Polenose of Debt Management

  • Troy

    July 6th, 2008 8:12 pm

    Ok! I have read all of your information on blog commenting. You have set rules like this in place for a reason. I understand why. I have had problems in recent past with spamming myself. However, after reading your post I know have a different approach to this problem. Thank for this great post. Troy

  • gk-tips

    July 7th, 2008 4:16 am

    Comment is useful when you review on right time ans solve and make the general summry of commnt and respond on comment if necessary.

  • Jesper Laan

    July 8th, 2008 7:22 am

    Haha - you will also get a comment from me.. soo there are more people that respons to this about comments on blogs post.

    Thanks for a superb book.. It´s like a bible.

  • sdfsddf

    July 10th, 2008 2:28 am

    Ok! I have read all of your information on blog commenting. You have set rules like this in place for a reason. I understand why. I have had problems in recent past with spamming myself. However, after reading your post I know have a different approach to this problem. Thank for this great post. Troy
    http://www.baidu.com

  • ATOzTOA

    July 10th, 2008 4:42 pm

    Great post, really useful.

    I have a Blogger blog.

    It opens comments in new window.

    Is there anyway to comment in the same page itself?

    Like this way, giving Name, Email and Website.

  • krissybee14

    July 11th, 2008 3:38 am

    A very helpful post. I have been blogging for almost 4 months now. I have tried putting every nice topic but still I don’t get comments. I do not know either if it is being read. Thanks for the tips, I will follow it immediately…

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  • Olivia Bell

    July 12th, 2008 10:22 am

    When I started out, I did a lot of commenting and began to realise what people liked and also, didn’t… then, also noticed when I wrote certain types of blogs… for example, “news blogs” (containing news of the website or whatever), the responses weren’t really exciting. But when I posted open ended blogs, like you said - not too open ended - but enough so that the commenter’s comment was something I wanted to read, the comments were lengthly and numbers went up quite obviously.

    Although I don’t do it all the time perfectly, I do try to have the open ended object in mind… it’s what makes me comment after all :)

  • Dusty Rose

    July 13th, 2008 5:24 am

    I just wanted to be 1 in a 100. I recently created two blogs, but didn’t put a counter n eitherone (don’t know how), so I have no idea howmuch traffic I’ve had.

    Karma Sutured started as a personal autobiography just for certain friends and relativesk but I have decided to ope it to the public, as most of what I post relates to common pipular issues like POLITICS, poverty, handicapped people, and animal respect/welfare/rescue.

    My other blog, savingtails.blogspot.com is devoted soley to animal rescue. Its full name is Saving
    Tails Animal Rescue & Rehab (S.T.A.R.R.). It was primarily intended to be a link site, but I invited every rescue organization in my area to have a link there and/or post, but had no taker -.kind of like throwing a party and no one comes.

    I’ve considered using Google Ad Sense, but am a little afraid of “contaiminating” my blogs with a bunch of crap ads (I am an avid user of Adblock). I didn’t want my content to be diluted or trivialized by ads for “dog & pony” shows or rip-off phony psychic sites (I know psychics are for real, but who knows who is who on the Web?)

    I’m hoping membership here will aid me in weeding out the offensive junk from the links of interest to my intended audiences.

    Thanks for the opportunity.
    Dusty

  • Dusty Rose

    July 14th, 2008 12:33 am

    Note: This post is a duplicate of my first one, with all my typos corrected - I hope. It would be nice to have an “edit your comment” button for those of us who conk out at the keyboard and hit “submit” in our sleep!
    Now, on to my post:

    I just wanted to be 1 in a 100!

    I recently created two blogs, but didn’t put a counter n either one (don’t know how), so I have no idea how much traffic I’ve had.

    http://Karma-Sutured.blogspot.com started as a personal autobiography just for certain friends and relatives, but I have decided to open it to the public, as most of what I post relates to universal themes and common popular issues like POLITICS, poverty, handicapped people, Veterans, and animal respect, welfare, and rescue.

    My other blog, savingtails.blogspot.com is devoted solely to animal rescue. Saving Tails Animal Rescue & Rehab (S.T.A.R.R.) was primarily intended to be a link site for other rescue sites - no revenue there, but a lot of goodwill. I invited every rescue organization in my area to have a link there and/or post pix of their pets for adoption, but had no takers -.kind of feels like throwing a party and no one comes.

    I’ve considered using Google AdSense, but am a little afraid of “contaminating” my blogs with a bunch of crap ads (I am an avid user of Adblock). I didn’t want my content to be diluted or trivialized by ads for “dog & pony” shows or rip-off phony psychic sites (I know psychics are for real, but who knows who is who on the Web?)

    I’m hoping membership here will aid me in weeding out the offensive junk from the links of interest to my intended audiences.

    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Dusty

  • Muhammad amjadbutt

    July 14th, 2008 12:22 pm

    i vist lot of blog but not found quaility like this coz it has great and good quaility material and also lot of visitors so i hope i wil be very happy if you post my comment on ur blog.

  • driver

    July 15th, 2008 6:19 am

    Hi,
    find the same to be true. My Blog has about a 1% comment rate. I’m going to try changing the wordpress “Leave a Reply” text to something more inviting. Nice article.
    thanks you. beatiful.

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    July 15th, 2008 3:15 pm

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  • Noob

    July 16th, 2008 2:13 am

    This is the first comment I have ever left on any blog.

    Point proven!

  • limo hire

    July 16th, 2008 5:20 am

    I’m going to make changes to my blog too. Quite good tips here!

    Nice one!

  • Blade server

    July 16th, 2008 5:58 pm

    Good tips. Do you have any tips to make make commenting blogspot easy?

  • home propert

    July 17th, 2008 2:55 am

    After all of these comments, I think you could be the first who has brought that one to light! that,why u have lot of visitors and good design.

  • home property

    July 17th, 2008 2:58 am

    Sometimes I sound like I’m arguing, when I’m actually not. I just have a way of putting my posts stronger than intended.

    It’s easier to keep out of the conversation and not take the chance of being misunderstood.

  • michael

    July 17th, 2008 3:55 pm

    I have passed this on many of my friends, thanks for the insite.

  • kaplama

    July 18th, 2008 8:26 pm

    Ok! I have read all of your information on blog commenting. You have set rules like this in place for a reason. I understand why. I have had problems in recent past with spamming myself. However, after reading your post I know have a different approach to this problem. Thank for this great post.

  • Alex Wilson

    July 20th, 2008 6:22 pm

    I am 1 of the 100 then :P

    I try and always ask a question to push for interaction at the end of a blog post, but i am now considering making incentives like ‘winning money’ for guest posts or comments.

  • M-Shaka

    July 21st, 2008 2:56 pm

    Just launched a website to promote my learn to surf camp in Costa Rica. Found out about bloging a few days ago. Added a blog to site. now here i am gobling up all info. Good stuff to get me started, thnks

  • Herbal Information

    July 21st, 2008 4:42 pm

    i have tried this on my blog and it is really working i am getting some good comments and my visitors are also increasing

    thanx darren

  • charles

    July 22nd, 2008 8:18 pm

    I always get new ideas in this site. How come?

    Anyway, thanks again for this wonderful posts and i will try some of this and hope my traffic will increase.

    Thank you
    Charles
    http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

  • Hank Freid

    July 22nd, 2008 8:49 pm

    I will try my best to follow these techniques and get traffic,
    If there will be any problem then i will ask you.
    Thanks
    Hank Freid
    http://www.hank-freid.com

  • Lowline

    July 23rd, 2008 12:44 am

    Obviously just the mention of leaving comments works. This blog, with all of it’s many comments, is proof.

    Some good ideas & learning lots. Thanks!

  • fibercement

    July 23rd, 2008 12:50 am

    I have passed this on many of my friends, thanks for the insite.

  • Antonia Menzel

    July 23rd, 2008 4:33 am

    This is both interesting and thought provoking. As a lurkette, I want to say that most of the time I just don’t have anything to say of interest that furthers the conversation. Maybe I’m scarred from too many inane letters to the editor (inane is the kindest description, truly) and want to avoid inflicting the same on you and your readers. Yet the seed is planted for later contemplation. So, don’t take lack of comments to heart. Some of us are just self-editing.

  • Chris Desouza

    July 23rd, 2008 2:43 pm

    You failed to mention - Traffic. Blog comments are not as genuine or as simple as your 10 pointers make it seem.

    I don’t know of percentages due to the immensity of the Internet. But, this I know! Most comments are tailored to the blogs traffic rank. It is mostly about link traffic and return clicks.

    There are hundreds and thousands of well written and meaningful blogs whose posts go without comments.

    I know why!

    Have traffic? Will comment!

  • singh1

    July 24th, 2008 9:47 pm

    It’s a comment to find the commenter’s RSS feed, and from that it will post their latest headline underneath their comment. But I look forward for more features from this plugin like displaying all the comments by a reader. You can see this plugin in action on homepage’s sidebar.

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  • Paul

    July 24th, 2008 11:27 pm

    I agree to post something that will cause controversy adnd this encourages a responce example

    you can see the problem and this winds people up just enough to make them want to respond

  • Kevin

    July 26th, 2008 12:16 am

    Good advice in this article. Don’t require the reader to register to leave a comment - you can say that again!

  • Lovely Lady Luxe

    July 27th, 2008 10:18 am

    I have a blog on blogger.com. I am confused as to how I am going to get people to comment when most of my readers/visitors are not registered to blogger.com… Should I have chosen a different blog site?

    http://www.lovelyladyluxe.blogspot.com

  • German Romance

    July 27th, 2008 11:47 am

    This blog post is right on the money, ask for comment and you will recieve comments.

  • technabob

    August 1st, 2008 11:50 am

    I’ve tried many of the tips on this list, but even though my blog gets over 300,000 uniques/month, I still don’t get more than 1 or 2 comments on most posts.

    Feel free to drop by my site and let me know if you have any ideas on something that you’d change to encourage more comments.

  • sskumar

    August 2nd, 2008 4:29 am

    I guess you have implemented them on your blog as results of comments I see here.

  • NeuroAster

    August 2nd, 2008 6:10 pm

    Re: “10. Make it Easy to Comment”

    It’s a shame that many blogsites seem to “require registration for comments” no matter how universally-accessible the individual blogger may want his/her comment-boxes to be.

  • Simone

    August 2nd, 2008 10:59 pm

    Your blog entry was very informative. Thanks for your effort. We have started a new site called FaithTube (http://faithtu.be). It contains religious videos from all around the internet. If you could visit us then it would be great.

    Thanks.
    Simone.

  • Mark Bennet

    August 5th, 2008 5:42 am

    I’m sure comments can be a great way to bring live to a blog. This article is truly amazing, thank you very much.

    I’ve been considering making my own social network site and one of the main attraction is really comments on each others page. I guess comments is really a powerful tool.

    Best regards to you..

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  • Media Training

    August 5th, 2008 11:23 pm

    I am finding it difficult to spark up debate on my blog. I find that some comments are made, but they never really amount to any kind of conversation.

    Mind you media training is not really an exciting subject, but the media is. That is why we are moving more towards a blog that reports on the media goings on in the world. Hopefully this will help us!

    This article is great though and I am sure will help us in the future.

  • Gia

    August 6th, 2008 4:28 am

    Thnx for the information. I still am new to the whole blogging thing. I just started about 2 weeks ago and there is so much to learn still. But can’t figure out excatly how to get people to my blog. I have 2. The 1 is about weight loss and every thing else you need to know about dropping a few pounds naturally and the other one about the struggles parents have with their kids.

    How can I get people to see me?

  • ernest

    August 7th, 2008 9:00 pm

    Thank you very much for your post. This is a nice posting. I really like this post and absolutely very usefull to me. Thank you.

  • Joanna

    August 9th, 2008 11:32 pm

    Thank you - I will be going through your techniques and hopefully will start to see my comment numbers increase.

  • sriram

    August 10th, 2008 3:28 pm

    comments really help all the people to get the better page ranking

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  • Rachel Biel Taibi

    August 10th, 2008 4:31 pm

    Well! I’m leaving you a comment because it seemed inappropriate not to. I am a new blogger and have one of those blogs where 1 in every 1000 readers leave a comment. Maybe you could send me one of yours, every so often… I messed up my blog big time yesterday because I was trying to improve it with a new template. I’m on blogger and wanted to go to three columns, and ended up losing a ton of links when uploading something I ended up not even liking. Anyway, I’ve spent a lot of time since then looking at other sites with blogging advice and then ended up stuck on yours for several hours. You’ve made me feel better about having two columns- I just have to clean up my clutter.

    But, I wonder at why people are not leaving me comments. One of the reasons I wanted to change the template is that the one I am using has a tight format where each post is squeezed on top of the other and the comment link is barely visible. I don’t know enough about code to fix it. But, I know that I have regular readers and that a lot of the lurkers are even some of my friends, but they don’t feel compelled to speak up.

    I spend two to three hours almost daily on each post. It’s a lot of work and I feel like it just goes out to space somewhere- the black hole of commenting. Maybe it is my writing style………… Sob, sob, sob… I’m writing for a niche audience who is most probably passionate about the subject (fiber arts, quilts, fair trade, etc.). This is not a niche that is going to attract a gazillion readers, but the regular readers should feel comfortable enough to react in some way to what I am saying. So, would you be kind enough to take a look and tell me if I am doing something that is blatantly a turn off? I really appreciate your approachability in your articles and know you must be awfully busy, but if you believe in heaven, you’ll get brownie points there for steering me in the right direction. (That goes for the rest of you vocal ones, too!) Maybe I’ll just post a naked lady in every article and get a reaction that way………. (That’s an inside joke!)

    Thanks for all your good work! I rss’d you. One last question: How do you find out how many people have bookmarked or added your site to a reader?

  • dugu

    August 11th, 2008 2:36 am

    Great find. Thank you man, you made my day. Now, I’m gona try to apply these techniques to my blog.

  • Musician Finder

    August 13th, 2008 6:02 am

    11. ) Create a blog post about getting more blog posts. There’s a huge audience of bloggers looking for more comments, and they’ll likely leave comments on your post about comments. ;)

    great post btw,
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  • Judy Peterson

    August 14th, 2008 12:11 am

    Thanks for the tips on creating more Blog interaction through comments. These are good suggestions.

  • driver

    August 15th, 2008 12:10 am

    Thank you - I will be going through your techniques and hopefully will start to see my comment numbers increase.

  • Duchess O'Blunt

    August 15th, 2008 11:46 am

    I have been told my many over the past few months that blogging is a good way to “get your name out there” and I have tried to spend some time researching how, with whom etc. Getting comments has never been something I considered important until we started our own website and we are looking to get traffic. So this has been quite helpful. I noticed other articles on this site which I will be looking at as well. Thank you for taking the time to point us in the right direction.

  • andrew

    August 19th, 2008 1:24 am

    They’re very useful, but actually I still thought the most important thing is traffic at the beginning. I really want more comments, and feedbacks:)

  • Alon Berzamina

    August 20th, 2008 3:50 pm

    This is just what i need. I am just starting a new blog and this world perfectly help me. Thank you.

  • Clothez

    August 27th, 2008 9:40 am

    Thanks! I find it very hard to get blog posts, and I’ll dfinitely attempt to use these methods.

  • charles

    August 27th, 2008 12:09 pm

    You should do get comments by writing a good article and getting a good traffic. If your site dont have a good traffic. Whatever you do, you wont get any comments.

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  • Pinokids

    August 31st, 2008 6:41 am

    Thanks al lot or the helpful information and tips on creating more Blog interaction through comments. These are good suggestions and i will try to use it on my blog.
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  • Abi

    September 3rd, 2008 3:01 am

    Some of these are really helpful for me to apply as I am not getting good number of comments. commets are always necessary for sccess of bloggers as they help to define line of content according to readers likings.

  • elena

    September 5th, 2008 9:20 pm

    this is a great list …very helpful for me i’ll apply thise methods

  • Canvas Prints

    September 6th, 2008 2:17 am

    I am definately going to start to impliment these tips onto all 4 of my blogs.

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    September 10th, 2008 3:51 pm

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  • zo0m

    September 12th, 2008 9:59 am

    This is both interesting and thought provoking. As a lurkette, I want to say that most of the time I just don’t have anything to say of interest that furthers the conversation. Maybe I’m scarred from too many inane letters to the editor (inane is the kindest description, truly) and want to avoid inflicting the same on you and your readers. Yet the seed is planted for later contemplation. So, don’t take lack of comments to heart. Some of us are just self-editing.

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  • yo momma

    September 17th, 2008 10:01 am

    Another good way to pick up comments is to add a comment aggregation service. Some of them are coComment, Intense Debate and Disqus. I actually use coComment more frequently since they have a sooo many conversations for me to pick a fight in and they do not require me to use their commenting engine like Disqus does….although I do like the speed of Disqus.

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  • Veresh

    September 19th, 2008 7:58 am

    This is exactly what i was looking for getting more comments will try out now to see what happens

  • Jocuri

    September 19th, 2008 8:23 am

    Looks like your question thing at the end of the post worked. Also not having to sign in is nice too. Good job. Nice list. Thanks.

  • James

    September 20th, 2008 7:02 am

    I think nowadays getting commets is not a problem anymore because there is a lot of spam aroung. But what is hard is to get good comments!

  • RealEstateGirl

    September 22nd, 2008 1:13 pm

    I am the worst at getting comments. I think I’ve only gotten 1 comment for over 23,000 views in the last 5 months. That’s pretty bad… okay, except for the spammers that I delete :)

    Good tips. I need to follow through with some of these.

  • William Parker

    September 26th, 2008 4:30 pm

    I’m sure comments can be a great way to bring live to a blog. This article is truly amazing, thank you very much.
    After all of these comments, I think you could be the first who has brought that one to light! that,why u have lot of visitors and good design.

  • Muhammad asif butt

    September 27th, 2008 6:43 pm

    Good points…I would note that as someone who really doesn’t comment to blogs much (in fact, this may be my first post), I don’t think the term “lurker” is very flattering to a non-posting reader.

  • Richa

    September 29th, 2008 8:16 pm

    Very good points..iam just an amature blogger..this post really helped me.

  • Gardan

    October 1st, 2008 2:10 am

    Very good post !

    I do agree about the comment hurdle, and to be honest I probably wouldn’t have left a comment if there was a registration required ! (this is my first comment as I discovered this site recently)

  • Ron

    October 1st, 2008 11:17 am

    Wow, so many comments! How do you get to read all of these? I guess not huh? lol, but it is good to see people are responding to what you wrote. I am hoping to get a good traffic myself. I just started 2 blogs, one for me and the other for the chat room that I am hosting.
    Thanks for this post, Darren!

  • FenixMarcess

    October 1st, 2008 1:28 pm

    Great post… and I must say that I absolutely hate having to log in to do anything! Let alone post a comment.

    I don’t currently own a blog, but I’ll have one soon and I hope to learn as much here as possible. (I know off topic)

    Thanks again for the great post.

    ~Marcus

  • frank

    October 2nd, 2008 2:55 am

    556 comments on this post … that is amazing! Perfect example of a timeless post.

    One point that i love it ‘being humble’ … i think far to ofter people (including me) lean towards pride & selfishness …. so being humble takes work and focus!

    Writing in a humble way would seem to come from within … so if you are not a humble person your bloggin style might come off the wrong way.

    one question on your point about asking questions …

    how do you know the ‘right’ questions to ask? how much time do you spend thinking about what to ask?

    –
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  • Guilherme Fraenkel

    October 2nd, 2008 5:09 am

    It´s interesting to notice that these “ways you can increase the participation rate in the comments section on your blog” are actually universal. I use many of them when I´m ministering classes or during conversations with friends.

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    October 6th, 2008 11:45 pm

    One point that i love it ‘being humble’ … i think far to ofter people (including me) lean towards pride & selfishness …. so being humble takes work and focus!
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  • ben leefield

    October 9th, 2008 2:01 am

    Thanks for the article.

    Our own blogs are being used more and more by new members which is great, but the comments are few and far between!

  • muhammad butt

    October 9th, 2008 11:23 am

    The best kind of comments come from thoughtful, knowledgeable people who add more information about a topic. However, tongue-lashings from condescending smartypants will go over as well on someone’s blog as they would in that someone’s living room. Expect to get shown the door in the form of the delete button. When fact-checking, pointing out a typo or dead link or asserting a dissenting opinion, do it in a respectful, friendly way.

  • chirpthis

    October 9th, 2008 11:37 pm

    wow thats a lot of comments. How am i supposed to invite people to comment on something?

  • sultan

    October 10th, 2008 4:05 pm

    It´s interesting to notice that these “ways you can increase the participation rate in the comments section on your blog” are actually universal. I use many of them when I´m ministering classes or during conversations with friends.

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    October 12th, 2008 12:41 am

    I came here from ‘Should Blogs Have Comments’, your newest post. Thanks for both of these, they seem useful to me.

  • Mia

    October 12th, 2008 5:32 am

    Thank you for writing this.

    Right now, this is the issue I am getting ready to work on in my blog…that is, how to get the 1 or 2 readers with an RSS feed to start participating in my blog. (It’s very new).

    I have a comments section and want readers to use. I’m sure there may be a time in the future where I’ll revisit this, but for now, I like the feeling of a connection that comes with comments.

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    October 13th, 2008 11:55 pm

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    October 14th, 2008 1:50 pm

    On the comment wrt technological hurdles to leaving comments, I’ve noticed that blogs I subscribe to with email / RSS feeds I seldom leave comments on since it has an extra hurdle of having to visit the blog rather than just read the email. If I visit the blog itself, then I’m more inclined to comment

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    October 14th, 2008 3:27 pm

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    October 15th, 2008 10:35 am

    If you read the whole Jakob Nielsen’s Article:
    Actually it’s not even 1%, it’s 0.1%

    “Blogs have even worse participation inequality than is evident in the 90-9-1 rule that characterizes most online communities. With blogs, the rule is more like 95-5-0.1. “

  • Viktor

    October 15th, 2008 8:57 pm

    This post is very true. I enjoyed reading it. Gread post!

  • Teens Can Make Money Online

    October 17th, 2008 11:01 am

    I guess these are good tips considering you have 545 comments on this post :)

    But i also have a question. Do you guys think comments are actually useful? I mean they get a community type of thing going. But should you try hard to get more comments?

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  • Bridget Benzene

    October 23rd, 2008 11:05 am

    I love this, it’s so true, I get my readers by knowing my audience, I make my blogs something that any person of any age can respond to. I make my blogs about issues that teens and adults go through, I’m a teen, I love to be treated as an adult and respected, I know my readers want that too.

    Some of the blogs are about issues and some are about how things have adapted or interesting topics like how fast the web and internet grew.

    till next,
    xBridget

  • David

    October 24th, 2008 9:43 pm

    It´s interesting to notice that these “ways you can increase the participation rate in the comments section on your blog” are actually universal. I use many of them when I´m ministering classes or during conversations with friends.

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    October 30th, 2008 1:41 pm

    *clap clap* like the ideas were hard to come up with. Real brainy people must have come up with this site. all you nerds who read it, quit now?!??!

  • aravind

    October 31st, 2008 1:16 pm

    ya very good ideas for increasing the comments..

    if we are inviting comments by contest etc then will it be successful after the end of contest ?

  • Guy

    November 5th, 2008 4:59 am

    I had to turn comments off on my blog as it was being spammed by all those robots. I dont mind genuine comments, but some of the rubbish was just annoying and I think detracted from the site

  • Fofa

    November 8th, 2008 1:49 pm

    I would have to agree, many of the above listed points are true. Most of those points follow through in blog posts but the question is how to attract users to visit the blog in the first place?

  • pasquale

    November 11th, 2008 2:24 am

    It´s interesting to notice that these “ways you can increase the participation rate in the comments section on your blog” are actually universal. I use many of them when I´m ministering .
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  • lisa b

    November 12th, 2008 12:07 pm

    One way I tried to invite comments is to actually create a poll and asked to respond by posting a comment instead of just selecting an answer.

  • Kamal Talib

    November 17th, 2008 12:36 am

    Very long and extensive tutorials on how to increase your blog comments.
    Thank you.

  • Jay

    November 20th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Thanks for such a great article. I have been guilty of being a lurker around blogs. I guess I always felt a little bit intimidated as I was basically a newbie and felt my thoughts didn’t really matter. I have come around though recently and feel like I have something to contribute.

  • Paddy

    November 21st, 2008 3:47 am

    Great list. I’ve been blogging for a few weeks now and it’s tips like these that are growing my following.

    Thanks!

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    November 21st, 2008 9:29 am

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  • Gloson

    November 21st, 2008 7:59 pm

    I really must try them out…those are REALLY useful tips

    Your rock, Darren

  • shun2u

    November 21st, 2008 9:13 pm

    thanks for sharing..

  • Paulo

    November 22nd, 2008 6:41 pm

    Darren, this is an excellent list. For a brand new person this is a great list.

    Thanks!

  • leoo

    November 22nd, 2008 10:53 pm

    Thanks for the article.

    Our own blogs are being used more and more by new members which is great, but the comments are few and far between!

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    November 23rd, 2008 1:48 pm

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  • German Romance

    November 25th, 2008 7:40 pm

    I get very little or no comment’s at all, your 10 tips will help me a lot. Thanks again!

  • Tom

    November 26th, 2008 2:19 am

    Another tip: when you make a post, add 2 or 3 comments under other names or have friends do it.

    A post that already has comments is much more likely to get more comments added. I guess many people don’t like to be the first to comment.

  • jam05pgs

    November 28th, 2008 7:09 am

    yes very good 10 Points and ideas for increasing the comments..

    if we are inviting comments by contest etc then will it be successful after the end of contest ?

  • mike

    November 29th, 2008 9:47 am

    Very long and extensive tutorials on how to increase your blog comments.
    Thank you.

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    December 5th, 2008 8:06 pm

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  • bradleybradwell

    December 8th, 2008 3:31 pm

    I myself am trying to master blogging and getting people to submit their ideas and comments to my posts, however it can prove to be very difficult for some people as their not aware that it takes a certain type of blogger to be able to attract comments.

    I recomend making a controversial post so that in a way it forces your readers to leave a comment and express their opinion on the subject you are blogging about.

    I also believe that it’s very important to be involved in some sort of a community in relations to your niche. Post comments on others blogs with valid and truthful information.

  • mohan

    December 12th, 2008 10:44 am

    really great post……this will help me a lot to get comments in my blog……

  • Andrew

    December 13th, 2008 4:14 am

    Will be trying these out as I am so fascinated by blogging that I have to try.

  • Youli Valve

    December 13th, 2008 1:42 pm

    Nice Post!

    Do you mind if someone takes out your sharing knowledge on your posting article, but no participate in a comment.
    In fact, most people aren’t leaving a comment even more less than 1%. On the other hand, most people have purposes when they leave a comment.

    Finally, thank you for your sharing article, it’s very useful for me.

  • rüya tabirleri

    December 18th, 2008 5:47 pm

    this tips and comments really better than the other blogs comments and their tips, thanks

  • David Moreen

    December 22nd, 2008 1:44 pm

    I must say that these are very good points that I will use later on in my blog posts. I had to google this and read this post. I was getting and am still getting around ~70 unique hits a day on my blog and still have not got one comment… I have even checked that the visitors are not bots. So I hope that maybe these points will help increase my inflow of comments.

  • sticky

    December 23rd, 2008 4:06 pm

    The comment quality would have to be really good for it not to be recognized as spam. For the prices quoted, it may actually rise above the normal level of comment spam, especially if they’re hiring third-world spammers with some education.

  • Mominator

    December 27th, 2008 2:27 pm

    It’s funny that I stumbled on this post. I was JUST talking to my husband this week about this very topic. I was saying…well complaining ;) ….that I can see I have readers everyday, but very few comments. I even want bad ones, because I want to know where I can improve. If I have no feedback I might not experience the necessary growth I want to achieve without a little direction. Then bam!…I ran into this post.

    Great advice!

  • Karlonia

    December 31st, 2008 10:31 am

    Two other methods that can help to encourage comments are allowing DoFollow links (removing default nofollow attributes so that “link juice” is passed to the sites) and installing the KeywordLuv plugin, which significantly helps commenters with SEO because it allows them to choose the anchor text for links.

    Overall, it is a good thing to encourage comments because the extra content provided by other people adds more keywords to your posts, which in turn brings in more traffic from the search engines without costing you any more time than it takes to write the original post.

  • bahad

    January 2nd, 2009 1:56 pm

    i have a question why do you need to increase number of comments in your blog?

    thank you so much :)

  • john65

    January 2nd, 2009 7:13 pm

    Two other methods that can help to encourage comments are allowing DoFollow links (removing default nofollow attributes so that “link juice” is passed to the sites) and installing the KeywordLuv plugin, which significantly helps commenters with SEO because it allows them to choose the anchor text for links.

    Overall, it is a good thing to encourage comments because the extra content provided by other people adds more keywords to your posts, which in turn brings in more traffic from the search engines without costing you any more time than it takes to write the original post.

    Two other methods that can help to encourage comments are allowing DoFollow links (removing default nofollow attributes so that “link juice” is passed to the sites) and installing the KeywordLuv plugin, which significantly helps commenters with SEO because it allows them to choose the anchor text for links.

    Overall, it is a good thing to encourage comments because the extra content provided by other people adds more keywords to your posts, which in turn brings in more traffic from the search engines without costing you any more time than it takes to write the original post.
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  • ac

    January 3rd, 2009 2:06 am

    The setting boundaries idea is an interesting idea I hadn’t considered. I’ll have to think about how to apply that to my site…

  • Blazing Minds

    January 3rd, 2009 2:26 am

    This is very informative, I have been responding to the comments on my blog more lately and it seems to entice a few more people commenting my way, but sometimes it’s a case of posting something that is the “in-thing” to get peoples attention.

  • Dave Dekker

    January 4th, 2009 6:17 am

    This has some great tips, it’s amazing the things that are so simple yet easy to over look.

  • Cynic

    January 6th, 2009 3:47 am

    All very well trying to attract comments, but first of all how do you get people to read your blog in the first place? I have a couple of blogs out there in hyperspace, which should in theory, as they are well populated with things that are of common intereset, I’d expect at least someone to ‘drop by’ on them, but my analytics tell me no one visits?

  • Cayenne Pepper Diet

    January 7th, 2009 12:36 pm

    Darren,you made me put in my first comment on a blog !!! Its a great start.

  • Gina

    January 7th, 2009 12:42 pm

    If you make the post interesting enough wont people comment anyway?

  • Professor

    January 10th, 2009 7:02 am

    Quoting Gina “If you make the post interesting enough wont people comment anyway?”

    No

    I have even started taking off the Captcha in an effort to gain more comments. I have several blogs and each is interlaced. I am currently experimenting with several different ideas for reader engagement.

  • Michael Leung

    January 10th, 2009 10:31 pm

    Another way to get comments is to gain a following that will loyally post comments. To do that, having a giveaway works. It makes lurkers climb out of their caves and creates a starting point for commenting.

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  • Brian Baulch

    January 12th, 2009 8:53 pm

    Hey Darren

    Great list of hints here to help l will put these to action, lam defiantly open to build alliance with start-ups bloggers who like to reply to me in other words a co-op model, look forward to hearing from some of Darren newby start up bloggers.

    Llets build a great co- op of bloggers in 2009!

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    January 20th, 2009 2:53 am

    Another way to get comments is to gain a following that will loyally post comments. To do that, having a giveaway works. It makes lurkers climb out of their caves and creates a starting point for commenting

  • Muneeb Bajwa

    January 22nd, 2009 7:23 am

    Wow there are alot of comments on this blog!

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    January 26th, 2009 1:35 am

    Offer your reader a value and they will comment, this post is ranking 3RD on Blog commenting search term. and that was only because too many people have commented to it. which makes google find it important.

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    January 28th, 2009 11:45 pm

    Now I know why people don’t comment on my blogs. I have registration mandatory.

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  • John

    January 29th, 2009 2:31 am

    Thanks for that Darren. I am new to blogging and this is my first ever comment. As the number of web sites and tools increase for blogging its easy to overlook the importance of content.

    thanks

  • Internet Phone

    February 1st, 2009 5:15 am

    You are right, great article. And yes, this the first time I have commented on a blog. Good article.

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  • Shane Hudson

    February 3rd, 2009 3:52 am

    I find about 6 out of 20 readers seem to comment..

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  • Craig S. Kiessling

    February 4th, 2009 5:57 am

    3 years old and STILL very relevant and great tips! thanks so much! I am going to be giving these a shot for sure. And sharing them with my other authors on our site :)

  • zippo

    February 4th, 2009 9:05 am

    Thanks for that Darren. I am new to blogging and this is my first ever comment. As the number of web sites and tools increase for blogging its easy to overlook the importance of content.

    thanks

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    February 8th, 2009 10:49 am

    Registration isn’t really a big deal to me, I’ll happily register to post if it’s a popular blog in a similar topic that I write on.

    Inviting comments and asking questions does seem like a pretty good idea, but I haven’t had any noticeable results myself. I’ve seen other bloggers use this method, and it worked on me. :P

    I understand what you’re saying with being humble and gracious, but at the end of the day people are going to comment on what you write when you are yourself. Be yourself.

  • WebBanshee

    February 9th, 2009 2:01 am

    Very gooooood post.Yes you are definitely right with you well eyplained 10 step guide.I just started a my Blog in Janaury this year.Some post got digged, but the comments do not come that easy.What you wrote about lazyness is propably right.I could even not attract my friends to leyve a comment.The feedbacks i got were ok and they like my blog, but it seems like : it is good , but just leave me alone with interaction : )))

    Regards

  • Ratih

    February 9th, 2009 4:26 am

    Tips: Ask the questions? That is a good advice, and it’s proven. When we post something without asking questions, it’s just a static posting. It can be a dynamic one if we can ask the questions to the readers indirectly the will pay attention at our post.

  • Cheap Online

    February 9th, 2009 7:58 pm

    Really good post, this will help me a lot to get comments in my blog. Now I know why people do not comment in my blog.

  • Isaac Yassar

    February 11th, 2009 11:42 am

    Hi Darren, I agree the best with number 10, because psychologically, people tend to measure the level of effort needed before doing something. And registration is certainly not effortless. I wonder, why some people make it difficult while they can make it easy?

  • Isaac Yassar

    February 11th, 2009 11:44 am

    And about commenting, perhaps you will like “How to Craft Impressive Comments” at:

    http://isaacyassar.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-craft-impressive-comments.html

  • Used motorhomes

    February 11th, 2009 8:23 pm

    Excellent article, But i think it is the trust factor which you or all successful bloggers have built with their readers which in turn encourages us to leave the comments.

  • Truck campers

    February 11th, 2009 8:28 pm

    great tips,
    i think “Nice content with good comment marketing idea” is the easy combination for get more comments.

  • Kathy

    February 12th, 2009 5:20 am

    Hey There, Great Information, I think my major problem is I overwrite and maybe leave no room for comments. Please pop by and give me your opinion. I would appreciate the support! Make it a great day!

    Kathy Baka

  • rita

    February 12th, 2009 9:36 am

    Thanks for the good tips. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas to make my site sticky. Lately I added a feature that you mention in #9 (Reward Comments). I have a draw for free books. A reader who adds a comment to any of the articles is automatically entered in the draw. It’s starting to gain momentum.

  • Rana Sinha

    February 19th, 2009 10:56 pm

    Good tips. Lately I’ve added a quiz. This has attracted many readers.

  • smartvergin

    February 20th, 2009 5:29 pm

    Very good points..iam just an amature blogger..this post really helped me.

  • Aristotle Conman

    February 25th, 2009 10:39 am

    I’ve just finished reading your ‘10 tips’ though on returning to my blog nothing had changed?? I don’t think it works.

    Ur’s cruelly

    A. Conman

  • Mountain bike parts

    February 25th, 2009 10:33 pm

    Thanks for the list Contests is also a great way to get more comments, there’s nothing wrong in giving away something through contests, and you get good number of good comments.

  • Learning Center

    February 26th, 2009 5:23 pm

    Interesting Tips . really helpfull while writing blogs .

    I will implement these tips and will see the response ( number of comments)…………

  • free games

    February 27th, 2009 3:39 am

    Really good post, this will help me a lot to get comments in my blog.

  • Oyun 1

    February 27th, 2009 3:47 am

    Great suggestions for getting more comments
    registration to comment is frustrating.

    Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips.

  • keith.williams@talktalk.net

    February 27th, 2009 4:49 am

    Your tips are great. As always one needs to blend them to how one does things. Its all no ‘Verbatum”

    keith.williams@talktalk.net

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    February 28th, 2009 2:20 pm

    I love these tips on this site. I just started a blog and want alot of
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  • monstergoof

    March 1st, 2009 2:31 pm

    Thanks I think I will use some of this for my goofbucket.

  • Web Design Bangkok

    March 2nd, 2009 7:25 pm

    Isn’t it really the case that when people leave comments such as “Thanks for that Darren” or “Wow! thanks Darren. Nice blog” that all they really wanted to say it, “Darren, I didn’t realize there was a nofollow attribute to the PR4 linkback to my website and it doesn’t really result in much at all. I think I may be wasting my time but I left a thank you anyway.” That’s probably more honest, or why leave anodyne comments at all?

  • yabancı şarkı

    March 4th, 2009 5:19 am

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  • 999

    March 9th, 2009 6:56 pm

    Isn’t it really the case that when people leave comments such as “Thanks for that Darren” or “Wow! thanks Darren. Nice blog” that all they really wanted to say it, “Darren, I didn’t realize there http://www.air-shox.com was a nofollow attribute to the PR4 linkback to my website and it doesn’t really result in much at all. I think I may be wasting my time but I left a thank you anyway.” That’s probably more honest, or why leave anodyne comments at all?

  • bloggingnews01

    March 10th, 2009 1:49 am

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    Thanks for the list Contests is also a great way to get more comments, there’s nothing wrong in giving away something through contests, and you get good number of good comments.

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  • Greg in San Marcos

    March 13th, 2009 5:36 pm

    I find that the comment policy really helps us. We tend to get a lot of spam comments but I really encourage people to comment and often thank them and interact with their comments they leave. Anything that is a little bit spammy or just short one line response I tend to delete because I know when I am on other blogs I will leave if I feel like it’s just full of spam!

  • Julie BM

    March 17th, 2009 12:33 am

    I noticed this was written over two years ago and still gets comments! I always appreciate your tips! I often wonder if it takes one of two comments to get the ball rolling. Are people more likely to comment if others have already commented? How do you get that FIRST comment then?

    Thanks again for the tips!

  • AlternativeNation

    March 17th, 2009 9:10 am

    Thanks for the info. Blogs are a great way to advertise posts but one thing i would like to include is - it’s a free place to link to your site however don’t just add a random post to your blog. If you’re going to respond to a post, it’s no big deal to go for the cheap plug but, if you going to reply (for demonstrational purposes)

    21st Century Breakdown! Coming 2009

    And leave - it’s not relative to the posts and the admins can very easily remove your post, and for good reason.

    Try to at least reply with some informational material relative to the blog.

    Thanks, great information.

  • Wolfgang Loss-Wells

    March 20th, 2009 5:33 am

    Imagine, a post about comments and It’s got so many comments! I think you have summed it up very well!

  • Mark Twain

    March 25th, 2009 3:00 am

    I found the best way to get more comments is to give them something free and then asked how they liked it. I just gave out some free books I found on Free Book Quest and they ate it up.

  • mike

    March 26th, 2009 12:37 am

    i have gone through all the tactics and comments about how to get more comments on blog…i my view the best to get more comments is leave something curious to visitors to share their experience and knowledge.

  • Murray Newlands

    March 26th, 2009 7:02 am

    Good tips, I have also had success with getting comments when giving something away in my twitter competition.

  • 3arabax

    March 27th, 2009 11:39 pm

    Thank you! Nice article .
    Actualy it’s very usefull for any new bloggers like me.It is the point we must know to beguin any site. This will help alot.
    regards,
    3arabax.blogspot.com

  • inchirieri masini

    March 30th, 2009 9:25 am

    Verry good job. I will apply on my blogs. Thanks again.

  • E-TradeCounter

    April 3rd, 2009 10:45 pm

    Funny how posts about getting more comments are always the ones that get loads of comments? Nice idea should try it some time…

  • Go-Gullf

    April 7th, 2009 2:43 am

    Sometimes I guess that the captcha doesn’t really stop spammers from spamming though. Seems that even when I closed my comments box, spam comments still keeps coming in!.
    I guess it is the trust factor which you or all successful bloggers have built with their readers which in turn encourages us to leave the comments.

  • Only Messages

    April 7th, 2009 10:08 pm

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  • Michael Harvey

    April 11th, 2009 1:06 am

    Very good information. I plan to incorporate a number of these suggestions in my blog.

  • Steve Grindley

    April 11th, 2009 3:51 am

    I find it hard to belive that only 1% of people comment, it seems like you have had alot of visitors :)

  • Michelle

    April 11th, 2009 7:01 am

    I like your suggestion of having a comment policy. I tend to get tons of spam comments, instead of productive ones, which is a little frustrating. But when people do take the time to write, I make an effort to thank them or answer their question in the comments section. It seems like people are more likely to leave comments if there are already some there - so now I will work on making it a comfy place for people to leave comments in the first place, and get the ball rolling. Thanks!

  • Brent

    April 11th, 2009 7:49 am

    I am still working on getting people to comment on my blog. I will follow your tips and hopefully will get some comments soon. Thanks for the great advice!

  • Rita

    April 11th, 2009 8:38 am

    I’ve tried responding to each comment and sending an e-mail reply to most of the people who comment on my blog.

    And, when I first began blogging, I routinely left five comments a day on other blogs.

    Both work.

    The interesting thing is that I wrote two list posts for the 31-day workshop, and I asked a question on each.

    I’m receiving comments! I’m really happy about that. My comments have gone down recently, which I think may be caused by people spending so much time on Twitter.

    I blog at The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide at http://boomersurvive-thriveguide.typepad.com.

    Rita

  • MrWest_Ink

    April 12th, 2009 3:22 am

    I definitely agree with you on the whole registration thing, I mean it absolutely annoys me when I have to register just to make a comment. I leave my blog open to anyone to comment if you want to register, you register if not then whatever. Getting people interested is such a - you know what? Thinking about adding some sort of giveaway or something…

  • Jerry

    April 12th, 2009 3:45 am

    I’ve noticed almost immediate comments on my blog when I come from a truly emphatic position. Almost always will my visitors respond when I am passionate about the topic at hand. A great headline I used on Twitter generated a great response. It was “I’m so sad so many people feel it’s so important to get as many followers as possible as if it was some popularity contest” …
    Jerry

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    April 13th, 2009 4:18 am

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    This 10 techniques are very usefull to get more comments on your blog. Thanks again

  • jeff paul

    April 13th, 2009 7:07 pm

    What a great way to make money! Thanks for the tips.It really promote small business and also give a in depth idea money making online for new comers.

  • Jim

    April 13th, 2009 10:11 pm

    great post! our blog is relatively new and we are new to blogging. therefore, we will heed and implement your advice.

  • Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"

    April 13th, 2009 11:28 pm

    I do respond to comments in my comment section and if they have a direct email will often respond through that as well. I used to also dedicate a post at the beginning of the month to thank all who commented the previous month with links to their blogs, but it got to be too many and sometimes I felt people just left insignificant comments to get mentioned, it did increase my comments though. Here is a sample of my last one: http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2009/02/thanks-for-commenting-in-january.html

  • Rita

    April 14th, 2009 4:21 am

    Hi Darren,

    These are helpful tips.

    I’m glad you mentioned that you don’t leave a comment if you have to sign in. I don’t either. I wonder if those who require a sign in get many comments?

    The 31-day workshop is increasing the hits and comments on my blog. I’m happy about that.

    Rita

  • Elizabeth

    April 14th, 2009 7:46 am

    I won’t comment if I have to register or if I don’t get the word verification on the first try. I took off word and comment verification from my blog 9 months ago and have gotten no spam.

  • Wayne Lindgren

    April 14th, 2009 7:53 am

    Good topic that I have been looking for-Thank You

  • Wayne Lindgren

    April 14th, 2009 7:54 am

    Good topic thanks for your valuable information
    Wayne

  • POKERONLINE247

    April 15th, 2009 7:22 am

    Sometime you need to register…

  • monstergoof

    April 15th, 2009 1:15 pm

    About one month ago I found this blog. 10 techniques to get more comments on your blog. Oh well what the heck I’ll post cause maybe it will get me some traffic from problogger.

    What I didn’t expect was that the ideas posed would stick. And most of all make my blog(s) more sticky themselves. I started by remembering to ask questions. Then took this to open ended questions at the end of the blog.

    Now a month later two of my blogs on goofbucket have graduated to full use and populated groups with videos, pages, albums, and polls. Just from using 2 of the techniques. Not bad for a blog that’s 3 years old.

    Point being, thank you for the tips and to others that come and read this blog, can you afford not to that these techniques to heart?

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    April 17th, 2009 4:21 pm

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  • Shailee

    April 19th, 2009 6:11 pm

    Nice!! You incorporated all your sayings in this post..left it open ended, and I saw a response adding another point or two!! and the number of responses on this post is proof enough of what you say!

    I am glad I joined your 31 day blog challenge.

    Thanks Darren!

  • Conrad

    April 20th, 2009 9:36 am

    I agree with the registration hurdle.

    I use IntenseDebate on my blog, but by now means is it required. If you don’t have a account with them then you leave a comment just as I’m doing here now.

    Great content Darren!

  • Conrad

    April 20th, 2009 9:56 am

    I forgot to ask.

    You talked about a comment policy. Have you placed this somewhere on the blog or is it just your own moderation guidelines?

  • whitney

    April 21st, 2009 12:18 am

    Thanks for this post - I have struggled with this as I have NO comments yet on my blog and in some ways feel badly about that (until i read your posts about this) and yet I see there is more that I can do. I will participate more in other blogs and ask MORE questions (I do ask some) - also I like the idea of asking a question in the heading. Lots to think about but I would like to engage with readers and think comments is a great way to do so.
    WD
    Twitter: wald12

  • John

    April 21st, 2009 6:07 am

    This 10 way increase comment numbers on your blog its very use -
    full for me and then i like this concept

    Thank you

  • Mohit

    April 22nd, 2009 2:31 am

    I’ve tried all these steps including commenting on otherblogs.. but I never got any comments on my post. Hard Luck for me.

    -mohit

  • wie bali

    April 23rd, 2009 8:25 pm

    Thanks for the tips…!
    but i agree wiyh mohit so hard got any comments on my post.

  • jadefyre

    April 24th, 2009 3:10 pm

    This was a wonderfully helpful article! I am just starting out with my blog, and I decided to learn about readership early on so I can promote it as it begins growing.

    Your tips will definitely come in handy. Thanks for writing a great article!

  • Dare

    April 25th, 2009 1:49 pm

    Good tips. I have tried may things but none has worked except when I wrote something controversial last year. I am even offering free gifts so come on down!

  • Seo India

    May 1st, 2009 10:13 pm

    Nice! I will participate more in other blogs and ask MORE questions .we will implement at your advice

    Thanks and Cheer

  • Seo India

    May 1st, 2009 10:16 pm

    Great post…Thanks for give me good advice for a blog posting

  • Michelle Green

    May 2nd, 2009 3:05 pm

    It’s funny, that sometimes the most simple tips are often the best!

    I have no trouble getting people to sign up to my newsletters, but I struggle to get them commenting on my blogs! ARGH!

    I will take these tips on board and see how I go. Thanks for this post!

  • Utter Thought

    May 4th, 2009 3:01 am

    I love listed tips like these, it makes creating and keeping a blog seem more manageable.

    I think I’ve got most of that down, but my blog is still really new, so I’m not sure if I’m going about it the right way or something.

    Ah well.

  • Dave

    May 7th, 2009 8:17 pm

    Good and adequate comment on websites, blogs and other are some of the ways one could attract traffic to his or her websites or blog.

  • diyet

    May 8th, 2009 9:43 am

    Nice! I will participate more in other blogs and ask MORE questions .we will implement at your advice

    Thanks and Cheer

  • Gretchen Doores

    May 13th, 2009 10:25 pm

    This is extremely helpful. I’ve been trying to find ways to engage readers more effectively and after reading your comments I feel like I have a much better idea of how to drive more of a discussion on my posts.

    Thank you, again, for putting this together and for making all of our lives easier!

  • Chat

    May 18th, 2009 7:14 am

    Thanks for this post - I have struggled with this as I have NO comments yet on my blog and in some ways feel badly about that (until i read your posts about this) and yet I see there is more that I can do. tnahkss.

  • Wayne Lindgren

    May 19th, 2009 5:19 am

    Excellent advise as usual

  • mp3 indir

    May 20th, 2009 6:38 am

    uite right. It’s what got OTB noticed four and a half years ago. I suspect it’s even more crucial now that the size of the blogosphere has exploded.

  • wie bali

    May 20th, 2009 5:51 pm

    Really good post, this will help me a lot to get comments in my blog. Now I know why people do not comment in my blog.

  • David Andrew Paton

    May 29th, 2009 6:19 am

    Great advice. I tend to go off at a tangent in my own comments. Sometimes I lose track of the topic completely. In essence, this is because I drink a lot of whiskey.

    At a certain point in the evening I begin to focus more on illuminating fellow commeters on the somewhat unique attributes of my genitalia. This is undoubtedly a problem for me, but it’s a burden I must bear.

  • Tafuma Shopping

    May 29th, 2009 11:22 pm

    Thanks for the post. Very informative. Does the same apply for user feed back and opinions.

  • Herbal Therapy

    June 3rd, 2009 4:21 pm

    Very nice article. Thanks for the great tips!

  • lissa

    June 4th, 2009 4:14 am

    very helpful information. Can’t wait to try some of it out on my own blog

  • Tiffany

    June 4th, 2009 4:29 am

    I’ve been working to get more comments on my blog. I actually had more comments on each post when I was on blogger, which is surprising. I’ve tried all of the ideas in this post and still get few comments. I’ve had giveaways that encourage commenting. It worked while the giveaway was going on, but afterward went back to low comments. Even my best performing posts show low comments.

    One thing I have noticed that works for people is having a baby and announcing that on the blog. That would be “getting personal” as you wrote about in a recent post. I have no problem sharing something personal like that in my life, but I don’t want to have another baby to do it! I have 4 already. And I don’t really have anything else exciting to share with my readers. I try to write in a personal way, but I need to hone that a bit.

    For now, my tactic is to just keep trying these tips and hope the comments pick up like my traffic has. Thanks for all the tips you share.

  • Myers

    June 5th, 2009 4:44 am

    Nice points, i think content is the key .

  • Relationship Breakup

    June 6th, 2009 8:46 pm

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  • mikel

    June 6th, 2009 9:31 pm

    nice article. it help me a lot. Try to do it my self.

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  • Jesse Lu

    June 9th, 2009 5:32 am

    Don Yuan and Jason,

    Your #11 tips are great too… actually I found those even more helpful than some of Darren’s original tips.

    Thanks!

  • Robert Mack

    June 9th, 2009 12:00 pm

    Great blog! I just got your book and i’m really working on creating not only a blog full of information, but one that is fun to read at the same time. Thanks for all of the tips and hopefully by the time I finish your book, i’ll be a “problogger”

    All the best and keep it up!

  • angkasuwan

    June 9th, 2009 2:00 pm

    thanks for the tips. looks like they worked for you…i haven’t read all the comments but i’m pretty sure that’s been said already.

  • Szabi

    June 9th, 2009 6:41 pm

    This is a great post and gives some really good tips. Register to comment is absolutely bad practice. I’ve got some new ideas like occasionally emailing my readers and the question titles. I think I also have to improve the comment field design to make it more visually appealing. And make my RSS subscriber link more visible.

    Thanks for this great post.

  • Van Contract Hire

    June 13th, 2009 7:06 pm

    this posting is very good. In my mind with share u all participant A comments is generally a verbal or written remark often related to an added piece of information, or an observation or statement.

  • Julie Tarr

    June 15th, 2009 9:54 pm

    Great post, Darren. I’ve actually just started using #1 on one of my personal blogs, with the intent to do it on my business blog. I’ve found that prompting or asking for readers’ input is getting them to actually take the time to leave a comment. In essence, you’re inviting them to provide their thoughts and expertise, thus making them feel valued…it’s an ego thing ;)

  • Neetu Sharma

    June 18th, 2009 4:02 pm

    Hi
    Well deffinately you suggestion will help us alot to get lot of comments on blogs and article. we will keep it in mind. Thanx a lot it is very helpful

  • www.raiciego.com

    June 18th, 2009 8:46 pm

    Nice post Darren, please allow me to blog about this post.. Thank you so much. Your helping me on my journey of becoming a problogger.

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