Written on October 28th, 2008 at 06:10 am by Darren Rowse
Reflections on 48 Hours of Inviting Readers to Comment ‘Spam’ My Blog
OK - so I didn’t ask people to comment ’spam’ my blog - I asked them to ‘pitch’ us with their blog. Here’s what I learned from the experience….
On the spur of the moment over the weekend I decided to run a little experiment here on ProBlogger where I invited readers to leave a comment […]
Written on October 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
What Name Do You Leave Comments on Blogs Under?
Here’s a question for discussion this weekend:
Do you use your real name when leaving comments on a blog or do you use ‘keywords’?
I was moderating comments last night here on ProBlogger and noticed almost a 60/40 split between these approaches (with 60% using ‘real’ names).
My personal preference is to leave my real name - that’s […]
Written on October 12th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Should Blogs Have Comments?
Should blogs have comments?
It is a question that comes up fairly regularly in blogging circles and one that different bloggers take different approaches to.
Most bloggers have them - they’re on by default when they set their blog up and they never switch them off. They see the comments as adding a lot to the blog […]
Written on October 2nd, 2008 at 07:10 am by Darren Rowse
10 Prolific Bloggers Share Tips on Generating Conversation on Blogs
Yesterday I gave 13 tips for having great conversations on a blog. As a followup to that I shot an email to a number of bloggers that have a habit of having active comment sections to ask them how they make their blogs more conversational.
As expected - their responses were rich and full of goodness! […]
Written on October 1st, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
13 Tips on How to Have Great Conversations On Your Blog
Lately I’ve been suggesting 11 points to take a little extra time in the posting process on a blog. We’ve looked at everything from choosing topics, to crafting titles, to calls to action, to promoting your posts.
The point of this series is simply that when you take a little extra time at each of these […]
Written on August 16th, 2008 at 05:08 am by Darren Rowse
Comment Moderation - How Do You Do It?
Today I came across a post on one of the NYT blogs on how the blogger there, Marci Alboher, moderates comments on her blog - via Steve Rubel.
In the post Marci shares a few reasons why she doesn’t allow comments to go up:
1. It is too long (even though it might be well-written and make […]
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