Increase your blog traffic, Increase your comments
For the longest time I had the most boring blog. Literally with little or no plug-ins to encourage comment posting. Well after taking the advice from some fellow bloggers I follow I can now say I might not be so boring.
I have added 2 word press plug-ins I think my readers will enjoy. The first encourages commenting by listing the Top Commentators on the main index page and across all viewed pages! These links are do-follow which allows my readers to benefit from my big Page Rank 1 blog! But hey any link back counts doesn’t it?
The second plug-in I added to help encourage commenting is named commentluv. Commentluv allows a link back to the commentator’s last blog post. Two simple ways I try to encourage commenting on my blot articles, Top Commentators and Comment Luv.
I also try and write informational content! This allows my readers to add ideals or comments on something that interests them or educates them. I know the majority of my readers are other bloggers so I try to keep on topic for them.
I reach out too other bloggers as well which is a great way to get more comments. Most people know me from blogengage and when they submit their blogs I normally Stumble, Digg and Engage their submission! It’s the least I can do seeing they took the time to stop and submit their article.
I try to comment on all the blogs submitted but at times it’s just too hard! For one I don’t have the time and mainly I don’t always have an interest! I’m a business marketing guy and when it’s off topic I’m not to informative!
How do you get more comments?Do you have the plug-ins I’m currently using? Are you using other plug-ins that motivates readers to comment? Share what has worked with you. Tell us how you get so many comments. I would like to know I’m having issue getting passed the 6th or 7th comment mark.
Have a good Week,
Brian B
Good to see that you are taking another step in the right direction. I’ve seen in recent times, more and more bloggers are taking advantage of the top commentator plugin to gain backlinks. Well, as long as they add value to the conversation, why not?
I’ll be adding your blog into my PR list since you have the plugin in place now.
Yan
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you’re the best Yan and don’t think the positioning of my site went unnoticed! I know I was the last added yet I’m the first on the list!
Little things like this go a far way in my book!
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It is not too easy to gain good traffic to a newly created blog for example like mine as it’s only 2 weeks old. Same for getting commentators to get engaged. But I focus on creating new content, then I comment out there in other blogs at times and the fruit should come to me too I believe. Thanks.
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Hi Brian,
Good move, that will surely increase the number of comments per post, but you should be aware of spammy comment :p lol!
Nice post.
Hi Brian,
So I found you over at Yan’s site. Like you I have both commentluv, and top commentator. Also, you inspired me to join BlogEngage. I submitted the commentluv article below. Please help Yan out and vote it up. The link on blogengage is http://www.blogengage.com/story.php?title=interview-with-yan-author-of-thou-shall-blog
Cheers,
Jeremy
p.s. I look forward to becoming a bigger part of your community here.
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Jeremy it’s also a pleasure meeting you.. ironic I just left your blog site adding a comment to that article! What an awesome interview! I Engaged already count on it! I’ll also go stumble, Digg and Buzz it!
Thanks for stopping by!
p.s. I think I like, Top Commentators best!
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Brian I have had those 2 plugins on one of my blogs for a while and they are 2 of the best for traffic and comment promotion.
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Hi Brian,
I’ve been using CommentLuv since I started my blog.
I might try using the Top Commentators as well.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Hi Brian, I also use keywordluv and I am part of a group that promises to reciprocate all comments. Other plugins allow users to edit their comments if they have made a typo and threaded comments so you can reply directly to a specific comment
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Damn, Brian. You took all my commenters to your blog. How dare you! Hahahahaha….
I’m not too sure how many are using my PR list but be prepared by the onslaught of commenters which is not a bad thing after all.
I know I was the last added yet I’m the first on the list!
You see….I gave you the special preference to be on the first but you’ll never be the last.
@Jeremy: Good to see you here, buddy. Keep doing what you are doing right now. Your blog will explode sooner or later.
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Thanks for this wonderful post. Will definitely use the plugins on my wordpress
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Thanks for sharing your tips on plug ins. I have a lot to learn. Take care Tim
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One other way to help encourage more comments is to add links to other sites and blogs in your copy from time to time if you’re talking about them. I thought about it while reading your post and was thinking that links to the sites where those two plugins you mentioned would have helped them gain some love, and of course helps make you an authority that others want to come back to read often.
But you picked two winners as far as the plugins you’ve added; good going.
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That’s great that you’ve added it! Along with top commentators (which I haven’t tried myself just yet).
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog everyone! Don’t forget to check out my newest articles the latest is pretty happening and a great topic for discussion!
Well isn’t that a PARADOX an article about leaving a comment so It would be rude of me not too as well then.
Thanks you have inspired me to not be boring as well, I am going straight to my blog to add these features. I do not know what I was thinking to, in a way cover my blog up,
thanks heaps Brian
My own blog at Karlonia.com does not yet have the CommentLuv plugin but it is DoFollow for comments.
Another useful plugin for encouraging comments is KeywordLuv, which allows commenters to choose the anchor text for their links but also allows them to use their real names or usernames. I discovered the KeywordLuv plugin a few months ago, but sadly my theme seems to be incompatible. This probably doesn’t matter much, however; people seem to be doing a good enough job of putting their keywords in the name field anyway
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I am working on getting people to comment on my blog too but so far it is not too bad for me.
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I use DISQUS as my comment management system , it has threaded comments which makes the comments look more neat , you can reply to comments withing your dashboard and provides good SEO with pagination.
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I have tried it as well for a blog that I had. Apparently, adding a “leave a reply” column plus “do follow” tag do help to increase my website traffic and web visitors. After about month, I decided to leave it as it is as I received more good comments than those spammy ones. Your web visitors will love this feature.