Success means Comments on the Blognet
Posted by: admin in Your blognet Updates and Tutorials, tags: blog, blogging, blogosphere, comments, leaving comments, niche blogsOn August 7th, 2006 a lady by the name of Liz created a buzz on the blogosphere with her a post on why readers do not leave comments which is at Successful-blog.
Here is the Post as it was written back then:
10 Reasons Readers Don’t Leave Comments
I don’t suppose this is all of the reasons folks choose not to comment. This is only a list of 10 +1 of them that I’ve heard over and over again.
1. What you write is so complete, that I don’t know what to say except good job. I feel silly writing that, so I read and move on.
2. You’ve taught me something I didn’t know, and I need to think about it before I even have a question. Much like number 1, I don’t want to embarrass myself. I’m better off moving on.
3. I get ready to type a comment, but I notice you only respond to a few friends who mostly share inside jokes. I won’t take the risk of being overlooked in public.
4. The folks who comment on your posts like to argue and I don’t. I’m not sure I’m brave enough to fight my way into the crowd.
5. You rarely respond to comments. So, there’s no point in writing one.
6. Your blog has geeky attitude and I’m not geeky enough to keep up. .
7. I really like your blog and your post, but I’m too tired, busy, or any one of a number things that you can’t control. I’ll comment the next I come back to read.
8. You end your posts with a giant general question like “What do you think of the Big Bang Theory?” That question is such a big one. I don’t have time to answer it. I feel strange answering with a lesser comment.
9. You put up a fence by making me login to comment. I have too many passwords already and I don’t know you well enough to add one to my list.
10. Your content wasn’t fresh and exciting, and I couldn’t find anything YOU inside it. It seemed the same post that I’ve read on 10 other blogs. If I commented, I would have to tell you that.
PLUS ONE: Your post was negative. Negative is scary. Most folks don’t like negative stuff, because they know they could be next to be the recipient. I don’t comment, because I don’t want to be part of it.
I strongly urge everyone to go here and read the comments made which at this point is over 264 comments.
There were a few comments made on this post that really grabbed my attention - one was that “people do not understand the nature of the conversation” and the other was ” if some folks never commented when they first ventured into the blogosphere, it would be more difficult to jump in down the road (i.e. not a habit).”
Here is a reminder of why we should be commenting on our neighbours blogs:
1. When creating comments, you are getting the attention of the blog owner as well as your niche blog. When doing this on many blogs, you will start getting recognized on the blogosphere.
2. Just like any community, the blogosphere is made up of people and their views. Leaving comments shows that you care. A comment can be in the form of feedback, a suggestion, criticism and what we really all want - appreciation
3.When you take that time to leave a comment, the blog owner is better able to judge what the readers or customers are wanting
Last but not least, when leaving a comment you are leaving your “foot prints” as a friend of mine would say. Translated, this can help you get good inbound links, which means additional traffic to your site.
What is your reason for either commenting or conversly not commenting?
To Your Success
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August 15th, 2008 at 2:28 am
“What is your reason for either commenting or conversly not commenting?”
Hmmm. Good question. Let me think about my answer . . . I mean, I may not necessarily have a “good” answer. But hey, what makes for a “good” answer anyway? In fact, this may not actually even be an “answer” — that is, it should be a “comment” , shouldn’t it? (You don’t have to answer that.) As mentioned in this posting under “why we should be commenting”, the “foot prints” thingee is a pretty good reason I guess. And then there’s this is this case — in a blog posting on why blog visitors do not leave comments, there were no comments until mine. For some reason I thought that was pretty funny so I decided to post a comment. It is true that I enjoy posting comments on other people’s blogs if I can offer up something halfway intelligent or maybe just a little bit stupid because either one might entertain, and I entertain myself by thinking that I might be entertaining others, but it is also true that if my halfway smart or totally dumb comments are the first for that particular blog posting then I know that that blogger might appreciate it, the “what we really all want” part of #2 above under “why we should be commenting”. You know though, I wonder what that is like, appreciating someone’s having commented on your blog. Hardly anyone has ever given me the opportunity to appreciate them commenting on my blog and I feel deprived emotionally. Well, okay, I have felt appreciation before, I cannot really truthfully say that feeling has never touched me, but it sure hasn’t happened with any impact on my blog, like a blunt force banging me on the head with crowbar intensity, although happened once, and I didn’t really appreciate it all that much, in fact, it was kind of a bummer, stitches and all . . . but I digress. Uhh, where was I?
Oh, yeah! I remember! Would somebody please come and comment on my blog? Boo hoo hoo. Ha ha ha. Ha. Boo.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Oh, and “conversly” is spelled wrong. Sorry, I just had to say that. I’m an editor/translator type of humanoid, or at least I get paid to “do” that. I think that’s what they pay me for at the place where I edit/translate. It’s my “job”. And I don’t mean to imply that writing this comment about the spelling error is “work”, even though I AM at work while I’m writing this, like in the office, where I’m not “working” — but now I’m starting to confuse myself. Damn, that happens a lot. Gotta watch out for that. And these digressions too.
But I just wanted to say — I forgot what I wanted to say. Well, whatever.
Anyway, I hope you don’t feel bad about the spilling thong, evun editers mak thoze surt ov messtakes. And don’t forget — you ARE appreciated. Hey! Look! I just remembered what I wanted to say! That is so cool. Thanx.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
lol….this reply is late…a big oops. We also have another blog Site BlogNet Awards
The reason I wrote this post, spelling errors and all, is to teach the people that I coach, that creating good comments has so many benefits. More often than not, saying ” wow” “great blog” or words to that effect, have little to no value. When you write something that has value to the blogger, you truly are doing more than just one thing, yes we all want the back links..but also it is important to start and continue a discussion, that way relationships are created?
If you want to know my pet peeve - it is going to a forum as an example where you have created a discussion for example - Teach Your Children Well and getting it into a forum, then all you get are graphics as a response…which to me is a total waste of time…more like fairy dust…for what reason? to get attention? I would much rather on a blog…a forum..anywhere people speak their minds. My rant for the day…lol
Thanks for coming here…and i will fix my typos
Best Regards,