8 Tips for more blog comments
Comments are the salt in the soup of each blog. Without comments, a blog does leave and not very popular. But how do I get as many comments? Particularly in the early stages, this is difficult. Therefore, you can find my top 8 tips for more blog comments here today.
Comments are of course welcome ;-)
Why are comments so important?
Comments are very important for a blog. Because blogs are no Einbahnstraßen. A good blog has a large amount of root readers which regularly come back. This provides for something like a community feeling even if communication is not as intense as in a forum.
Comments can appear alive and successful a blog. There are many Internet users who rather draws to the already very well used blogs. It’s like in the top-Sellern in online stores. “Where many users are there must be something good and because I want to point.
Comments are an important element in the development of a blog. Also the increase of visitors and is even stronger more comments ultimately the advertising revenue. But just in time of a blog comments are quite rare.
It is important you not just only there sit and hopes that many users comment on. We must actively support this. I have learned a great deal in the last months and am here my top 8 tips for more blog comments.
8 Tips for more comments
- controversial topics
- Ask readers to comments
- Comment comments
- turn off “nofollow”
- List of the top Kommentierer
- Comments make easy as possible
- In the own posts comments
- Exceptional content
Is very useful when invite own contributions to the discussion. You should not completely one-sided report on a subject but have already a clear view as author. Readers have usually also an opinion and like to contradict or agree to like. An issue is ever controversial (because it is anyway perhaps hot hot topic), the reactions are more frequent.
Exaggerate should not be there but. If on Devil come out to be controversial, the shot we safely go back. Readers want to change, and this affects the tone and “Aggressive” blog posts.
If it takes up a theme in his blog, also a good idea simply to ask the readers for their opinion is. Readers are seriously taken by such direct calls.
The previous tip works better if it also actively arrives as blog author comments on what the reader. Comments (whether praise, criticism or questions) should respond very promptly. But only if you have to say something. Not always after each comment up thank you “for your comment”.
To do it right then it is correct discussion in the comments what is very good, creates animated and plus additional important content site.
Is very important also that remains always friendly and writes as if you sit one over.
Some blog readers are also always on the lookout for links to their own sites and blogs. You can use this in which turns the “nofollow” to comment links (via WP plugin). So Google is for links in comments and the Kommentierer benefit also left a comment.
But beware too audacious link hunters. Lastly, I had a user who had written a small comment with 3 rows to an article. As far as okay. However, I found even 6 more comments of that users on other posts and always with a nice small text (resemble itself). It was too obvious and therefore, the comments were also deleted by me.
Also an incentive for users who like to want a backlink is the top list of the most active Kommentierer. Also, there are WordPress plugins. These generate a list with the users which have most commented. To keep it active, it should display no “forever” list, where little changes, but only the most active Kommentierer of the last 30 days.
I already comment fields with Captchas (more or less well readable images with letters and/or numbers that are) and seen the math protection (a small calculation). This need not be and prevents user from the comment.
I have here in Blop recently disabled the math plugin and so far no problems. I recommend the use of Askimet because it has very reliably worked for me.
Of the other it is important output of ordinary error descriptions for incorrect entries. Also, previously completed fields should be filled again with the already entered content if an error occurred. Nothing is annoying as writing a detailed comment again. Most readers not to do.
The topic “the reader take seriously” we had indeed already times earlier. Also, information etc. include criticism from readers in the own posts. To, you can thank for example the Kommentierer in a software overview, which recommended a particular tool in the comments of older posts. Blog readers are only people and rejoice if taken seriously.
As getting on certain post topics only by comments. You should mention in the post.
Of good content, of course, also helps to collect as many comments. So for example interviews have proved me very well. Especially if it were interviews with famous bloggers or controversial topics.
You do special content to this interest naturally more readers and the prospect of comments is higher.
The best combining this with the above tips.
To prevent comments
Is your blog simply far too well visited? Far too many readers write comments and you’re no longer behind to respond to them? Then, the following tips to avoid comments help you: ;-)
- Reply to questions your readers
- Ungehalten answer to criticism
- Make clear in your blog posts, you know everything. No questions in the post but only clear statements
- Orientiere you for your post topics to your readers, know it better.
- Secure the comment form by various protection mechanisms. Captchas math tasks etc.
- Never comment on other blogs and link to anyone
- Just disable the comment feature
more tips for more comments
There are also other bloggers, which deals with this topic. Here are a few interesting links:
How can I get more blog comments
“Evil” tricks for more blog comments
10 techniques for more comments on your own blog