Comments on: How Do You Want Me To Handle Comments?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:04:29 +0000

Thanks for all the great information, I’m new to SEO and blogging and can use all the help I can get.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:50:03 +0000

Chris I used that for awhile, but all it seemed to generate was more spam so I removed it.

I think the plugin/widget you want is called “top commenters” if I’m remembering correctly.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:48:02 +0000

I’ve seen a blog with a top commenters list and I must say it appealed to me. However, I’m not sure how to do that. Is there an available widget that I can just plug into Blogger that does this?

I also definitely agree that registration requirements totally turn me off from commenting. C’mon, I’ve already registered to about a hundred sites. I don’t need another one.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:35:48 +0000

Thanks Tony. I’m definitely planning on adding the things you like. I’m working on a new design and already have added some of these. That’s interesting about something extra for the first to comment. I’m not sure what it should be or how to implement it, but I’ll see if I can come up with something.

The notify thing is a plugin called, you guessed it ‘notify’ or something like that. I’m also going to add a plugin to allow everyone to reply to each other. I’d like to build a community around the blog and the comments and I thought it would be nice if people could reply directly to each other.

By: Tony Sticks

Tony Sticks — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:41:52 +0000

I like the idea of “top commentors” thing and the nofollow. They will definetly push your comments a little bit. I also think you should install the plugin for notifying commentors of any new replys to their comments ( I don’t recall it name now ). It comes handy because otherwise, the commentor should go and check every now and then to see if anyone else replied to his comment or not.

But the most important thing is that you should keep in mind that ppl like to see some comments in a topic before start commenting themselves. I guess there should be some incentive for the first commentor on a post (like some kind of points).

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:07:02 +0000

Thanks Adam. I’m not worried about spam comments, but I thought removing the nofollow could lead to more noise obscuring the signal. My guess is it wouldn’t be a problem, but you never know. I figure anyone who’s commenting because they want to comment will eventually make 10 comments. Maybe I’d reduce that to 5 before the nofollow is removed.

I agree about the stars. It’s not something I’d likely add, but I would like to reward the people who comment here the most with a little something. Maybe the top commenter thing on the home page would be enough.

By: SEFL

SEFL — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:58:20 +0000

I removed the nofollow, activated Akismet, and I’ve been fine. I have to check it 2-3 times a day for false positives (maybe half a dozen of about 1800 total), but it generally works out well.

I’m not sure about the star thing. It just seems gimmicky to me.