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Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Ian Rash — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:17:29 -0000

I like how, on the paragraph lousy contents, you include examples of horrible grammer and not proofreading your titles. WAY TO GO!

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Paul U — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:18:00 -0000

I'm going to reply to my comments next time.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

blogger666 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:27:04 -0000

I'm getting no comments whatsoever... I guess it's the nature of my content :)

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

marche — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:11:29 -0000

Using 2 main languages like my blog is such a bad idea. People only comments in my native language post. Problem is i need my adsense work in english (no ads for my country language).

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

gilbertogalea — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:58:14 -0000

Great article! May be, my blog is really new. But still I don't recieve any comment. I hope the broke the ice, and the reader come to participate.
Thanks by your tips,

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

KG Lew — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:42:28 -0000

Making it easy to comment with a box at the bottom is great because it just makes it that much simpler for someone to drop their opinion.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:33:13 -0000

@ Matt
I think I saw your blog. Well, if you think your blog post might be seen by your readers as unfriendly, try to interact with those who commented, especially by commenting on their blog so that they come back to comment.

When these returning commentators return to leave their comments, it will pursue more readers to comment because the 0 is not showing under every post of yours anymore.

I hope this helps. ;-)

@ Rob
Why don't you try to make them talk by asking questions, giving sarcastic statements to them (do this at your own risk) or beg for them (this works!)?

Sometimes, you should try to seed your comment section to present a established discussion place to your readers so that they are more prompted to leave a comment.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Rob — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:39:33 -0000

I am having a hard time getting comments on my blog as well. I have the readers but they just don't wanna talk : p/

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Matt — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:02:46 -0000

I have several blogs running, and for some reason the one that gets the most traffic has comparatively the least comments.

It might be because I have a somewhat facetious, tongue-in cheek writing style and perhaps people think I might insult them or something.

As you mentioned, replying is a good tactic. I have been doing this and it does help a little.

I think the number of comments is important. Once people see quite a few comments on a blog already, they are more likely to join in. It's getting to that point that's the hard part ...

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:34:36 -0000

@ unTECHy
I personally dislike using anti-spam plugin that requires readers to fill in one more blank in the comment form that requires them to squeeze their eyeballs to identify numbers with crazy form.

This equals to a registration before commenting as well.

@ Kissmi
Stalking is just a humor word to plead for comments by bloggers I guess. Anyway, comments is just a blog performance measurement metric and this is why bloggers want it.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Kissmi — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:51:38 -0000

its funny, if you don't comment some people would feel that you are stalking their blog!

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

unTECHy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:08:30 -0000

If they require me to subscribe or register, I wont comment. However, it wont stop me from reading their content if it's still worth reading.

If there is a subject I want to comment on, and it requires me to register, it just angers me. If you're that worried about spam, install an anti-spam plugin.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:13:40 -0000

This is why sometimes it is worth a thought for bloggers on whether to write a blog post with loose ends or post something which is very complete but will keep the mouth of readers shut.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Deimos Tel`Arin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:39:29 -0000

What makes you not commenting in blogs?
Not enough time. -_-
I prefer to comment sincerely and because of that my comments can be quite lengthy at times.

Have you realized from the reasons above why your visitors are not commenting?
Of course. :)

I would love it if you decide to comment in this article of mine.
Well, I just did. ;)

To add in my thoughts regarding this subject:

Just because a person did not comment on an article, does not mean that person did not read that article.

This is of course, based on your first point - Nothing to Say.

Many people seems to have forgotten about this though.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:10:02 -0000

Try to put in more photos on a personal blog. Also, start building traffic by commenting on blogs of others so that you get attention from other bloggers. Don't be shy and blogging will be a happy hobby for everyone.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

buzzingbee — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:07:54 -0000

Just came upon your site. Interesting tips

I guess my blog seldom have comments because it's new and more of a personal blog. :sad: *need to get more ideas to write more interesting post*

Happy Chinese New Year to you!! Cheers

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:58:41 -0000

I hope they will work out pretty well for you.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Fahad — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:55:45 -0000

Thanks for this nice article Wayne. I will surely be following some of these guidelines to get more comments on my posts.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

sciencebase — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:15:59 -0000

Thanks for your thoughts Wayne, very useful.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:34:26 -0000

The posts that get you comments are posts with facts that are known to the mass public, which means after reading, your readers knew what to say. Remember that not all readers might be good in advanced science.

I think I spotted an error for this. Where is your comment link? I can't see it anywhere. Not having the link will give the impression to readers that your blog does not allow readers to comment. Unless they reach your blog via your posts' permalinks, they will have such thoughts in their minds.

Another important thing is about your comment count. It can be shown beside comment link. A comment count shows that a discussion is happening under an article, giving rise to curiosity of a reader on what is being discussed. A "read more" link is good allows a reader to reach a post's permalink but not everyone will click to read more if they are not interested in your excerpts.

Sometimes, after reading, a reader might not know what to say. However, if they scanned through a comment that might have different views from your articles or asking a question, they might be enticed to write a comment.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

sciencebase — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:21:35 -0000

Yeah, I do...

Okay, so I posted a list of the posts that had had the most comments already, what do you think? What do those posts have in common?

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:09:22 -0000

@ Jessie
Hope you will do well with the post of yours. :wink:

@ David
You can try commenting on other blogs so that the bloggers feel "obligated" to comment on yours. Ask some questions and they might give you some replies.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

sciencebase — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:38:48 -0000

I have tried absolutely every darn tip under the sun in several years of blogging and I find that the only posts that really stimulate a discussion with more than just one or two comments are those in which I make a very provocative generalization or else assert something very controversial (as in the MMR post). Average posts generally get no response.

I reckon the average commenting rate for Sciencebase (not counting my responses) is one comment per every two posts, but some posts will garner 20-30 or so over time.

Ironic that you have "notify me" set to default on your posts when you suggest that's one thing that might deter comments in the first place.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

jessie — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:01:46 -0000

this is indeed a very informative post. i've learned something about comments from you thru this. thanks!

i also intend to write something about comments and commenting but in another perspective.

Re: 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments

Wayne Liew — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:17:19 -0000

How sarcastic are you towards John... :mrgreen:

Well, slow loading comment space might happen if a blog uses the threaded comment like John. I don't use them for this reason and another reason will be, I don't want you all to ignore me by chatting among yourselves. :mrgreen: