10 Reasons Commenting is Good For Bloggers

[Dirky47]

So what was all that about?

I don’t think we comment enough and I put that down to bloggers not realising the benefits. Here are the benefits as I see them, let me know if I miss any:

1. It’s the right thing to do - people complain about not enough comments on their own blog but don’t take enough time to comment on others. We all like some attention or an occasional pat on the head for a job well done. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself!
2. Make friends and influence people - Blogging is partly a networking activity. People are more likely to link to you (or more) if they have heard of you. Get yourself out there, make friends.
3. Clicks - People click your link to see what other interesting stuff you write about. Obvious but true.
4. Develop a Bloggers Eye - Find the point of interest in a story. By commenting you are training your brain to think of something interesting.
5. Create Commentable Content - By observing which posts you commented on and which you did not (or couldn’t no matter how hard you tried!) you develop an awareness of what works to attract comments.
6. Comments = Ideas - You managed to comment. Could your comment be expanded into a post …?
7. You never know who is reading - It amazes me who reads my comments on obscure blogs that I thought only myself and a handful of others read. My comments on one blog lead to a consulting gig. You never know unless you try.
8. What you give you get more of - I strongly believe what you put out comes back to you. You will get more comments yourself. Try it.
9. Keep Match Fit - Exercise your writing muscles, the more your practice the more you improve. Comments should be short, fast, to the point and make an impact. They are excellent tests of your writing skill.
10. Comment on Fresh Blogs For Fresh Perspectives - If you are always among the same crowd you will find inevitably the same thoughts being reflected back over and over. Break out! I advise people to comment on new blogs every day. By not commenting on the same old blogs, or especially setting a goal to comment on more blogs than the day before, you will be forced to leave your blog-reading comfort zone and visit new blogs. This exposes you to new ideas, different ways of looking at things, and hopefully a way out of the echo chamber.

Blogging is not just about saying your piece, it is also about going out and joining the conversation where it is happening. It’s about reaching out to people and exposing yourself (steady!) to new ideas. Some giving as well as all this taking back we focus on.

Ask not what the blogosphere can do for you but what together we can do for the blogosphere.

I didn’t manage to comment on more blogs every day, but I did make a ton of comments. It sparked ideas, conversations, new contacts, opened up opportunities, attracted more subscribers and I had a lot of fun.

Those of you who tried it, what did you find?

[Mousee]

I believe that the number of spammers is so big that many people don't like to comment not to be considered as a spammer...

[TeewhY]

So if i comment often on a blog it has advantages for me too?
give me some examples? Tnx

[axedbydax]

i think it is best if you are trying to build one way links thru blogging is that try to maintain the blogs you are posting to. I mean try to find good blogs especially those with high PR and join the community by posting there and hopefully get their trust. Of course you have to make some useful comments and not just doing it for links...as the guru's say...quality is better than quantity.

[Chris@Crane]

Originally Posted by TeewhY

So if i comment often on a blog it has advantages for me too?
give me some examples? Tnx

of course! if someone comments my blog I nearly always go and read their's, then, if it's interesting and I have something worthwhile to say, I'll comment back

unless of course they're a spammer / idiot, then I take great pride in erasing all trace of them from my blog


I think that's mainly why people are scared to comment, for fear of looking silly.

[Chris@Crane]

Originally Posted by Chris@Crane

...and I have something worthwhile to say...

...scared to comment, for fear of looking silly...

for example, I read your blog and it's way to intelectual for me so I didn't comment for fear of looking stupid

and my blog, which is just a collection of random (and sometimes stupid) stuff, doesn't get commented much...


I assume in that case, people don't want to make ME look silly

[Dirky47]

Seems that "10 Reasons Commenting is Good For Bloggers" help us a lot. Keep on reading. Can anyone here post another useful thought?

[water2filter]

I would like to block my comment service on blogger to avoid spamming.

[lifeplayer]

I make commenting on blog (both dofollow and nofollow) when i found out some great article. I's commenting according to the topic and if my comment is not acepted by the owner, that's fine but no second times

[bauger]

I always try to put a quality comment on a good blog. I haven't attracted any comments on my blog except a few but i'll keep posting comments

[MrNiceGuy007]

it's like injecting links to topical pages, so it is an important piece in link building and should be one of your major focus.

you can only be considered spamming if you have nothing to contribute, nothing to say but said something anyway and absolutely clueless about the topic you are commenting on but said something anyway.

if you are not any of those in the criteria then your comments are a good welcome to blogs

[guardianangel]

Originally Posted by Dirky47

Seems that "10 Reasons Commenting is Good For Bloggers" help us a lot. Keep on reading. Can anyone here post another useful thought?

Leaving comments on other blogs is free promotion on your part. Last month, I started a thread here at V7 on how to post comments on blogs to promote your blog

Hope you find it useful.

[bobkat]

good points.

thanks

[codeworld]

Its a very thin line between marked as a spammer, and those high PR blogs people are very concerned about the comments they recieve on their blogs. As they must of victim of excessive spam comments

[bauger]

I always try to go out and make quality comments on other blogs. I know a few might go back to my blog and comment back ehich is not too bad it'll just take time

[keanwoo]

Spammer is a bigest problem for me.

and I'm very bore it.


help me please!!!!!

[axedbydax]

I guess you have to monitor your blog and moderate the comments before having it posted in your blog.You have total control about everything in your blog so maximize it.

[cess08]

Just moderate the blog's comment. So you can choose what comments do you want to reject or publish. There are also some visitors who give nice and quality comments for your blog.

Originally Posted by water2filter

I would like to block my comment service on blogger to avoid spamming.

[alex27]

if the comment is related to the topic I don't think its spamming.

[ezhel]

Originally Posted by Dirky47

Seems that "10 Reasons Commenting is Good For Bloggers" help us a lot. Keep on reading. Can anyone here post another useful thought?

indeed!that's why it is really important if we put comments on others blog just make sure it is helpful with sense and related answers.