Comments on: What Changes Your Mind About Leaving a Blog Comment? Some Criteria

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granit — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:23 +0000

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Joel Hiens — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:04:51 +0000

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By: mindtube

mindtube — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:03 +0000

Bloggers that don’t allow for comments are missing a key component to making a popular resource, by eliminating interaction with their readers.

By: Derek Kimball

Derek Kimball — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:39:44 +0000

I agree with the others in that having to register to make a comment is extremely annoying. The worst is when you actually take the time to write something, and then find out you have to register.

Another big annoying put off is when a blog article fails to mention a date in which the article was written. Often times, the date isn’t a big deal, but when you need information that needs to be current, it’s hard to put any credibility into an article that may be 6 years old.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:58:13 +0000

A lot of the above reasons for not commenting on any given blog are mostly aesthetic. I judge a blog by content only. Ads, fonts, spam (not always in the control of the author), etc. take a backseat to the information so long as its interesting!

By: Jamie Allsop

Jamie Allsop — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:34:58 +0000

It has to be said that one of the things that puts me off making a comment on a blog is having to register. These are some great tips which I will look out for next time and I am going to leave a comment on someones blog.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:36:43 +0000

Does the number of comments impact your willingness to leave a comment on a blog post? I like to read the post and the comments before responding. Most often, when there are too many of them (50 responses or more), it’s too long and impractical to read and I feel that adding yet another response would be kind of useless.

By: Dr Benson Yeung

Dr Benson Yeung — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:00:36 +0000

These are great tips to help me refrain from commenting on the unworthy blogs. Thanks for sharing.

By: Neil Matthews

Neil Matthews — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:38:31 +0000

I’m sure everyone is going to say it, but registering on the blog to comment

By: Amgad

Amgad — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:22:27 +0000

I didnt mean to say I depend on PageRanks only, but it sometimes helps evaluating a blog that is more than a year old. I also check out the number of subscribers to the blog (if displayed) and the Alexa rank.

All of these numbers dont mean much when the blogger provides quality content, its just for me to evaluate the blog and compare it to others. For example I know a personal blog owned by a Microsoft programmer that ranks very well with Google and Alexa, has more than 500 subscribers, and yet each one of his posts is an advertisement to product.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:54:25 +0000

Click my name and you'll find my blog meets all your qualifications. My pet peeves are blogs that require registration, blogs that have moderation, and blogs that prevent me from receiving comments by email. (I also hate Typepad-hosted blogs for this reason.) See my take.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:07:55 +0000

I agree with Aaron about registration, but PageRank, that’s an interesting one. I never thought about that because I know from vast experience how wrong PageRank can be. When many of the top blogs stuffed with worthwhile, original content, bloggers who set the standard for quality content, were zeroed out by Google’s PageRank a while ago, I lost a lot of respect for the PageRank credibility. They’ve done other things to dance around with those numbers.

A brand new site may have worthwhile content, but no incoming links nor vast content to lift it beyond zero to two with PageRank, and I’ve found some great stuff to comment on and encourage new bloggers – so that one would have to be an iffy thing for me. A great “it depends” kind of thing. Since I don’t check a blog’s PageRank in general, I would never know what it is. Interesting. Thanks.

By: Amgad

Amgad — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:02:36 +0000

Thats a very long list. I agree with Aaron about blogs that require registration, too this is the worst. But I also use the Google toolbar to check the blog’s PageRank, if its greater than zero and its old (a year or more) I will check the rest stuff you mentioned. The only reason an old blog would have a PageRank of zero is if it accepts spam comments.

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:38:01 +0000

Registration: if I have to create an account unique to your blog to leave a comment, I’m gone.