Comments on: A rant on blogging and bloggers http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/10/27/a-rant-on-blogging-and-bloggers/ If I offend anyone - tough Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/10/27/a-rant-on-blogging-and-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Will Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:52:36 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/?p=16#comment-87 I think comments are related to two things: 1.Traffic. Many sites get 15, 20, or even 50 comments on lots of their posts, but they get thousands of visitors a day. 2. The type of information on the site. Sites that just provide tips or information don't necessarily get a lot of comments as people just read the information to find what they want. A site that posts pictures or controversial commentary might have a higher comment to post ratio. ps. I see you use WordPress. Do you use Akismet? I have had good luck with it, but occasionally a spam like the comment right before this one does slip through. On my site I average only 30 to 60 visitors a day and usually get 6 or 7 comments per week. One day I had over 750 unique visitors and only one comment. When I viewed statistics, most of the visitors were landing on one particular post, reading it and leaving. I think they were on fact finding missions and were going from site to site to get educated. -Will I think comments are related to two things:

1.Traffic. Many sites get 15, 20, or even 50 comments on lots of their posts, but they get thousands of visitors a day.

2. The type of information on the site. Sites that just provide tips or information don’t necessarily get a lot of comments as people just read the information to find what they want. A site that posts pictures or controversial commentary might have a higher comment to post ratio.

ps. I see you use WordPress. Do you use Akismet? I have had good luck with it, but occasionally a spam like the comment right before this one does slip through.

On my site I average only 30 to 60 visitors a day and usually get 6 or 7 comments per week. One day I had over 750 unique visitors and only one comment. When I viewed statistics, most of the visitors were landing on one particular post, reading it and leaving. I think they were on fact finding missions and were going from site to site to get educated.

-Will

]]> By: clairec23 http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/10/27/a-rant-on-blogging-and-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-51 clairec23 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:02:57 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/?p=16#comment-51 I also found your site through a comment on another blog. I think that people don't always "have" a comment to leave. Some blogs are just more interactive than others. I literally just said this on blogcatalog but I find that I get more comments on an out of the ordinary post than I do on my regular posts. It's as if people are waiting for something they can respond to. It's nice to get comments but it can take a bit of time to get a little community going. You'll get there eventually. I also found your site through a comment on another blog. I think that people don’t always “have” a comment to leave. Some blogs are just more interactive than others. I literally just said this on blogcatalog but I find that I get more comments on an out of the ordinary post than I do on my regular posts. It’s as if people are waiting for something they can respond to. It’s nice to get comments but it can take a bit of time to get a little community going. You’ll get there eventually.

]]> By: AntiBarbie http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/10/27/a-rant-on-blogging-and-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-49 AntiBarbie Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:30:27 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/?p=16#comment-49 I notice on one directory that I belong to that whilst people are sending messages, there are very few responses. I hardly ever respond to mass sends on any blog directory because people use them to spam so often that it's become like a myspace bulletin and you become oblivious to them after a while. I notice on one directory that I belong to that whilst people are sending messages, there are very few responses.

I hardly ever respond to mass sends on any blog directory because people use them to spam so often that it’s become like a myspace bulletin and you become oblivious to them after a while.

]]> By: les http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/10/27/a-rant-on-blogging-and-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-47 les Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:09:17 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/?p=16#comment-47 Thanks to all who have taken the trouble to leave comments. It is really appreciated - after all it only takes a minute or two and the benefits outway the two minutes. cheers to all Thanks to all who have taken the trouble to leave comments. It is really appreciated – after all it only takes a minute or two and the benefits outway the two minutes.

cheers to all

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