Comments on: Why Your Two Cents Is Worth More Than It’s Weight In Gold

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:11:53 +0000

@LuckyGirl you are selling yourself short, that’s a marvelous comment

By: LuckyGirl

LuckyGirl — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:46:36 +0000

Thanks for stating what now seems like should be the obvious. There are plenty of us newbies, and in my case not-so-newbies, who appreciate an easy-to-understand and highly beneficial tip like this. I’m not the best commenter, but now I have reason to work on it!

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:05 +0000

@Lisa watch your linking in the search engines and as you see huge leaps it provides all the incentive you need to keep at it

Plus I just love shooting off my mouth LOL!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:03:03 +0000

You’ve hit the nail on the head. It is also refreshing to see a blogger following their own advice.

I am terrible about commenting, so you’ve give me a reason to do so.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:14:08 +0000

@Vange LOL agreed! However, typically the yellow sits up in the black and shows up quite nicely. The theme itself was created with white words and of course that won’t do this far down the page. Any other color also is tricky against either the black or the white. Any suggestions for a better color? And the Hexi code to get it right?

By: vange

vange — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:05:07 +0000

While I am a fan of cornbread, I find your yellow text to be highly WRONG. ahahahaa

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:53:15 +0000

@Brad sent you my own email the other day, and need to say thank you here

@Margaret keep me posted on your disqus please. I did look at it but like you wonder the merits of third party programs for commenting.

@OddRachel agreed! I don’t comment every single stop I make - sometimes time constraints, sometimes nothing to say, sometimes it’s because a blog is set up where they don’t allow (gasp!) comments, or the admin has you “log in” to make one. Unfortunate for them (LOL from my point of view), but there are so many of them out there just waiting to be read and responded to…!

By: OddRachel

OddRachel — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:29:51 +0000

Great post!

I probably don’t comment nearly enough. Unfortunately I have to be actively interested in the post to really want to comment. I am really bad at faking interest jut for the sake of a link.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:19:46 +0000

This cannot be stressed enough! Leaving comments is like leaving a trail of breadcrumbs across the internet for the Google bot to follow. You get nothing but good from it.

Alana — I used Disqus on my blog for awhile. I couldn’t tell that it was giving me much benefit in the way of more comments or “link love” and the big drawback to it in my mind is that there’s no way to import those comments back into your database. I’m really uncomfortable (and with good reason!) letting someone else control what I believe to be my data.

As a matter of fact, if they don’t get off their duffs pretty soon and get the beta version of their import engine to me for testing, I’m going to be writing a highly critical post about their service and promises they’ve made to those of us who have waited patiently for this tool.

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By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:07:57 +0000

@Alana you are so right! I love coming across a blog where there are tons of comments!

You just never know what you’ll find after reading the initial post… it’s like Christmas

Also, Disqus is a new one on me so I’m off to look it up in Google to see what I can find (after visiting your blog/website, of course!).

By: Alana

Alana — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:01:47 +0000

Thanks!

It’s amazing, the community that is happening among commenter… It’s sometimes even bigger than the blog itself!

Does this also apply to a commenting system like Disqus?

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:23 +0000

I love it Diane. A continuing reminder of the value of being social!

I appreciate you guys.

By: diane

diane — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:36:21 +0000

@Lindsay yes it does seem odd that such a great free marketing resource is used by so few. The oddest part is that with tracking you can tell visitors do stay long enough to read (or at least hit the high points) without saying a word.

What I do is sort of “free associate” as I read

Then, versus “thinking hard about something to say” I just let my experiences or opinions take over and leave my two cents.

And, thank YOU for leaving yours! Hope to see you more often

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:25:06 +0000

I wonder what it is that holds people back from commenting. Well, I guess it is the time, first of all to read the entire post well enough to add a worthwhile comment and secondly, to take the time to actually write a comment. It is worth it to drive traffic to your blog and also to meet great people, just like you said.

By: diane

diane — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:52:29 +0000

@Carole LOL yep that’s it in a nutshell There’s a long story we recently went through, but the long and short of it was this person was shock and dismayed and disgruntled to learn that hmmmm… he had to be social! LOL! Duh!

Thanks for the compliment! You made our day!

By: Carole

Carole — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:07:10 +0000

I guess what you’re trying to say is if you want to use social networking, you have to be…well…social?

I have been on your various lists for years. You guys have always gone the extra mile. I really love this blog. Always informative!

And thanks for spreading the love. I appreciate your visits.

Carole
a.k.a. ‘Mother’

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:49:18 +0000

@Dan huge smiles over here! Thanks a bazillion Yep, it’s amazing what a few (heck why stop at a few) well placed comments can do to one’s promoting. And, what a great way to meet new people!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:40:22 +0000

Hi Diane,
Well, you do practice what you preach! Thanks for the comment over on my site. I absolutely agree that comments leave trails in the SEs. I read one blog, Cognitive Daily (which has about 150,000 subscribers), for years before I finally started commenting. I now look at the “external links” listing for my site in Google Webmaster tools and see HUNDREDS of links from just a few comments on that blog. Especially those blogs that list their most recent comments on their sidebar. Then, every page that is loaded has your name and URL on it.
I’ll be back to visit!
Dan