A comment about commenting

October 11th, 2008 | email this | digg it

Leave your comment Posted by Jason Blanton

Bloggers, both new and experienced are trying to figure out how to handle commenting on heir posts. It would be easiest to just turn commenting off but that is the easiest way to kill your blogs community. For commenting on Success For Your Blog it is cut and dry. All comments are held in moderation until approved. I either approve them or delete them. I don’t bother with editing any comments or adding notes. I usually don’t mind a link in the comment if it is relevant r the comment adds value. More than that and it would be considered SPAM.

Like anything you have to revise your guidelines. Commenting is no different. If your getting hundreds of comments a day you may have to change the way you approve your comments as to not take up too much time.

So how do you moderate your comments on your blog?

12 Responded To This Post

1649. britney said in October 21st, 2008

Editing is one aspect which I too have been avoiding since long. Good article.

1650. Niccolo Svengali said in October 22nd, 2008

I’ve turned them off. My blog is not very popular, and all comments are spam. Which reminds me I’ve got to go delete 1000 spams right now (probably).

1681. Allen Loomis said in November 19th, 2008

Great Blog, I’m interested in adding you to my blog roll. If I add you will you add me? I plan on stopping by often

http://www.thelawofsuccess.blogspot.com

Yours truly
Allen Loomis

1711. calacalais said in December 2nd, 2008

As Blogging is meant for new updates,we must not submit repeatedly to any blog.It may get spammed if the moderator doesn’t trust you.Thanks for the info which i am looking for.

1743. john morgon said in December 11th, 2008

Great blog, found this very interesting, i remember once that i had 1500 spam comments in one day, they didnt even bother to read the post, have totally gone off spam, cant even digest it now, keep up the good work

1767. JMB said in December 20th, 2008

Today I started to publish my first post on my blog on wellness,sex and corruption and I was lucky enough to find your site. You have the talent to present information in a very simple, elegan way.. I will try to put you in my blogroll as soon as I know how to use it !!
Thanks !!

1773. Noticias de Tecnologia said in December 30th, 2008

Hello, first time reader, and your blog looks very nice! I’m gonna be an assiduous reader, great job! Regards…

1775. Shane Hudson said in January 23rd, 2009

I moderate everybody’s first comments. Usually my repeat commenter’s never spam but if there is anything I do not like then I either delete or edit (very rare).

1782. Josh said in February 3rd, 2009

I think holding the comments in moderation is the best method, and this is what I’m going to use for my new blog.

Even if you get a ton of comments, I don’t think it should get too time consuming as long as you only do it once or twice a week. Anyway, we will see how it goes.

1791. bp said in March 19th, 2009

I moderate all comments as well.I don’t like people spamming my blog either, since mine is about self-improvement, which brings a variety of people of all agggges.

1798. Organic SEO said in June 16th, 2009

I Hope this turns out to be a good blog! It should give all newcomers a chance to submit comments, rather than spam it with more rubbish which is what some people choose to do, almost like a ‘blog plague’. I hope the comments submitted on here are both informative and interesting. Many thanks.

1865. Neil Patmore said in December 24th, 2009

As Blogging is meant for new updates,we must not submit repeatedly to any blog.It may get spammed if the moderator doesn’t trust you.

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