How to Get More Comments on your Blog- Secrets Revealed
Mani from DailySeoBlog did a review of this blog and one of the things he mentioned was that this blog gets an average of 20 comments per post. Many of my friends also asked me how do I manage to get lot of comments on my blog. Earlier I had written an article on How to increase comments on your blog. There I had mentioned about plugins and other methods to increase. But here I reveal the secrets to get more comments on your blog.
- Good Content: First and most important thing is the content. We all agree to the point- “Content is the King” and this is one of the governing factors to get comments. Past research has shown me that if your blog on latest news, then it will attract only few comments as many other blogs would have already blogged it, unless you are the first one to break the news. Instead if you write a tutorial, tips or tricks, most of the time you will be unique in your content and this really helps in getting more comments.
- Give good attention and Focus to Posts: Having said content is the king, next thing is to give attention and focus to your killer posts. Here the posting frequency comes into light. If you blog about tips and tweaks and write over 3-4 posts a day, then there are chances that 1 or 2 of your posts might be missed by readers. This blog has a posting frequency of 1 post per day and this really helps me in getting more comments. Most of the time its observed that readers generally comment on your first post. If you blog on tips and tweaks, I would suggest to have a posting frequency of 1-2 posts a day or two. You can use the time stamp feature of Wordpress to organize your posts.
- Read other Blogs: Its important that others know your presence in blogsphere and for this you need to read other blogs with similar contents and also find out new blogs. I make sure that I discover and read a new blog every day or two.
- Comment on Blogs: This is really an important factor in getting comments. Not only you read other blogs, you also need to comment on other blogs and express your opinions. But do not spam other blogs by commenting, post only valuable comments. This will make others also comment on your blog and once you have a good number of comments, any new visitor will get a good impression of the blog and this in turn helps in increasing the subscriber count also.
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Sep 14th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Other point to consider is the post should appeal your readers. I might like to post on certain topics, but it has always fancied me how some post get more comments than others. So blog about what your readers like.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
You’re right, Nirmal. Commenting to other blogs is the essential part of gaining traffic.
Appreciate your reveal, keep it up.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
@Ashwin,
You are right, blogging about what readers like is also an important thing. thanks for the add!
@Myo Kyan Htun,
Commenting on other blogs is very important thing if you expect to get good response for your posts.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for sharing your success
Sep 14th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Now that I know the secrets, I’ll try practising them.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Very useful tips. I’ll be happy to read more secrets of your success. Keep sharing them, Nirmal!
Sep 14th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
@Shankar,
Let me know if those points were useful for you in getting more comments.
@Harris,
I’ll share all my success stories with my readers.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Nice tips, reading others blogs would also give rise to new ideas for writing posts on ones blog.Will definitely try these tips on my blog.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
content & comment on other blogs are connected with each other , if your content is good ,visitor from other blogs can return for sure
Sep 14th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Ask for comments. As you did at the end of this post…
“If you liked to add any more points, please share it in comments section.”
That will attract more comments.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
The content is key as well.. Going off topic may not attract comments most of the time, however may work sometimes if the post is useful or interesting!
Good list Nirmal!
Sep 14th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I was just about to say what Binny said, but I’ll elaborate a little. Not only should you ask for comments, but you can also open a topic up for debate in some cases. If it’s controversial enough, you can have a hot debate going in your comments section and it really does generate extra traffic.
Sep 14th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Sadly I use blogger n its commenting system is the worst
Sep 15th, 2007 at 12:10 am
One thing you forgot. People comment a lot on this blog because they like your personality. You’re one of the good guys. Great post as always buddy.
Sep 15th, 2007 at 3:57 am
I noticed you got a lot of comments on this blog. Those are some excellent tips man I’m working on a post about blogging right now lol this gave me some more inspiration
. Stumbled !!
Sep 15th, 2007 at 10:14 am
@Rahul,
Agreed on your thought. Content and Comment go side by side.
@Binny,
Thats one of the important things I do, as I had covered this in my last post on getting comments, I didnt include it here.
@JoeTech,
You are right, one of my controversial post got me around 80 comments.
@Ashwini,
Blogger’s commenting system is really one of the worst things.
@BrownBaron,
I’m really honored with that comment.
@Shaun,
Thanks for the Stumble!
Sep 15th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Good to know your experiences and secrets
Sep 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Very good tips. But I’ve already read them in so many blogs it seems this is just a carbon-copy post…
Sep 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I am also impressed by number of comments on your blog.
Thanks for the tips.
Sep 15th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
@Napolux,
Thanks for the visit, these tips may be common, but I have shared just my personal experience.
@Lovedeep,
Glad that you liked it.
Sep 15th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Pretty useful tips.. I will implement these on my blogs
Sep 15th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
very useful tips.
Sep 17th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Hmmm… Makes me want to post something controversial.
Sep 18th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
great list.
Another thing is to connect with your network - I mean people who blog on related topics.This was one thing i had been missing.Though i am a tech blogger from India,i never networked with the indian bloggers.This is something i am doing right now.
Can someone tell me how could I get into that feedburner network?
Sep 18th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
I am a regular reader of Brown Baron and thats why i m here and i see you have quite a valid point about getting traffic as well as getting noticed.
One thing however is that content always scores over other things.U may get visitors but if you don’t have quality content nobody will stay back on
Cheers
Abhishek
Sep 19th, 2007 at 10:09 am
@Indyank,
Its necessary to have proper interaction with other bloggers to get noticed. Good that you have stared interacting. To join to network, you need to contact Quickonlinetip for an invite, the criteria is you need to be an Indian tech blogger with more than 100 subscribers.
Sep 19th, 2007 at 11:48 am
I truly agree with the last point. Not just attracts comments, but attracts traffic from other bloggers, who will read and probably comment as well!
Sep 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
good contents are always king. to complement that, commenting on other blogs are just essential to earn traffic. agreed on all your points nirmal. good post.
Dec 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Nice tips! I am a new blogger. This should help me a lot! Thanks Nirmal!
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