Comments on: Commenting is Not Worth It

By: Bri

Bri — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:02:45 +0000

What’s really insightful is that this is from the guy who shot up technorati because of all of the commenting.

By: Bri

Bri — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:56:00 +0000

I agree with you completely. I actually wrote a post about how the link exchange systems really help the site getting reviewed more than the site doing the reviewing.

On the same note, however, it is a way for people to get out of the Google sandbox - so it’s still not a bad thing to do - just realize that it’s helping the other guy out a lot more than you.

By: Robert Irizarry

Robert Irizarry — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:23:32 +0000

Sticking to core blogging SEO strategies are really where the long term benefits will be. While I agree that commenting can be an important strategy, it can be incredibly time consuming. In the process, you’re losing time that could be better spent on core SEO and on actually working on the stuff people come to your blog for - content.

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By: Ms. Q

Ms. Q — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:00:24 +0000

I comment for 2 reasons: I have something to say and/or I support the particular blogger and I show the support by leaving a comment (if I have one).

I don’t have the time to leave a gazillion comments.

I think people can tell the difference between just commenting to get attention and commenting to add value and be part of a larger conversation.

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By: Nathan Drach

Nathan Drach — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:07:11 +0000

I feel commenting is a needed task to some level. Building interaction in other sites will in turn increase traffic on your own site.

This should be a constant, long term process, not just a task to get into the top commenter list.

By: derrich

derrich — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:06:05 +0000

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I won’t be offended if you delete this comment after you read it. I don’t want it to come across as spam, but I wasn’t sure how else to contact you. Best of luck!

By: Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:03:29 +0000

That’s good advice Bryan. At some point everyone may stop and realize that in doing anything to promote their own blogs all they’re really doing is making John Chow rich.

By: Jon Lee

Jon Lee — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:20:37 +0000

I think there’s also a big difference in being first and being second on the Top Commentators list. Its just like Google, most people click on only the first search result.