One thing that I love to encourage here is conversation. While I hope that you visit my blog because you find it (reasonably) entertaining and interesting, nothing pleases me more when I see lines of conversation opening up in the comments section of each post.
This is where I feel social media really comes into its own, and accounts for the increasing maturity and quality of blog comments. Instead of the old-school “my dad’s bigger than yours” and “wareZ ruleZ!” type of comments, the majority of blog visitors are now engaging the other visitors in conversation and views. This offers an invaluable insight into not only your readers, but the world you inhabit in general.
Yet it also takes a commitment from blog visitors to comment on blogs – time from their day, time to post and often without recognition. I always try and respond to each and every comment made – I feel it’s the least I can do when someone makes the effort to communicate with me and share some of their day.
The good people at CommentLuv obviously agree. They’ve just announced details of a competition that anyone who comments on a blog can take part in. CommentLuv is an excellent blog plug-in, that shows the last blog post of anyone who comments (as long as they have a blog, obviously). It’s a great way of recognizing the time and effort someone puts in when leaving a comment.
(For anyone who’s commented on my blog, you’ll see what I mean at the end of each comment.)
The prizes are still to be determined, although it looks like it will be between some cool gadgets and monetary prizes – or even a mix of both. Participation is easy – all you have to do is register your blog at CommentLuv and your blog details/profile, and that’s it. Full details can be found on the competition’s FAQ page. The only real stipulation is that there are no Spam comments just to increase your chances.
I love this idea. As I said earlier, it shows commitment when someone leaves a comment on a post. It’s nice to be able to recognize this. Good luck, and happy commenting!
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I’ve been keen to use commentluv plugin for a little while now, do you know thta sort of thing you say to yoursefl, i’ll do it tomorrow, and never really do.
Thats might be the time to do it.
Cheers Danny for the heads up
Lucio
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You’re welcome, Lucio. The great thing about CommentLuv is that is offers recognition to all your commentors – so even if you’re a blogger that wouldn’t normally respond to comments, you’re still showing readers you appreciate them by promoting their blog in the process.
I actually just downloaded and installed the commenluv plugin, but it isn’t working. I iwas going to register my blog wit them to see what I may be doing wrong, but now I see I may get an extra bonus for it. The nice thing about this is that, as you said, it takes time and energy for somebody to comment on what you have share, and I love the fact that you can help them out in this way. On top of that, it may stop all those people from randomly inserting their URL in the comment section where, more often than not, it does not belong. Thanks for the heads up on this.
- Adam. It is a great plug-in; for some reason I’m having issues with it after updating my theme to Thesis. Hope to have it sorted soon, as it offers some great new blogs to read as an added bonus.
Nice post, you have just reminded me about how important design principles are.
Hi,
very nice post.
Commentluv is great plug-in it gives an extra link to commentator as reward for quality comment.Thanks for sharing the information.
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thats better for us and a great serves. i love comments and i like you thought
A love commentluv. It's a great way to get your content out there, as well as encourage new comments.
Thank you very much
Thank u very much
Hi Danny
I loved CommentLuv the first time I saw it. Great name and really catchy icon.
I thought that if people are allowing me to comment and giving me a link to my latest post… I should return the favour.
So I’ve installed CommentLuv on my site and registered as well.
Easy plugin to install, looks great and hopefully will encourage other bloggers to comment.
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