Posts Tagged ‘Comments’

When it comes to YouTube, trolls rule. At least in the comments department. On many popular videos you’ll find disparaging comments and insults topping the comments, many with tens and even hundreds of thumbs ups to their names. That’s where The YouTube Insult Generator comes in.

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YouTube has rolled out threaded comments in order to take a little bit of the chaos out of commenting on the video site. The comments on YouTube have been all sorts of crazy and hard to navigate for too long, so it’s about time they un-cluttered things with threading.

This post is written by Niall Harbison

For people who are just starting out in the world of blogging one of the most frustrating things that crop up is the lack of blog comments that you receive. This even happens to more established blogs who suffer from a lot of lurkers (people who read the blog without ever announcing themselves) rather than people leaving comments. If you are lucky enough to get comments they can be the lifeblood of your blog and a great source of additional content and go on to be a whole new element to the blog on their own.

So what can you do to get more comments on your blog? I wanted to share some tips that have been very effective for me during the course of building all the blogs that I am involved with…

Reply to comments

This might seem pretty obvious at the start when you are only getting a couple of comments here and there but you should always take time to try and interact with people who have taken the time to share their thoughts on your post. People will begin to expect your replies and leave more comments in return and a real sense of community will develop on your blog.

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In a move that makes perfect common sense, JS Kit has added full Facebook Connect support and YouTube videos in comments support as well. The company that offers a handful of services for site enhancement, from integrated cross-site comments to reviews and analytics, JS-Kit has had a year full of new feature implementations. As a result, JS-Kit is probably more well known for its integrated comments capabilities than most of its other services, JS-Kit is contending with the likes of Disqus for prime placement in the cross-network comments space.
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An early lesson bloggers learn – at least those who want to be successful – is to leave comments on other blogs.

One problem I have always had with this practice is that I often forget what I said and where. Several times, I’ve received e-mails from people who felt strongly about a comment I left. The issue was that it was something I said a year ago on a blog I long forgot about.

BackType, is a new online service that I have just registered for and plan to give a whirl. The site allows you to import all of your blog comments (at least ones where you’ve left your URL behind) and view them in a single location. This makes it easy to find, follow and share online comments and annotations.

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