How active a blog is, is primarily decided by the number of comments or responses that each post on the blog gets. The more the comments, the more the buzz surrounding the blog. High traffic does not necessarily mean more comments.

hands23.jpg

It is the quality of the posts and the content in them that determine the number of comments. Comments on a blog indicate the level of interaction a blog has with its readers and are very important in determining the loyalty of visitors and readers. Here are a few tips that can definitely help in increasing comments on a blog.

Write Passionately

This is one sureshot way to create buzz for your blog. Write about something that you feel strongly about. Don’t create controversy for the sake of creating one. And never deviate from facts. If you believe in something and write with passion, comments, readers and traffic will soon follow

Incentives for Commenters

To encourage comments on your blog, you can give rewards to your top commenters. It could be cash, a month of free advertising or a review, link love, top commenters list etc. These prizes are certainly not going to break your bank but at the same time encourages people to comment for the little incentives and lets them know that you appreciate their interest in your blog.

Asking People for Opinions

Blogs with resources only have few comments on them. This is because they are simply offering content but not encouraging interaction. To encourage comments, simply ask your readers’ opinion or suggestion after a post or put up a Q and A feature on your blog. When you ask people for opinion, they are more likely to give it and that’s a fact.

Manage Comments Effectively

By managing comments effectively, you need to provide an environment on your blog that makes commenters feel welcome. A few tips you can follow include

DOs

  • Check and delete spam comments regularly and keep the blog clean.
  • Allow comment editing and comment subscriptions.
  • But don’t keep the subscribe to comments box checked by default. This turns people off from commenting every time.

DON’Ts

  • Don’t use captchas for comment forms.
  • Don’t moderate comments or force registration for commenting
  • People commenting on your blog is an incentive, don’t make them go through hoops for doing so.

Commenting On Other Blogs

This is perhaps most well-known and helps to not only increase comments but also bring new readers to your blog. Commenting on less-popular blogs would easily catch the eye of that blogger and gets you a reader with almost no effort. Also, other readers from that blog may feel interested in visiting your blog as well, getting you additional traffic.

Are there any other methods that you follow to increase comments on your blog? Let me know!

Part of the Litemind Group Writing Project


Keep up to date

Want to know the latest? Subscribe to our RSS or get Regular Email Updates.

Share the Post

Stumble  Digg This Post  Technorati  Delicious  Reddit

Related Posts

Post-Plugin Library missing