How To Leave A Comment
Just the other day I was asked “How do I leave a comment on a blog?” At first I thought this should be an easy process. However, when I took a look at my blog, Puppy In Training, I realized if you’re on the front page of my site then there is no text box for leaving comments, just a tiny hyperlink that says either “no comment” or “2 comments.”
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to leave a comment on a blog. Of course commenting is a marketing strategy that we will explore deeper in a later article.
How To Leave A Comment
If you’re on the front page of a blog then you will not see a text box for leaving comments you’ll probably see a hyperlink for commenting at the end of the article. Take a look at this image from my Puppy In Training blog.
That’s the end of the article and to get to the comments area you have to click the “No Comments” hyperlink. That will bring you to the following page:
There are four text boxes and one check box to fill out:
- Name - this is required. You want to always use the same name.
- Email Address - this is required, but will not be seen by other users.
- Website - this will provide a link back to your website (however, because this is a wordpress blog it doesn’t count as a link back in the google search algorithm - we’ll talk more about this in another article).
- Notify me of follow-up comments - check this box to receive an email when someone else leaves a comment
- Comment Text Area - this is where you write your comment.
Commenting Basics
The one thing I want to point out here is leave something meaningful when you make comment on another blog. Add to the conversation. Don’t just leave a comment for the sake of commenting.
To Be Continued…
There’s a lot more to commenting then what I’ve written here. Commenting is a great strategy for getting more visitors to your blog, but for now just concentrate on adding to the conversation.
Action Items
- Get out there and start leaving some comments on my three blogs:
What do you think? What is your commenting strategy?
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If you link directly to an article then you will see the comment box at the end of the article. However, when you read an article from the front page of the website (for this site http://theglobalworkplace.com would be the front page.) there is no comment box. You need to either click on the comment hyperlink at the bottom of the article or click the article title to get to the comment box.
I hope that makes sense. If you have questions let me know.