Every blogger in this world wants his/her name to be written on a list of “Top 10 Bloggers” which is supported by getting a comment from 100's of unique readers every day. Well, that isn't really easy especially for some bloggers, even though they follow the rule – Write Quality Content. But just forget about some factors which lead to a valuable reader not leaving a comment on the post.
Mostly, a comment is made by a regular blog reader like you and me who love interacting with fellow bloggers, as opposed to 
visitors landing on your post from Search Engines, who just want some information on what they searched for. I do not say that those visitors are useless readers! In fact, they must have really loved your post, but they would probably not leave a comment as they're in a hurry to work on those search results. Talking as a normal and daily reader of your and others' blogs, I would expect your, and every other, blog that I read to have the following features to attract a comment-
1) CommentLuv (Activated, please)
That's nothing new, right? But believe me, I was going through random blogs (which I normally pick from comments on High PR Blogs) and found that from 5 different blogs, 2 didn't have CommentLuv Plugin Enabled. Those 2 blogs were about celebrity gossip and Blackberry gossip respectively. I liked the posts, but there was nothing as “CommentLuv” under the comment form hence I didn't leave any comments. I know that getting backlinks is not the only task of a commentator, but then I deserve one right? I prefer leaving comments on sites without CommentLuv ONLY when the post is extraordinary, and I mean it 🙂
2) Media (C'mon man!)
Nowadays, it is not seen much, but still sometimes I come across blog posts where I don't find a single image or video! Not even a favicon man! Adding media into a post is like adding salt to Chilly Paneer (Try it, you'll love it..)! It's just a necessity! Media highly encourages an increase in the reader's interest to add a comment to the post. Moreover, when it comes to affiliate sales, media is 100x more attractive than links. Ask Ms. Ileane what would have happened if she didn't have that banner just before the comments section on the CommentLuv Page!
3) Length (I don't comment to review your ‘book')
“Dude, I'm here to read a blog post! Not a freaking chapter of some Harry Potter book”. I sometimes come across long posts that have parts. Each part has about 500 words! I mean, imagine I'm explaining the above sub-headings using 500 words for each! I wouldn't get surprised if I hear swearwords from you guys then! Length of the article does matter. In short, “I don't have more than 10-12 mins to read your post well”. A normal post should be anywhere between 300-1000 words. If not, it would somehow prove that the writer doesn't know how to compress his content and that he needs to write a chapter of a book every time he/she want's to make some money.
All the above reasons were from, a 15 Year Old Blogger, who loves reading and exploring new stuff on this world of blogging. If you're not a regular reader of blogs, then you might not find the reasons appropriate and that's something I can't help 🙂
Let me know if you agree or disagree by leaving a comment 🙂
Dude I enjoyed reading through this post. Harry Potter book chapter, that’s freakin hilarious. I know exactly what you’re talking about, I will see a real catchie title and start reading to find out its like a 2000 word article and just simply don’t even finish reading what might have been a really good article but just too long.
Thanks Ray! To be honest – I’ve just seen my friends hovering around the Harry Potter books section in the book store. I’ve never read any chapter of any Harry potter book! Not even the summary 🙂
Hello Raaj. I have always looked at ‘How to comment properly’… and related stuff. I’ve never looked beyond the ‘call to action’ for soliciting commenting.
When it is a really long post (or a boring one), and I really want to comment, I just scan the post (paragraph headings) and I read one of the paragraphs (I like) for context.
Well, if the post is loooonggg and have no paragraphs, I would not comment at all. There, I draw the line.
As far as Harry Potter books go, you know the saying ”ll be waiting for…’.
Hi Raaj,
Commentluv attracts many readers to leave comment on a blogpost. It’s now become an essential part of a blog and a good way to generate traffic or building long term relationship. Media also attracts readers but I usually interested in quality content so media on a blogpost is not a big issue for me.
Hello Syeda. I appreciate your comment. Okay, media wouldn’t matter a lot IF the posts have headers (h2, h3) tags. Doing so will make it really easy to read. And just to add on that – media helps in that part, a lot! But people have different choices. And as I mentioned, it’s not really seen much nowadays. Thanks to Google Images 🙂
Hi Raaj, I agree with your second point, but I don’t really agree with your first point 🙂 Actually if you think that back links is what will make you leave comments even for posts that not extraordinary, you will never build a strong relationship with other bloggers, what I think that commenting should go to blogs with commentluv or without (follow or no-follow) just to build a great relationships.
Good to hear from you Faissal 🙂 Just felt like saying – Your eBook is rocking around the blogging world! Cheers to that mate 🙂
Alright, I already knew that I would get many ‘No’s for the first point 🙂 But here’s what I exactly meant (maybe I didn’t mention it well on the post) – If the post is something like “Top 3 Ways to Increase Traffic on Your Site” and as we, the regular bloggers, already know that the post would be consisted of headers like “Commenting on Other Blogs”, “Guest Posting”, and “Social Media”.
If I be honest, I’ve read about a thousand articles having the same content (and so have you), but just different styles. Now, do you think it is relevant to leave a comment saying ‘Thanks For Sharing” without any good backlink to your article? I mean, the guy is talking about commenting and getting backlinks…And he doesn’t have CommentLuv himself! Then what’s the point? If not CommentLuv, then at least KeywordLuv? Agree? Or shall I write more? 🙂 I’d love to, by the way!
Funny. I feel just the opposite. I make it a point to get off the comment luv network periodically. Especially since “panguin” I think it’s important to avoid have too many keyword rich links. As long as your backlinks are “dofollow” that’s good enough for me.
I know this is not popular, and it’s certainly not “best practice”, but I hate video. It’s a waste of my time. There’s nothing you can say in video that you can’t say faster with more impact in writing. I realize most people disagree, but I can read much faster than you can talk, and I retain more from reading. I guess I’m just kind of numb to video. I only watch videos if it’s some kind of Tony Robbins/Seth Rogan piece that I know I can’t get anywhere else, and when it’s all over I still feel I would have gotten more out of it if it had just been written down.
Hello,
Short but bang on reasons for not commenting on blogs. even frankly speaking I also like to provide comment only on CommentLuv Activated blog because in return it provides you so much. and well of course the lengthy articles are always boring to read (unless its just too good) so to comment is the second though.
Have a great day.
True Jeet. What if you didn’t read the whole article and commented something from the first 2 paragraphs and then later realize that the article mentioned “I was being sarcastic in the first 2 paragraphs”! Hahah! You’d make a fool out of yourself! Thanks for passing by.
I agree with you Faissal, first point is just wrong.
This is interesting and great post, but commenting for just the sake of the backlinks is not good for you or your blog, you will loose reputation and a lot of followers.
Even if basicblogtips would stop using commentluv I would still be commenting and visiting this amazing blog, because I like the relationship with bloggers and community around it.
And that kind of community can help blog more, and bring more traffic for long term then any backlinks.
thanks for sharing
No Offence James, but that’s just for posts that are like very famous. You can check out my reply to Faissal – https://basicblogtips.com/comment-on-your-blog.html#comment-28221 – and maybe that could answer your question? 🙂 Thanks
I’ve a simple commenting policy, If the post is well written then I comment irrespective of dofollow backlinks, length of the post or even for that matter small grammatical errors.
Hi Raaj,
Pretty powerful reasons here.
Some bloggers are after comments, some are not. I have moved away from the comments deal a little bit as I want readers to take a different call to action. But I understand those whose focus is on building community, and you want to have all your commenting bases covered.
For me, it’s the quality of the post. If it’s good, and I feel I can add value, I comment, independent of other factors. If the post is poor, I do not content. I want my link to show up in the prosper neighborhood and I also prefer to add value to a post which I find valuable.
The length of the post doesn’t matter as much to me if it’s really, really good. I am in no rush, so I will be happy to digest a post that can add immense value to my life.
Thanks for sharing Raaj!
Ryan
Hey Ryan. I can see on your blog that you’re not really after comments and can even see that you’re after leads for (Cash4AllToday), which is really a good thing and I’m sure you must be having a great success in that. But for bloggers who are blogging without actually selling any products or something, comments play a really great role.
Your second statement is true for everybody, as no one would like to comment for something that has no value.
Thanks for passing by 🙂
I hate harry potter too. I love to comment on blogs with CommentLuv, but this post certainly deserves one irrespective of CommentLuv being there or not. Yeah and sometimes length is a factor, some posts have to be lengthy, you can’t help it, so for me it is okay if it is lengthy provided it is properly fragmented and easy for the eye.
Thanks for that Aditya! Yes, I agree that some posts have to be lengthy…Mostly those are tutorials or some legal things (sort of) 🙂
Raaj and me recently became friend on Facebook , then added him on blackberry he is a great active guy and really serious about his blog.
We shared really great ideas and planning to work together for a project in a near future.
Great tips Raaj , keep up the good work.
Thanks for the appreciation Saad!
Hi Raaj
Yes, I can totally relate to your comments! Was just looking at a blog previously – no media, really long post, no CommentLuv – No Thank You!
Keep up the good work.
Hey Michelle! Nice comment 😀 You can redirect that blog owner on this post 🙂 Maybe he/she will realize that he lost a couple of comments!
By the way, Milo & Tess are actually beautiful 🙂
Good article. I understand where you are coming from but don’t you feel that you are missing out on a lot of friendships because you are not commenting. For example, just because a site doesn’t use CommentLuv doesn’t mean they won’t have a lot of traffic or help build a relationship with them and their community.
Adam
Hey Adam! Sorry mate, I’m lazy to write too much right now! Guess I’m missing my evening coffee 🙂 Maybe this reply – https://basicblogtips.com/comment-on-your-blog.html#comment-28221 – could answer your question?
Thanks for passing by! Cheers 🙂
Sorry man, but I disagree with all 3 of your reasons.
1. Most bloggers who only comment to get a backlink will leave a mediocre comment. I miss the days when commenting was purely for engagement and genuine conversation rather than a bribe for a backlink or a statistic for social proof.
2. Images and Videos are important, sure. But most bloggers use boring stock photos anyways. I barely even look at the photos, I’m more interested in digesting the material. I think images are only necessary when a post is an instructional guide or requires evidence/proof/documentation of some sort.
3. To be honest, I don’t read blogs whose posts are under 1,000 words. 90% of the time, the post will just be rehashed information where I won’t learn anything from it.
Just thought I’d share my counter arguments.
Good to have a professional argument Sean 🙂
1) All, or maybe 95% of the commentators on my blog(s) have used backlinks to their article through CLP and mostly all of the comments are relevant and put some value to the articles. Do you think that there are no engaging comments nowadays? My friend, it’s still the same or actually better. And the CommentLuv link is just an advantage, or a great advantage I should say. By the way, why haven’t you enabled comments on your blog (or your recent posts)? Just asking, no offence 🙂
2) Maybe you never look at any picture, but trust me, they do attract you in a way. As I said, they just add a taste to the post. But I guess you like more simple food 🙂
3) This post is about 600 words! And it seems like you’ve been through every word! So thanks for including me in the remaining 10%! 🙂 But that’s just you because I’ve not heard that statement until now 🙂
But no worries brother. Good to hear from you! Cheers 🙂
Haha, I thoroughly enjoyed your passive-agressive attacks. Good luck with that.
Hahah! I wouldn’t refer to them as attacks Sean! But still, enjoyed the conversation 🙂
By the way, should I expect any comments from you on http://myblogismymoney.com? Because all the posts are under 500 words! LOL 😀
Hi Raj,
Great article. For those commenters who disagree with you (and I respect them a lot), Raaj is giving you his reasons as well as some insight into the readers of your blog. You can argue with him, but those are his reasons and probably the reasons of thousands of other bloggers like him.
A reader might have other reasons for not commenting and a blogger may have reasons for not following Raaj’s three rules. But Raaj, you have provided us with your valuable insight. Thank you.
Hey Carolyn! Thanks for that wonderful comment. Yes, I respect the ones who are not really satisfied with the post!
And yeah, I was just speaking on behalf of millions of others like me. But I’ve clarified my points in replies to some comments 🙂
Very glad you liked it! Cheers Carolyn.
HI Raaj, (Sorry I misspelled your name at first in the previous comment. I follow 2/3 of your points. My blog posts are sometimes over 1000 words, as was my post on Thursday reviewing the Lumia 900. But I wanted to write a thorough review of both the phone and Windows Phone mobile operating system.
Bill Dorman does a great job with his blog. The photos are powerful and he engages well with his readers and his posts are definitely under 1000 words. He doesn’t have CommentLuv because he’s on wordpress.com but he gets dozens of comments because of his fun and warm personality. You can check him out at billdorman.me (hope it’s okay to put links in here, Ileane!).
We can’t all be Bill Dorman, and some people don’t want a lot of comments (responding to to them is a bit of work), and many people won’t be following your advice and will do just fine. But again, I do appreciate your sharing your insights with us, Raaj!
Hey Carolyn! Tutorials and reviews do need more words. Hence it’s alright and I never said that one should never write more than 1000 words 🙂
People like Bill Dorman are really lucky and talented 🙂 Hence they don’t really need to get a self-hosted blog.
Thanks anyways 🙂
Well I got the comment luv and media right I think. Maybe I need to look at my post length although this is difficult considering a lot of the post I do are tutorials or how to`s.
Maybe I have to accept the type of blog I do is less likely to get comments unfortunately.
Interesting read thank you
Hey Craig! Don’t worry brother. Just been through your blog and here’s what I would say –
1) Your post length is fine because mostly they are tutorials. To be honest, when you have everything in pictures, I or any other reader wouldn’t really ‘read’ the words because the screenshots explain it easily 🙂 But here’s an advice – Use Slideshow Plugins for tutorials with screenshots. In that way, you would just have to write an introduction and the end. Everything else would be in the slideshow.
2) The reason why you’re getting less comments is because not everyone is after the stuff (tutorials) you are posting. I’m sure you’re getting good traffic from search engines because those who need the help are searching for the tutorials. For e.g. Your article http://computerlearnhow.com/how-to-share-a-printer-in-windows-7/ is really great but I don’t really need any help for sharing a printer for now. So I never commented. You understand the thing?
But when you’re getting readers, that’s good because they’re getting some great knowledge out of your blog 🙂
All the best! Cheers
Thanks for the feedback will have a look into the slide show plugins I had not thought of that
Craig
Very pertinent observations. I totally agree and subscribe to your opinions. It is hard to find the motivation to provide a feedback when there’s no incentive, or the post lacks images or it’s very long.
Thanks for passing by and leaving the comment Jack 🙂
I agree with the point of 1000 words+, If I wanted to read that much I would pick up a book 🙂 Unless it’s a tutorial and has great images I may stay and read on. I do like CommentLuv a lot but that would not deter me if someone has another comment system on their blog and I really enjoyed the piece and w anted to share more info or perspective. Images are important too, gives the eye a rest too. Great topic!
Thanks for the comment Lisa. Cheers
I agree with you for the most part. Sometimes I do leave comments on blogs that do not have CommentLuv. I belong to a couple of commenting tribes, and some of the members do not have Commentluv on their blogs. Since I agreed to be a part of the tribe, I leave comments on all of my tribemember’s blogs. I am hoping one day they see the light and install CommentLuv on their blogs. 🙂
That’s good Jamella! Keep up with the hopes 🙂 Thanks for passing by! Cheers
Nice post Raaj, sometimes I don’t find comment-luv on some blogs but I still leave a comment, then later on I suggest to the blogger through the contact form on their blog to take a look at comment luv and install it, so many don’t have any idea what commen-luv is which why never installed it.
True Sayed. That’s a nice way to introduce CommentLuv to others.
I also love Comment-luv, but I do leave a comment even without it. I don’t mind reading long posts too. “I won’t comment on your blog” if I have to register first before I can comment. 🙂
Hahah! The last statement is really true! Thanks for the comment Amor 🙂
I totally agree with your point of CommentLuv, personally I think it should be a mindset for any blogger to have it installed, I’ve never looked back from using it right from the early days of the plugin.
As for huge blog posts, I’ve always made a habit that if I do go through a point of producing a massive blog post then it will get broken down in to a series, rather than trying to ram all the information down the readers throat in one go 😉
Hey Karen! Thanks for the triple share! Yes, commentluv is something that this generation of bloggers should have! It’s really a great advantage!
Breaking down big posts into a series is really a great idea! Cheers
My pleasure, I always like to share, well written and interesting articles 😉
Commentluv is a great way to get people to comment and find new blogs that you may be interested in or want to connect with. Every blogger likes comments, it’s a much better metric than google analytics and actually gets some feedback from the readers.
True Mike. And if the title of the post is attractive, the whole thing just gets better!
I agree, there should be interesting to get comments from readers. If there is nothing interesting then reader skip your blog without reading full article so how can you expect the comments.
I have installed, the commentluv plugin. and it is doing so well. If the blog doesn’t have commentluv installed on it, I kinda don’t want to comment on it.
Exactly Sam! The ‘Kinda’ is the word which I missed to write in the post, and hence attracted some ‘No’s 🙂 Thanks for passing by!
Great tips, especially the point about not being too wordy, some of my posts are over 1500 so I will look at this! I also think that commentluv is good to add and does encourage good interaction!
All the best Lou. You can visit the link this comment to know more about CommentLuv. Cheer 🙂
I think that all bloggers should have CommentLuv installed on their blogs because every commentator should be able to get some form of recognition for his or her comment. Also, regarding number 3, I’ll read long posts, but I do tend to shy away from them by not reading the entire thing, so shorter posts are better for shorter attention spans (which is basically most Internet users).
Thanks for sharing what you think Kevin. Appreciated!
When I first saw the title of this post, I thought to myself “what the heck is this guy thinking !!!!, he obviously doesn’t know how epic my blog is” haha okay back to serious business. I especially like 1 and 3. Comment luv is essential. Actually encourages people to comment and if a post is too long it’s difficult to read. Boring… Reasonably long but sweet is essential. Break it into two posts if you have to.
Hahah! Never judge a person by his clothes Nathan 🙂 Anyways, thanks for the comment and good to hear that you liked it. Cheers
Aloha Raaj and Ileane, you have a very informative post here and I enjoyed the list you noted as well. In fact, I remember there was a time when I had no idea about commentluv and a few commentators mentioned it to me to add it and I’m glad I took their good advice.
I’m glad I came by and thanks for sharing. Mahalo, Lani 🙂
Aloha Lani! It’s always better to be advanced when it comes to blogging!
Well, we’re glad to have you here 🙂 Cheers
Thats very common reasons which stops from commenting.
Simple yet worthy post.
Thanks for the comment Khaja. Simple yet worthy words – That’s me 🙂
Certainly very interesting article and I am agree with you using images or videos in the post has give clear and concise message to the result and Using commentLuv has very crucial in comments.
Thanks for sharing article 🙂
Thanks Ayaz. Said that, start using on your blog too! 🙂 All the best!
Hi Raaj
CommentLuv is all a blog needs in the present time. I dont understand why people dont install it. I have seen any blogs which are not CommentLuv enabled. Btw Itechcode is commentluv enabled i i dont think any reason that you wont like my blog. I got a good positive response from the readers after i installed CommentLuv.
BTW i am conducting a giveaway. You can participate there.
Amit
Hey Amit. Of course I know that iTechCode is CL enabled 🙂 Get the premium version and see the better benefits you get from there! Check out my link below to know about the benefits! All the best.
Hi Raaj,
I agreed with your points, especially the last one. Nobody has free time in today’s world to read your 1k-2k words long article. I too usually skip long articles if I don’t find them interesting and generally if you write long article, you couldn’t make it effective and interesting to read on.
True Aasma. Thanks for leaving your comment.
Good post! Blogs have become more social and many bloggers are still living in year 2000 when it comes to blog design.Great content is really important but so is a professional looking blog.Those who leave comments on my blog deserve a link back, that´s why I have commentluv installed.Having a video on a visible place on the blog keeps visitors longer on the site and that´s great for business.
Hey Tom. Yeah, gone are those days of blogging when nothing like CommentLuv and other great plugins existed. I’ve been through your videos and all I could say or rather give is a thumbs up!
Cheers
I have done all the three step but I have a problem with CommentLuv. When someone try to comment on my blog and put his website URL than CommentLuv isn’t showing the last post written by the commentator!
Hey Ehsan. You should contact the support if there’s a problem with the plugin. Submit your query at http://support.commentluv.com. All the best and thanks for the comment.
For me… Media and Length of post are completely dependent on the post itself. Pat Flynn writes very long blog posts… But they’re always amazing. So I’ll take the time with him and always leave a comment.
But CommentLuv is an amazing way to encourage Comments. DoFollow or not people comment more when CommentLuv is enabled. Simple fact.
Good work!
Ryan H.
Hey Ryan! Good to hear from you!
Well, there are always exceptions right? 🙂
Thanks for passing by! Cheers
Hi Dude I agree that long posts are the main cause of lessen the interest of the readers. All posts should be of moderate length so that readers read them with interest and not skim them.
How about this one:
4. Making me scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, through a bunch of other comments I have no interest in reading, just to get to the comment box, which should be located right below the post and above the first comment.’
Also, your “comment luv” plugin is throwing an error: “Error. Parsing JSON Request failed. error! not authorized (page cache might be out of date)”
Your way off base dude…. The comment box goes “below” the comments. The idea is to engage in the conversation and in order to do that you would actually have to take the time to read the conversation in addition to the post. How are you going to know if the comment you post or the question you ask has already been addressed by other people who have commented? Often the value of a post is significantly enhanced by the comments, but you’re not going to know that if you don’t actually read the comments. If you don’t want to engage in the conversation then you should probably look for post with no comments. That way you actually don’t have to communicate with other people. Not sure that’s going to get you very far in the blogging world, but is certainly is an option .
You’re right. Michael. I have no idea what I’m talking about. A blog is a chat room for the readers and the content is just a means to get them to talk to one another.
Based on your logic, I would propose that you put your comment form above your blog posts. Not that it matters. Nobody’s commenting on your blog anyway. They probably never make it to the bottom of your posts because they hate you for bombarding them with AdSense ads.
Now that’s something I and many others wouldn’t agree at all! Just because you’re afraid of ads doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t comment on a post that is worth!
Now that I’ve left another comment, I need to add another to your list:
5: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
I never return to blogs that moderate their engagement. Ever.
With due respect, a Reply To both of your above comments –
1) I don’t own this blog. I’m a guest blogger here!
2) Moderating comments is a part of professional blogging, unlike the blogs which allow any spammers to comment.
3) About the CommentLuv error, it’s your site which might have issues. These minor problems can easily be solved by unchecking and checking the commentluv box again.
Thanks for your comment though.
Raaj – Regarding #2 in your reply – moderating comments is actually very unprofessional, and just shows that a blogger doesn’t know how to use spam filters such as Akismet.
OMG! I’m sure Ms. Ileane is not going to agree with that statement! She, me and millions of others hate Akismet! I’m sorry but your statement is completely wrong Collin.
LOL, I seriously cant stop laughing after reading your blog, Your points are so straight and blunt. If I really liked the content I simply comment there whether it is keyword or commentluv and of course the lengthy articles are always boring to read, I simply skip it. Interesting post, thanks for sharing.
Glad that it gave you a gig Charles! Cheers for the comment!
I have just activated CommentLuv plugin on my blog, thanks for your mention about that point, very useful for me.
Good to see that Trung. All the best with that and go premium if you can 🙂
I agree with what has been said here, another thi9ng that may put me off is if the post is relatively old yet there is no comments, this either shows that the blog is not very popular or the author doesn’t accept comments to their blog.
True Jason. That’s where the blog post frequency comes into action. One shouldn’t keep posting if he/she is not getting enough engagement on the older posts. Instead, the older posts should be promoted to let others know more about it!
Excellent post, I agree about the posts being like books are hard to read but then again, I go to blogs to learn stuff and if it takes 2000 words to explain it then that is ok with me where as the idea of a 300 word post isn’t a post, it is a Twitter post with a few muscles. 300 words are nothing.
Still I enjoyed the post thanks 🙂
Cheers
Andi
Hey Andi! Of course, tutorials always need more words. But some posts don’t really require many words, do they?
Glad you liked the post 🙂 Cheers
Harry Potter reference ironic since one of the strongest posts on my blog about Pottermore which is over 1,000 words long and has over 10-20k pageviews per month on average over last year. Also among my top most commented articles.
Overall though for me, CommentLuv being enabled is not a deal breaker, honestly if it is for anyone leaving a comment then clearly you are only caring about the dofollow backlink and if that is the purpose for commenting. I tend to comment on any blog that allows me to comment if the article is sufficient, even a Facebook comment enabled blog which gives no backlinks at all. Disqus, IntenseDebate, Livefyre, WordPress.com, BlogSpot, Mashable…etc I comment on them all, doesn’t matter if the article is good. Sure, being able to leave a breadcrumb is good, but it isn’t the be all, but I don’t ever comment anonymously because I would at least like my name to be associated with my comments.
Overall, I can weed out easily who comments for backlinks, and Livefyre does a good job with it’s spam checks but even a few slip through. I tend to like shorter articles only if they can present the info I want in a clear and concise way, nothing worse than reading a fluff article and gain no benefit whatsoever from the article (minutes you won’t get back, and we read to learn something new or learn someones opinion, point of view…etc) at the very least we read to be entertained.
Hey Justin. I’m sure the comments on the Harry Potter post are from die hard Harry Potter fans 🙂
“I comment on them all, doesn’t matter if the article is good”…Sorry Justin, but can’t agree on this.
Thanks for the comment 🙂 Cheers
Why do you only comment on posts with images in? I can understand why you only comment on CommentLuv blogs but I am struggling to understand your reasoning for not posting on blogs with no images in posts. 🙂
Do you get osme extra linkage of something?
It’s not about linkage Dean. Images just attract the attention to stay in the article and read further 🙂
Thanks for the post Raaj. I totally agree long posts are really a turn off for frequent readers.
My pleasure Dev. Thanks for the comment. Cheers
For me I think it is also because the topic is not interesting or the readers can’t understand the topic.Thanks for your post..
Of course, content is the king Gwen! Thanks
Thanks for the post Raaj. But i differ from you that long posts aren’t good. I find longer pots better than shorter.
I never said that they’re not good Deep! I just mentioned that there are more chances of readers reaching half the way and then going away 🙂
Same is with me. I too dont comment on the Blogs that doesnt have these things. Some people dont even add Images in there Blog Posts, they doesnt know that a Image can be very usefull in getting traffic to the Blog. Although if the Blog Post is good, I prefer to leave the comment even if blog doesnt have CommentLuv installed.
Sure Harry. If the post deserves a comment, then why not huh? Thanks for passing by!
Geez, so many comments here I had to practically scroll down for a few minutes just to get to the bottom comment box!
An evidence your blog is successful! So many comments!!!
Hey Alisa 🙂 First things first – This isn’t my blog 🙂 I’m a guest blogger and a friend of Ms. Ileane (The blog owner). You can find me on my blog mentioned in the link 🙂
Thanks for adding more to this 🙂 Cheers
You have all the right not to comment if you don’t want to. I also think that commentluv is important. It’s a good thing to have. I personally think that if a post is interesting then I will leave a comment.
True Shalu. Commentluv just adds life to the comment 🙂
Nice post.
I agree with what you are saying about visitors from the search engines not leaving comments, in my experience (and from searching for tutorials on various things over the past few weeks) a lot of tutorial and information websites are now using the blog format and a lot of visitors aren’t necessarily even aware that they can interact – they are simply there to take the information they need, they don’t want a conversation.
Exactly Ted. But we shouldn’t regret or have any false feeling because our content must have helped them in some manner, right? 🙂
Nice article but i don’t agree with you entirely when you said long posts don’t get comments…well they do if the posts are scan-able i.e. with clear paragraphs ,subheadings , good images and interesting content 🙂
That’s true Madhu. They should be clearly written with every sub headings. Thanks for passing by 🙂
I noticed in your blog you mentioned and seem to love comment luv. I currently use disqus and I love it. What has been your experience with disqus, which allows for backlinks and enables you to follow particular users if you want and why do you feel comment luv is so much better?
Hello Tami – First Of all, CommentLuv is NOT a commenting system or platform. It’s just a plugin which generates that link which you have under your comment.
Secondly, I’ve personally never used Disqus hence can’t comment on it 🙂 Cheers
Thank you for your reply. I was asking the question about the comment luv because I was wondering if it was time to make a change. Since it was one of your #1 reasons for leaving a comment on a blog I was wondering why you like it so much and was hoping you could share some insight.
Hey Tami. Of course, it’s time you get CommentLuv installed on your blog! Trust me, it does matter a lot. I’m sure (if you install the plugin now), you’ll come to me one day for a cheers 😀
You can check out the CommentLuv link in this comment. It guides you on HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH COMMENTLUV PREMIUM.
And yeah…I REALLY have some suggestions for your blog. Hop on to my blog and we can have a conversation there 🙂
Sorry….here’s the link in the comment.
Wow… I can’t say I’m a fan of this post for any of your 3 reasons.
One, though I have CommentLuv on my blog, it’s there because I feel like being generous and want to give people the opportunity to comment. But it’s “my” blog, just as those other blogs are those people’s blogs, and if you feel entitled to a link for you to comment, that’s just selfish.
Two, if you need an image or video to capture your attention then move on and to watch MTV; oh yeah, they don’t show videos anymore. I guess comic books are the style as opposed to reading real books; that’s a shame.
Three, well, that response was in my second paragraph, and it’s pretty much the same thing. Couldn’t keep up with Harry Potter once they became adult books; that’s too bad because those last few books were some of the best I’ve ever read. Saying you won’t read a post that might teach something or change your life because it has too many words is like saying you’d never listen to classical music because it’s longer than 3 minutes.
I’m sorry but I’m greatly disappointed in this particular guest post. I guess I won’t have to worry about being visited on my blog; I can live with it, but what a shame… I’m not even checking the box for any CommentLuv for this comment, I’m so disgusted.
Hi Mitch. With due respect, I would say the following –
1) I never mentioned that I just comment ONLY for the commentluv link!
2) If pictures are not interesting or attractive, then why do you have pictures in every post on your blog? Why not keep them plain?
3) Hahah! All my favorite songs are more than 4 mins! Let’s not get to Harry Potter, as it’s my personal opinion.
Anyways, thanks for passing by.
Wow Mitch. 🙂 I do agree with you about blog length. Yes short blogs are great when you want the quick and easy but when you are trying to really teach your users there are times when length is a necessity. Did you have to be so mean though… you hit him a little hard. 🙂
I love all of your tips and tricks! I just watched your video on installing comment luv, it was a very good video and you explained well. I have a question, I signed up for intense debate, I tried to register my blog but it says my blog is all ready registered. I tried to contact intense debate but it’s inpossible with no contact form. I’d really love to install it on my blog. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your time and help!
Shannon F.
Nice post, i truly enjoyed this post. Specially dedicated to the “length” of blog part.
Thnx for the info.
I was wondering about a new update on commentluv. I had a hard time seeing my comment. I did not spam but I make many comments regularly on commentluv. I cannot see my comment when I submitted it. I am very troubled about this. I mean, I search blogs mostly related to my niche target. But I can see that when I comment, most of them is 4 to 10 sentences where I put all my views on it , engaging conversations that is. But when I submit my comment, I cannot see anything, not even moderation of some sort thus letting me know that my comment has indeed been sent to the blog I was commenting.
Please let me know on the issue I have encountered as of this June 12, 2012 there then I cannot see any of my comments.
Troubled Commentluv User,
Elsie
Hey Elsie. Sorry to reply so late and sorry that you’re having this inconvenience. You can contact the support at support.commentluv.com
Or just get in touch with Andy Bailey at ComLuv.com. He’ll sort you out.
All the best.
Hi Elsie
I received an email from CommentLuv with a new update in the past week. That might fix your problem. Otherwise, follow Raaj’s advice.
Michelle
There are many reasons why I won’t comment, but they aren’t any of these. Although I appreciate your post, I have to disagree on some of it. An image is important because for any post, it brings that visual message about the post itself. I won’t publish a post without it and having one without an image is just plain boring.
With CommentLuv, it’s nice to have, but not necessary to have on your blog either. Not everyone uses it and that’s fine by me. Some of the top blogs out there don’t use it and they still get hundreds of comments daily. Everyone has a right to use plugins they are comfortable with, but looking for blogs to comment on for the sole purpose of promoting your own stuff sounds like “self-promoting”. Actually, bloggers should feel blessed that a blog allows them to do that. What did we have before CommentLuv? Nothing, so even without it, I would still be fine. Your name alone still hyper links back to your site regardless, so CommentLuv is just a perk.
With Long posts, there are some that do go on and on, but I chalk it up as it being a thorough post. Kristi Hines from Kikolani has long posts from time to time and her posts are extremely well thought-out and informative. For myself it depends on what the post is about, who the author is and if I like reading their work. Sure some posts might put me to sleep, but everyone is different and you either read it or you don’t. I like all kinds of posts and as long as I get what they are saying. I would rather it be thorough, then to leave me hanging.
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Sonia,
I just thought I’d let you know if it wasn’t for your comment here at Basic Blog Tips, I would of never saw your comment luv link “5 Reasons Why Your Blog Looks Like Casper the Friendly Ghost and How to Change It”, I clicked on it to read it and kept reading a few of your posts! Because of comment luv, I was able to see your posts about snagit!! I’m now hooked on your blog posts just like I am with Basic Blog Tips!!
Maybe you will change your mind about comment luv because it does make a huge difference with traffic in blogs!
You have a great blog! 🙂
Thanks,
shannpf1977 @ yahoo dot com
Sonia,
I have to admit here maybe I’m not reading correctly what your point is about your comment luv reply, I’m in no way trying to sound like a a## to you but I took your comment as if you could care less about the comment luv plug in and pretty much said you could do without it. I just checked out your wonderful blog via the comment luv link here and I noticed you have the comment lov plugin as well??
Did you change your mind about how you feel about the comment luv plug in?? I’m just wondering, please don’t take my question as disrespect in any way….
Thanks,
shannpf1977 @ yahoo dot com
No, what I meant was:
The author of this post stated that he wouldn’t comment on a blog because it didn’t have “CommentLuv” (if I understood that correctly) . I simply meant that it didn’t matter if a blog had this plugin or not and that I would still comment on their blog regardless. I use CommentLuv and love the program, but it was still my “choice” to use it.
Simply, CommentLuv is a “perk” and most blogs don’t use it, but if the blog is uses it, that shouldn’t be the only reason to leave a comment on someone’s blog. I am glad when people see links to my current posts and I am so glad you found mine, but I still encourage you to comment if its topic you feel strongly about.
Sonia,
Thanks for your quick reply and encouragement for me to comment on posts I feel strongly about! This post was interesting to me because I been thinking about adding comment luv on my blog but wasn’t sure. It’s been something I been thinking about for the past few months. However, when I read great topics like Basic Blog Tips post that are very helpful it just discusses me when bloggers are under appreciated and comment backwards!
Have a great evening!
Good tips here. They seem simple, but they’re very useful and often under appreciated. Some things seem small, but make a big difference. Also, good job in following your own tips. Some people give advice about blog writing, but those very tips aren’t present in their posts!
Thanks for passing by Simmeon. Cheers
Thanks for that Truyen! It’s always good to have desert after dinner, right? 😀
Hello Mr./Miss Unnamed 🙂 Your comment is valuable. Thanks for appreciating the site 🙂 Though, it’s not mine! I’m just a guest poster 🙂
One frustration I have with blogs is spending the time to craft a good response, only to have the blog reject it as spam for reasons unknown to me. Not only that, it deletes my long comment so I can’t simply copy and paste it to try again.
I can see that my comments work here so you can look forward to my leaving comments here. On some blogs, my comments are marked as spam for reasons unknown to me.
Nice tips, Raaj! Thank you!
Beside this, very attractive to the readers are titles like “top 5″ ,”how to”, etc. But I’m sure you know this, because “3 reasons…” is a very catchy title too 😉
That’s interesting to me that you won’t comment without comment luv enabled. I would have thought that would still be the majority of sites (except perhaps in certain sectors of the blogosphere?).
Also, I know comment luv is available for blogger these days (and obviously wordpress sites), is it also available for typepad or other blogging platforms?
Finally, comment luv can be do-follow or no-follow – do you check for this and only post on do-follow blogs, or you don’t care?
Just commenting to get another back-link to my site… Just joking!
I like to comment to show my appreciation for blog posts, like this one, that give me something of value. So thanks!
I think getting comments really depends on the niche you decide to blog in. Some niches lend themselves more to having lots of commentors.
I prefer varying length for my posts. Some are pretty long and others are average!
One more reason where I will not post comments on blog, where the comments are only for link building and no discussion happening, here I see that the author Raaj is engaging with users and getting into discussion, so here it makes sense.
But on blogs where only irrelevant comments are approved, that shows the quality preference of the blog owner also.
Correct me if my understanding is wrong!
Nice post Raaj!! I agree with your all 3 points. Commentluv is more appealing to leave good comments. Definitely media persuades many people and nowadays most of us have not enough time to read and then comment on a long posts. Keep up the good work.
Hi,
Thanks for these tips.
I’ve installed CommentLuv, are you sure google won’t consider it as a link exchange strategy ?
Thanks for this nice article. No doubt Comment Luv is the best solution to get loads of comments.
Comment Luv shoudn’t make a difference in your commenting decisions.
If the content is deserving of a comment, then you should do it!
I can somewhat agree. If you are researching (or just reading random articles), you really have to have a strong incentive to comment. For me, it usually comes down to three things: 1) The post hit a nerve and I want to add my 2 cents.. 2) I am actively networking with other bloggers (and looking to get my link noticed).. 3) I am stopping by a friend’s blog.
There is a lot of people that want to say “commenting just for a link” is a bad thing. Whether you sale a product or just blog about life, the only reason you do it online is for exposure – or at the very least some type of recognition. If that wasn’t the case, you’d write your thoughts on a notebook and put it in your dresser – not on the internet!
Great post!
What you have written Raaj is absolutely correct. I appreciate your point of view.
I am 100% agreeing about the lack of media. It’s basic publishing rules to keep readers – to break up text with formatting, offsetting images, etc. Otherwise it is like reading a text-book. But it looks like you dropped the CommentLuv plugin. what happened? Back when I was actively blogging for a living, I loved that plugin both on my site and others I commented on.
Too many low quality blogs added my blog to a list of CommentLuv blogs. I still get massive amounts of spam because of those lists.
I loved the plugin and Andy is fantastic but it’s not worth the time I spend moderating spammers.