Increase Return Commentators With A Simple Plugin
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I love commenting on other peoples blogs but there is one thing that I find really irritating, and that is the amount of blogs that do not allow me the facility to subscribe to their comments. In my post What Type Of Commentator Do You Aspire To Be, I list 6 types of commentators with the one that every blogger loves to get being the Boomerang Commentator. Now, that is the type of commentator that I try to aspire to, but if bloggers do not allow me to subscribe to their comments then they can’t really blame me it I don’t come back.
The thing is that this feature can be easily added to any Wordpress blog via a plugin. There are several floating around but the one that I use is, funnily enough, Subscribe To Comments 2.1. So do yourself a favor and install the plugin so that I don’t have to bloody rant about this again. 
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Absolutely right, Sire. This is one of the plugins that I can’t live without. That’s why I wrote that not allowing readers to subscribe to comments was one of the 2 Quick, Easy Ways to Stunt the Growth of Your Blog.
By not allowing me to subscribe, you’re telling me that you just want me to keep coming back to your blog over and over to see if someone has added more comments. No thank you :)
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I read your post and I agree 100% as like you I have always believed that a blog would die if you did not acknowledge your commentators. Imagine my surprise coming across a blogger who had almost reached Problogger status and she had actually turned the comments form off. I mentioned her in my post about Sitting On The Blogging Fence!
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Good evening, Sire.
You hit the nail on the head here. I don’t understand a blog without comments and an easy way to follow the discussions.
Oddly enough, I was just looking in my email for messages from your blog I need to respond to. As you may know, I’ve been mostly offline for the last three weeks and I’m trying to catch up. Last night I resumed the conversations I was in on Mitch’s blog and tonight I’ll try to catch up here.
Those email notifications are a huge help.
Another plugin i just now installed is Top Commentator. I saw it on Mitch’s blog and liked the idea, so now it’s on my blog, just below the latest comments listing.
I’m learning a lot from you and Mitch. Thanks.
Act on your dream!
JD
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I think all good bloggers have the capacity to learn from each other. The thing I love most about the Internet, of which blogging is a great part, is the way it can bring many people together to share in their ideals, dreams and aspirations.
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Not only can we meet a lot of people, we can easily meet a lot of people who come from a huge diversity of cultures, countries, and even continents.
20 years ago, I could not imagine carrying on a conversation with people around the world. Yet, from my little old cabin in the mountains, I’ve talked to people on at least four continents just today.
That’s incredible.
The ability to carry on conversations in comments makes this possible. I haven’t even visited any forums, yet.
Act on your dream!
JD
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Sire Reply:
December 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I remember many years ago when there were people that used to do it via ham radio, they probably still do, but not as many as are now doing it via the Internet. Amazing indeed.
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Hey, I have installed the plugin now (after a bit of fiddling). Never really thought about it before, haha, but it makes sense to have it! Cheers for letting us know about it!
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Hey Dan, it surprises me that you never had it. I meant to say something but the method of bringing it tactfully up in conversation always eluded me.
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There have been so many articles on plugins that brings back commentators and I never fail to see this one on the list. Yes shame to those who did not throw this in!
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Perhaps bloggers feel it is so obvious it doesn’t need to be added. The thing is there are so many people new to blogging who won’t know unless someone tells them.
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I’ve recently installed the Top Commentators, CommentLuv and DoFollow plugins, and just found out about the Subscribe To Comments plugin, which I will install soon! Thanks for the tip
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Cool, I’ve found that it is indispensable and it is great for getting those commentators back to those posts that they have a particular interest in.
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I installed the plugin this morning on two blogs… one of them had some compatibility issues with the theme, but I got it straightened out. Thanks, again, for the tip!
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That was very wise of you. I reckon I will head on over to see if it is working OK.
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Great plug in that every blogger should be required to have. It works too. I know since I have had installed, my reader base and comments have gone up quite significantly.
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It surprises me that so many bloggers don’t actually utilize this comment. I will still comment on those blogs, but there are no guarantees that I will go back. The plugin resolves that issue.
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For those that do not have a wordpress blog, Blogger does give the ability to allow readers to subscribe to comments, but there are a few things you need to know (for both readers & bloggers):
For bloggers:
If you have opted for the quick comment form on your post pages, your visitors will not be given the chance to subscribe to comments.
For readers:
If you want to subscribe and receive emil notification, you will need to use a google account, which removes the ability to take advantage of having a nofollow link to your website from your name.
So readers have to decide which is more important to them: new comment notification by email or an inbound link.
But, no need to make that choice if you use the handy RSS link to the post’s comments in your RSS reader (should be at the bottom of every post’s page). Then you can be notified of new comments on that post, and keep your inbox clean too.
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Thanks app, I didn’t know Blogger had those features. I’m sure those tips will come in handy.
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