Darren Rowse published a post on his blog called "10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog." He states 90% of blog visitors are "lurkers," people who read and don't comment, 9% comment contributing a "little," and 1% contribute meaningfully to the discussion. Blue Skunk calls them "trolls."
I find myself often "lurking," reading gain knowledge. A blog should be more of an interactive discussion among a large group of people. I am working to learn how to comment. The further I get in this course, it is getting easier with practice.
Inviting comments, being open-ended, and asking questions are good ways to increase commenting on your blog. Bloggers want to know their work is being read. Commenting helps accomplish this.
Commenting is important to ensure the proper function of the blog... interactive conversation.
With each comment I make on blogs I'm following and subscriptions on my Reader, I get slightly more proficient with commenting.
One last blog I particularly enjoyed that you also might enjoy is Drake's Takes: Edublogger Etiquette - Responding to Comments. It is a good example of conversational commenting.
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Commenting is difficult at first, but almost everyone has something that they can add to a particular discussion - even if it is just to ask a question.
ReplyDeleteIt's like most things--the more you do it-the better you get!
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ReplyDeleteThanks, doubledare. I was already a member of 23 Thingsters. I went to the website and found the link. I added it to my blog as a gadget on the Layout page. It seems to have worked fine. Thanks for your help.
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