blog comments: Comments Aren’t Everything … Remember to Look at Your Stats - 10/01/08 09:18 PM
Your Active Rain Statistics information tells you a lot about traffic to your blog and your profile. Remember to take a look at it every so often. You can see how many views your profile has had and how many views/clicks various posts have accumulated.
Not all posts generate a lot … (15 comments)
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blog comments: How do you choose a subject for your blog posts? - 09/23/08 09:28 AM
I was visiting the blogs of people who have commented in my blog and ran across one that asked lots of questions about how you blog:
How do you choose a subject for your blog entries?
What caused you to choose that subject?
Did you get your subject from a blog … (7 comments)
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blog comments: Another new day, another new political poll - 09/17/08 08:37 AM
I didn't use to listen to news in the morning until 9/11. I was an evening news guy. 9/11, though, taught me to check on the news first thing in the morning to what the East Coast is up to and what happened overnight in the rest of the world while … (5 comments)
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blog comments: How do you comment? Please vote in my poll. - 09/16/08 09:12 PM
I've really been having fun cruising around ActiveRain and reading blogs. There's a lot of good information here.
One thing that I've noticed is that there seem to be three different ways that you respond to those who comment in your blog posts:
Visit the blog of the person who commented … (23 comments)
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blog comments: Is anyone listening? Is there anybody out there? - 09/06/08 02:58 AM
Not getting any comments on your blog? Not to worry. The world will not end. In fact, you just might be better than you think. To wit:
Down at the lower left side, just under "Points Summary" (I KNOW everyone has used that link!) is the single word "Statistics." Click on … (6 comments)
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blog comments: How not to get comments on your blog - 09/04/08 08:33 AM
I absolutely love reading about other people and getting to know them, but how can I really do that if your blog posts are
page after page after page after page after pagepage after page after page after page after pagepage after page after page after page after pagepage after page … (21 comments)
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blog comments: How do you get people to comment on your blog? - 09/03/08 02:33 AM
In exploring ActiveRain I've discovered several things about blogs:
Keep them short and sweet
Stay away from a "wall of words" as someone called it, i.e., a looooooooooooong post with text, text, text.
Don't ask general questions within the blog, e.g., "I'd love to hear your comments."
Blog titles that ask … (10 comments)
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blog comments: CommentLuv - Free Link Love - 07/10/08 02:19 PM
CommentLuv has proved such a boon to my blog already! I just added it yesterday (Luv Luv Me Do), yet not only have I seen an immediate increase in readership and comments, I've been clicking on the links to my readers blogs and getting great ideas from them (and leaving comments … (6 comments)
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blog comments: Common Courtesy Counts Online Too - 07/10/08 02:11 PM
Often web users forget all about common courtesy once they get online. They seem to forget that they are interacting with other people with feelings just like their own, not soulless computers.
It's important to make the effort to ensure you are coming across as polite online. Facial expressions, body … (7 comments)
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blog comments: Get a Comment Link AND a Link to Your Blog - 07/09/08 11:40 AM
One of my favorite WordPress plugins is Comment Luv, and I have finally been able to add it to my SEO Diva blog after a theme upgrade.
Comment Luv is a nice way to thank a visitor for leaving a comment on your blog by automatically listing the most recent blog … (5 comments)
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blog comments: Argue with me - PLEASE - 07/05/08 03:03 PM
I was reading someone else's blog:
name withheld 'cause I'm chicken. Raging debate, then an entry about someones comments being removed.
Guilt for sharing agreement, I'm sorry floating around, anger at having been removed, who knows.
I LOVE THE DEBATE. Argue with me, let me make a point, counter that. Live … (11 comments)
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blog comments: Corrections welcomed - and acted upon - 05/26/08 03:29 PM
This weekend I received an e-mail correcting a fact on one of the downtown St Petersburg condominiums. I had said the units had 8 ft ceilings, and the writer actually measured - the main rooms are all just a tad under 9 feet. I have already corrected the post and checked … (4 comments)
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blog comments: Reaching 100 Blog Comments - 04/03/08 03:43 PM
So, I was reading through several blogs today and decided I would check out the most active blogs of the month. There were several with well over 200 comments. I did figure out how these are getting so many comments. I just need to find a subject that is a good … (23 comments)
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blog comments: How to give back to AR members who make comments on your blog - 03/26/08 01:17 PM
It's a great feeling when someone comments on a blog post you made. It's exciting and confirming. It shows that they are interested in what you are saying and want to engage with you. Many times I see posts that people make comments on but the original poster never comes back … (14 comments)
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blog comments: Stepping Out of the Rain - 03/04/08 12:08 PM
With regret I find I must cut way back on my posts to Active Rain.
I'm often in a time crunch, with my day job as Search Engine Strategist, and my 20-odd private blogs and web sites that demand more attention than I've been giving them.
I sincerely hope that Active … (24 comments)
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blog comments: Active Rain Gurus, Gods, Goddesses, Geeks, and Greats!!! Please Explain! - 03/03/08 08:51 AM
Back in October of last year, I submitted a post...a somewhat 'non-descript' one, inasmuch as it generated merely 5 comments not counting my own! Don't misunderstand, I thought it was a formidable post as I feel most of mine are with few exceptions when I'm concentrating on humor or way off … (19 comments)
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blog comments: Become Successful by Helping Others - 02/17/08 07:52 PM
From SEO Diva
One of the keys to being successful in the social media space is to get involved, extend yourself, and help others. ‘Social’ means relating to human society and its members. When you join one or more social media groups, be it Stumbleupon, Facebook, Squidoo, Zimbio, or Digg, to name … (16 comments)
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blog comments: The Rules: Blog Comments for Linkbuilding - 01/31/08 08:19 AM
From SEO Diva
Leaving comments on blogs can be a valuable part of your linkbuilding campaign.*
It does not mean leaving "Great post!" comments on every blog you find. Most bloggers will delete those ASAP, as they should.
Leaving proper blog comments takes time and effort. The rules are simple enough:
Find … (19 comments)
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blog comments: Do Blog Comments Pass Link Juice? Yes! - 01/29/08 02:19 PM
From SEO Diva
Several times people have asked this question in my blog comments - Do blog comments pass as much link juice as other forms of link building when made on a 'do follow' blog posting?
After a discussion with an esteemed colleague, as well as some research on blog comments left … (21 comments)
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blog comments: 'Do Follow' Blogs with PR - 01/25/08 12:56 PM
From SEO Diva
Insert your keywords in the search box to find relevant blogs. This is a great way to get a lot of blog comment backlinks to your site.
When you leave comments, it's important not to spam the blog, but to leave a comment with some value.
PR … (12 comments)
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blog comments: 10 Best Types of Links - 01/18/08 05:33 PM
From SEO Diva
Which types of links will help your site the most - give you the most "juice?"
The reality is you need all kinds of links. Google wants natural link building. The way to make your link building natural is to have a mixture of the following types of links, … (37 comments)
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blog comments: Do Follow Me - 01/10/08 05:20 PM
If you're into leaving (valuable) comments on blog posts, which is a good and quick way to get backlinks, you want to make sure the sites are not using the "no-follow" tag.
There are a couple of ways to find these blogs. One is to use the search engine DoFollo. Type … (30 comments)
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blog comments: Give me SOMETHING to comment about - 12/12/07 01:09 PM
So I've taken Mike Jones advice about commenting:
1: Find a blog to read that is of interest, now read it.
2: Leave a comment
3: Read all the comments
4: Find a comment that is interesting, now go to their blog and repeat.
It's been fun to find blogs I wouldn't have found otherwise...however … (12 comments)
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blog comments: Give Your Web Site a Huge Boost in Google - 10/18/07 09:19 PM
I realized I haven't covered this SEO strategy yet, after mentioning it to a commenter on one of my previous blog postings.
A great way to promote a web site that is languishing in the Google sandbox, or isn't doing well in the SERPs, is to:
Register a new, keyword rich domain name. … (72 comments)
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blog comments: Blog Comments with Huge Signatures...VIOLATORS Must Read! - 10/03/07 04:07 PM
I havent been on ActiveRain for very long, but I have noticed that there are a lot of blog comments with HUGE SIGNATURES!
Most people start a blog to advertise their name, brand, face, products, etc.
It's kind of rude to advertise your face, products, company, etc on the BLOG COMMENTS.
Blog comments should … (8 comments)
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blog comments: Offending comment - feel free to delete - 07/27/07 03:07 PM
A blogger at AR was offended by the following comment I posted on her blog:
“Excellent comments! There’s a constant negativity being fed to the public. That’s why it’s so important to educate buyers and sellers to approach this market from their own personal circumstances, and not from the angle that the … (66 comments)
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blog comments: Posting links in comments.... Should we do this? - 07/01/07 12:24 PM
Hello Everyone,
I have some questions about posting links when commenting on other peoples Blogs. First off is that ok? Is it rude in some way to put my link on someone elses's blog? I think it would be if we were in direct competition like another broker here in my town. … (11 comments)
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blog comments: Commenting on your own blog - 03/18/07 08:21 AM
So much is going on with ActiveRain that we often miss the obvious. Can anyone tell me what I've missed - i.e., what is the reason for bloggers making the first comment on their own blog? It's obvious why a blogger would respond to comments on the blog, but increasingly I'm … (12 comments)
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blog comments: Photothon Alert - 01/06/07 10:49 AM
Last month Jay Thompson set out to break the Guiness Book of World Records for the most blog comments in a 24 hour period.
When I met him in person yesterday he was still a mere shell of his former self (just kidding!) as a result of that herculean effort!
Today Suzanne and … (6 comments)
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blog comments: Tuesday Reflections from my Back Porch—What happened to “REALTOR®” Teresa’s Face? - 12/12/06 05:21 AM
A warm (39ºF), foggy, North Star State morning greeted me today as I stepped out on to the porch. I can linger a bit, and savor the warmth of my (china, not stoneware) mug of Kona blend coffee (I purchased a whole 1# bag, so I will have it for … (25 comments)
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blog comments: Reflections from my Back Porch, Sunday, 10 Dec ‘06, a Fine Morning! - 12/10/06 05:22 AM
Don’t look for me here—go on around to the back!
I am savoring my (china, not stoneware) mug of organically & shade grown, fair trade, French roast, coffee this fine Saint Paul morning on my back porch—the temperature under a clear & star-filled sky is 32ºF, with no wind—so I can linger … (12 comments)
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blog comments: Reflections from my Back Porch, Friday, 8 Dec ’06 - 12/08/06 05:35 AM
It’s a balmy 11ºF with almost no wind, allowing me to remain on the porch with my (china, not stoneware) mug of (organically & shade grown, fair trade, Guatemalan roast) coffee warming my hands, and helping my brain fire on all synapses.
Daisy did not spend the night here last … (10 comments)
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blog comments: How To Comment On Blogs 101 - 10/15/06 10:09 PM
Well, it really is true - you DO learn something new each day! Today I learned that if you comment on a fellow AR's blog and are not logged in, you don't receive credit. Who knew?!!
I love this site and go on and off it several times a day. I really … (4 comments)
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