Ethical Commenting- Comment Luv

45 Responses to “Ethical Commenting- Comment Luv”

1. Opal Tribble/Vegan Momma on October 11th, 2007 6:21 am
   

   I love giving back to my readers so naturally I love this plug in. I installed it on my website yesterday. I was impressed how Andy came and answered questions that some of my readers had.

   Don?t be a selfish link miser who tries to preserve all links for high ranking, related niche blogs. Be a friendly community member!

   I’ve noticed this on some websites and frankly I find it annoying. As you said it’s extremely selfish. If I like a persons blog I’ll add them to my blogroll and I will write posts that link to them.

   I try to follow up with comments on my blogs it’s not always easy, but I get it completed. I also try to go and comment on others blogs at times I don’t have anything to say. I wait until I do.
   Opal Tribble/Vegan Momma’s last blog post..October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2. Dawn on October 11th, 2007 6:50 am
   

   Thanks for the link Bobby. I think it was a great idea to bring these plugins to the foreground to help spread the word about them. Another admirable quality about the developer of commentluv, Andy Bailey, is that he flat out refused to take any donations for this plugin even though you can see how diligent he is at trying to fix bugs and listen to feedback. I am very impressed with his level of professionalism for a free product.

   I adore the ireply movement too. It’s a wonderful way to show your readers you actually care. I mean, I don’t understand why any blog owner would not take the time to answer all their comments unless they were getting hundreds of comments a day. I see all the time in the blogosphere, people who I leave a comment with who didn’t have any or just one or two and they never reply.

   That’s just asinineto me! My blog is less than three weeks old and I’ve gotten 130 comments from readers and many repeat visitors. I think it’s mostly due to the fact that I respond to my readers and try to keep a dialog open. It’s my opinion, humble as it may be, that making visitors a priority is great way to build a following…

   Dawn’s last blog post..Short Story - Silent Treatment

3. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 7:02 am
   

   Hi Opal! One thing I cannot stand about some big money bloggers, is they NEVER reply to comments. I?d be surprised if most of them even read them. A lot of them also have dofollow stipulations like your having to leave a minimum of so many comments in a certain time period.

   They all have the you comment I follow pic in their side bar. It should say, ?You Comment and I might follow only if you meet the following criteria.? LOL!

   The way I see it is if more of us ?regular folks? stick together and do more linking and trackbacking to related posts from eachother, rather than big blogs, we can change the internet.

   I see new bloggers writing about John Chow in every post and have only A-listers in their blogrolls. Thats why there are so few people considered A-listers in the first place. I can get all the same info from someone who really needs a link or trackback.

   It?s a great plugin!!!! Thanks Opal

4. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 7:12 am
   

   I write for my readers, not myself or the whole blogosphere. If I received 150 comments per day I would post less frequently and still reply to them all. If I received 1000 per day, I would be making some cash and would hire people to answer them.

   One thing so weird is that making friends with a prominent cash blogger is different than making friends everyone else. I will never change the way I make friends! I have been the number 1 commenter on several big blogs that never once replied.

   I get my tips from small blogs. They are the same freaking tips everyone has! By having varied content, I have something for all readers! We are the new breed of friendly hybrid bloggers! Thanks Dawn

5. Rolando on October 11th, 2007 8:38 am
   

   It works because you left a comment on my blog and followed it to this post. Tada!

   Rolando’s last blog post..Take Your Blogger to Work Day

6. Eric "Speedcat" on October 11th, 2007 8:39 am
   

   This plug in IS really slick. I noticed it over at Rolando’s “dancing” blog too. Does it increase load times much? BTW… Your page loaded very fast and easy today! Streamling HTML?

   Eric “Speedcat”’s last blog post..Hangin` wit da Thoughtfulls

7. winston on October 11th, 2007 8:48 am
   

   Thanks for the info, I will try the plugins, do pester me so I will rmb when I get back ;p

8. NAFA on October 11th, 2007 9:00 am
   

   Hey Bobby,

   We actually found out about CommentLuv at Rolando’s site. It’s becoming a thing among bloggers it seems, and would possibly be a great way to increase traffic. Something that we should further research on.

   It is amazing how it works! Everytime u send a comment, your latest post appears like magic. =)

   NAFA’s last blog post..Relationships: Emotional Effects Versus Physical Effects

9. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:03 am
   

   Isn’t it cool? It’s good to link to people’s posts and over time with be beneficial for our readers rankings

10. Janice on October 11th, 2007 9:03 am
    

    I think I’m seeing how it worked from Rolando’s comment there with his latest post showing.

    I will give it a try. I hope it is not too difficult to do?
    Janice Ng

    Janice’s last blog post..Throwback Thursday : 4 mths old Hair Shaving Ceremony

11. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:05 am
    

    It hasn’t increased my load times at all. This template is very fast and the guys listed in my footer are responsible

12. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:10 am
    

    This plugin is only for wordpress blogs. The commenters, like you, are who receives the link luv!

13. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:12 am
    

    It’s a gift to my readers! Leaving a link here is good for your blog, not mine!

14. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:14 am
    

    You have to have a wordpress blog! The link luv is for you and your latest post!!! Thanks Janice

15. Jean on October 11th, 2007 10:08 am
    

    hi bobby! sound interesting. but i just saw your comment to jan. must hv a wordpress blog huh! how about us? what happens to us in blogger? i want this commentluv plug in too!!! *sob*

    Jean’s last blog post..38 Qs Survey

16. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 10:39 am
    

    Hi Jean! Buy your domain through a host like Bluehost and pay a pro to move your blog for you so you preserve your links and authority! Then you will be a WEBMASTER!

17. Sue on October 11th, 2007 10:49 am
    

    Hmmm, at first I misunderstood when I saw the note on the bottom of your comment block. I thought it left a link to your last post here. This is an interesting, cool plugin. Think I’ll go get it. Now if I can only get some commenters with blogs it’ll be great. Thanks for finding this.

18. Opal Tribble/Vegan Momma on October 11th, 2007 10:52 am
    

    The way I see it is if more of us ?regular folks? stick together and do more linking and trackbacking to related posts from eachother, rather than big blogs, we can change the internet.

    I agree this is exactly what I do. I don’t think I’ve ever linked to a A list blogger in my post simply because they already get a lot of attention I’ll link to a regular blogger that I know will appreciate it even more.

    I do remember a regular blogger writing a long post about why he did not link to everyone he regularly visited. He mentioned that they weren’t in his niche then in the next sentence he encouraged people to keep the links to his website coming because he “ate them up like candy”. I immediately dumped him from my feed. That, to me, was very selfish. It works both ways.

    In regards to the plugin it does work with some other blogging platforms. It seems to work with Blogger. My first comment on my Comment Luv post was from a person who uses the Blogger platform their post showed up fine. I know Andy did say in his next release it would be compatible with more RSS feeds which I think is great. One the many thing I love about WP is the amount plugins/themes I can choose from.

    Opal Tribble/Vegan Momma’s last blog post..October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

19. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 11:14 am
    

    One way incoming links are INCREDIBLE for page rank no matter where they come from. That’s greedy though. While I don’t link to get a return, some people will never link back unless you work a deal with them.

    To become a friend with a big blogger you have to “work an angle” to get a link. That’s not friendship and I don’t want that link. I’ll link to Pro Blogger AFTER he links to me and writes 10 posts about why my blog is good…ha ha ha! Just teasing!

    Yes all my blogspot commentators are getting their linkluv just fine! I know they wish they could install the plug in though. If enough of us stay this course, we will be the top bloggers before long and bring some true integrity to the “top spot”. Thanks Opal!

20. Sue on October 11th, 2007 11:23 am
    

    It appears not to work here on my feed, although it did at Andy’s site. Weird.

21. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 11:43 am
    

    There are some bugs and tweaks needed on the plugin but he’s a developer and I have confidence he’ll get it working better!

22. Sandman on October 11th, 2007 12:29 pm
    

    My blog friends and I had this discussion once over one of those many “Bloggers Meet” here in India, about replying to every comments on our blogs. We all agreed that sometimes it is not necessary to reply to every comment
    When visitors leave a good comment regarding our posts, we of course must reply to all their comments. The comments that we discussed about that day, are those “one-liner” comments like “nice post”, “great post”, “keep it coming” etc. We don’t think it is necessary to reply to each one with a thanx, simply because, had I been in their shoes, like I was reading a post and I really loved it and to show my appreciation I left a small comment “great post”, I really wouldn’t expect the author to reply to that comment. Whether he replies or not won’t change my feeling for him because he is a good blogger and I will still continue visiting his site.

    But of course if I leave a long comment, with contribution/discussion regarding his particular post, then I would expect him to reply otherwise I will consider him to be very mean.

    Of course I still reply to all the “one liner” comments on my blog , but I kinda understand those “big time” bloggers for not replying to those one sentence compliments on their blogs… I guess.
    Sandman’s last blog post..Chp 146. Rules for a Personal Computer

23. Brown Baron on October 11th, 2007 12:41 pm
    

    Nice post! By the way, could you add Mike of thingsbymike.com to the iReply creators?

    Your blog seems to load much faster now too
    Brown Baron’s last blog post..Asterpix: Create Interactive Videos For Your Site

24. paisley on October 11th, 2007 1:12 pm
    

    where as i understand the whole “community” thing you are doing here,,, i just want you to know that i never check back for follow up conversation… if you have something you want me to know you have to email it tome,, and i do the same… i never put something in the comments i want a response to without my email address to accompany it… i read way too many blogs and have way too many other things going on to remember who i said what to and when… if i really want to do you proud,, i refer to your post in a link in a future post of mine… i would rather see a link in your post directing your readers to my blog,, than a “thanks for being here” any time,,, as to me that says i made you think and not just about what to say back to me….just my opinion….

    paisley’s last blog post..3ww

25. Andy Bailey on October 11th, 2007 1:45 pm
    

    thanks very much for the write up of my plugin!, it’s funny, I didn’t expect to become so popular because I only made it for my own blog as a way to say nerrr to blogrush when that first came out. I didn’t want to put links to strangers blogs on my site so I came up with this to link to the people that matter most - thats the people that participate and join the discussion of my blog..

    I’ll make a new release by the end of the weekend, I’ve been really busy with work this week so I haven’t been able to do as much as I had wanted
    no matter! I have these updates to do:

    much better feed finding, it should be able to get most peoples feeds, especially if they use some sort of feedburner plugin or have the appropriate alternate meta in the head part of their page.

    internal increase of the wordpress rss function timeout so it doesn’t quit if it can’t find a feed within 2 seconds (that’s why Sue’s feed didn’t show here but did at my blog, it’s the speed between the servers that can sometimes take a bit too long ((like 3 seconds!)) )

    a much improved page parsing function that kicks in if there isn’t a feed found in the expected place, it should be able to extract a feed location as long as there is a link to subscribe somewhere on the users page.

    an added routine that goes might be able to get the last post even if the blog hasn’t got a feed

    increased compatibility with other comment plugins that use a captcha image

    for the future, I will add an options page to the wordpress dashboard so users will be able to choose their own text that is shown below the comment form and in the actual comment.

    language support so users can display their own language for the displayed text (it’s already spread to some Japanese, Italian and Portuguese blogs!)

    If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know and I’ll try and add it in.

    spread the lurrv!

    Andy Bailey’s last blog post..And the winner is?. OMG who woulda thunk it?

26. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 6:50 pm
    

    You are the only person I know who does that. I get an average of 700 emails per day. Right now, I have over 35,000 e-mails in my gmail account and if some one sends me an e-mail, I won’t see it unless I am looking for it.

    In your way of thinking, you will be much less likely to get a link from anyone.

    You said, “i would rather see a link in your post directing your readers to my blog,, than a ?thanks for being here? any time” Yeah…me too!!! It just doesn’t work that way though.

    I don’t reply to say thanks. I reply to actively communicate with people who read my blog. They read my post but come back for the conversation!!!!! I have rarely ever left a tiny comment saying, “Thanks”.

    Commenting in blogging CONVERSATION. If you changed the way you participated in the community, your incoming links would increase 500%, the amount of comments you receive too.

    I know you Paisely and you can get away with things that would literally kill a blog because you are such an expressive writer. For me to stop my flow of conversational commenting to send a special e-mail would cost me more time than answering it!!!

    I will not like you any less because you don’t reply to a comment I leave you, but you are the exception, not the rule!!!!! I currently read 2-300 blogs and I leave over 1000 comments on other blogs per week. I go back and read the replies on all of them before I read each one’s new post!!

    I will stop what I’m doing, just for you only, and take the extra time to email you a comment LOL

27. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 6:58 pm
    

    Thanks Andy! I simply like the plug in and because I believe in sharing with my readers, I will help you promote it. You are the only developer I have seen who is nice enough to take a very active community stance.

    I can’t wait for the updates! My readers really like it and my blogspot reader’s really wish they could have it! My friends & I support you 100% and will help out anytime. The options page sound very cool.

    Good luck and great job on my favourite plug in…ever

28. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 7:04 pm
    

    Hey, Brown Baron! Are you talking about that Mike Wheeler character? I don’t know if I can add him in…JUST KIDDING! I knew I forgot something. Of course…Sorry Mike! LOL
    I think it is much faster and I like it much more. I’d like a cooler header. To me, the header is the least important thing on a blog. A cool header won’t make me read a poorly written blog twice! Even though, I’d still like to have a really cool one

29. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 7:14 pm
    

    Hey Sandman! I moderate comments here. If a stranger leaves a comment like, “nice post” you won’t see it because I delete it. I have hundreds of unapproved comments each month. Then again, I never leave a reply saying “thanks”.

    A reader who is getting a link from every comment will have to put in some effort. Every blog is different though. People leave me long comments (like you do) and YES…that’s what I’m talkin’ bout.

    I live for comment conversation. It is the heart of my blog. I really won’t think less of someone who isn’t as sociable as me but I like to motivate them to be more participative.

    As far as replying to one liners from a big blog’s standpoint… don’t read any big blogs LOL Thanks! I’ll come read your latest post!!!

30. Joanne on October 11th, 2007 8:57 pm
    

    Ooo! I didn’t know it was good for blogspot as well! Thanks for the useful info, as always!

31. Revellian on October 11th, 2007 9:24 pm
    

    Hi Joanne! It didn’t find the link to your latest post, but after the update it should. Most of my blogspot readers did get a link to their last post. Thanks Joanne!

32. Sandman on October 12th, 2007 1:01 am
    

    Hey this “last post” script is cool! Do you do it manually (as in including my blog address within the script)? Because on your previous posts, this link never appeared for my comments. And I read that you mentioned it is a wordpress plugin only. darn…
    I don’t know where my comment would appear, had I clicked on the “reply to this comment” of your reply to my comment, so I am just making a new comment rather than screw up the lay-out. Even though I am with Blogger, I am quite familiar with wordpress as I also co-Admin a couple of community blogs and sometimes I would just spend some time just reading through many of the wordpress codes (presentation, theme editor, style css, etc) I really like wordpress for its “Latest incoming link”, and it has so many other options, like recognizing me when I visit your blog! That makes it so personal. That will also make anyone want to leave a good comment. So apart from what you have mentioned about commenting ethics, I think it is also utmost important to have a very user-friendly blog template, something that is soothing to one’s eyes and emotion, to attract good comments
    I moderate comments too, but I do it in my case because of a couple of racial abuses which actually humor me more than irritate me And of course I aint a good writer as you to be able to afford to not publish “small time” comments and unrelated comments. I just publish them all and delete just the abusive ones *grin* But soon I hope I will reach your stage and that will be the day I too will start giving out tips to others. For now, I patiently listen to you and await your upcoming posts. Its like a chinese flick where the shaolin pupil hopes to become a kung-fu master one day
    Sandman’s last blog post..Chp 146. Rules for a Personal Computer

33. Revellian on October 12th, 2007 3:28 am
    

    In my newest post, theres a link to a good seo video from Aaron Cook. Watch how the Google engineers all use Wordpress, not blogspot! I bet Google ends up owning wordpress.

    I get a lot of short comments from people who don’t read anything and want a link to some sales site that isn’t a blog. I delete them. If they leave a pertinent comment, I don’t mind giving the link.

    I really don’t know much! I learn new stuff and immediately write about it. I have given guys guitar lessons who became really good. I would sometimes have to learn new theory and master the application just to give them a new lesson!

    I simply love to learn! I teach to learn even more.

34. Andy Bailey on October 12th, 2007 8:59 am
    

    just to let you know that I have made some updates to commentluv, it is now at version 0.96 and should be able to parse most peoples feeds (including Sue who hasn’t had her last blog post shown here yet!)

    Andy Bailey’s last blog post..And the winner is?. OMG who woulda thunk it?

35. Revellian on October 12th, 2007 11:08 am
    

    Thanks Andy, I have it installed.

36. Kate on October 12th, 2007 12:01 pm
    

    Thanks for the tip! I really like the idea of being able to give my commenters a thank you gift for taking the time to leave a message. I know they can add a link when they write their comment, but this is more visible, and I think that because it links to an actual post, it should attract more interest.

    “We are the new breed of friendly hybrid bloggers!”

    I really like that idea - it seems to be spreading, I have noticed a growing number of bloggers saying similar things.

    Kate’s last blog post..Hot Links Thursday: 11/10/07

37. Revellian on October 12th, 2007 9:38 pm
    

    It’s been updated, so hopefully on your next comment, you’ll get your link!

38. Revellian on October 12th, 2007 9:41 pm
    

    Hi Kate! I can think of a million reasons why it’s true

39. WaterLearner on October 12th, 2007 11:49 pm
    

    Bobby,

    I tried to download this but doesn’t seem to work. Is there something that I am missing? This will work for blogspot right?

    WaterLearner’s last blog post..38 Questions

40. Revellian on October 13th, 2007 12:12 am
    

    Unfortunately it is only for self hosted wordpress blogs. What I meant by blogspotter’s getting use from it is that you will receive the comment love every time you leave me a comment!

    I wish blogger blogs could install it! Just remember if it is a “plug in” it is only for self hosted WP blogs. I just use it so that you or anyone leaving me a comment will get some link love!

41. Genie Princess on October 17th, 2007 3:06 am
    

    Hi Bobby, no wonder u love wordpress, this is a nice feature, too bad I can’t have it on my blog.
    Genie Princess’s last blog post..Why I Blog?

42. Revellian on October 17th, 2007 2:28 pm
    

    That’s ok Genie Princess! You can still reap the rewards!!!!

43. talina on November 11th, 2007 10:46 pm
    

    So, have you noticed a decrease in your page rank since implementing the comment luv plugin? I have read some bad stuff about draining your page rank with tools like this.. I like the idea of sharing links in the comment area. It does make returning the comment favor easier and fun but I don’t want it to have a negative impact on my site.. Could you share your thoughts on this?

    talina’s last blog post..So you have a blog and a dream, how do you get there?

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45. Elliott Russell on March 19th, 2008 9:27 am
    

    To be honest, though i love what this plugin can do, i feel it hurts blogging. It will just cheapen commenting down to a link back prize

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