Comments on: Rethinking My Comment Policy http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-144060 Jason Sun, 03 May 2009 01:42:22 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-144060 I run a blog myself and am trying to get people to comment with constructive things to add to the "conversation", and for the most part I get really good responses and delete all the "drive by spammers" and there are alot of them. This is a good policy and it does help you. I run a blog myself and am trying to get people to comment with constructive things to add to the “conversation”, and for the most part I get really good responses and delete all the “drive by spammers” and there are alot of them. This is a good policy and it does help you.

]]> By: Josh http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-45353 Josh Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:45:05 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-45353 Matt, You're right. I shut it down before I was able to make the move to running my business full-time. Now, there really isn't a reason for me to not do it -- other than being a little bit lazy :) Matt, You’re right. I shut it down before I was able to make the move to running my business full-time. Now, there really isn’t a reason for me to not do it — other than being a little bit lazy :)

]]> By: Matt McGee http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-45351 Matt McGee Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:38:06 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-45351 Josh, opening up comments is one of the best things I've ever done on this blog. But I only did it because I'm in a position where I'm around more and able to monitor the junk more closely than I could before. Lord knows there's plenty of junk coming through with the comment door wide open, but there's also a lot more valuable conversations. I'll take that trade any day.... Josh, opening up comments is one of the best things I’ve ever done on this blog. But I only did it because I’m in a position where I’m around more and able to monitor the junk more closely than I could before. Lord knows there’s plenty of junk coming through with the comment door wide open, but there’s also a lot more valuable conversations. I’ll take that trade any day….

]]> By: Josh http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-45349 Josh Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:25:40 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-45349 I am still making people register to comment on my blog but am considering changing that policy. The amount of dribble comments that were being submitted made that a good policy....however, I don't get nearly the number of comments that I used to. Maybe I should re-think my policy and follow your lead. It makes a good deal of sense. I am still making people register to comment on my blog but am considering changing that policy. The amount of dribble comments that were being submitted made that a good policy….however, I don’t get nearly the number of comments that I used to. Maybe I should re-think my policy and follow your lead. It makes a good deal of sense.

]]> By: richard baxter http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-41385 richard baxter Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:52:36 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-41385 Sphunn. Using Dofollow is an excellent way of attracting traffic, but largely the wrong kind! As soon as your blog propogates around the dofollow community you will see the quality of the traffic on your site decrease. I think someone should create a guide on how to manage the degradation of your traffic when changing to a dofollow policy. Great site!! Sphunn.

Using Dofollow is an excellent way of attracting traffic, but largely the wrong kind! As soon as your blog propogates around the dofollow community you will see the quality of the traffic on your site decrease.

I think someone should create a guide on how to manage the degradation of your traffic when changing to a dofollow policy.

Great site!!

]]> By: Yossarian http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rethinking-my-comment-policy/1199/#comment-41274 Yossarian Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:05:23 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1199#comment-41274 Yeah I personally don't mind the name+keyword approach as long as it is short. I agree with the likes of Utah in the sense that as long as their is a discussion going on then it is good, but I just think it looks spammy when you only have keywords, and it makes replying to the person feel weird. I want to call someone by their name not their keyword! Mmm thinking about that I might change my name to Search Engine Optimisation. Yeah I personally don’t mind the name+keyword approach as long as it is short.

I agree with the likes of Utah in the sense that as long as their is a discussion going on then it is good, but I just think it looks spammy when you only have keywords, and it makes replying to the person feel weird. I want to call someone by their name not their keyword!

Mmm thinking about that I might change my name to Search Engine Optimisation.

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