How to Get More Comments on Your Blog – Part 2 ?

This is the second part of the post “How to get more comments on your blog”. Getting more comments on your blog has many benefits. It contributes to the content of your blog and offers an opportunity to interact and engage with readers.

The first part discussed 6 techniques. Here are 6 more ways you can get more comments on your blog.

7. Use the Comment Luv plugin

This is related to offering incentives to readers to comment discussed in the first part of this post. “Comment Luv” is one of the many free WordPress plugins that boost reader engagement. It rewards readers who comment with increased exposure by displaying a link to their latest blog post, or to their Website or Twitter profile below their comment.

See example below where link to user’s blog is displayed below their comment.

8. Maintain Quality of Your Comments

Comment spam is very common on blogs. Never auto publish all comments on your blog without moderation as it will lead to tons of spam comments on your blog. Maintaining comment quality by moderating comments is important if you want to attract genuine valuable comments. Free plugins such as. “Akismet” that is pre-installed with WordPress (but requires activation) is a great tool to block spam and moderate comments on your blog.

9. Comment on Other Blogs

Commenting on other blog is a great way to get noticed by other bloggers. Bloggers actively keep a close watch on who participates on their blog regularly and will often return the favour by commenting on your blog.

10. Write on Popular Topics

Writing popular blog posts covering topics in demand such as about Facebook, Twitter or other hot trends tend to attract more readers and comments. There are many free tools such as Google trends that you use to find trending topics in demand.

11. Use Videos or Images

You can write an entire post around an interesting video or image. Alternatively, if a majority of your posts are text only, try to update those relevant media. Images and videos make the post more appealing and tend to attract more viewers and comments.

12. Try Reducing Your Post Frequency

This may not sound right but reducing your posting frequency can actually lead to an increase in your comment to post ratio, particularly if you publish one or more posts a day. However, if you can maintain the quality of your posts then I would advice against reducing your frequency.

What Methods Do You Use?

Comments on your blog promote reader participation and are important for the long term success of your blog. I regularly use the techniques discussed above on my blog to increase participation from readers.

What methods do you use to get more comments? Please share your ideas by leaving a comment below.