Why Leave Comments?
Written by Jai on May 13, 2008 – 1:23 pm - 3,487 views
I know that many of you readers come here, read what you want to, take what you want to, do what you want to without me knowing that you ever came here! So, if you have been a silent reader of my blog and want to know the benefits of leaving comments on a blog’s posts, let me give you some tips on why you should be doing it.
1. Do you know me?
If you regularly leave comments on a particular blog, it will make the blog owner recognize you and also your website. When you do this on multiple blogs, you will be socially recognized in the blogging community. Also, most of the blogs nowadays use Gravatars which can help in branding and getting some popularity for your own blog. I think that leaving comments on popular blogs is the best way to be known around the Internet.
2. Building Community
A community is built around people and their views. Leaving comments is a way of showing that you care and want to share your opinion with others including the owner of the blog. The comments can be a suggestion, feedback, appreciation or even criticism. They are good as long as they are not spammy or abusive. So, even if you are just stopping by, try to make that little effort of writing a comment, even if its just a line.
3. Getting What you Want
You should leave a comment because that’s the only way the blog owner can judge what the reader/customers want without getting a written e-mail or any other form of communication.
4. Link Building & Traffic
Most of the blogs allow you to leave your website link/s when writing comments (Dofollow or Nofollow) for the blog. This can help you in getting good inbound links and also some additional traffic to your site.
5. Selling yourself
If you are a service provider or have something to sell, comments can be an unobtrusive way to do this. I am not asking you to write your sales pitch in the comments but when you build a relationship with the people through commenting on their blogs, it gets easy to sell your wares to them. Cheap advertising for you 
6. Go down in the Blogging history
This is for the people who do not run websites or blogs but just like to surf the Internet. Someday, when someone tries to search for your name on Google, believe me or not, if you mentioned your name in the comment author, the search results will pop out the comments that you wrote. For some people, the results can be very fascinating
7. Show off your writing style
Finally, if you have good written English skills, comments can be the platform where you can flaunt them. A lot of people will read them.
And last but not the least, when you leave a comment on a post, it is sort of a reward or a small prize for the blog owner. So, you know now what makes leaving comments so special! Go on, leave a comment and show me that you learned something
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on May 13, 2008
Good points Jai. I think we should put a little effort into our comments too—instead of simply stating, “good post”, or “thanks for that”. Those types of comments seem like they’re there for one reason only.
And of course, when the blogger puts a great deal of effort into their posts, one of the greatest rewards one can give in appreciation, is their comments.
Many times I’ve learned more from browsing through the comments of a good post, than I have from the article itself.
on May 13, 2008
Aye to that. Very nice points and you’ve made me realize a few things that I’ve missed.
So bloggers out there, leave your comments and be known to the world!
on May 14, 2008
Nice wordpress theme..
I heard that you’re Malaysian..
I just borrowed your bald head..
Hope you don’t mind… I’m a poor blogger
http://ligakampung.com/blog/20.....lisan-blog
on May 14, 2008
I’ am following u since feb 2008. and honestly i used till now 2 themes (tutorial and statement) for testing with out leaving and comment. (sorry…
) anyway from now on i will comment (becuz this what should be)
on May 14, 2008
As a long-time lurker, I find that I don’t have much to directly contribute to the conversation. And I’m hesitant to add comments simply for the sake of adding them.
Having my own web page, I find SEO and web design to be an interesting topics. Which makes Blog Oh Blog a must read for me every day.
on May 14, 2008
Hey Jai, cheap way to get comments.
Seriously, great points. I usually lurk, but now I’m going to try to be more faithful to comment.
on May 14, 2008
Well you have made some excellent points with this article. I am one of those who don’t tend to comment just for the sake of leaving something unless I have something meaningful to say. That’s why I post on my blog
But I agree with you and I will make an effort to add more comments to any article I find interesting.
on May 14, 2008
You make very valid points. We should comment more, even if just to let you know that we were here, and why…
1. Thanks for your posts. I am subscribed to your RSS feed.
2. I liked the “Velocity” theme you featured some time ago, and I have installed it on my website(ScarletMambo.com). I have made some mods, and it’s a work in progress… take a look.
3. Right now I am working on adding media functionality to my blog. Podcasts and Videocasts. Perhaps you can dedicate further posts in this topic.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
on May 15, 2008
Been following and using the BOB theme since day 1. So now with new owner, I have no regret following BOB again. Jai, thanks for many2 tips and cool free themes.
All the best.. ‘hanging’ on there
Proud Papa here
on May 15, 2008
Good post, thanks for that
on May 15, 2008
Nice post. I love getting comments. Any tips for encouraging people to leave them?
Lisa
on May 15, 2008
Ha ha. True!
And I Loved that cartoon!
on May 15, 2008
nice post..
1…..funny.
2…. having lesson
Regards
Hank Freid
on May 16, 2008
Good points..
heres my comment
on May 16, 2008
I visit this site regularly but never commented, just left a few things in the forum.
You’re doing a great job with BOB and I am really glad I was referred to this site by two other very happy bloggers.
Keep up the good work.
on May 17, 2008
Hai Jai,
Very good points. Just a question though, can we leave comments requesting some more tutorials for tweaking our wordpress blogs? I’m sure you are the best man for the job.
Andy.
on May 17, 2008
oh yes, oh yes yes yes
if something we have still to develop it is the open attitude to communicate happy
on May 18, 2008
that was a nice point. I reached your site from google to find out how to add a new sidebar. That post was nice, hoping to be a regular visitor
on May 18, 2008
Thanks for the article. I think i’m gonna republish it in spanish on my blog, linking to your article permalink, of course. Thanks a lot again my friend.
on May 19, 2008
Hey Jai, when are you going to start PHP lessons?
Also, a startup kit-ebook or basic lessons in customizing wordpress blogs will be helpful for newbies like me.
Cheers!
on May 19, 2008
@Ashwin : Soon, my friend. Soon.
on May 20, 2008
I like that idea. I wish more people would leave comments because I know they are reading, but I don’t see the feedback.
on May 20, 2008
Good post, thanks for that
on May 21, 2008
Good points jai
from now i will not be a silent reader
on May 22, 2008
I spoke with a friend on the phone who had been reading my new blog, and she said she loved it. I asked her why she didn’t comment on any of the threads, and she replied, “I was intimidated by your writing.” She said my writing was so good that she felt inadequate. Well, that’s no good! But what’sa gal to do?
It is very difficult for me writing when I don’t know if people are reading it or even appreciate the effort. I would certainly welcome more comments on my baby blog.
Thanks for the reminder and encouragement. Consider yourself commented on.
on May 23, 2008
You have a point there, which is i also mentioned in my blog about “i do, do you comment?”.
Good post about it.
on May 25, 2008
i like this post.. i often read your post but not leaving any comment, may start from today i will leave a comment on every blog i read
on May 26, 2008
Well, quite interesting article. And ofcourse I would like the fellow readers to include me in the pal’s list and give a visit to my site. Thanks
on May 26, 2008
I cannot agree more. It’s really one of the best ways to make your site known to other people. Please take a visit at my site.
on May 27, 2008
i like this post.. i often read your post but not leaving any comment, may start from today i will leave a comment on every blog i read
on May 29, 2008
thats what i always did. But i only will comment at some blog which i interested to stay. If that blog cannot make me feel something like want to comment, i will never did that.
on Jun 4, 2008
thats way I will leave a comment here, thank you for this article once more
on Jun 14, 2008
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on Jun 17, 2008
i agree with u.. it’s necessary to know the benefits of leaving comments on a blog’s posts..good post….and good advantages explain by u.. it’s very useful to increase traffic….x-(
on Jun 19, 2008
Yes, thanks for the great tips. I’m still trying to figure out how much weight #4 carries because I saw a site with less than 10 backlinks and a good deal of traffic.
Many say you MUST have many backlinks but this site didn’t. I’ll figure it out sooner or later. Thanks once again. http://www.babyboomerqueen.com .
on Jul 4, 2008
I love cartoons.
on Jul 7, 2008
Very great post. Really pushed me to write my first comment on a blog
on Jul 8, 2008
Really Great Post? Can you give me help for my blog posting.