By: Chris Dohman
Thanks for the heads up on this wordpress plug-in. I’ve been toying with the idea of getting rid of the no-follow on my comments but have not done that at this point. This added incentive to attract...
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I appreciate the backlink, but think it would be much better to use nofollow on comments for a number of reasons. 1. It is permanent 2. It is less of a juice leak if you structure your single pages...
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By: Dave Davis
This also gives a great incentive to comment. I post on many forums and my reward for contributing is a link in my sig. Not powerful by any means, but a link back nonetheless. I think it’s great you...
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By: Terry Ng
Wonderful idea. Another incentive would be to include the person’s avatar next to their name in the top commenters list.
View ArticleBy: kelvin newman
It will be a interesting experiment, mainly cause I’m reasonably high up the list at the moment! Mainly because there are plenty of stories worthy of comment here.
View ArticleBy: Andy Beal
Well, look for a comment policy coming today. I already have one person who commented on half a dozen posts in just 6 minutes!
View ArticleBy: kelvin newman
You’ve got to admire the effort! I imagine that’s a side effect of announcing the leader board. As it sinks in people will calm down to normal commenting levels. A bit like the the YouMoz Blog was...
View ArticleBy: Dave Davis
You should also take a look at Andy Beard’s comment policy and set it up similar to that. It insures everyone reads it and I was impressed with his creativity. You are going to have the odd one or two...
View ArticleBy: kelvin newman
I would allow people to post without urls, sometimes you might want to make an anon post or something. Plus it might discourage some of the less experienced readers from posting. I think comments...
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By: Simon Heseltine
Agreed, heck the winner of the mybloglog iPod/Zune contest doesn’t have her own blog, but she still won
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By: Maki
I’ve been getting a lot of updates since I subscribed to the comments for this post. Looks like it’s working! Anyway, I thought about it and agree with Andy Beard that NoFollow might be better instead...
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By: Andy Beal
All good feedback. I’m not going to insist on a URL for anyone commenting – Rhea is a good example of who that would penalize. While I agree that a single commentator could provide great value with...
View ArticleBy: Jason Schramm
Since I benefit from this currently I’d say it is a great idea. It does make gaming the system all the more important, because the top commentators link has a lot more juice. But it’s better than...
View ArticleBy: kelvin newman
I spose if you were against the idea that the leader board would encourage excessive posting, it might be possible to incorporate some kind of scoring system. So a few highly rated comments are more...
View ArticleBy: Jason
Wow! I can’t believe the response you’re getting. I woke up this morning and there were 10 more notifications that this thread had been responded to. I think I’m going to respond to this thread 4 times...
View ArticleBy: Drew Stauffer
Haha…that was funny about the lottery Andy. “It’s all interesting to watch. One strange thing. I’m starting to get a glimpse of what it’s like to win the lottery. All of a sudden I have all of...
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By: Andy Beal
Ok guys, I think everyone’s had their chance to get a few comments using this post. I’m going to close the comments to this post, so it doesn’t get ridiculous
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[...] So, following the Marketing Pilgrim’s lead I’m testing a new WordPress plugin (Show Top Commentators) that allows you to earn some Link Love from me. [...]
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