I’ve been thinking to make it even more simple by putting the comment box right under my blog posts, because now, a visitor must click a link to open the comment box and leave a feedback.

Anyway, I know how annoying all those captchas and registration processes can be, so I let anyone comment, and of course, I manually approve the comments, because it’s the best way to ensure publishing non-spam comments.

Hey Davor, That’s an interesting idea by putting the comment box right after the post then the reader doesn’t have to click to open the comment box! You are right the registration processes are annoying and I think some blog owners also get annoyed with the spam that they get without these processes but like you mentioned most can just manually approve comments. I want to thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I just went to your blog and enjoyed your latest post. Have a great day!

Hi,

I guess commenting is something a lot of people do not mentally prepare to do after a working day’s stress.

See commenting as a form of investment you have to make for your blog’s sake. Maybe tat would help.

And then how about selecting a handful of blogs to comment on during the week and many more on weekends?

BTW, thanks for your comment to my post on MyBlog2day.

I only make a blog comment for a blog requiring registration if the topic is ready that interests me like a well researched study or some good tutorials. It is really a hassle in the reader’s part to register before you can post your opinion. Captcha is good, as long as it is easily decipherable, unlike Myspace’s, lol!

Keep it up, Moms Cash Blog!

Hey Olusegun,Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks for your comment. I must agree that commenting is like a form of investment (never thought of it that way,but like the idea) it does take time to stop and put some effort into writing a comment, but as a blog owner we do depend on our comments. Knowing that someone out there is hearing what we have to say, and care enough to make a comment. BTW I think your idea about picking so many blogs for the wk and then more for the wk.end sounds like a good idea. Thanks again for stopping by!! jj

Thanks Stephen I realize it does take time to leave a comment and that some people only leave a comment if it’s like you said something that interest them. I find that just about every post has some bit of new info or something new that contributes to the blogging world or the make money online segment. thanks so much for visiting my blog.

Comment is one of the most important elements of any blog post.
After reading this post, I straight go back to my blog to make sure my comment area is easy for my readers to leave their comments.

Hi jj,

No problem leaving a comment here:-) Great post and I wholeheartedly agree with all you said. I used to have a captcha form in the comment area but I eliminated it because I felt it was an inconvenience to my readers. Akismet does a fine job of picking out the spammers and that’s all I need.

There are a few great blogs that I visit where I’d love to leave a comment but I refuse to jump through hoops to do it. Comments are an integral part of blogging and I don’t understand why any blogger feels they need to complicate the process.

@Alvin I agree comments are important to our blogs btw I’ve been to your blog (great blog w/great posts) and your comment area is A ok, No worries there!! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and thank you for your comment it is greatly appreciated.

Hi Robert, No you’re right,no problem leaving a comment here with all the other problems I’ve been having with tech stuff at least that does work.lol I’ve found that some captcha’s don’t bother me, unless it takes me more than 3 times then I’m out of there. Akismet certainly does a great job getting the spammers and it’s not like I have a bunch of people spamming me that I can’t take care of them. All one has to do is hit the d-e-l-e-t-e button & it’s over. Thanks Robert for stopping by my blog greatly appreciated and always delighted to read your educated and well informed comments.

great posting about comment. I think comment is important to measure any interaction or not with readers.

My biggest problem are the blogs with the 10 digit Captcha forms with images so skewed that you can barely read them. I understand the need to filter out the spammers, but it doesn’t need to be that involved to post valid comments…

I couldn’t agree with you more on that one Rob, if I can’t figure it out in the first or may second try then I’m out of there and onto another blog. Thanks so much for coming to my blog and leaving a comment it is greatly appreciated, and I will return the favor by visiting your blog. Thanks again,

No, you are no alone are facing this problem. I have also faced it many times. Sometimes the site structure is very complicated and it is hard to find comment area.

@flexibletileadhesive, I’ve found just from this post that I’m not the only one that has encountered this problem and maybe more bloggers will take the time just to check their comment area & make sure it’s easy to comment at. Thanks so much for making a comment here and visiting my blog I will come over and check out your website.Thanks again!

The comment area has to be easily accessable so any readers can post a comment without messing about and taking that long that they have forgotten what they were going to post.

I agree, putting roadblocks into the commenting process definitely discourages many people from leaving a comment. However, I think that in some cases website owners do this on purpose in order to develop a small but close community of regular readers/participants. If you have to register to leave a comment, you probably won’t do it unless you have something meaningful to say and want to be part of the community on that website.

yeah, i already make my website easy to navigate. but still many comments come to my website is just a SPAM. still wonder how to control them.

Great Point I need to do some re-evaluations on my sites as well when it comes to “making easy to leave comments.” I also need to rededicate myself to the blogging community. I’ve kinda lost the flare of doing a post a day and meeting/commenting on other bloggers blog post.

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Hi Mom! Taking a trip here from BC (thanks for returning my shout) only to find you discussing one of my favorite subjects… commenting!

While I do not comment on every single blog I land on, I do make it a point to put my two cents in on things that really strike/peak my interest (as you can see).

I think part of the “problem” is that the average website (not blogger) owner isn’t aware of how powerful commenting can be for him or her.

The other reason is that with all sorts of different styles of themes, some Comment links are really hard to locate.

I do know of some, though they don’t come readily to mine, (oh wait, there is one in the CommentExchange) that for the life of me I see absolutely no place TO comment.

Ah well… you give it a go and hope for the best

Hope to “see” you soon!

Lucy, thanks so much for stopping by MomsCashBlog and I’m glad that you decided to leave your first comment here! I’m hoping that I will see more of you here and that you will get involved with the MomsCashBlog’s comment area. BTW I will check out your website tonight. Thanks again.

to makemoneyonline, That’s it in two words “easily accessable” to readers. I’m with you on if I can’t find the comment area then I’ve got to move on. Thanks for leaving a comment and stopping by, greatly appreciated.

@ moving companies detroit; thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment & especially for your input of the comment area. You give a whole different perspective on the subject that I really never considered i.e., maybe some website owners do this on purpose in order to keep a small close readership. I do agree that one probably wouldn’t register if required unless they have something meaningful to say. Thanks again for your comment and your perspective.

Hi Diane, Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your oh so “right on” comment. I must agree with you that commenting is one of my favorite subjects also. I love reading posts and leaving comments and I usually do leave one on just about every blog that I visit… there might be a few that I have passed by for whatever reason.

I also agree that a comment can be a very powerful tool and useful to the owner of the website, it gives feedback & let’s us know that what we are writing is being read whether one agrees or disagrees with the post. There is ONE blog a well read and “very well rated blog” that has so many ads (that does not bother me) that are blinking around the area where you think the comment should go but there is no place where your cursor will activate & no matter how hard I’ve tried it is impossible to find a place to leave a comment.

Thanks again for stopping by & leaving a comment, hope to see you here again.

Hi Ezekiel, I’ve missed you around the blogging community, but I know you have other great things going on in your life. Like a jazz cd that is out on the market one that you have written &, played and I’m assuming produced. I’ve heard one cut off of the cd and hearing that ‘ONE’ (with piano) I can imagine that the rest of the cd is excellent! I’ve got to get all info. together so that I can purchase the whole cd and would love to do a review on my blog for you, I want others to hear & feel the music that you have produced so that they will know what you are made of … soul!

You mentioned that you’ve kinda lost your flare for daily posting & to that I will tell you that I myself do not post daily it is just too much work to commit to something like that. Thanks for taking the time to stop by the blog and will stop by Twitter. Thanks again.

Hi JJ,

Thanks for your e-mail. I tried to reply but I’m not sure whether it got through (my mail server was being a little weird). Let me know if it went walkabout.

Good to hear from you

It can’t hurt to try new things, so many people just use standard wordpress style layouts without even thinking about usability.

Very good article.My blog is very new.Just 20 days old.Everyday I got around 30 unique visitors in my blog.But very few of them leave comment.I must do something extra to get some comments.

I think this is very important topic on which we are discussing. You said right the comment area should be at such place in the blog where it can be find easily otherwise it will effect on our traffic.

thank you skincancersurgery, glad to see you at the blog thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. You are so right the comment area should be easy to find and easy to USE. thanks again,jj

Hey Mark, Received your email we’re all good, and it’s been great talking to you! Talk to you soon. jj

@Earningdiary.com I’m so glad that you stopped by and thanks for leaving a comment. I know what you mean about looking at your stats and seeing how many people have stopped at your blog but have not been able to take the time to leave a comment at ones blog. I think everyone has it in them to at least leave a comment and let the owner know that they appreciated what they wrote. I’ve never figured out why some people won’t leave a comment, you must make sure that whatever blog you visit… to leave a comment and I believe they will in return come to your blog and leave one at yours. In fact I will make sure to visit your blog right away and check out your blog. thanks again, JJ

Costa bingo, thanks so much for stopping at my blog and leaving a comment. Really appreciate it!! jj

@momscashblog,What you have said is very true.

Perfect timing on my reading this post. I’m new to blogging, in fact I use Blogger and I’m still trying to figure out some of its little tidbits. The comments section I have on my blog is, I think, a bit difficult to get to. This post just confirmed my suspicion as to why I’m not getting many comments. Thanks!

Hi Kathleen, I went over to your site btw have been there before because I love animal print anything. I just went over right now and your website isn’t by BLogger from what I can tell, and I don’t see any place to even leave a comment. Do you have a blog beside your website for the selling of your gorgeous animal print handbags? From what I’m seeing is only your website for selling, and not a blog where a comment would be applied. Let me know what I’m doing wrong or if maybe you have something mixed up. And thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment Kathleen always good to see you here…people check out this gal’s store of handbags wow!! jj

There is no doubt the quality of comment area’s performance and ease leaves a sharp imprint on mind of the commentator. Further, comments are the tool to increase the popularity and quality of site. So, it must be as much as user friendly.

I use a third party comment system on my blog. It’s stylish, user-friendly, and has a lot of commenting features. You should try it too.

Hi JJ,

Thanks for visiting my animal print site, and for the positive remarks. My blog is not related to my purse site – it is in the online jobs niche. Not sure if I can put the link in here, so I won’t.

BTW, I love this blog. Keep up the great writing!

@Bogcess, I haven’t heard of this third party comment system,but I’m going to go over to your site and check it out. I’m interested to see what you are talking about and see how user friendly it is. Thanks so much for telling all of us about this system, you never know how many people might like a new comment tool. I also want to thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment I really appreciate it and will return the favor.

I think that on all Blog there should be a standard symbol so that blogger can easily find out tht link to leave a comment bcz most of time after long reading he have no patience to waste much time to search it out .So he can put more emphasis to put her views .

Hmm Well I was just searching on Google for some psychic readings and psychic articles and just came across your blog, generally I just only visit blogs and retrieve my required information but this time the useful information that you posted in this post compelled me to reply here and appreciate your good work. I just bookmarked your blog.

@Psychic, thanks so much for visiting and staying long enough on my blog to appreciate it. Also wanted to thank you for bookmarking my blog, as I don’t post as much as I should be maybe you should sign up with my RSS so when I put up my next post you’ll know that I have written something. Just lately I’ve been suffering with carpal tunnel and neck pain that I think or I should say I know is from the time on the computer. However I do have a post in the works and have to get it finished up then I’ll be posting. Thanks again for stopping by, and I’ll be over to check out your website. jj

Thanks for your comment on my blog. I am aware that my comment link may be hard to find. It came that way with the blog template, so I guess it will stay until I change the template or figure out how to put it under my posts. It’s good to get constructive criticism from other bloggers.

I appreciate this article.

I have tried both ways and the captcha codes with at least a Google registration required are small points to overcome to get some link juice back on a dofollow blog.

People Mainly come blogs to leave comments. So comment area must be good. You made a good article about this.

@ Kennedy, thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment I appreciate your comment. I will agree that people come to blogs to leave a comment but also to get or read a good post and learn something new, then being able to leave a comment with ease is just the topping on the whole blog scene. Thanks again, and come by again. jj

Hi Kennedy, I’m not sure if I agree with you on this one. I think people mainly come to our blogs to read our comments, but I don’t think that mainly people come to leave a comment. I’m afraid that there are too many people out there who just read our post and don’t bother to leave a comment. I know I leave a comment every time I read someone’s post, the only time I don’t leave one is if their comment area is too hard to find, or if they make you sign in with passwords and all of that. That takes too much of my precious time to find my book of passwords and then go back and leave a comment. You are right the comment area, must be good and easy to navigate & most important easy to find. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend. jj

Yeah I make My Comments area more attractive and easily downland

To TehKohli, thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I think you are on the right track, we have to make our “comment area” easy to find and not hide it in with a bunch of blinking ads or widgets all around it. Easy download is also important too. Stop by again, and I’m coming over to check out your blog thanks again. jj

This is often a pretty decent blog. I’ve been back a couple of times over the past 7 days and want to join your feed by using Google but cannot figure out how to do it accurately. Do you know of any instructions?

Hi LadyGaGaGames, Thanks for stopping at MCB and leaving a comment, I’m glad that you enjoy the blog. You mention that you can’t figure out how to join the feed by Google, you should be clicking on the RSS and joining that feed. Please let me know if you have anymore problems and I’ll see if I can help you. It is a good thing to join the RSS then you will know when I do write a new post, as I don’t write for the sake of writing… I’ll write when I have something to say or talk about. Thanks again for leaving a comment and let me know how you make out. jj

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