I am sure that every blogger loves to see comments on their blogs. I am somehow lucky to get comments in each and every one of my posts on Wayne Liew Dot Com but some bloggers is facing problems of getting their visitors to voice up about what they have written on their blogs. I have made another list, which will be on reasons why you are not getting comments on your blog.
Nothing to Say
Don’t blame them. They just have nothing to say about the topic you are blogging. This situation arises when you have brought the wrong group of visitors into your blog. For example, you are an active poster in a football forum and you have a link in your signature that leads to your blogging blog. Visitors from the football forum may not comment on your blog unless they are passionate about blogging as well.
You Have Got Too Many Comments
Some visitors wanted to comment but they have the fear that their comments will go unnoticed by you because they haven’t read my 6 Arts Of Commenting On Articles. This is why replying to contributing comments might increase the number of response. In some situations, what they wanted to say might just have been voiced out by some other people. Of course this is good in a way that you will not be getting comments like “I agree!” and “I second that.”
Lousy Contents
Tones of spelling errors, grammatical errors and bad contents just won’t get people start talking. If people are bored and don’t even finishes an article you have wrote, do you think that they will comment? This once again proves that contents are really important. Use word processing software like Microsoft Word to type your articles to evade spelling and grammatical errors. The art of writing comes from frequent writing and reading. The more you read and write, the higher the quality of your site will become. This is why I always say, the longer you blog actively, the better your blog will become.
Difficult to Comment
Sometimes I am really engrossed with an article but at the time I wanted to speak up, I was required to register myself! What I will do normally is that I will even make the blog disappear from my bookmarks. Sometimes, blogs uses interstitial ads, which are full page ads that will pop out once every few page loads. Visitors might just drop their intentions of commenting and leave your blog when they wanted to comment but being led to an ad page. Make sure commenting on your blog is just one click away!
Tricked to Subscribe Comments
I noticed many blogs are using the Subscribe to Comments plugin which allows a commentator to track the comments activity of an article. This plugin allows every commentator to subscribe to the comments by default which is set according to the webmaster’s preference. Some visitors just don’t like to subscribe to comments. I agree that making your commentators subscribing to your comments by default might make your blog sticky but sometimes this will irritates them and maybe the time they clicked to your blog from the link in their e-mail, it will be the last time they are visiting you.
You Are Not Replying
Some commentators don’t comment for the sake of commenting. They are asking questions, arguing your discussion and adding value to your article. When you don’t appreciate these comments, they might not be here again. Replying to every comment is not a must but being cool about all your comments will bring you to a comment drought.
One Way Articles
Some bloggers write their articles in a commanding approach. They want their readers to read what they are writing and not argue with them. Sometimes, we are not this kind of bloggers but we might not notice we have this kind of writing style. Try putting in questions into your article. Try to interact with your commentator through your writings by including their names in your discussion. Make your blog a two way traffic and comments should come in.
You Are Not Reciprocating
Some bloggers tend to have the “You must give back!” mindset. When you comment on their blogs, they will comment on you blog but if you don’t, they won’t even come to your blog. This is why commenting has been proved as one of the best way to get traffic to your blog. Becoming friends with other bloggers might make them comment and visiting your blog without having them asking for reciprocation.
Wrong Placement of Comment Links
This is one of the common mistakes but went unrealized for most bloggers. I do see some comment links being placed right after the title of a post. Will it be logical that someone will comment right after reading your title? You should switch it and placed it right after your article. Think about it. After reading your articles, if the visitors feel like saying something and they see the comment link, the chances are high that they will click on it and make a comment. Most of us are lazy to scroll right back to the top to comment any more.
Not Everyone Dares to Be the First
Some visitors don’t feel like being the first to comment although being the first few to comment might get attention as said in my tactics to comment. This is because they think that the questions that they might going to ask will make them look stupid or sometimes they fear that what they feel is going to be wrong and they want to look at what others are saying first. If you are always getting a comment drought, you can try seeding your comment section with comments by you but with different names. This might sounds evil but most of the forums out there get started with this technique.
Enhance Your Comment Environment
To make your visitors to comment, enhance your comments section by using the MyAvatars plugin, encourage discussions by replying to comments and reward commentators with link loves! Having a nicely designed comment section will be appealing for a commentator to leave a comment as well.
A Pledge to My Readers
What makes you not commenting in blogs? Have you realized from the reasons above why your visitors are not commenting? I would love it if you decide to comment in this article of mine.
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