Comments on: Are You Missing the Conversations Because You Only Read Blogs in RSS Readers?

By: auto second hand

auto second hand — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:45:31 +0000

Part of the comments is the best. Then see if you like writing or not. If you do not like should not get angry but to persevere.

By: Jess from @conveyancing in

Jess from @conveyancing in — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:03:41 +0000

So, it’s all quite clear on the point of followup comments notification feature. As for RSS feed, I never came across this kind of option. But you know, i guess, I wouldn’t use it. Not because I’m not interested, just the other way round – this will bring about an enourmous information flow and I will be doomed to spend 24/7 reading posts and comments and joining conversations)))

By: InternetStrategist@GrowMap

InternetStrategist@GrowMap — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:46:45 +0000

@JP Yes, and that is why I wrote this post - to encourage readers to at least sometimes click through to the post and read and participate. I spend a large percentage of my time researching online - and that includes visiting and commenting in other blogs. InternetStrategist’s last blog post..Do YOUR Blogging Goals Include Monetization: Benefits Our Readers Receive

By: JP

JP — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:25:18 +0000

Alot of good ideas and counterpoints will be missed when you skip the comments

By: InternetStrategist@GrowMap.com

InternetStrategist@GrowMap.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:26:25 +0000

@Kai Lo I totally understand. Finding the balance between writing and driving traffic is a challenge all bloggers face. InternetStrategist’s last blog post..Blog Traffic Up 54.87% in the Last 30 Days: Our Proven Traffic Improvement Strategy

By: Kai Lo@Make Money Blogging

Kai Lo@Make Money Blogging — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:14:37 +0000

I subscribe to too many feeds so reading comments along with reading the posts would be too time consuming. As a blogger myself, I need to spend more time on my blog than reading comments of every blog I subscribe to. Sometimes I even skim through the feeds. Kai Lo’s last blog post..Google Pagerank 0

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:57:15 +0000

@Dennis: Thanks Dennis I'll have to check into FeedBlitz. Internet Strategist’s last blog post..Making Money with Your Blog - Part 2 - Evaluating Affiliate Programs

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:30:57 +0000

I finally remembered the 2nd most popular - FeedBlitz Dennis Edell’s last blog post..Do You Charge For Blog Reviews?

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:34:19 +0000

@clickdotcom So you’re subscribing to the RSS email option? You know we have one? Here’s the link: http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2367716&loc=en_US to subscribe to GrowMap by email. I’ll remember to ask Derek to add it to the right Sidebar to make it easier to locate.

@spot One of the confusing things about blogs is how flexible they are. In some you can subscribe to only the posts via RSS or email – or also subscribe to the comments via RSS.

I prefer the option we use at GrowMap to let readers subsribe to comments in specific posts. That way they only get the comments they’re most interested in.

Perhaps someone who reads blogs in an RSS all the time and subscribes to the comment feed too can explain how well that works. Do the comments get matched up to their related posts or do you see two separate feeds?

Good to hear that you visit the blog posts you’re interested in so you can join in the discussions. Thanks for visiting.

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By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:19:36 +0000

@Dennis Yes, and I’m one of those bloggers primarily because since Google acquired Feedburner I just can’t be enthusiastic about using it. I would love an independent, trustworthy alternative.

As soon as I attracted power bloggers one of them requested I switch to a full feed. He reads 500+ blogs and I wanted mine to be one of them so I changed it.

I agree that just a comment count would go a long way to getting more to check out what is happening IN the blog. I often share a post at FriendFeed and then add a few of the best comments to encourage others to go to the blog.

I also send posts to cliKball and mention if there is a good discussion going on – and add comments there and at FriendFeed when I feel discussions in blogs I’ve shared will be of more interest than usual.

All of that takes time. I could sure use a couple more PCs and I bet someone has one stuck in a closet somewhere they’d love to discard. Maybe someone will send me one – or I’ll get famous enough to get an awesome Ubuntu loaded PC from http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Main_Page

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