Take a look at the following comment sections of Wordpress blogs:
Do you see what’s missing?
Here are another four examples:
Do you see what these four comment sections contain that the first four lack? The answer lies in an optional check box a person writing a comment can tick to receive follow-up comments by email.
If I have a choice adding a comment on a blog with the box and a blog without it, I choose the box because I want to know if someone replies to my comment. Without the plugin installed, I may still comment but will never know if I get a response.
Think about that the next time you write a blog post.
You can download the Subscribe to Comments plugin here. I can’t think of a more essential plugin you should have.
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This sounds like a really useful plugin! Thanks for the tip.
Sooooo true. It’s amazing how many times people don’t have this installed & don’t realize what the problem is. Can’t always fault them though, sometimes they’re just starting out! (Or, really don’t understand the problem)
Time to tick the box…
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Totally agree with you there! I usually like to subscribe to the comments as well so that I can know how others are responding. There is always something you can learn or utilize from people’s response even though you might have to wade through junk sometimes!
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The last time I was here, you still don’t have Keywordluv. I wasn’t sure if I’m going to recommend it. You can check my post about it by following the link through Commentluv.
Having subscribe to comments option is a wise move. I also use this on my blog along side Comment Approved Notifier to makes sure that the commentator knows if his/her comment was approved even though he/she didn’t wish to receive subsequent comments through email. It’s also one way of giving thanks to the commentator.
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Hear, hear! Subscribe to comment is probably the most essential plugin another blogger can have installed.
But, don’t make the check box ticked by default…feels instrusive and is probably almost illegal in some jurisdictions
It’s also important to have the box above the submit button… else, what’s the point?
I use Keywordluv, Commentluv, and sport a Do-Follow plugin. I feel it’s a good trade-off for the interaction, and as I read on another blog recently, any blog that has all three is pure gold! I rarely check that box because I would spend too much time checking them out lol.
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Fair enough, Jerry. But you understand why it’s important to some, right?
I was wondering if there is a way to get this type of interactive commenting going on a blogspot blog.
I agree it’s great for wordpress, I’d love to use it on blogger too.
Jim
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I don’t understand your question. If someone leaves a comment on a blogspot blog, there is an optional checkbox (only if using a google address to leave the comment) to receive followup comments. Is that what you mean?
Sorry about the confusion there Ari.
I am speaking in general terms, the fact that there is a plethora of plugins available for wordpress makes it a much more interactive platform as compared to blogger.
Jim
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Hello Ari,
Great tip about the subscribe to comments. I have seen that on a lot of blogs but didn’t know how to do it. I am a financial consultant by trade, but a newbie blogger trying to learn as much as I can quickly. I wanted to install Commentluv on my site but it says it is only compatible with WP 8 or higher. I don’t want to upgrade my WP version at this moment. Do you know of a version of Commentluv that I could install that is compatible with WP 7? I know a lot of blogs that are not wp version 8 that do have this pluggin. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
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Great plugin to improve interaction on the website through comments
You’re right, I don’t like commenting without being able to receive responses via email either… I was able to do away with some extranious plugins by using IntenseDebate with CommentLuv though, so the “receive responses by email” box is automatically included. I recommend it! =o)
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