Five great ways to increase comments
May 2, 2008 | 4 Comments
Bloggers love comments. I know I sure do. A steady stream of comments suggests that your words are being read and, more importantly, affecting your readers.
Unfortunately, not every post will generate the reaction you’d like. In fact, it has been demonstrated that 90% of people who use online communities do so without contributing, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.
That means that only 1% of your readers are consistently leaving comments. Let’s coax those lurkers out of the woodwork. Here are five simple ways you can increase the number of comments your blog receives.
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Restrict commenting in Wordpress
April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
Recently, I received a request from a reader about limiting commenting on her multi-author WordPress blog. Specifically, she wanted to enable commenting for her authors, but prevent the general public from leaving comments. Here’s how we accomplished that.
The idea is to give registered users permission to leave a comment, but limit who is able to become a registered user. The first step is to create user accounts for your authors manually.
- Login to your WordPress control panel.
- Click “Users”
- Create an account for each author
- In the drop-down menu labeled “Role”, select “Author”.
Once you’ve done this for each author, it’s time for step two.
- In your control panel, click “Settings.”
- Under “General Settings” you’ll see “Membership.” DE-select “Anyone can register” and select “Users must be registered and logged in to comment.”
Don’t forget to save your changes at the bottom of the screen! Now, the authors you created earlier can comment on any post, and everyone else can read comments only.
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