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February 20th, 2008 by AMBO | Filed under Blogging tips.There are many ways to attract comments on your blog, but One thing i’ve noticed, when you talk about sex and money, for sure your post is a hit! But it’s not all about.
What’s important in getting more comments on your blog is to make your post interesting. Interesting in the sense that it connects “Me and You, You and Me”. In other words, do not write post that looks like talking to yourself. Hey, how about the readers?
Some bloggers have a wide audience, but comments are very rare. Remember, having lots of comments on your post is a sure sign of growth. Yes, it’s a good sign of blog’s growth. That means your blog is healthy.
Your post is too dry. Sometimes people do not leave comments because they have nothing to answer. After reading your post, they usually just nod as a sign of agreement on your post. Why don’t you leave questions that you think would encourage a response. In that way, we are attracting comments to start a good conversation.
Do not write a very long post. Few people are lazy sometimes, especially when at first glance they see a very long post. In my experience, i’ve already caught some people who just dropped their comments without reading the whole post. They ask few questions where in fact the answers are already in the content of the entry. Sometimes other write a very long post where they use flowery words. The idea is sometimes redundant and the bottom line is still the same. If you can write the subject briefly much better.
Try to reply on each every comment. You interaction with the readers reflects on your personality. If you just leave their questions hanging, expect that they won’t come back anymore. Make them feel that their comments are valuable. Try to appreciate with a simple notes like - I agree and Thank you. Such way they feel they are important to you.
Lastly, use plugins like Lucias Link Love, Commentluv, Mybloglog Avatar and Threaded Comments. You will notice i am using all these plugins i’ve mentioned to you. If you have time, visit all the links i’ve provided to you and carefully review their functions.
Hope you find this post valuable to you. Happy Blogging!
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spam na naman ata to.. pag sex talaga pina usapan siguradong patok..
pag mahaba ang entry di rin ako masyadong naeenganyong magbasa.. tamad ako.. lol.. pero depende pa rin..
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Ferbert well iba-iba ang readers natin. Pero kasi may mga post na paulit-ulit na lang sinasabi. Tama ka, it all really depends sa topic or you can write post briefly.
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hehehe ako nga tamad magbasa ng mahaba lalo na kapag ingles parang inaantok ako..parang gusto ko ng matulog lol…teka tulog na ko wahehehehe!
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Mommylenya, mahirap talagang magbasa pag inaantok, di pumapasok sa utak haha.
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Eto, trulala story.
I stumbled upon a blog many years back that I really like. I liked what he wrote and so I wrote my comment on word processing, making sure all the commas and hypens are correct and so are the spelling as well. This blog has a wide readership. Whereas most of the commenters were answered by this person, mine was left alone. AMMMFFFTTT! Comment ko nag-iisa. Inaraw araw kung bisitahin kung pinansin ako. Wala and to think that I spent some bloody effort to leave a really nice comment. Ang hayup at isnabero! Later, dahil nga matagal na me here in the US, I would found out na big blogger daw to sa Pinas. Eh uud pa lang ako sa blogging noh?
Soon, my readership increased. Guess who made pansin to me this time? Hehehe! But I responded to his comments nicely. STOP NA DITO STORY BAKA MAKILALA NYO. hehehehe! To cut the story short, I don’t visit his site anymore.
He taught me a very good lesson actually kahit feeling nya eh nasa whatever cloud level ever ever sya. A lesson that I would take seriously. So, if you notice, I am uber responsive to all commenters kahit na inaaway pa ako. Kahit dun sa Cbox, sinasagot ko ang mga yan. Even on the emails, everthing is answered. Even if they tell me to go and vote on top of Mt. Mayon, visit ko naman at vote. Kahit anong pagawa saken. Pwera lang yung *I link you - please link me! (tangna nya!)* Kaya lang minsan nalulukring na ako sa haba nang messages! hahahaha!! Di ko na masundan ever!!!
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iris reply on February 20th, 2008:
korek. i cannot agree more. kainis pag di ka pinansin pag nag-comment ka. kaya ka nga nagb-blog diba, para makipag-interact sa mga tao.
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joanjoyce reply on February 20th, 2008:
na-experience ko din yan, as in lahat sinasagot nya tapos ung koment ko wala siyang paki, heniways naka move on nako jan LOL! pati don sa ni-blog ko noon na di inapruv ang koment ko, again naka move on na din ako don hehehe
ayan pala mga plugin mo ha, anu pala tawag dito sa pwede ka mag reply sa mga nag comment sayo?
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
I’ve experienced that before when i tried joining a contest. I noticed my comment was the only one that he didn’t reply. Di na ako bumalik nakakapikon haha. Joyce, yan yung threaded comments. Click mo lang sa taas yung link.
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joanjoyce reply on February 20th, 2008:
salamat hehe para di na ko mag @ @ don sa bahay ko
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monaco reply on February 21st, 2008:
meron pa ring mga ganyan hanggang ngayon. nung first month ko sa blogging, meron akong blog na laging binbasa because I admired her writing. nahiya pa nga akong mag-comment eh. tapos, nung nagka-lakas loob na ko, di naman pinansin. three times nangyari yun tapos di na ko bumalik. bahala siya sa buhay niya!
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toni/nonblogger reply on February 21st, 2008:
jan ako bumilib sau inang na binibigyan mo ng pansin ultimo mga baguhang reader mo at isa ako sa mga natuwang un na sinagot mula email, ym msgs, cbox msgs hanggang comment response.
oh nde plugging to ha, at lalong nde ako spam.
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reyna elena reply on February 21st, 2008:
everyone is important saken dun hehehe! kita mo naman, kahit behind ko pinakita ko na’t lahat lahat na hehehe
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Sorry mahal, aangkinin ko na tong blog mo:
It’s not just a matter of asking or engaging your readers through your post. It’s really a whole combination of what ticks to your readers. You have to carefully thread between quality entries and connecting to your readers. Kahit na quality entry ka, kung di ka magetz nang readers mo, zero ang comment mo.
Bottom line is this: there are two very important salient points in making entries that will draw your readers and start making comments and for the most part, they might even come back. You actually have these. They are:
1.) They could get value from your entry
2.) It’s free
Yong value na nakukuha nila sa entry mo does not necessarily mean pera. It could be laughter to make their day, it could be tips to make money or it could be ways to make friends and network and if they could get it from your blog for free, they will come back and will surely leave a message.
Babalik ako mamaya, marami pa akong ida-dakdak! Nag-eemail kasi tong botante he! Heheheeh
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iris reply on February 20th, 2008:
so mahal na reyna, pwede na ba magpa-review ng blog ko kung karapat-dapat akong basahin? hehehe.
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reyna elena reply on February 20th, 2008:
iris,
naku ha? hehehe! it’s your visitors and readers who will judge you but this i can tell you. based on experience - if you are still new into blogging, bombard your blog with a slew of different articles that touches on anything and see what clicks to your readers. but make sure those that clicks are the ones that you are good at writing. it takes a bit of studying at analyzing kung ano ang gusto nila. yaan mo, tulog muna na lola dahil me meeting pa bukas, kairita, eyeswear mememoryahin ko lahat nang entrie mo! hehehe!!
sandali - BLOG KO NA BA TO? hahaha!!
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
That’s why the connection between you and the readers is important. Like i’ve said, the post should connect between “Me and You, You and Me”.
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tamad din ako magbasa ng mahabang post at english.. aminado ako.. wahahhaha
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Mia, it’s ok. But you have to practice, sometimes.
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Dakilang Tambay reply on February 21st, 2008:
ahaha.. eto na nga.. magpapractice na.. hehe
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Depende rin siguro sa content mo kung kailangang mahaba o maikli. Kunwari balita ang ilalagay na post, mas magandang may commentary ng blogger kaysa sobrang ikling excerpt lang sabay link sa news source. Just a thought.
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Jamie i agree with you. It depends actually sa issue or sa subject ng post mo, but if you can write it briefly it’s better.
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jamie reply on February 21st, 2008:
exactly. brevity is wit.
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you can also start a contest and give away money for your top commentators like someone i know (sino kaya yun?) hehehe.
anyway, i would have to disagree with the long posts, i have read a lot of very interesting articles that took me quite some time to finish reading through and still i had the time to leave a comment (i.e. Maki’s DoshDosh)
i guess with long posts, you have to:
1. use visual breaks like putting photographs in between paragraphs so that the post won’t look “monotonous” (read: boring)
2. properly organize your thoughts and write in a sequence of paragraphs that will be easy to follow and understand. if your article is long, then don’t beat around the bush or give circular and redundant points.
i’ll stop at two, baka may mag-nosebleed… haha. senha na, madaldal talaga ako minsan
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Fitz ako un! Hahaha. I removed the Top Commentator for the meantime para suspense kung sino ang winner sa March 1 haha.
With long post, inserting photographs is very effective tool actually. You’re right pag redundant and sinusulat it’s something i have to stop from reading.
With long post, sometimes the blogger tends to discuss all that he knows. But remember, we have to give break for our readers. If we can discuss some points in the comment section instead of writing it, that’s better. Anyway, that’s what good in a short post naman. Dumadami ang comments kasi napag-uusapan ang ibang points sa comment section. Yung iba kasi, ang haba.
Naku ok lang yan Fitz, you are free to write anything you want here! Look at Mahal na Reyna, akala ko nga nagpalit na kami ng blog haha.
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reyna elena reply on February 20th, 2008:
fitz, hehehe agree akun sa visual breaks, epektiv yun, else siguro di sumikat yong scandal naten sa baguio hehehe
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
ahahahaha mahal na reyna part ako ng scandal na yan ha. lols
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oo nga. andami dami ng comments mo kuya. sa akin, malakas ang trapik pero konti ang comments. tsk tsk tsk
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AMBO reply on February 20th, 2008:
Winston dami naman din sayo ah.
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di ako ngcocoment lagi dine dahil sa may premyo.interesting nmn din ang entries nito.napakabait kasi ng may ari kaya i come back for more(uy,#2 ako kpg binoto mo sarili mo ky reynz!ahehehe)!tsaka dine ay may comment love.konteng kunswelo s ngcoment yun mailagy yun latest post niya.hindi nga ako mahilig mgreply s coment s site ko e.bsta aprov ko laang.mgreturn mn ako e dun n s site nila ako ngcocoment.mganda din kung bitin minsan ang entry pra mpakinabangan yun google serch s blog.
long live spammers!ahehehe
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ayan nakay akisness n nmn ang comment ko!
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itot54joni reply on February 20th, 2008:
salamat fafa at narevie pa are!ahehehe
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Eto pa ang isa. Commenter get frustrated kapag hindi napa-publish ang comments mo. Kaya check mo lagi ang spam area mo. in-update mo na ba si akismet?
meron din naman comment sa akin every now and again. Pero minsan OT
and lots of spam - bayagra anyone?
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AMBO reply on February 21st, 2008:
Blogoloco, hahaha hayan dadami na sayo. Inivite mo si bayagra haha. Naku i think i need to research on this. Kung bakit nasa spam ang mga comments lagi. E mga suki na nga na spam pa. Hays. kapatid ang boto ko wag kalimutan nyahahahaha
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ayos talaga! may natutunan na naman ako kapatid! tsk… mahaba akong magsulat… hehehe…
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AMBO reply on February 21st, 2008:
Mhel, di ka naman mahaba magsulat. Ok lang sia at ang saya basahin! depende din kasi sa topic yan di ba? I love the way you write ang sarap basahin. Tututs yun ha walang halong biro. O boto mo ko ha? hahaha sabay ganun…
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ay nakow ako walang paki dyan sa comments as long nadalaw sa blog ko. kasi ang iba naman hindi magcocoment sayo kung hindi karin magcocoment sa kanila
uy goodluck sa social climbing mo ha naayos ko na ang entry ko
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AMBO reply on February 21st, 2008:
Scart maraming maraming salamat muli!
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salamat scart!
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hoy! mahilig ka ba sa libro? sali ka dito kay melo villareal: http://www.kotsengkuba.com/2008/02/21/i-want-that-autographed-twisted-8-copy/
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AMBO reply on February 21st, 2008:
Hindi masyado hahaha. Teka mapuntahan yan. Sa contest ako mahilig hahahaha.
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tnx for the tips bro, much appreciated
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Wow naman - blogging expert na si Ambo
Next time ikaw naman isasalang ko sa Usapang Pinoy. 
joy
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Bakit ganyan? Ayaw mag display ng avatar ko?
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welcome back Ambolicious! Kumpleto pa naman at parang di na hi-jack ito
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reyna elena reply on February 22nd, 2008:
baka naman hinak nya mismo? HAHAHAHA CHARING MY LABBBB!!! HAHAHAHA
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ayos, buhay na ulit. di kinaya ng hacking powers ko. hahaha
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reyna elena reply on February 22nd, 2008:
hehehe! PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP! hahahaha!
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bago theme ha
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oh the theme is new and new is the theme…
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buti nmn at ok n areng site ko este mo.ahehehe!namiss ko tuloy mgcoment dine.type ko ang theme mo ah,kikay.ikaw ambo ha!ahehehehe
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ambo were glad narecover mo na tong bahay mo.
ayan, ngaun kelangan mo na talaga mgback up.
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new look! uso ata ngayon ang pagpapalit balat ah!
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ambo missing in action ka ah.malamng bumalik ito ng pagudpod nangangampanya.paramdam k nmn.awoooo
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ang galing ng bagong theme mo pink. daig pa si reyn. Girl na girl
Pink is the new Black.
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Ay Reynz, same experience hehehe.. Daming ganyan. Tapos kapag nakita nilang marami na rin nagko-comment sa blog mo, bigla kang chichikahin! Hmp!
Ayos ‘to, Ambo ah! Happy weekend!
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di mapakali sa theme ha.
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Kotsengkuba reply on February 24th, 2008:
nasa parlor ang pinoyambisyoso, nagpapaganda. hahaha.. sana madamay narin sa pagaayus ang feeds dahil puro digg parin ang lumalabas sa live feeds hahaha
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contest ga? are pa ambo http://chrissaad.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/dataportability-logo-competition/
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hanef sa ad mo sa sidebar tol… pampa dagdag din ng comments…. kase naman mga ads ng babydolls at teddies. nyeheheehhe.. seksi!
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uy salamat, kaya pala loser site ko
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Thank you for the visit guys! I really appreciate it. Sorry at ilang araw sumakit ulo ko sa kakaback up ng files ng blog ko. I almost lost it. I’ll give you an update when i come back. Soon.
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