Feb 18 2009
Blog Comments: What to Kick Out
Getting dozens of comments for his blog posts is nothing new for this high-profile blogger. His posts get commented on for months , almost on a daily basis. Almost every post enjoys a high Google PageRank.
Obviously, many blogs must be linking to the posts for his blog to enjoy such a standing. I would say that the blogger deserves all those comments owing to the comprehensiveness of his posts. They are almost at par with the quality of articles in a top-notch magazine.
However, I have an issue with the way he moderates the hundreds of comments he receive.
The post I was reading had about 130 comments. What disappoints is the blogger seems to have included every other comment that has been posted. What’s the idea of doing that?
There are many one-liner comments which don’t add to the conversation, made solely for the purpose of getting backlinks from a high-traffic blog.
There was a comment which only said one word: Last. Then there was a duplicate comment. The commenter must have clicked the submit button twice. Then there are comments which are plain silly. I stopped reading the posts after the first ten.
There may be some useful ones if I scroll further down, but I’ll only get to them by wading through the `lazy’, selfish comments which are just a waste of time.
Out of the 130 comments, the blogger could have done with about 30-40 comments that contributes to the discussion. The comments will be swelling over the months and years and they will end up providing no real value to a reader.
If yours is a high-traffic blog with dozens of comments, please moderate the comments in the interest of other readers. It’s your duty to select only those which provide value.
Kick out those comments which try to advertise a product, which try to be witty without saying anything or which just say one word.
