Twenty and One Ways to Increase Blog Traffic

Q: Key Point 4: Though Rand says "There's something sad about a blog with...

Though Rand says "There's something sad about a blog with 0 comments on every post.

Q: Key Point 5: It feels dead, empty and unpopular.", closing the comments section...

It feels dead, empty and unpopular.", closing the comments section may even make a nasty impression that you won't want people to comment at all.

Randfish of SEOmoz wrote a rather lengthy yet concise and well written post entitled 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic.

All of them is spot on except for one (#6) which I would completely disagree: Launch Without Comments (and Add Them Later).

Closed commenting is worse than opening them and not having comments. Why? Though Rand says “There’s something sad about a blog with 0 comments on every post. It feels dead, empty and unpopular.“, closing the comments section may even make a nasty impression that you won’t want people to comment at all. How would you expect your readership to grow then?

I’ve seen blogs with a few dozen pageviews per post but have quite a number of comments. I believe that when you’re just starting, it’s good to nurture (read: interact) every single reader you have and allow them to post comments outright.

Closing comments is just not the way to do it.

Read Rand’s the full entry here.

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Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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6 Comments

Miguel says:

19 years ago

💠 Supremacy🏆1

I open Yugatech to check the comments!
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Abe Olandres says:

19 years ago

🥉 Rookie🏆3

I second the motion! hehehe
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Lynn says:

19 years ago

Har har, I rarely get comments on my personal blog, but it doesn’t matter. I’m happy enough just being able to prattle away, and I know that “0 comments” doesn’t necessarily mean no one’s reading what I write.
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