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Shout Out To The Top Commentators

written by John Chow on June 29, 2007

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Who are the Top Commentators and how do they find time to post over 70 comments in five days? Do they live on my blog or something? Whatever the case, I like to take this time to send them a shout out for keeping this blog a happening place.

Benefits of Being a Top Commentators

Besides bragging rights, Top Commentators are listed under the Top Commentators lists. This list is updated everyday and features the commentators with the most comments over the past five days. While many will wonder how someone can pull off 74 comments in five days, it’s really not that hard to get on the list. The 10th spot has 22 comments – that’s less than 5 comments per day.

The Top Commentators plugin is a great way to increase blog activities. Top Commentators receive traffic and SEO benefits because the links on their name are full links without a nofollow tag.

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I also find it easier with the threaded comments to respond and converse with other bloggers, it's almost like getting rewarded for chatting. Nothing else.

Too bad, this plugin or code is only for wordpress, was still discovering how we can have one for the bloggers on blogspot, it seems hard to make or find one..anyone knows where i can find this code?

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Thanks for the link John! As long as you post interesting information I'll keep up the comments.

Is JohnChow on the Top Commentators now??

I'll get there one day!

Actually, if anyone know how to edit wordpress plugins here's an idea I think would be worthwhile, particularly for a site like this one.

The Top Commentators plugin would be a lot better if it had a 'quality' reward system. At the moment it just rewards quantity. Looking through some of the comments there are not all that many that actually add any value to the post.

Why should someone that leaves a whole lot "good one" or " :D " get rewarded? The top commentators thing definitely seems to encourage a greater number of comments, but a vast majority of them could be classified as inane chatter that you'd find in a forum or chat room.

How you include 'quality' into the calculation I'm not sure. Perhaps the plugin could take into account the number of characters used? Or a rating system so other readers can rate the quality of the comment like the 'rate my post' plugin? I'm sure someone with a bit of coding know how could knock something together. Just an idea anyway.

My blog gets no where near as many comments. That's why for a limited time only, I'm offering people the opportunity to leave a comment on my blog absolutely free! That's right FREE!

:wink:

It is not hard to get there but I dont like spamming with comments so sometimes it is hard to make so many comments.

I like promoting readers with competitions like this.

Thanks John for this idea of promoting comments. I am learning a lot from you. :smile: Thanks again from Info4BeingRich - Earning Money Online Made Easy

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And I have to say I have a LOOOONNNGGG way to go before I could hold my head high enough on any of my blogs to promote Top Commentators.

.... Still I dream

LOL I have a pretty nice tan actually, but thanks for the suggestion anyway. :wink:

any detailed photo's? :wink:

Haha Not on John Chow dot com, that's for sure!

I spent three days on the list once just to test the exposure. I can say that the time you spend on commenting could be better spent working out how to make some of your own money online.

Wah,Just leave a comment and can get free traffic from JOHNCHOW.com?That is a very great....

Yes, if you make it on the Top 10 Commentators list it's even better traffic :) .

How much more traffic have you guys seen? Post your results!

i think it is not very hard to do a 100 comment in 5 days time..

it's just the matter of time..if the person really love ur blog..they will keep checking ur new post and say something about ur post..

or if nobody comments anything that means ur post must be very good john

I think I had 100+ comments on here at some point, but like I said, I was never really "aiming" for any number. I just...comment when there are things worth commenting on.

hi john, wondering if you do spend your time to go around others blogger to do comment :) hahha

hmm maybe I should learn how wordpress works and do a plugin like this one... :)

Not sure if he posts comments, I am sure he has. He does however read blogs from the users of his site. He's gone to my blog twice and I was like "wow, it's john chow on my blog!".

I want a comment by John Chow too! John! Are you still reading? Hook me up puh-lease!!

How do I check how many comments I have made?

Charles you can't thats what sucks! I wish wordpress or someone made that type of plugin.

You can't check it on other people's sites, not really. BUT Kevin @ blogging tips has a plugin he uses that has a tally! Go visit him over there and take a look!

Very good advice. Maybe I should comment more often.

Thanks for the link John, its really appreciated :grin:

SO not only can we learn how to do things like get traffic for our sites...we can actually get traffic by participating in your blog...Brilliant! Tha's why I did my review of your site last night! :twisted:

5 comments per day? I think I could swing that.

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Thanks for another backlink John :) .
Yes, I do live on your blog!

This is a great post John. This is like one of your contests. It provokes people writing or in this case commenting, then people will visit more (you got me hooked on your sneaky advertising).

I guess that makes us neighbors! :lol:

Hi neighbor! Now who is bringing the cake or cookies? Oh, and I need a bag of sugar!

Okay so who's getting pushed off the list to make way for A Grandiose Blog?

Anyone that is under me! LOL

As I'm in the 10th spot of Top Commentators, I will try Top Commentators plugin on my Blog too. That would be fun.

A lot of busy blogs have adapted the Top Commentators plugin. It does not only help your site's traffic, but it promotes the commentators sites as well. Just one of those give-and-take things, it's awesome.

I have it on my blog and I really like how it works... its good to reward your readers and they will appreciate it too

These top commentators probably hated this post. Gives them some competition

Yeah, but it also puts their link in a blog post, which will stay there forever unless John deletes it.

It's a fair trade :) The competition's healthy, it gets people talking. That's god for all of us.

Nah, I was just slacking the last few days. I couldn't find anything informative/non-spammy to comment on.

Not at all; if anything, I think it encourages others to participate more. It's always good to get the communication lines busy. Promotes education and camaraderie; I love it.