Comments on: Why Don’t You Want Me to Comment on Your Blog?

By: If you want me to comment on your blog, dump the login!

If you want me to comment on your blog, dump the login! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:39:37 +0000

[...] by thewahm in Blogging A few days ago I was reading a post called Why Don’t you want me to comment on your blog?, which hit my thinking right on the nail about blogs that require a Google account or registration [...]

By: lissie

lissie — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:21:27 +0000

I am always pleased to get a new commentator - but Iam even more pleased you took the time on my blogger blog having read all this LOL! My pet hate are captchas- 1/2 the time they include l or 1 - WTF I never guess them right! Blogger’s default I think is to only allow google ID - but as you quite rightly point out anyone who doesn’t leave it open, and then use moderation if they have to - doesnt understand blogging.

I have wordpres blogs too and their commenting options are a whole lot better. Askimet though is proving to be a pain for me - I have had several niche blogs falsely reported to askimet for spamming - I never spam - but I do keyword anchor those blog’s comments. That’s a real pain and it appears that it only takes 1 report to get u into askimet but even though I have had several webmasters unaskimet me that doesn’t get you out! I don’t mind someone denying a comment if the don’t like kw anchoring - but u don’t have to askimet someone too - that’ just nasty!

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:01:46 +0000

I know. I came across a few this evening and they wanted to me to sign in with Blogger to leave a comment. I’m getting to where I don’t even like to sign in with my OpenID, as it links to my OpenID page rather than my blog. I just skip to the next blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Well, aren’t you special?

I have enough accounts to keep track of as it is. I’m not really inclined to add another one if it’s not absolutely necessary!

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:58:32 +0000

More than you would think too! Thanks for stopping by!

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:58:11 +0000

Nope, no problems. And I haven’t forgotten your tag!

By: WAHM Tara

WAHM Tara — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:27:36 +0000

This is an excellent post! Hopefully some of the bloggers making these mistakes will find and read this! I get very frustrated when you have to create an account to leave a comment or are required to login to Google to leave a comment. I have read some great topics and went to comment only to find out I needed a blogger account to leave a comment.

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:47:32 +0000

If it weren’t for commenting, I wouldn’t have any fun. To me, commenting is the essence of blogging. People get caught up in all these social networking sites like twitter, but blogging and commenting is social networking and is much more effective than anything else. I can understand comments turned off on certain types of business only landing pages, but not on a blog. I stay signed into my google account and have never signed out of it, so I am always able to comment on any blogspot site.

By: tips and tricks

tips and tricks — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:45 +0000

I so agree with the points you raised here. There really are blogs that doesn’t want to be commented on.

By: Awake In Rochester

Awake In Rochester — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:22:18 +0000

I noticed you commented on my tonight. I hope that you didn’t have any trouble getting in. It is open to all, however, I am monitoring comments for awhile.