October 28th, 2008
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I just have a question….
Where Are My Commentators? You all asked me to post better content and for the last week I have been yet activity dropped from over 15 comments per post down to 1 for the last 2 posts… Whats up guys?
I not only dropped activity but I also passed up on over $100 worth of review because you all told me you did not want to see as many of those, if I don’t get some responses soon I’m gonna go back to my several short posts per day routine that was working awesomely.
C’Mon now guys I’m trying to please you but you gotta help me out to!
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October 28th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Sorry, but I said this would eventually start to happen. Not to mention, nobody likes a complainer. And also, I think the comments only came because of the contest.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Nah… And they will come back eventually im sure just wondering whats up.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Sorry man, you know what I’ve been up to lately. I’ve liked the longer better posts, but I really liked the shorter but more frequent posts. It gave me something to read every day.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Well we will keep trying this for a month or so but if things don’t pick back up its back to frequent posts we go!
October 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Sorry about that man.
Actually I am new in this blog and i
do not know what happen.
But if this new method you do not get comments
go back with the old one.
http://www.mariolist .com
Mario
October 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I’m still getting over the carpal tunnel syndrome from that competition!
More seriously … Jewish holidays filled much of early October for me, coupled with a visit from the in-laws (oh joy), so time has been at a premium.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
IC, weird that as soon as I make a post complaining you all come on here and start commenting… I guess I know what to do now
October 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
“IC, weird that as soon as I make a post complaining you all come on here and start commenting… I guess I know what to do now”
By complaining and asking the reader what do you, you actually involve the reader in your blog.
Involving the reader…Triggering the need to comment…
I guess you know what to do.
October 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Okay , I’ll bite. I’m not sure how I arrived at this site - probably StumbleUpon - but I subscribed because I thought maybe I could learn something about blogging and monetizing blogs and web sites. I suspect that the reason you had lots of comments before was because of your contest. Now, I think you’re not getting as many because you are not being true to your blog. The top header reads “SEO, Blogging and Make Money Online” and yet you do reviews on Sunglasses, a Mold Abatement web site, a student loan company etc. I think those are just distractions like me getting traffic to my web site with free traffic exchanges rather than improving my content and SEO. If you reviewed books in this niche - include your affiliate link to them at Amazon of course - then your blog would be more useful to me. I want to know things like optimizing the code in my WP theme, how do you get the ad boxes on the right side of your blog? Are they plugins or do you have to code them in?
October 28th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Hey Ryan, While those are great questions and I may answer them I have already answered tons of questions like that on my blog. No doubt I will continue to do more of them but i was simply talking about activity dropping…
October 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Activity wouldn’t drop if the content was actually good. And I don’t mean good “fluff” I mean good good. Just saying. I agree with Ryan on this one.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Mark did you even read the two posts before the last 3 posts I just made today? They were some of the best content on this blog… Perhaps you already know it all?
October 28th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
The questions I was asking was just an example. I’m patient enough to stick around for the answers by you or someone else. There is no reason to be confrontational towards anyone who comments - nobody knows it all - even you. You just have a little more experience than I do. My point is that when one subscribes to a blog based on their first impression - I subscribed because of your header saying “SEO, Blogging and Make Money Online” and you do a review that should be posted to a students blog. Doesn’t it stand to reason that if your posts aren’t true to your blogs main purpose you may lose the interest of your readers and you won’t get as many comments?
October 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Actually like I was saying, when I got off topic I was getting more which is confusing me! But we are still on track for the next couple of week! Read the new link loving wednesday post guys!
October 29th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
“Perhaps you already know it all?”
Do I sense a little sarcasm?
Not trying to be mean dude, but that content was stuff that you can find elsewhere, all I’m saying. Do what you gotta do, I’m just trying to be helpful here.
October 31st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I don’t know man, I haven’t been around as much lately to speak definitely! But, I do know, I agree that when I see reviews of unrelated products and services on blogs I tend to gloss over.
I know everyone does reviews from time to time, and I haven’t looked at all of yours so I don’t know the relevance, but, sometimes people read and don’t comment when the post requires no interaction from the reader.
October 31st, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Yeah, I am trying to be more selective with the reviews so we shall see how it goes!