Comments on: 5 things that you MUST do manage comments on your blog http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html powerful tips to supercharge your life Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:48:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Katie http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-1840 Katie Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:11:00 +0000 http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html#comment-1840 I don't use a word verification because of difficulties in reading it. I'd hate for someone to write me a comment and then have to give up because they just can't get past the wobbly letters! Instead, I use a simple maths question and so far, nobody has complained (except that it makes them think back to highschool maths!)<br/><br/>I moderate comments from people who haven't already had one comment approved and it seems to be working well. Akismet is catching spam for me too. I don’t use a word verification because of difficulties in reading it. I’d hate for someone to write me a comment and then have to give up because they just can’t get past the wobbly letters! Instead, I use a simple maths question and so far, nobody has complained (except that it makes them think back to highschool maths!)

I moderate comments from people who haven’t already had one comment approved and it seems to be working well. Akismet is catching spam for me too.

]]> By: PetArtist http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-1821 PetArtist Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html#comment-1821 Great post (I found it from the link on snoskred's blog).<br/><br/>My experience is the same as Julie's, I have removed the word verification and registered user and I am receiving more comments, I do use Wordpress spam quarantine which gets rid of most spam, and for both my wp and blogger accounts I verify comments, but it seems to be working to encourage comments.<br/><br/>I have found personally when I comment on blogs that the word verification can cause huge difficulties and generally I will only try twice to make the post before giving up, due to time contstraints. I am much more likely to leave a comment if I don't have the barriers in front of me, so I guess that might be true for many people. Great post (I found it from the link on snoskred’s blog).

My experience is the same as Julie’s, I have removed the word verification and registered user and I am receiving more comments, I do use Wordpress spam quarantine which gets rid of most spam, and for both my wp and blogger accounts I verify comments, but it seems to be working to encourage comments.

I have found personally when I comment on blogs that the word verification can cause huge difficulties and generally I will only try twice to make the post before giving up, due to time contstraints. I am much more likely to leave a comment if I don’t have the barriers in front of me, so I guess that might be true for many people.

]]> By: Julie Pippert http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-1808 Julie Pippert Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html#comment-1808 I disabled moderation, registered user, and word verification after some people emailed me to say they'd comment but not with so many obstacles.<br/><br/>I admit, I was scared. <br/><br/>But it's been a few months now and my comments have gone up, with no trolls and only one spam comment. That's the exact same stats as before, when I had all of those filters enabled.<br/><br/>I know when I first started my blog and wasn't savvy, I got blasted with spam and so forth.<br/><br/>I'm not sure why it's better now but so far, so good. I disabled moderation, registered user, and word verification after some people emailed me to say they’d comment but not with so many obstacles.

I admit, I was scared.

But it’s been a few months now and my comments have gone up, with no trolls and only one spam comment. That’s the exact same stats as before, when I had all of those filters enabled.

I know when I first started my blog and wasn’t savvy, I got blasted with spam and so forth.

I’m not sure why it’s better now but so far, so good.

]]> By: Snoskred http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-1807 Snoskred Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.howtoliveonline.com/2007/07/5-things-that-you-must-do-manage-comments-on-your-blog.html#comment-1807 I put this post in my weekly wrap up this week, just so you know. :)<br/><br/>Snoskred<br/>http://www.snoskred.org/ I put this post in my weekly wrap up this week, just so you know. :)

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