Sunday, May 31, 2009

How to get Comments

Over the last few years I have tried really hard to have visitors comment on my posts. Getting comments is surprisingly difficult when you are one blog out of a million. So now for my general advice on how to get comments on your blog.

1. Ask questions, always ask questions give people a reason to want to talk back to you, this usually ensures at least one comment answering your question. Usually though it is about asking the right question. What questions do you ask your visitors?

2. Cause controversy, people love arguing so if you cause a little controversy you will get comments. In fact you will probably get more traffic in the long run with just a hair of controversy. What do you expect though? People love to be in the middle of a fight and we might as well exploit it.

3. Piss people off. This fits in with the controversy comment but causes a little more...dangerous effects. If you think you can handle the people ripping you apart for a few weeks then this is the way to go for you.

Those are my best ideas for getting comments. If you think I am an idiot you should probably tell me...in the comments.

2 comments:

Kateker said...

under your text it says "0 comments", so it still isn't working well, is it? I don't get any comments (on my blogs) either, never, zero....

Cameron said...

Ah but it must of worked because you just commented.