How to get people to comment on your blog

[Louidam1]

Hey Everyone,

I have been blogging for years now and hardly ever get comments. I do blog post that ask questions to my audience and still don't get any comments so I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I write articles on Hubpages and get a lot of comments on there but just not my blog. Please help!

[dlandry]

Is that your blog in your signature?

[snakeair]

Originally Posted by Louidam1

Hey Everyone,

I have been blogging for years now and hardly ever get comments. I do blog post that ask questions to my audience and still don't get any comments so I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I write articles on Hubpages and get a lot of comments on there but just not my blog. Please help!

Just like the above poster mentioned, is your blog in your signature here? There could be a number of reason's why visitors don't want to make comments on your blog.

Let's us know your blog URL so we can make some suggestions. Sometimes is the poorly designed theme that is causing your visitors to just leave or you forgot to enable a setting in your blog dashboard that relates to the comment feature.

[ginene]

Try commenting on other blogs, people will usually return the favor and comment on yours.

[snakeair]

I delete more comments then approve comments on my blog. I have my own strict rules for people who try to place a comment.

If someone use's long tail keywords or other gibberish for the username, i will delete there comment. Why? Well when they do this i know they are trying to comment to get a backlink and not actually want to post a reply because they truly have something to say about the blog post at hand.

Getting people to comment on your blog posts is sometimes hard. If you write a quality blog post that sorta leaves a few questions unanswered and yes sometimes you'll get some folks commenting. Sometimes it's the blog theme that is a little unattractive and makes people think the blog owner is not serious about there blog.

I can go on and on with my own opinion but i know people would disagree with me.

Here are some links of interest to check out:

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated 2012) | SEOmoz

This second blog post is my favorite blog post to read or send to people.
10 Ways to Get Tons of Massive Comments on Your Blog Every Time

[iweightloss]

Dig down into your niche market and build a list of contacts and develop a relationship with those contacts and ask them to participate on your blog, facebook, twitter, etc. Don't be boring... it's hard work at first but once you get it going you'll build friends and content for a lifetime!

Kevin

[JimmieWriter]

Originally Posted by Louidam1

Hey Everyone,

I have been blogging for years now and hardly ever get comments. I do blog post that ask questions to my audience and still don't get any comments so I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I write articles on Hubpages and get a lot of comments on there but just not my blog. Please help!

Is it easy to leave comments on your blog? Is there a clear place for leaving them? Are there a lot of hoops to jump through such as CAPCHA codes?

Do you leave your posts somewhat unfinished? A perfect post often leaves nothing for the reader to say. Purposely leave out some points so others can add them.

[Louidam1]

Thank you everyone for your kind reply. Yes the website in my signature is my blog, I just didn't want to post it since I didn't know if it was against the rules.

It is very easy for people to comment on my blog, no CAPCHA. I usually end my blog post with a question so I can get comments back with no luck.

I just started looking at other peoples' blogs and commenting so hopefully they return the favor. I also just started a Facebook Fan page since Twitter doesn't seem to be working that much for me.

[dlandry]

From my first impression of the site.

It's clean but the title "Earn Free Money.com" along with the header photo comes across as an ad or a scam site where I have to pay money to get information The first page the link takes me to is full of affiliate banner ads which seems to solidify the fact that it's not a site I want to spend any time on. Most people will run from a site that's full of ads and you feel like you have to hunt around to find any substance.

Now that I know it's a site and I read farther it's all information and once I get that information I'm on to another site, there's nothing that draws me in to make me want to comment.

I don't really see any personality although I did find your About me page. The type of people that are interested in working from home, are women and they interact more if they can see the person behind what they're reading.

You said you end your posts with a question but I don't see any posts except for links and no way to comment.

[Louidam1]

Thank you for your reply. I have a blog page on my website and that is what I am talking about.

Originally Posted by dlandry

From my first impression of the site.

It's clean but the title "Earn Free Money.com" along with the header photo comes across as an ad or a scam site where I have to pay money to get information The first page the link takes me to is full of affiliate banner ads which seems to solidify the fact that it's not a site I want to spend any time on. Most people will run from a site that's full of ads and you feel like you have to hunt around to find any substance.

Now that I know it's a site and I read farther it's all information and once I get that information I'm on to another site, there's nothing that draws me in to make me want to comment.

I don't really see any personality although I did find your About me page. The type of people that are interested in working from home, are women and they interact more if they can see the person behind what they're reading.

You said you end your posts with a question but I don't see any posts except for links and no way to comment.