Alister Cameron // Blogologist

Changing the world. One blog(ger) at a time.

Tag: commenting

Can FriendFeed save us from Conversation Fragmentation?

14 July 2008 – 4:53 pm

Refill the coffee, Thelma. This post is long and impassioned. It might even be worth a read
I’ve been impressed enough with Disqus to give it a go. I’m ok with it, but it’s not there yet. I have realised that my frustrations with its failure to import old comment threads from Wordpress are [...]

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Disqus is not ready for Wordpress

11 May 2008 – 12:59 am

I’m sorry, but as much as I want Disqus (and have installed it for testing) it’s just not ready for Wordpress… not until it can import existing WP comments. I’m rather surprised they don’t have that sussed yet. Disappointed, even.

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An easier way to dialogue with your blog commenters

18 July 2007 – 2:23 pm

I admit it. I suck at dialoguing with my commenters properly. It’s been an interface issue, mostly. But that seems to have been solved. I noticed Liz talking about a Wordpress plugin called Better Comments Manager, and I’ve installed it… and it’s working a treat. So expect more dialogue from me in the comments. (This [...]

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Another stupid SEO strategy: the filipino link builder who can’t write

15 March 2007 – 9:59 pm

Please note: You are welcome to read this post, but please be aware that I have accepted responsibility for the fact that it is inappropriately abusive and not written in the spirit of encouragement and edification which I would have hoped marked all my writing on this blog. I have unreservedly apologised to the targets [...]

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XML-RPC for blog comments: why the heck not?!

20 February 2007 – 2:15 pm

Fairly regularly in the blogosphere you hear people complaining about how few people reading their blog go the next step and leave a comment. I recall that last year, Darren Rowse posted his “10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog“, linking to a Jakob Nielsen study that found that…
In most online communities, 90% [...]

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