Comments on: Velvet Blues Is Now Comment Friendly!

By: Corrin

Corrin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:54:05 +0000

Good choice to have commentluv plugin installed. It do bring alot more new comments to your blog. Will bumb in more. Thanks

By: Charleston

Charleston — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:41:46 +0000

Sure is a very nice plugins. I’ve just got mine too on my site.
Is it advisable to have anti spams plugin with comment luv?

By: Shane@Cheap Auto Insurance Rates

Shane@Cheap Auto Insurance Rates — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:05:26 +0000

These plug-ins are very cool and user friendly. It’s such a great way to reward readers for their contributions and get lots of traffic to your site as well. Thanks for adding this to your site.

By: Hanna @ Watch Live Hockey

Hanna @ Watch Live Hockey — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:48:43 +0000

KeywordLuv and CommentLuv indeed increase traffic. Unfortunately they also increase spammer traffic. Oh, well! I guess we must have the bad along with the good.

By: Tari Conley

Tari Conley — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:01:41 +0000

I love the top commentator plugin because it definitely increases traffic. I have read some comments about page rank being affected gradually. I’d like to know more about that if anyone knows about that. Thanks!

By: dean

dean — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:23:31 +0000

I’ve heard rumor that do-following comment harms the blog’s pagerank. Is it true?

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:07:42 +0000

@Geri: The new features are a success. Everyone seems to like CommentLuv and the Top Commentator’s sidebar feature. It has also increased the number of comments per post.

By: Geri

Geri — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:03:14 +0000

How is this working out for you? It appears to be a success.

By: Geri

Geri — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:56:11 +0000

I think that this plugin, comment luv is a great way to reward other bloggers. It recognizes that they are active in the blogoshere.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:27:02 +0000

@TrainWreckIdeas, yes I think that making your blog ‘comment friendly’ does improve the user experience. And with little things like ‘top commentators’ or ‘comment luv’, users are encouraged to give submit comments. It makes the website more interactive.

By: TrainWreckIdeas

TrainWreckIdeas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:12:56 +0000

I am looking for ways to make my blog more user-friendly. Does doing all this really help?

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:32:54 +0000

@Miguel, thanks for the belated New Year’s wishes. And same to you.

Yes, it was long overdue for me to add these features. And stay tuned, a few more are in the works!

By: Miguel @ Simply Blog

Miguel @ Simply Blog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:40:09 +0000

Shirley

Ye yes! Congrats on being blog friendly, this certainly is the way to go. Don’t know if I said this yet but Happy New Year! All the best to you, your family and blog in 09.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:21 +0000

@Wei Liang, yes I’ve wanted to add that plugin for a while. It doesn’t actually take that much time to add, so it was just a matter of ‘deciding not to procrastinate’.

@Bash Bosh, oh yeh. Fortunately, only a few sites disable comments. Most realize that encouraging discussion can aid in website popularity.

By: Bash Bosh

Bash Bosh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:42 +0000

Nice to see comments are enabled!
I don’t like when I come to site that doesn’t have comments integration!

By: Wei Liang | Earn Money Online

Wei Liang | Earn Money Online — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:31:17 +0000

Hey Shirly,

That was fast to get the top commentator plugin loaded. Looks like you are determined in giving back something to your commentators. Welcome to my world =)

Wei Liang

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:01:10 +0000

@Everyone, The Top Commentators Showcase is here! These are 5 links up for grabs. Happy commenting.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:05:41 +0000

@Yan, I agree. To add the blog was one of the best business decisions that I made. And I’ll be sure to let you know when I add the top commentator plugin. Thanks.

@TechZoomIn, yes I really do like the Comment Luv plugin. And its a great decision to add it to your blog. It makes comments seem that much more interesting, and I feel like it causes me to read more blogs.

@Melvin, I was a bit nervous as well. As you can see, there are no other ‘widgets’ or any external items on my site. Even the ‘hostgator ad’ is a local image… But we’ll see how this words. If Comment Luv slows my site down, I’ll disable it. Thanks for visiting.

@Wei Liang, the top commentators widget will be coming this week, probably today or tomorrow. And it should count all comments received starting the 1st. So you will be in the running!

By: Wei Liang | Earn Money Online

Wei Liang | Earn Money Online — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:32:04 +0000

Cheers for the change Shirly. It just gives me more reason to come back to visit your blog. Are we going to see the top commentators widget coming soon?

Wei Liang

By: Melvin

Melvin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:20:36 +0000

Nice to hear that. ACtually the last comment-related plugin I added is the comment-luv. Im really skeptic on putting it as it may slow my site down

By: TechZoomIn

TechZoomIn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:11:01 +0000

Thats good enhancement you did.Am also planning to use commentluv plugin.

By: Blogging Tips

Blogging Tips — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:13:54 +0000

I think I’ve not said this before. Using a blog to leap frog your business to greater height is one of the smartest and best decision you’ve ever made.

Once you have the top commentator plugin activated, I’ll include you into my PR list which is used by many bloggers to find blogs to comment.

Good luck, Shirley.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:30:18 +0000

@Ardit, yes I think that Comment Luv is probably the best improvement. I’ll also be adding the new 2.7 threaded comments feature which I think will also add to interactivity.

@Ajith, yep I did quite a bit. Many of these items were long overdue.

As for your redesign, I think that it would be a great move. Your blog already has the great content, decent traffic, and loyal visitors. All you need now is a matching professional design.

By: Ajith Edassery | DollarShower

Ajith Edassery | DollarShower — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:44:11 +0000

Shirley, that’s a lot of self organizing and also rewarding the regulars with link love as well as accessibility.

After the current blog competition, I aim to enhance my blog with a professional theme and branding. Need to consider removing certain unfriendly plugins and fit in new ones.

By: Blog for Bloggers

Blog for Bloggers — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:38:56 +0000

I like the updates, I think it will work in your favor by adding commentluv and subscribe to comments plugins.
Keep us updated on all the things that come with the changes.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:16:48 +0000

Wow. I just checked out your blog. You did a complete overhaul! When you said changes, I thought you were just making minor updates. lol. I like it. It’s so spacious. .

And I do like the recent comments in the sidebar. Good job.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:41:35 +0000

I would suggest maybe recent comments in the sidebar or to become do follow (if you are not already)

I think this weekend was the weekend for updating- maybe the new year. I made some of the same changes too.

Great updates

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:27:17 +0000

@Jackie, nice choice for an avatar.

By: stratosg

stratosg — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:45:16 +0000

Thanks for mentioning me. I saw it implemented here and i was glad someone used it. As for the improvements i like them a lot. I can’t think of anything to improve now but if i come up with anything i’ll be sure to drop by!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:36:42 +0000

I like the improvements. I like seeing everyone’s images… Thanks for the gravatar tip. I need to go create one.