Rewarding Commentators With Two Cool Comment Plugins
I have added two new plugins to my comment section!
- Comment Luv
- Keyword Luv
I really appreciate those that take the time to comment on my posts.
It lets me know if I am writing in a way that make sense. It also lets me know a bit more about my readers. These plugins are a way to thank you.
What do they do?
Comment Luv
Comment Luv checks your blog to see what the last post you made was. It then adds a link to that post using the title as anchor text. This provides an exceptional way for you to get deep links to posts on your blog. I hope you use keywords in your blog post titles.
I really like this plugin when I comment on other blogs. I think it may be one of the best ways to reward commentators.
Keyword Luv
I came across this plugin and thought it sounded very interesting. After reading the author's thoughts about it, I like it even more.
Keyword Luv is designed to help make conversations in comments more natural. One reason for commenting is to get backlinks to your blog. Let's face it, even if it's not your main purpose for commenting, it is sitting there in the back of your mind. However, to make these backlinks work best the link should have keywords in it. This is why you see so many commentator's names that look like makemoneyonline.
I don't mind on my blog, but others consider this spam. I look at the quality of the comment and the blog being linked to. The only problem is that it is not much fun to reply to a commentator whose name is makemoneyonline or webmasterinternet. 
Enter Keyword Luv.
Keyword Luv allows you to specify your name and make the anchor text in the link from keywords. This way, we can use names when we want to address someone in the comments and they can still use keywords in the link back to the home page of their website or blog. Use a name for yourself and use a few decent keywords for your link. I think this will allow more readable anchor text too.
How to use Keyword Luv when you comment.
Use the following format:
yourname@yourkeywords
The part after the @symbol will become the anchor text. If you want your name as the anchor text simple don't use the @ symbol. Unless your John Chow, you probably already rank very well for your own name so take advantage and use it for the subject or subjects of your blog or site.
What makes this all useful to you is the Do Follow plugin.
I use the one that comes with Semiologic Pro created by Denis de Bernardy This removes the no follow tag from the links.
I am also considering two more options.
I may remove the Top Commentator widget and plugin. I like it, but I feel Comment Luv and Keyword Luv more than compensate for it. Everytime you make a comment, you will get a link to your latest post, so I hope you can comment for every post you make. I will keep a widget showing the latest comments made on the page and probably nearer the top.
I am also looking into using Brian's Threaded posts. This is more of a WordPress modification and I kind of want to check if other using this theme have had luck with it. If it looks like it will work I will try to add it also after the next them update.
Once again, a big thanks to all of you who take the time to comment.
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Comments on Rewarding Commentators With Two Cool Comment Plugins »
I've been experimenting with these plugins at a few secondary blogs and they seem to work well. It does add more work since you'll want to moderate comments to prevent spamming.
It's also a good idea to say what you consider spamming so that people who plan to write legit comments won't get blindsided by heavy moderation.
On Top Commentator, I think it's a good idea to keep it since it's a sitewide link. I do recommend you download my modification to it that will prevent a spammer from hijacking a top commentator's spot on the list. I'm also interested to see how it will work with KeywordLuv.
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Your the first here to take complete advantage of the Luv plugins. I really like them, even if it is a bit more work. I'll check into your modification on the commentator plugin.
I wish HashCash were working right (it seemed to be making many comments (including mine) disappear into some void. It sure did kill the spam bots though. I've seen more spam in the last day since deactivating HashCash than I saw in the last 3 months here. I'm hoping the Semiologic folks will have the bugs out quick.
As far as moderating goes, I'd love it to be real work.
Thanks again for commenting and come back again.
cool! I still haven't got my lazy butt to check out the 2 plugins. Gotta do it someday. LOL.
I use Threaded comments for all my blogs though. Used to be incompatible with IE6 but since everyone is into at least IE7 now, I think there won't be any problem. Works like a charm in Firefox.
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Costa - Looks like the threaded comments will work with this theme so I'll probably add it in the next few days.
Comment Luv and Keyword Luv are easy plugins to add, with your knowledge of WordPress themes you can probably add them to themes they don't work on.
Great move with the plugins. I am certain you will see the benefits yourself very quickly.
The only issue I have found is higher levels of spam - though with the right plugins these can be eliminated pretty easily
You're right about the increased spam Olly. I am waiting an upgraded version of Hashcash which works wonders on spam, but was rejecting a lot of good comments (mine included).
Thanks, trying this out now here^^^ as you can see
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Wow this is nice, I will definitely get back to your site. This is a great opportunity for SEO. I advice you however to look for a good anti-spam plug-in, to prevent spammers.
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It was a pleasant surprise to come back to your blog and see you had added these 2 plugins. I have also added them and haven't noticed any increase in spam yet. And p.s., I'm also a Semiologic user.
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This plug-in is really nice if you really like comments to be dropped. Visitors usually don't leave comments but with this they will definitely consider it.
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This is really incredible, adding both. For both i think, blog owners and commentators as well..As commentator you tell the identity as well as get a reward as keyword
Thanks for enabling it!
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Hey, good post. I'll have to check out the plugins because I'm trying to increase comments on my blog.
Great Post. Thanks for letting us know of these plugins. I am really trying to get comments on my blog as well and I think this will definitely help. Thanks for letting us know about these.