I have never ’seeded’ a comment. This is as good as cheating. And this sounds crazy as well. Readers are intelligent enough to sense when we are fooling with them. Makes more sense to go out and comment on other blogs.

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Hi Alex,

I can’t be of any help to you, but hopefully someone here can. What kind of information products are you thinking of selling?

Hi Avani,

I read about this long time ago when I was just getting into blogging. People would write a controversial post, and to create a heated discussion, they would start the comments off by posting a comment with the opposite point of view. Whether it worked or not, I don’t know, but I thought it was a waste of time.

Hi Scott,

I’ve been on blogs where I’ve wondered if a comment was real or not, as it sounded a lot like the author’s words. Of course it said what a great, thought provoking, well written post it was.

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Hi Barbara – I can’t help, because I tried to do the same thing as you and mine wouldn’t work either.

Re: Comment seeding. Before I had any commenters – I asked a couple of friends to comment to see if it would persuade anyone else – but nobody else seemed to be there. I have heard of others doing it and it can help to encourage folk to join the conversation.

I don’t see it as cheating though – it’s not as though anyone is actually being cheated out of anything. And as Alex said – I would definitely do it if I had a forum. It’s a must really isn’t it? Who would ask a question on an empty forum – there wouldn’t be a lot of point. Mind you – I did have a small forum on my first site and I didn’t do it there – but I already had a lot of visitors before I set the forum up. It was easier to get them then.

@Alex – unless it is someone who visits regularly – I usually treat “Great Post” as spam. Mind you – I used to think “great post” was what you were supposed to say, when I first began visiting blogs – so I guess I was spamming without knowing.

@Alex – I have sold info products on a website before but not often directly in a blog post, aside from when I was starting out. I’ve sold other people’s and even one of my own – but that was a long time ago.

Is it your own product you’re thinking of selling or someone else’s? I would feel more comfortable mentioning my own book in a blog post. And I did notice that Liz Strauss asked advice from her readers, before launching her book, which was a great way to remind them about it.

If it’s your own – consider ebay too – it’s a good way to attract new visitors to your blog.

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Hi again Alex,

I’m also starting to get comments from sites that are using “keywords” as their name. I’m letting some go through, but am keeping a close eye on them. Again, I am checking their sites.

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I don’t like the idea of seeding comments. To me it seems somewhat less than ethical. On the other hand, asking friends and colleagues to comment is perfectly OK with me. It isn’t the same thing as seeding it yourself.

One thing I’m doing on a regular basis is to check the comments that have been automatically labeled as SPAM by Askimet and email that has been directed to the spam folder by gmail. I’m doing this after my comments on Cath Lawson’s blog had been identified as SPAM. Right now, it’s not a burden as I only have a small group of regular commenters and don’t get an overload of SPAM.

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Hello Barbara. I never seeded my blog but gave it big consideration for my forum. Like Cath said, who would ever post in a new forum? But I ended up doing like another person said and I had a few friends post in there and I also asked a few people from forums I’m currently on to help jump start mine and participate.

As far as adding the subscribe to comments in your sidebar, you could try this. If you have a working link then try creating a Text widget and reference the link. So it might be something like this:

Add Text Widget

In the text box, create a link:
a href=”http://my-feed-address” rel=”nofollow”>Subscribe To Comments /a

I omitted the tags around the a so you could see the code. Be sure to structure it properly.

Does that work?

@ Alex – I don’t get many great posts comments, however, if something looks fishy like that I’ll link over to their website and evaluate from there. Do they link to a blog like this one or do they link to a sales website? Then I’ll decide.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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Seeding has it’s place I think, on blogs? Doubtful. I used seeding on a work website because it often triggers other people’s ideas or helps them get over their fear. Sometimes people don’t want to be the first post. Usually the only thing that I seed though are On-line Question/answer sessions. And it usually only takes one. Something from the FAQ and then answer it. That lets people know that it’s ok to ask questions, or again, gets over some of their fear of posting.

What’s the URL to the comment RSS and the Burnt feed? And code you’re trying to post on the site?

@Alex Fayle: Great Post! hmm… I’ve found that most people who leave legitimate comments don’t just say something like that. So when I see it, I moderate it, I check the site they link too, I check if they’ve posted in the past. Though usually I’ll leave it unless it’s linked to a spam site, or if that’s ALL they ever post.

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Even though I have read quite a bit on community building, social networking and so forth, I’m wondering if I’m missing something. My question being: How do you most effectively search for other blogs within your field or niche? I am looking for people/blogs that love the sea (!) I use technorati and google blog search and other sites, but get not much results with my keywords, the coastal living magazine forum shows little activity. Is there a better way? Thanks for this opportunity.

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Whoa! I just spent like twenty minutes reading all the comments.

Do you use widgest for feedburner comments Barbara? I got a bigger RSS button and used a widget for my sidebar and it worked fine.

I’m neither kind of here and there about seeding. I can see Friar’s point of view – that would be funny. But it also could also be unethical in regards to selling products. I’ve seen that go on before. I pay attention to reviews, especially on Amazon. What if someone was trying to sell me a bogus product? Before I bought my digital Canon I came across a few bogus camera sites all offering supposedly good deals. Beware of deals everyone! They are never as good as they seem.

@Maya – You might want to start checking coastal area bloggers. Or fishing blogs. Boating. That type of thing.

@Linda – I have that same problem. It only works for a quote for me.

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I’ve been fortunate enough to have great commenters with no seeding. I don’t think I’d do it personally, but I wouldn’t mind if someone else did (barring reviews, as Ellen mentioned). After all, the community behind a blog is arguably its greatest asset. I can see why someone would want to kickstart the conversation.

I’ll keep my wheels turning with any questions I can come up with…

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@Ellen

I guess when trying to sell something, seeding would be no worse than those infomercials where someone is planted in the audience, and is competely amazed by the product.

Kind of cheesy, though. Most people will see right through this.

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@Friar,

Your comments are SO original, that I don’t have a problem with YOUR doing it. Your seeds, I imagine, would be instantly recognizable as such!

Rita

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@Maya: Finding new blogs about your subject of choice is always tricky.

Searching Via google or technorati or even Wordpress.com tags ( for example… http://wordpress.com/tag/ocean/ ) can produce a lot of results, but not always what your looking for. I would recommend doing these kind of searches, and if you find a couple good ones, you can check what they have on their blogroll (if they have one) or ask them if they know of any other blogs on the topic. Be sure to also visit the websites of people who comment on those sites. You’ll discover a lot of other people who enjoy the same subject as you and have a chance to see if they know of any other great blogs.

Searching on the name of authors in publications on the subject you like may also result in the discovery of blogs they have on the subject as well.

@Linda: A couple different ways to get the effects you want. One of the ways John Hoff mentions uses the HTML code for Non-breaking space. Web Browsers only respect single spaces. So no matter how many times you mash the space bar, the web browser will only show one. The Non-breaking space gets around that.

The quick brown fox
      jumped over the lazy dog

Becomes:

The quick brown fox
      jumped over the lazy dog

If you want more of a table of things like you see in a spreadsheet (think MS Excel) then you’ll want to create a table. w3schools.com has good examples and “try-it-yourself demos”

Lists are a little eaiser, there are two types. Ordered (numbered) or Unordered (bulleted) lists. The HTML is the same for both with one small change you use ‘ol’ for ordered and ‘ul’ for unordered.

Example code for ordered list:

<ol>
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
<li>List item three</li>
</ol>


displays:

List item one
List item two
List item three

No need to number things at all or worry about spaces. To change to a bulleted list just change the ‘ol’ to ‘ul’ in the <ol> and </ol> at the beginning and end of the code.

All of these will require you to look at the HTML view of your post to add the code, otherwise you’ll see the code itself in the post.

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@ Linda – here’s probably an easier way to indent. Go to the HTML editor and start your line with this:

p style=”margin-left: 20px”>This will indent your line. /p

Make sure to use the brackets for the “p”. I had to omit them so this code would show.

@ hyrcan – how in the heck do you get code to show in the comment section here? I can’t for the life of me figure it out. I thought it was the “code /code” tags, but it’s not working for me.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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I’m never tried to see my comments. My hope is that my writing will be stirring enough that people want to comment. Of course this doesn’t always work, so it helps to have a question for the readers. It compels them to add to the conversation.

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@Vered: Lots of people aren’t blog readers, they just hold nothing for them. Not because of the content, but it’s just not their thing. Having friends willing to get past that to do you a favor and give feed back on a regular basis on a blog is something to feel good about.

@John Hoff: Ooh.. that’s an even better way to indent paragraphs! With CSS. I would though click over to Design and then Edit CSS in a WordPress blog and add the following:


.indent {
margin-left: 20px;
}


Then where ever you wanted to indent add:


<p class="indent">This is an indented paragraph...</p>


This would allow you to keep all your indents the same in case you ever decide to change how far to indent. Any where you added the class it would automagicly change for you.

As for the code, in order to display HTML code verses rendering it you’ll need to escape it by using the HTML character codes.

  is a space.
&lt; is a <
&gt; is a >


Some I do by hand, if it’s a lot of code it’s annoying so I cheat and use a encoder. Lot’s out on the web like this one

I also put it in <code></code> tags, this will pre-format it a use fixed-width font. Which sets it apart from the normal text.

hyrcan’s last blog post..Healthcare Security in the U.S. (Wordless Wednesday)

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Hi again,

For those of you helping, some of the comments are landing in my spam folder because of the links. I’m checking it often and fishing them out. Please be patient!

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@ hyrcan – that’s a good idea for the css. I hope we’re not confusing Maya, though LOL. I was using the code tags to display my html in the comment section here but it still wasn’t working. I’ll toy with it on my test blog.

@ Barbara – Hope you get all caught up, I know the feeling. And I also hope you take some time to kick back and smell the roses! Nice seeding, by the way hehehe.

@ Debbie – del.icio.us and stumble upon have given me a little traffic, but most of mine comes from google. I think those social networks take a lot of time to build but in the end, it’s other bloggers blogging about you and recommending you to their readers that will really give you a boost.

It’s like marketing. Market not to the crowds, but to the ones with influence.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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Community, Community, Community!

Before you can sell anything on-line (such as an e-book and the like), you have to have an active and engaging “community.” Readers/visitors will only buy what you have to offer if they trust you and respect you.

Once you do have an active community, reach out to a few of those members via e-mail and such to tell them about what you will be offering (your product). Ask for their feedback. Give them a sneak-peak. Ask for their feedback (I know, I said that already. But ask for it again damn it!). Give, to get! Basically, you want to sell your product before it goes live so that when it “does” go live, you already have a few evangelists to help with the promotional process. There’s nothing worse than going “live” and tanking…

Just my two cents…

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OH yep! It worked this time. Of course, you know if I hadn’t mentioned it, it wouldn’t have. LOL

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1) Has anyone ever “seeded” their comment section. Seeding is the process of writing a comment yourself (using a different name) as a way to encourage others to join in. – I am so naive in the ways of blogging *smile*. Nope, never occured to me. If I don’t spark conversation with my story, well, there you have it. Fortunately that hasn’t been a problem thus far.

Urban Panther’s last blog post..He said he never…might…will get married

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Hi Robin,

Do I have your imagination running overtime? I doubt you’d have to make up comments as you get a lively discussion going in your comment section.

Hi Mike,

Akismet does a good job with spam comments, but sometimes too good. I have to check mine regularly as real comments end up in there. When a lot of spam comments come in, it would be easy to miss one or two.

Hi Wendi,

Keywords in their names is like “MakeMoneyOnline” instead of Wendi. I’m not sure what advantage it has, other then the person doing it may think others will click on it. I currently have one waiting moderation and the name is “Horses for Sale”. They wrote a good comment, but the link goes to a ad site.

You’re funny! An ebook.

Hi John,

I’ll try the text widget, although I don’t use widgets for the sidebars. I’m still not sure how to mix widgets with manual coded stuff, if that makes sense.

Hi Friar,

I’m guessing when comments aren’t coming in, a blogger might try seeding. I’m sure it works for some, but like you said, if you’re not getting the page views, it’s not likely it will work anyway.

I have seen bloggers use their real name and leave the first comment due to the fact they forgot to mention something in their post. That actually might be a better way of letting others know they, too, can comment.

Hi Hyrcan,

Yes, many don’t want to be the first to comment, although on big blogs, everyone seems to want to be first.

I’ll email you with what I’ve done. It sounds like you may know what I did wrong. (I got the complete code from Feedburner). If we get it figured out, I’ll share it here.

Hi Davina,

Yes, seeding could lead to more seeding, but normally those who use the technique are trying anything to get comments going. Although I’ve never used it, I do understand both sides.

Hi Maya,

Having read the rest of the comments, I see others have given you some great ideas.

Hi Linda,

I see Hyrcan and John have come to your rescue. Let us know if you have any more problems.

Hi Ellen,

No, I don’t use a widget.

I would be upset if I bought a product based on a bogus comment. All the more reason to read trusted sites.

Hi Sara,

Like you, I do see both sides, but not for reviews. That would be totally misleading.

Hi Rita,

It is desperation. Bloggers want comments and they’ll try anything.

Hi Ari,

The popular posts I use is named “Top Posts by Category” by M&M. I’m using WordPress 2.5 and it works fine.

Hi Vered,

That’s a tough one when real life friends show an interest in the beginning, but then no longer show interest. I find my friends don’t “get it” (blogging).

Hyrcan,

I’m laughing. You’re commenting on your own comments. Would that be seeding?

Hi Karl,

Questions do help to inspire readers to say something, even if they disagree.

Hi Natural,

A comment feed is an RSS feed for just the comments on a blog. I’m subscribed to Catherines, but I don’t see it on a lot of other blogs. Mine just has “subscribed to post”, so you only get an email if someone adds something to a particular post.

Hi Debbie,

Social networks? Personally I have very little time for them, but for some they work great.

Hi Ricardo,

That makes sense. Build a community and trust before starting a product push. Feedback was worth mentioning twice.

Hi Annie,

For some reason CommentLuv is erratic at times. I don’t know what that’s all about.

Hi Urban Panther,

You know how to spark conversation, so I doubt you would ever have to do any seeding.

Hi Bamboo,

Did seeding give you an idea for a post? I can see you doing a lot with the subject.

John and Hyrcan,

Thanks so much for stepping in and helping others with the technical questions. As always, you’ve gone above and beyond. I truly appreciate it.

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Forgot to have one more directed to Barbara… I remember you said you wanted to figure out how to get pics on your header. Were you able to figure it out? I was curious to see what pic you would select!

Al at 7P’s last blog post..Why Should I Help You?

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@ Al – the easiest thing to do is cheat LOL. Find a css file that you like that’s already constructed and then edit it from there. If you don’t like the line spacing, change the padding. If you don’t like the color of the links, change the color, etc. I suppose there could be a copyright issue, but if you’re just using it as a base template to create your own I don’t see why that would be a problem?

Get the JS View plugin for Firefox which allows you to view all css files of a website (just right click on the page). If you like the layout of that site and want the css, view the css and you can Control-A to select all the text and Control-C to copy it to your clipboard.

The following links all open in a new tab, so you can click on them as you read if you want.

Another cheat would be to use an online generator. Here’s a menu generator which will generate your CSS for you.

Here’s another tool CSS Formatter and Optimiser which will optimize your css code for speed or readability or both.

Probably one of my favorite sites is Dynamic Drive. Lots of free scripts and other stuff.

A forum I frequent and am part of a community of is Free Website Tempates. This forum is geared toward helping people.

Finally, here’s one more.

Oh, and for PHP, check out PHP Hot Scripts.

Good luck.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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It looks like i am the only idiot here who tried his hands on comment seed Lol

well it wasn’t comment seed though, i was just checking all the functions of wordpress after installing my 1st(and only blog) post some comments on my 2/3 blogs with different browsers to check the functionality of my blog theme. but trust me guys those comments are not there any more on my blog i have removed it long time back

Sunil Pathak’s last blog post..4 Things To Help You Loose Plenty Of Blog Reader Every Day.

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@ Sunil – sure…… LOL. Just kidding
I did the same thing in the beginning.

@ Cath – I don’t use a popular posts plugin, so I’m afraid I can’t be much help there as to which is best. However, I can tell you each plugin is coded and written in a different way. I had the hardest time getting my gravatars to show on my blog. No plugin seemed to work. The problem seemed they weren’t easily compatible with my template.

Then I finally came across one where a guy said he made a few adjustments. I plugged it in, activated it, and poof – gravatars!

So I guess what I’m saying is, have you tried different ones?

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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@ hyrcan – yup, Firebug is awesome.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..The Foundation Of Successful Thinking

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Hi Al,

No, the picture would be for my new theme (which is on the back burner), and so far I haven’t had a chance to work on that, nor pick out a photo.

Hi Hyrcan,

Crazy to the next level?

I’m going to dig out that code and email it to you shortly.

Thanks for supplying the links for those behind the scenes sites.

Hi John,

You’re filled with tons of knowledge and resources. Thank you so much!

Hi Sunil,

No, you’re not the only one who “seeded”. Testing what a real comment would look like is not uncommon.

Hi Catherine,

Did you like my “seed”?

The popular posts plugin I’m using is “Top Posts by Category” by M&M. I tried Popularity Contest and got errors, too.

Here’s the link to the post I did about the plugin (it also includes a link to the plugin) Show Popular Posts on WordPress Blog

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Hi SpaceAgeSage,

I like that, “color outside the lines”.

Are you using the “Publish Immediately “edit”" feature? If you click on “edit” ( in the write screen) (WP 2.5.1), a box drops down and you can change the date and time. I haven’t used this feature since I updated to 2.5.1, but in the past it worked fabulous.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Hi Rita,

I hope you are able to get off of that ferris wheel soon.

Hi Catherine,

You’re welcome!

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I read awhile ago of this reporter who was leaving comments about himself on blogs and forums but pretending to be someone else. He would say things like “he’s such a brilliant an upstanding guy”. He must have been incredibly embarrassed when his little ploy was uncovered. So no, no seeding my comments. Have a nice weekend Barbara.

Marelisa’s last blog post..Five Simple Ways to Create Passive Income

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Hi Marelisa,

Can you imagine getting busted after all the self promotion?

Hi Ellen,

Re: the plugin where you list your own faves. I think I may have found one. I’ll try it out and if it works, will share the link.

Astroturfing? That’s a new one to me. I can see how it would also be popular in politics, too.

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Seeding, huh? This is the first time I encountered this. Actually, my son’s comments are often controversially brilliant but I take them off because I didn’t want to offend anyone. But I’m starting to let the comments go free…

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How in the world does everyone keep up with so many technologies, methods, and tools to building a successful blog? I would love to say that I have a money making blog but I feel like I’m so far behind the times that I’ll never catch up and know enough to make a buck. Am I the only blogger that feels this way?

Talk to you soon

T

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@Barbara: “Astroturfing” originally came from the political arena. Artificial grassroot organizations or support to promoting a political idea, candidate, or bill. And while it happened in traditional media or at political rallies, it has really become a serious problem on-line because of how easy it is. Unethical is an understatement.

@Rita: Ha ha! So it is! I thought it looked funny once I posted it.

@J.D. Meier: “is it worth it” Hard to answer that, depends on what you feel you would gain/lose doing it. I can let you know that there is a built in Blogger importer, so all you need to do is give it some information and import away… As for links, you’ll might need to go back through and change them by hand, I don’t know if the wizardry to change the links is in that import process.

Now while you’re contemplating those links, I’ll give you something else to think about. Moving to Wordpress gives you access to a huge collection of talented programers and themers work. You’ll not have to worry about misspelling it booger. Once the original move to wordpress happens, it’s easier to migrate to your own web host with wordpress on it. Wordpress is released under the GPL. When Google rises up to take over the world, you’ll be apart of the resistance, and everyone loves a rebel.

@T Edwards: I’m a big computer geek, that’s how.

I would say, that you are not alone in that feeling. Which is why they continue to update and make improvements to Wordpress, to make it easier for people to write about what they are passionate for. Which I appreciate, because while I’m a big geek, I do enjoy reading blogs about things outside of the realm of computers. ;D

hyrcan’s last blog post..Healthcare Security in the U.S. (Wordless Wednesday)

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Barbara – I just read Cath’s article on subscription seeding and now I’m reading here about comment seeding. Great minds think alike.

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@J.D. Meier: I second what John says. While there are some benefits moving to a free wordpress. moving to a stand alone solution will open even more options …

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@Barbara – It looks like a full team of responses.
@hyrcan – I do like the idea of running on a platform with huge community.
@Cath – I think you hit it. The ownership is key.
@John – Thanks for the tips. Good point about the indexing.

>everyone whose ever linked to you will be lost.
I want to avoid this, even if it means keeping duplicating the posts, while leaving the original intact. I’ll research here to find my options.

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Hi All,

Thank you so much for helping each other.

Also, thanks to Hyrcan, I now have a “subscribe to comments” RSS feed link. It’s in my upper right sidebar.

I’ll write about it later in the week, so those of you who want to do the same can easily add a comments feed to your blog, too.

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@ Ellen – Making a plugin would probably be way too technical for me. Have downloaded the one Barbara recommended.

@ Shilpan – Thanks for the compliment. I’d never really thought of the similarities but I suppose both are ways to inflate a blog’s popularity.

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@Cath Lawson: One more thing about comments, while my main response awaits moderation, is that once there’s a good community going, you won’t need to reply to every comment. The community members will do that for you.

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@ J.D. – Personally, I’d just make my life easier and ditch the old blog and transfer everything over. Of course, write on your old blog for a couple weeks telling everyone to be prepared for the move and then once moved don’t delete right away.

I’m sure you’ll lose some RSS subscribers, but what you’ve built once, you can build again.

If, however, you decide to go the duplicate content route (which is good for awhile but I wouldn’t leave it forever), make sure to use the “no index” for those particular articles on one of your accounts, preferably the blogger (if that option is available).

Let Google find your new blog and not remember the old.

@ hyrcan – we think alike my friend

@ Cath – Hmm, good question. I think though only you can answer that for yourself. There is no set number. If you want to be actively involved and it gets real huge, you’ll have to dedicate a lot of time to your blog alone and let go of other things.

If you’re ok with something like Problogger, and I’ve asked Darren several questions and he’s never not once replied to me (nor reply to any messages sent to him on SU), but you’re ok with that and let your community talk to themselves, then there is no limit. I would think a forum would be great there.

It really depends on what you’re wanting to do.

Not sure if I gave you the best answer. Just my thoughts.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..Securing Your WordPress Blog: Post 2 – How To Change Your Username

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oh maybe someone here can help: in Google Reader when people subscribe to my blog it comes up as “title unknown”.

anyone know how to fix this without renaming the feed. i tried searching and got no where. thanks.

Natural’s last blog post..Doggone, Grandma

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I have a question. Since I’ve upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, none of my websites I frequent (like forums, Google Analytics, etc.) remember me and I have to login from scratch each time. I assume this is a problem with my cookies? But I’ve messed with it and nothing. Anyone else have this problem?

@ Natural – Sounds like a problem in your Feedburner account.

Try logging into FeedBurner and clicking on your feed. It should then take you to your feed’s dashboard. Up in the top left you should see a link that says Edit Feed Details…, click on that.

From there you should be able to enter in your Feed’s title.

Did that help?

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..Securing Your WordPress Blog: Post 2 – How To Change Your Username

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@ hyrcan …my title is empty because i’m using my own header, not the default wording under settings.

it works with all other RSS readers, just not google. i’m not hard coding. mystery.

@ John, I will try this when I get home. many thanks.

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Hi Barbara – I don’t think Dooce has a forum – mind you, I’ve only visited a few times.

I’ve thought about forums. I had a small one on an old site and I also moderated on a huge one. But both were time consuming – it would probably take a lot more time to manage than it would to answer blog comments.

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Hi John,

Did you get your problem solved? I noticed my information isn’t always “saved”, but I thought it was something I did wrong.

After listening to you and Hyrcan, I too, will learn to live with it. Uninstalling and reinstalling sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

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Hi John,

Sounds familiar, but I bet you’re like me and that plate is more like a Thanksgiving platter.

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Hi Hyrcan,

Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. It’s greatly appreciated.

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I was wondering if anyone could help me. I keep getting an error message when I try to upload a photo on my wordpress blog. It says that it can’t create a directory. It worked until yesterday. Thanks.

Writer Dad’s last blog post..Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

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Hi Writer Dad:

What ended up being the problem? (in case others encounter the same thing)

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Hi Writer Dad:

Thanks for sharing that. It’s good to know you got it fixed. That’s always a big relief.

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