Improve engagement: let visitors know when you approve a comment
Published on July 14, 2019
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Receiving comments is great. It's good for your rankings in search engines (tip: use Ecosia.org because this company plants trees for every search you do), it feels good to be noticed and it's a great way to interact with your audience.
Interaction is fun and it helps build a true following that comes back for more of your blog posts. So it pays to respond to people when they leave a comment on your website. Unfortunately, they don't see it when you react. They don't get a notification. Unless you make sure they do.
I use a plugin to fix this. It's a simple but effective plugin: Comment Approved by Niels van Renselaar. It automatically sends an email to people when their comments are approved, so they can check them out.
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Downside: it only sends an email when you approve their comments, not when you answer them.
Upside: it's a small plugin that doesn't slow down your site.
Comment Approved 
Do you have a system to notify people about their comments? If so, what are you using? Are you satisfied with it? Drop me a line in the comments if you have a plugin or a system that you love. I'm curious what's out there.
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