Site comments, am I the only one?
Site comments, am I the only one?
So I watched a couple of Jays'webinars dealing with SEO.
One of the metrics he uses is site comments.
So Friday I signed up in 25 categories to give comments.
As of today, Tuesday, I was able to leave 2 comments. One is still pending.
Anyone else having this problem?
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Yes, there have been many issues lately. Site Comments took a bit of a nose dive in the last few weeks. Hopefully it will be sorted out soon. There are some members who seem to be there just to make money off comments and they are taking up all the available comments.
I have not been able to leave any comments so far, or site feedback. It says there are no sites that need any right now. I guess we just keep trying.
Hi Tom,
You should have a look at my recent post Hard to Comment Makes Me Hard to Approve and check out some of the 152 comments there.
The Comments section of WA used to work well but has been hijacked by comment spammers looking for 50 cent paydays.
We have to reclaim it.
So it used to work. There must be a way to get it to work again.
It seems like there are plenty of people that leave good comments so, I don't know, there must be a way to keep people who are about to or who already have lost their certified commenter status to keep them as commenters.
We all used to be reluctant to reject comments.
But we have to start. If we can pick the comment spammers and they get rejected over and over again, they'll get discouraged and we'll reclaim the platform.
I've suggested to Carson that a week of a 1 to 1 instead of a 1 to 2 ratio, coupled with eliminating the 50 cent payout for that week, would kickstart it.
I just lost my certified commenter status due to lack of sites to comment on. It's quite disappointing. It's not through lack of trying. I think I only commented on 1 yesterday and 2 the day before.
I will also lose it soon -_- It was a great opportunity to pay my monthly membership but now I am disappointed.
I think it's because most people are disappointed with the quality of comments they receive (mostly from newbies who don't even bother reading the post properly). I still request comments from time to time but not as aggressively as before.
its a typical supply and demand problem. There are plenty of people looking to offer comments, but not enough people actually requesting comments for posts.
I requested comments last week to be over 7 days, and received them all in the first hour.
I already lost my certified commenter status. It’s disappointing to say the least but the bigger picture should be on our affiliate websites since that is where the money is going to be made.
I agree with you Jessie but this was a great opportunity for newbies to earn for their membership until they start earning from their websites.
The quality of comments really is poor atm. If you request 2 you end up with 8-9 but they are basically garbage save a couple.
But people dont disaprove as they are basically free comments once over the requested number any disaproved comments are wasted.
Its a shame as its a vast improvement over the old system but the lure of being paid means people care not for the quality just how many they can pump out with no penalty.
I have 7 comments sat waiting to be approved. But everyone will have to be re-written which feels so disingenuous!
So people need to only accept good comments. It's the only way to take back site comments from spammers. I have to say I can think of easier ways to earn 50¢. If people only accept comments from people who have read the post and respond to it, I think we can take back site comments! What do you think?
Yep, I agree, its going to be tough though as I get a good 75% bad comments, but if no one is educating the people leaving bad comments it will not improve.
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For no site to comment either
Different timetable
All up and used
More luck with site feedback
Hello
it also happened to me; there are not always seit that ask for comments; you have to come back whenever you have time
all the best for you
Carson responded to another post like this the other day.. it is just really popular and the number of people wanting to give comments is far outweighing those that are asking for them.
I have been checking constantly as I also use it to keep regular traffic up which also help SEO.. sparse pickings lately sadly..
Will try and find that blog and link here too
Paul
I find I have the same problem. Whenever I login to site comments
I get the page:
Wow, we've delivered comments to everyone who has requested them, well done everyone!
Check again in a few moments for more unfulfilled requests
Every day is different and sometimes even every few minutes is different.
Sometimes, I'll get to do 3 or 4 in a row and other times it will say none are available. I've found that after waiting even 5-10 minutes, sometimes a new comment request will be available...
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I just tried and was able to leave comments. Maybe change the categories?
Hey I was just able to leave 3 comments!
Same - I logged in this morning and got 5. They must have heard us...