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I don't know if this is the same with 'your' site or not...but the only comments I ever get are when I solicit them here! Visitors outside of WA don't leave comments...even though the attempt is there to 'engage' them at the foot of each post. But...when was the last time I left a random comment on someone's site?? Not sure. In truth...it's not something I ordinarily do. I've done it before...but I'm more conscious of it now since I have my own site. I imagine it usually needs to be very 'stimulating' copy in order to invoke a response. Either that or controversial. Other than that, it's not typical for someone to leave a comment just to say "Thanks for the info".

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Try asking question inside your content. Your right about mentioning something controversial, but be careful not to hurt any feelings. The other thing you can do is blog often and share it all over the place. Particularly G+. They like to respond on G+.

Really useful reply Darrell, (to ask the question inside the content) thank you and duly noted! :)

I recently read an article where the author (someone who specializes in SEO) said that you need to be really discriminatory about which comments you allow pass moderation. His comment is that Google looks down on a site with a bunch of 'atta boy' comments like you are likely to get from WA folks. He believes that only comments that add to the discussion are worth keeping. So, maybe, when we are asking our WA family to comment on our sites we should specify that they should comment on the content and not just give a pat endorsement. These types of comments are the only ones that I have ever responded to. Kind of like the comments to this post, they are relevant.

MIkell-
Great answer and great insight. Everyone here should be aware not to leave comments about the actual website but about the content of that website. Leave comments about how the site looks here, in WA. Thanks for replying. Best of luck.
Dawn

You so right about that Mike. I've thought about that each time I go to comment on someone's site. The issue being, that while participating in a 'give & take' on each others site is a great idea, sometimes, if the other person's site is in a niche that is far removed from the others' experience or interest...leaving a comment can be nothing more than one of those "atta boy's" you referenced. We don't want Google to become suspicious of our sites that have too many comments from the same group of commentators!

I try to leave a reply relevant to the individual blog post (as if I was a neutral reader), and leave the "atta boy" comment about it here on WA

It often helps if you end your piece with a question, ie. "So, what do you think of...?" rather than just leave it as "Be the first to comment..." or "Reply below". It might also help negate the b(l)og standard, "great post" type comments. :) Rich.

I do that. Did we break-up? :(

I forgive you. :) R. x

Yep, I already go the "question route" Rich.

Be patient.

I just started a blog on my website and also got one comment from someone I don't know outside of WA :) but this was after others from WA already commented, so I guess that really helps!

One of the reasons why I say that you need to be the change. Align your surfing habits with what you are looking for with your own site.

very few people will eat in an empty restaurant, so "seeding" posts with WA commenters is a good place to start.
Also a truism is that very few people will do anything unless they are at least asked to. so rather than just leave it to the end and rely on the comment box to weave its magic, you can bait a trail higher up the page...Asking the question what it might take to make someone leave a comment is a good way of reverse engineering your content as well...
And then there is the matter of incentivising them to do so..
If your content is more about information than interaction, you will be at a disadvantage, if comments are important to you. They need not be, and comments via social media will do just as well...and from WA'ers as well of course..

Good points! Although MOST content IS information. I afraid it might come off as a tad awkward trying to 'bait a trail' further up the page. Questions aren't usually posed within the meat of a post...unless there are other methods of baiting .... for which I'm obviously unfamiliar with.

Good information here, Andy.

I agree with Koa and if you have a captcha, they are even less likely to, because of the extra hassle.

People are also inherently lazy! Pretty much EVERY site nowadays has a captcha. And mine requires mathematics!! (I think that's easier than those squiggly letters/numbers that don't make sense sometimes)

I do like the math ones much better!

Let me ask you a question. You have two sites in your profile. Which site are you talking about? Do you have any sales on a site in question?

Lightsngear. Yes there've been sales. The other site is on the back burner right now.

Yeah, unless it's a really popular site, it's pretty common not to have many comments, unless it's provocative, in some way. People just don't tend to think about it. However, I have seen a lot of people on Youtube and such places address this fact to their subscribers and once they do, the visitors often get the point.

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