As I said on the previous page, it is important to leave “engaging comments.” This helps the website owner with Google. An engaging comment is one that at the very least is relevant to the topic of the post. It should be a comment that is conversational and can even ask a question.
EXAMPLE COMMENTS
Below are a couple examples of comments I have left on websites. The first one was on a website about techniques for dealing with stress and the second comment was on a Wealthy Affiliate review on a Bootcamp website.
Stress Management
Hey Michael, thank you for this very helpful post. I agree that stress can play a major role in our overall health on a day-to-day basis. I just didn’t realize exactly how much it can affect us, but thanks to the information you provided I have a better understanding.
You mention that one way to manage stress is to do some form of exercise like just taking a walk. Does all forms of exercise work equally or does aggressive exercise relieve more stress? I personally like hiking as my form of exercise and I was curious if that would be too aggressive.
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Did you see how I worded that comment? I first started by thanking Michael for his post on stress management. I then agreed with his assessment on the dangers of being stressed and acknowledged that I didn’t realize how much stress could affect our health.
NOTE:
Even though I already knew how stress affects our health, I “pretended” to not be fully aware. By pretending, I am making it seem like I learned something new by reading this post. Now if I truly didn’t have any knowledge about stress related health, the response would have been the same.
You want your comment to imply that you learned something new from the content, even if you add some of your knowledge on the topic. Now I continue my comment by asking a question on a particular part of the content. This helps to inspire engagement so that the website owner will reply with an appropriate response.
Wealthy Affiliate Review
Hello John! Thank you for this very informative review on Wealthy Affiliate. I too would like to earn an income working from home in my own business. This platform sounds like a great place for the complete beginner to learn how to start an affiliate marketing website.
I believe I am interested in joining Wealthy Affiliate but I have a couple of questions before I decide. You mention that I can start for free and that the monthly cost is $49. Are there any upsells or hidden advanced training I need to pay for? Also, can I do this in my spare time?
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Again notice how I structured my comment. I first greeted and thanked John for his informative review on Wealthy Affiliate and how I also have a desire to work from home as my own boss. I then go on to praise how the Wealthy Affiliate platform sounds like a great place to learn affiliate marketing.
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Even though we are already members of Wealthy Affiliate we do not always want to say that in our comments because then it will look biased to those outside of WA who will read the comments. Plus when commenting on a Wealthy Affiliate review or any other post mentioning Wealthy Affiliate, do not type WA. Only members would type that.
You want to end your comment with one or two questions that would show Google that you are interested in the content you just read. Obviously we should know the answers to our questions but again we do not want to portray ourselves as other WA members with a biased view.
NEXT UP = How to NOT leave a comment on a website
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Reply
This is why it is possible to rank for certain keywords that may appear only in your comments. And Google does use comment interaction to measure the current state of a post.
For comments versus feedback, I think many people could use feedback before comments -- real feedback that gives them specific areas (even grammar, typos, non-functioning links, etc) that should be fixed right away, before seeking comments on a post.
A year ago or so when I joined WA, there was a process for requesting and giving feedback; I took a lot of time and effort in giving specific feedback to help improve posts/websites of WA members who had requested feedback.
Then, WA seems to have switched to a system of requesting and receiving comments .... instead of feedback. Do you know whether WA still offers a feedback request mechanism (instead of comments directly to a webpage/post)?
Sometimes I'll click on a comment request link, see a lot of typos, grammatical errors (the kind that make a reader click away pretty quickly), format issues, broken links, and I'd like to help that WA member improve their website/post, but I won't add that kind of feedback as a comment (of course, no one would want feedback like that in the comments for everyone to read).
So in that case, I won't leave a comment, and also don't offer feedback since, as far as I'm aware, there no longer seems to be a WA mechanism for getting points/credit of some kind for taking the time and effort to offer these kinds of corrections/feedback for improvement etc. It is a lot of work and takes time and effort to offer real feedback like this, but it's probably more important in many cases than comments, as the feedback can lead to immediate and direct improvements that may keep real visitors/readers on the page/website longer.
Thanks again for your post, always look forward to reading your tips, suggestions and points of view.
Kate
When you click the Website Tab, the next page will show you two options. Site Comment. And Site Feedback.
It seems that people request less feedback than comments.
If you see a really bad post, I suggest ignoring it or just focus on parts you like so that you can engage it in a positive manner. If you really want to help the author, I suggest you send them a PM and ask if they would like some feedback privately before offering anything. If they do ask, then go ahead. If they don't want feedback, that is their loss. Move on.
I fell foul of giving feedback with the intention to help the author. Only to get my comments disapproved with the reason they weren't asking for feedback. Fare enough.
Take care.
Edwin
When I give website comments and I notice things (grammar, bad links, not enough white space,...) wrong with the content, I make a note of it and proceed to give a quality comment. I then send a PM to the member describing in detail what I had seen wrong.
Personally I do not use Site Comments to get my comments nor do I use Site Feedback. I am sure I will with a new website but not with my current sites. You can still access Site Feedback by clicking on "Websites" in the left side menu and then selecting it from the popup menu. The link is below.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/website-feedback
Thanks again,
Kate
Including when it comes to constructive feedback that someone has requested to help them improve, as we do every week in Toastmasters (public speaking) meetings.
The feedback in Toastmasters is the #1 way in which Toastmasters members (around the world) all improve our public speaking; even the people listening to the feedback for someone else's speech, learn ways to improve their own future public speaking.
Feedback osmosis :)
Thanks again,
Kate
What District are you in? I am in District 52. Not as active now. But was extremely active until 10 years ago after I completed my stint as District Governor (called District Director now) and gradually reduced my involvement. I'm just a member of two clubs now.
You are correct how Toastmasters can help us give feedback. A word of caution. Do not use the Toastmasters evaluation techniques in giving comments. That is more applicable to Feedback.
All the best to you.
Cheers.
Edwin
Boomer's post gives great examples of how to give comments!
I also wouldn't give any unrequested feedback via PM here at WA, either. I only have given feedback when a person had submitted their webpage specifically asking for feedback. (Even when I see lots of typos, grammatical errors, broken links ... I just would never want to offend anyone so I don't offer feedback unless someone has specifically requested feedback.)
Cheers,
Kate
I got started back in Site Comments on 27 April and out of 36, I have had 2 disapproved simply because of the reasons you cited above. Low quality, gave feedback instead of a comment, or totally off point.
This tutorial is really going to help me henceforward to give better quality than what I have been.
Thanks for the tutorial Boomer.
Sonny
Great tutorial once again... Thank YOU.
When getting lame comments on my local business website (Ontario, Canada) from those in India, I simply tag them as spam and then delete them... adding the IP address to to Blacklist so that those using that IP address can no longer make comments.
So, the problem of lame comments is more than those of us who are new to WA, I'm sure.
Thanks to your great tutorial, more of us will now know better... that leaving quality comments really will pay off in the long run. :-))
In those instances if they are either really poorly written and/or they contain a link, I immediately delete them as trash. I like the idea of adding the IP address to a blacklist.
