Comments are NOT site feedback

Now, you may argue that I am focusing a bit on the speed issue here. I described why it is imporant to write comments FAST, but why is it also important to write GOOD comments? Doesn't just ANY comment show google that there is activity on the page? Well, it does, but google uses highly efficient algorithms that do not only rate the amount of content on your page, but more importantly the quality of it.

But I'm still going to say that you can save a lot of time by understanding what a comment is about, and by understanding that leaving a comment is by no means the same as leaving site feedback. You may disagree with me on this one, but hear me out and leave a comment below to let me know what you think about my approach here:

While leaving site feedback is all about a thorough research and leaving helpful, actionable feedback for a website's author, a comment is more about resembling a "normal" visitor's behaviour and leaving some, ideally positive and helpful response for the author but more importantly OTHER VISITORS. Hence, it is okay to treat the author's content the way other visitors would do to:

  • Scan the article for what is important to you
  • Find a section that grabs your attention
  • Think about it
  • Leave a comment
  • You're done!

In my opinion, you do not have to go through a full fledges, in-depth research on the subject the author is writing about, or go through his entire website in order to leave a high quality comment!



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silverwings Premium
Thank you for sharing this. I’m a lazy commenter....and if there is a like button that’s generally what they get from me. I will definitely try to correct this! I’d love to see your website, how do I find it!
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ChrisDE Premium
Hey there :-) Thanks for checking out my welcome message and stopping by, leaving a comment! Great first step! :-)

The idea behind this guide mainly refers to the comments you leave on other people‘s blogs through the sitecomment feature. That‘s part of the training!

You can find my blog by either navigating to my profile and then check out the sidebar on the right (you‘ll also find my social media there) OR by clicking here: thattoydad.com :-)

All the best and have fun here at WA.

chris
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AAlgee Premium
It is very intimidating writing comments and writing helpful comments to folks isn't easy. You had some great tips on writing comments. I've written many #3 type of comments and promise that I will do better by utilizing #2 and #1 comments in my posts! Thanks again for the great tips.
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ChrisDE Premium
Hi Ashlyn. Thanks so much for reading my guide and commenting. Glad I could help!

All the best,
chris
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firstlearn Premium
Thanks for that Chris.

Derek
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ChrisDE Premium
Your're very welcome, Derek. Left you a WA follow by the way :-)
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firstlearn Premium
Thanks very much for that Chris

Derek
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mybiz4u Premium
Thnx for taking the time, C.
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ChrisDE Premium
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Michelle. Glad you liked it!
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WandavdH Premium
Great, thanks for this! Very helpful tutorial indeed.
(I'm not asking you a question right now because I have no questions) :P
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ChrisDE Premium
Thanks WandavdH - Glad you liked it! The question asking part is mostly for the out-of-WA-comments part :-) But it's really easy and asking questions here can be a good place to start practicing coming up with ideas. Like: "How long did it take you writing this?" or "How do you come up with ideas for these trainings?" Stuff like that - When you start looking closer, there are always things to ask and to help the author responding :-)
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