Comments on: The Changing Face of Reader Engagement–I Want to Hear from You http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/ Social Media News, WordPress Info and Opinion from Tris Hussey author of Create Your Own Blog, Using WordPress and Teach Yourself Foursquare Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8716 Tris Hussey Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:22:47 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8716 Hey Sandy! Always feel free to ask questions. The only way I learned things was asking lots of people lots of questions along the way. So, you can't put ads on a WordPress.<em>com</em>, the free, hosted WordPress service from Automattic. If you download and install WordPress on your own server, you're free to do whatever you wish. As you can see I have ads on my blog here and I'm running WordPress (of course), but because it's on my own server it's okay. Thank you for coming by! Hey Sandy! Always feel free to ask questions. The only way I learned things was asking lots of people lots of questions along the way.

So, you can’t put ads on a WordPress.com, the free, hosted WordPress service from Automattic. If you download and install WordPress on your own server, you’re free to do whatever you wish. As you can see I have ads on my blog here and I’m running WordPress (of course), but because it’s on my own server it’s okay.

Thank you for coming by!

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11167 Tris Hussey Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:22:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11167 Hey Sandy! Always feel free to ask questions. The only way I learned things was asking lots of people lots of questions along the way. So, you can't put ads on a WordPress.<em>com</em>, the free, hosted WordPress service from Automattic. If you download and install WordPress on your own server, you're free to do whatever you wish. As you can see I have ads on my blog here and I'm running WordPress (of course), but because it's on my own server it's okay. Thank you for coming by! Hey Sandy! Always feel free to ask questions. The only way I learned things was asking lots of people lots of questions along the way.

So, you can’t put ads on a WordPress.com, the free, hosted WordPress service from Automattic. If you download and install WordPress on your own server, you’re free to do whatever you wish. As you can see I have ads on my blog here and I’m running WordPress (of course), but because it’s on my own server it’s okay.

Thank you for coming by!

]]> By: Sandy Jensen http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8714 Sandy Jensen Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:53:42 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8714 Tris, Thank you for initiating this interesting line of thought. Even though I subscribe to your blog and read it every day, and, also, I have had questions from your book to ask you, I have held back because I have this idea that you are really famous and busy and I shouldn't bother you if I am not paying you to be a consultant. Like what, you are thinking? Well, I thought you said in the blogging book that it was illegal to advertise on WordPress, but later in the book I saw information about how to set up a commercial site on WP. Is there a middle line I missed? I imagine the will to leave a considered comment rises and falls with the intensity of the work week. This is Sunday morning, and I'm only now commenting on my favorite blogs--and yours is at the top of my list! Tris,
Thank you for initiating this interesting line of thought. Even though I subscribe to your blog and read it every day, and, also, I have had questions from your book to ask you, I have held back because I have this idea that you are really famous and busy and I shouldn’t bother you if I am not paying you to be a consultant.

Like what, you are thinking? Well, I thought you said in the blogging book that it was illegal to advertise on WordPress, but later in the book I saw information about how to set up a commercial site on WP. Is there a middle line I missed?

I imagine the will to leave a considered comment rises and falls with the intensity of the work week. This is Sunday morning, and I’m only now commenting on my favorite blogs–and yours is at the top of my list!

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8680 Tris Hussey Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:44:39 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8680 Thank you Erica! Here is the recipe (honestly it isn't magic, just good SEO) http://trishussey.com/2006/01/05/todays-recipe-idea-oven-roasted-yam-fries/ I'm thinking we need to kick up the challenge to leave more comments again. And not just on the giant posts, but the ones our friends write as well. Thank you Erica! Here is the recipe (honestly it isn’t magic, just good SEO) http://trishussey.com/2006/01/05/todays-recipe-idea-oven-roasted-yam-fries/

I’m thinking we need to kick up the challenge to leave more comments again. And not just on the giant posts, but the ones our friends write as well.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11166 Tris Hussey Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:44:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11166 Thank you Erica! Here is the recipe (honestly it isn't magic, just good SEO) http://trishussey.com/2006/01/05/todays-recipe-idea-oven-roasted-yam-fries/ I'm thinking we need to kick up the challenge to leave more comments again. And not just on the giant posts, but the ones our friends write as well. Thank you Erica! Here is the recipe (honestly it isn’t magic, just good SEO) http://trishussey.com/2006/01/05/todays-recipe-idea-oven-roasted-yam-fries/

I’m thinking we need to kick up the challenge to leave more comments again. And not just on the giant posts, but the ones our friends write as well.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8679 Tris Hussey Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:11 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8679 Thanks exactly it Monica! It seems that post either get an insane number of comments, or none. Rarely is it something manageable in between. I, frankly, wish I had some magic bullet. Sadly, no. Thanks exactly it Monica! It seems that post either get an insane number of comments, or none. Rarely is it something manageable in between.

I, frankly, wish I had some magic bullet. Sadly, no.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11165 Tris Hussey Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11165 Thanks exactly it Monica! It seems that post either get an insane number of comments, or none. Rarely is it something manageable in between. I, frankly, wish I had some magic bullet. Sadly, no. Thanks exactly it Monica! It seems that post either get an insane number of comments, or none. Rarely is it something manageable in between.

I, frankly, wish I had some magic bullet. Sadly, no.

]]> By: Erica http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8677 Erica Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:12 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8677 WebWorkerDaily just covered this topic - "Are Blog Comments Worth It?" The overwhelming response from bloggers was like "Uh, YEAH, that's why I do this!", with the general acknowledgment that most small blogs sound like crickets in the comments section. http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/02/04/are-blog-comments-worth-it/ Conversation is where the fun is, and centralizing it after a post gets all the good thoughts of readers in one place. I learn so much from the comments; the issue gets rounded out to the 360° view a single writer can't usually provide. I assumed there already was a plugin to aggregate tweets in blog comments & that I was being lazy in not tracking it down! I am seriously interested in your yam fry recipe btw. I will share my yam fry secret sauce here for all the internet to enjoy: warmed up natural peanut butter. Amazing. WebWorkerDaily just covered this topic – “Are Blog Comments Worth It?” The overwhelming response from bloggers was like “Uh, YEAH, that’s why I do this!”, with the general acknowledgment that most small blogs sound like crickets in the comments section.

http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/02/04/are-blog-comments-worth-it/

Conversation is where the fun is, and centralizing it after a post gets all the good thoughts of readers in one place. I learn so much from the comments; the issue gets rounded out to the 360° view a single writer can’t usually provide.

I assumed there already was a plugin to aggregate tweets in blog comments & that I was being lazy in not tracking it down!

I am seriously interested in your yam fry recipe btw. I will share my yam fry secret sauce here for all the internet to enjoy: warmed up natural peanut butter. Amazing.

]]> By: Erica http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11164 Erica Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11164 WebWorkerDaily just covered this topic - "Are Blog Comments Worth It?" The overwhelming response from bloggers was like "Uh, YEAH, that's why I do this!", with the general acknowledgment that most small blogs sound like crickets in the comments section. http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/02/04/are-blog-comments-worth-it/ Conversation is where the fun is, and centralizing it after a post gets all the good thoughts of readers in one place. I learn so much from the comments; the issue gets rounded out to the 360° view a single writer can't usually provide. I assumed there already was a plugin to aggregate tweets in blog comments & that I was being lazy in not tracking it down! I am seriously interested in your yam fry recipe btw. I will share my yam fry secret sauce here for all the internet to enjoy: warmed up natural peanut butter. Amazing. WebWorkerDaily just covered this topic – “Are Blog Comments Worth It?” The overwhelming response from bloggers was like “Uh, YEAH, that’s why I do this!”, with the general acknowledgment that most small blogs sound like crickets in the comments section.

http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/02/04/are-blog-comments-worth-it/

Conversation is where the fun is, and centralizing it after a post gets all the good thoughts of readers in one place. I learn so much from the comments; the issue gets rounded out to the 360° view a single writer can’t usually provide.

I assumed there already was a plugin to aggregate tweets in blog comments & that I was being lazy in not tracking it down!

I am seriously interested in your yam fry recipe btw. I will share my yam fry secret sauce here for all the internet to enjoy: warmed up natural peanut butter. Amazing.

]]> By: Monica Hamburg http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8675 Monica Hamburg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:16:53 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-8675 Oh, I like the auto-generated hashtags idea! Agree with you on the not wanting to dive into the pool when there are too many comments. My favorite blogs have now become crazy popular - and with 100 comments per post, I lack the will to wade through them all (even though many if them are very clever) desire. And I don't want to comment without reading lest I remark with something that's already been said. So I don't read them all & then don't comment <i>because</i> I haven't. Another circular issue. Oh, I like the auto-generated hashtags idea!

Agree with you on the not wanting to dive into the pool when there are too many comments. My favorite blogs have now become crazy popular – and with 100 comments per post, I lack the will to wade through them all (even though many if them are very clever) desire. And I don’t want to comment without reading lest I remark with something that’s already been said. So I don’t read them all & then don’t comment because I haven’t. Another circular issue.

]]> By: Monica Hamburg http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11163 Monica Hamburg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/02/09/the-changing-face-of-reader-engagement-i-want-to-hear-from-you/#comment-11163 Oh, I like the auto-generated hashtags idea! Agree with you on the not wanting to dive into the pool when there are too many comments. My favorite blogs have now become crazy popular - and with 100 comments per post, I lack the will to wade through them all (even though many if them are very clever) desire. And I don't want to comment without reading lest I remark with something that's already been said. So I don't read them all & then don't comment <i>because</i> I haven't. Another circular issue. Oh, I like the auto-generated hashtags idea!

Agree with you on the not wanting to dive into the pool when there are too many comments. My favorite blogs have now become crazy popular – and with 100 comments per post, I lack the will to wade through them all (even though many if them are very clever) desire. And I don’t want to comment without reading lest I remark with something that’s already been said. So I don’t read them all & then don’t comment because I haven’t. Another circular issue.

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