JointComments is a Disqus comment like system, a free comment solution for WordPress. Adding a comment system to your website has a lot benefits, and we will talk about them in this article.
Comments turn your blog into a living, breathing document: Fabrizio Van Marciano relates blogging to eating toast. He argues that blogging without comments is like toast without jam and butter. It’s bland. It’s boring. But the engagement that blogging creates is like warm buttery toast that melts in your mouth. Why do you think I always ask questions at the end of my blogs? I want people to respond. It provides a way for people to engage beyond just reading my words. It starts a conversation. Moderating your comment section can be a major time suck. Even spam-moderation tools and plugins won’t catch everything. A 99.95% accuracy against spam bots also doesn’t mean they’ll catch your human spammers. A human spammer is just like a regular commenter, only with an agenda. This means you have to moderate those comments yourself.
All of this shows that comments are not a reliable indicator of blog traffic. If you have a high-quality comment section, you may see a slight boost in traffic from Google, but it probably isn’t going to be so huge that you can’t consider eliminating your comments section if you really wanted to. Conclusion : As we saw in the data above, blog comments are not an indicator of blog traffic. One blog may have tons of comments with little traffic, whereas another blog may have tons of traffic with little comments. Yes, some blogs may receive a slight boost in search traffic due to the comments section. But you’ll need a good amount of high-quality, keyword-rich comments.
Comments bring in credibility. Normal comments have a ‘Name’ field. Now think what happens if I put in ‘Bill Gates’ in that field. Everyone will assume its a fake person. But what happens is often there are popular people who might like your content. These are not necessarily billionaires, but people with authority in their chosen fields. What you want to do is to give credibility to people who are commenting on your blog. If the same comment I was talking about earlier was from Bill Gates’s authorized JointComments account, people would automatically trust it. Have you integrated JointComments comments on your blog? What benefits you have seen after using it, and any cons you know of? Also, do share which method you used to add JointComments comments on your blog?
Embeddable Comment Widget: Get more engagement with our easy to use commenting system. The setup takes just a few clicks. Features: See top commenters & top comments, Ban users permanently or temporarily, Notifications for commenters. Upcoming Features: Thread level comment moderation, Social Media & Gmail Login for commenters, Pin Comments, Auto Approval for Specific Commenters, Akismet integration for SPAM protection, Custom CSS, Monetization with Native Ads, JOINT (erc-20) token rewards. Read more info at https://jointcomments.com/.