As early as 2014, sites have made headlines by beginning to phase out blog comments. News writers, travel bloggers, technical writers, and editors around the internet rejoiced at this decision. After all, what writer hasn’t dealt with an absurd argument in the comment section of his or her piece? Disabling comments meant avoiding nasty interactions […]
5 Topics to Tread Carefully Around
Blogging is a very freeing experience. Your blog is your personal corner on the Web and it can be, literally, whatever you want it to be. Want to make your site hot pink, use the “blink” tag heavily and load up an annoying midi right when the visitor arrives? That’s your prerogative but it’s also […]
5 Blogging Faux Pas You Might Be Making
Blogging is an inherently social activity, just one that happens to be done with millions of other people all across the globe. As with any social activity, there are social norms that develop and pertain to the way that bloggers interact with one another. These aren’t necessarily laws (though there is some relationship when you […]
How To Instantly Cripple Your Blog When Installing Facebook Commenting
BloggingPro recently changed from a standard WordPress commenting system to the Facebook Commenting platform, a move that now allows our readers not only to engage with one another but also post comments to their Facebook page, inviting their friends into the mix. While Facebook continues to make their commenting system a more robust offering users […]
Should Bloggers Use Facebook’s Commenting System?
As many of you are well aware of, Facebook has launched their own commenting system which enables readers to comment upon your post without having to sign up for yet another user account or retype their name to identify themselves. With major blogs like TechCrunch and GigaOm embracing Facebook (wholely if not partially), many bloggers […]
Disqus Comments Hook Users In
An interesting story about the way how the Disqus Comments system hooks its WordPress users in, by not communicating with the WP database when a comment has been marked as spam. Bug or voluntarily hooking the users in by holding the cleanliness of the comment stream hostage? It will be interesting to see if the […]
Blogging Pitfalls: Why Comments and Community Are Important
Every blogger wants to be the star of their site. One doesn’t usually go through the time to create a site and write for it regularly with the intention of have others show them up and become what matters the most. However, nearly all successful blogs are something of a collaborative effort between the blogger […]
How Probloggers Can Generate Cash From The Comment Section
When it comes to seeking out new forms of revenue, most bloggers choose to overload their blogs with advertisements, with a few brave souls charging for content or experimenting with job boards. Although there are numerous other ways to generate extra revenue through blogging, most bloggers rarely think about finding ways to generate comments from […]
Should Probloggers Outsource Their Blog Comments?
When it comes to blogging, nothing says community better than by allowing readers to voice their opinions upon your site. While most mainstream blogging platforms boast a decent commenting system, blogging pros may wonder whether they should consider outsourcing their comment section or leave the native system up instead. Since outsourcing ones comments can be […]
Blogging Pitfalls: Why You Can’t Stop Promoting
There’s a story told to those in school for advertising about William Wrigley Jr., the owner and founder of Wrigley gum. According to the story, Wrigley was on a train when another passenger asked him why he continued to spend millions of dollars when everyone knew his product and he had a virtual lock on […]