Thank You for Your Comments
July 12, 2008 by Lillie
The second quarter of the year brought almost 300 comments from 192 commenters – about the same number of comments from more commenters than the first quarter of the year. The number of comments continues to amaze me since this blog doesn’t get a lot of traffic.
The comments have encouraged and educated my readers and me. I invite you to read the comments and add your own. You’ll find the conversation much more interesting and informative than just reading the posts.
While I appreciate every comment, I prefer to respond to “John, the Philadelphia Lawyer” rather than to “Philadelphia Lawyer” or to “Susie Smith, Beauty Consultant” rather than to “Chicago Beauty.” Replying to “Best Cooking School” just doesn’t feel like I’m talking to a real person. I will reply, but I won’t address you by “name” when your “name” is a keyword phrase.
As the About page says, first time commenters are moderated. Once a comment has been approved, future comments are not moderated as long as you use the same e-mail address and name. (Added 7/13/08: Also you must use the same URL; if you linked to your homepage on one comment and to a specific post on another, the second comment will be moderated.) I use moderation to try to avoid spam. Akismet has caught more than 78,000 spam comments, but several questionable comments appear in the moderation queue every day. If the comment relates in any way to the post, I approve it. If the comment is so generic that it looks like spam (“Nice post. Thanks.”), I delete it rather than mark it spam so if it’s a legimate comment, the person’s next comment will appear in moderation rather than go to spam. Of course, if it’s porn or other obvious spam, I mark it spam. I do NOT review all the comments in spam before deleting them. If you’ve left a comment and it didn’t appear, comment again or e-mail me. If you’re a real person leaving a real comment, I want to be sure your comment is posted.
I hope this list is accurate, but there is lots of room for errors in gathering this information and transferring it to a post. Please let me know about any errors or omissions.
Now … thanks to all commenters, especially to those who left many comments.
Top Contributor (21 comments)
Renae Brumbaugh Morning Coffee
Major Contributor (11 comments)
Jeanne Dininni Writers’ Notes
Outstanding Contributors (8 Comments)
Diane Brunner Her SCA Blog
Yvonne Russell Grow Your Writing Business
Significant Contributors (2 to 7 comments):
Alina Popescu Words of a Broken Mirror
angelawd Pearl Writing Services
biorhythm Bio Trends
Chad ProFreelancing
Cristian Nouveau Riche University
Dana Prince The Writer’s Blog
Faraz Ahmed Ram Valley
isabella mori change therapy
Jackie Cameron Consult Cameron
Jacob Share Job Mob and Group Writing Projects
Jasia Creative Gene
Joanna Young Confident Writing
JuLia This Heart of Mine
Karen Putz A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Karen Swim Words for Hire
Kerrie The Writing Bug
Laura Spencer Writing Thoughts
Lisa Vella Getting It Write for You
Lori Widmer Words on the Page
Marc Klein Rate Surfer
Matt Keegan The Article Writer
Mihaela (Mig) Lica Online Public Relations
Mobile Blog Varalogic
Monavie On the Move Monavievo and Monavie Mall
Monika Mundell Writer’s Manifesto
Paul Raven Futurismic
Raise Capital Tiber Creek Corporation
Robert Hruzek Middle Zone Musings
Sharon Hurley Hall Get Paid to Write Online
Steve Bannister Mind the Gap
Thomma Lynn Tennessee Text Wrestling
Tiger Tom Tiger Tom Insurance Tips
Travelinoma TravelinOma’s Library
Uptake in OH Uptake
Writing Content Nice, Smile
Important Contributors:
akshay Silicon Web Solutions
AndyW Press Release 001
Application Development Net Prophets Global
Asia’h Epperson Asia’h Epperson
Brad Shorr Word Sell, Inc.
Brandon Satrom Words of Redemption
California Car Insurance Quotes
Celebrity Forum Gossip Check
Christie Harper
Christine Duncan Book Babes and Him
Chris All Fishing Books
Chris Foolish Mumbles
Cohnsey Repo Lift
Copywriter Profit Convergence Inc
Cosmetic Dentist London Sparkle Dental
Craig UK Holiday Trips Blog
Dan ACS Calibration
Daniel Jones Student News and Events
Dave’s Place Just Another Blog
David Bowman Precise Edit
David Leonhardt Writer SEO-Writer
Dallas Web Design Dallas Web Design
Dean Cairns SEO
Design Browse Design
Dog Parvo Dog Parvo Symptoms
Drug Rehab Facility Drug Rehab
Ecard Lover 123 Greetings
Edith Brown Jeteak Press Writer Blog
Ernesto Live and Learn Online
Forex Mania
Fringe TV Show Guide
Gene Universal Mortgage
Genesis At Home Mom Blog
Georganna Hancock A Writer’s Edge
Gillian Plastic Surgery
Graham US Movie Guide
Green Eco-Business Links
Greenville NC Events Blog Greenville
Greg Roy Only Knives
Gus Direct Direct Buy
Helen Ginger Straight from Hel
Highest CD Rates Highest CD Rates Info
Holly Self-Employed Insurance
Homer Middle East Opinion
How to earn online Money Bites
Invoice Factoring Service Ozarks Capital Funding
Irene Abendkleid 4 You
Jack J. Ammann Jr. aka Mr.Lillie
Jacob Top Soccer Tournaments
Jak Doberman’s Den
James Pharma Savings
James Chartrand Men with Pens
James Doughty Some Monument to Last
Jayden Best Mattress Reviews
Jennifer Mattern All Freelance Writing
Jenny Agentur Vergin
Joe Takkle Takkle.com
Johanna
John Election 2008 News
John Jefferson The Culinary Arts
Julio Equila
Justin Briggs Seo Zombie
Hakan Se Fresh Market News
Kredite ohne Schufa
Laminate Furniture Modecore
Lance Gargus Lance’s Soul Searching
Lighting Fixtures The Lot Is On
Lilly outdoorkleidung-24.de
Lisa Big Food Web Marketing
Lisa Got No Dough
Lou Bortone Book Writing Coach
Luca Govoni Nienteansia
M. S. Phillips Getting Rid of Cellulite
Manchild When Least Expected
Marie Life to Max
Mark Real Deal Docs
Mark Goodyear Good Word Editing
Mary My Shiny Things
Matt (Project Management) Projen
Matt Keegan Word Journey
Matthew Blog About Your Blog
Melissa Donovan Writing Forward
Michael Image Frog
Michael Kwan Beyond the Rhetoric
Michele Tune Writing the Cyber Highway
Misty Agentur Vergin
moneysmart Personal Finance Growth
Monica Benut Malaysia Adventure
Mother Earth Best Wellness Consultant
My Finance Butler
Natasha Kaufhelfer
Nicki Abendkleid 4 You
NYC Beauty Cosmetic Surgeons Review
Okinawa HDR Japan
Patrick My U Search
Paula Traumhafte Damanschhe
Peter All About Car Hire
PC Sport Live PC Sport Live
Porch Lifts Vertical Platform Lifts
psi guy Pookie 808
rentenversicherung
Reverse Mergers Tiber Creek Corporation
Riese Last Minute Reiseangebote
Riza Pinoy Food Taste
Roberto Third Law Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Ronni
RT Cunningham Untwisted Vortex
Rugs Done Right
Ruth Chatlein Ruth’s Visions and Revisions
Sally
Samantha Kaufhelfer
Sanctus Agentur Vergin
Sean Argentina Soccer
seo masta Bluesand Design
Simon Pingable
Sleep Aid Snooze Ease
Stefan SKR Service
STUD Bouncerland
Susan The Urban Muse
Tess
Theo Consumer Review
Top Rated Foolish Mumbles
Trucker Jake New Hampshire Truck Driving Schools
Trucker Mary New Hampshire Truck Driving Schools
TV Brackets dekomount
Uk Graphic Design Essence Design
Unsecured Credit
Vaughn Hayden Recommended Book Inc
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Vlad Professional Soccer Drills
website design Ask Graphics
Wolfgang Puck Cookware Cookware Please
Work at Home Jobs Day Job Nuker
wuyi tea Tea and Weight Loss
Thank you again to everyone who has commented. If you haven’t commented before, I invite you to join the conversation. I think you’ll enjoy and benefit from your participation, and I know we’ll enjoy and benefit.
Oh, thank you! I’d like to thank all the little people who made this grand moment possible.
Do I get a trophy? I’ll put it on my mantle!
Thank you, Lillie!
James,
I always enjoy thanking commenters.
Thanks for the mention
You’re welcome, Zak. Thanks for commenting.
Lillie, thanks for acknowledging me along with all your many contributors. I always enjoy coming here for your wonderful ideas and conversation.
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I have read some of your comment all of them have good quality that’s why you are getting more visitors and beautiful comments. I also become a fan of your post.
Thanks for including me!
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Lillie,
Thanks for the mention and the link! I always enjoy your informative posts and only wish I could have commented even more than I did!
Jeanne
Jeanne,
Glad to see that you’re commenting more recently … hope that means your workload is manageable and you’re still making as much money as you were when you were so overloaded.
I’m so glad to have you as a fan. I look forward to seeing more comments from you.
Thanks for the link. I have been reading your blog regularly, but, probably commented only once. Glad to see that you have not forget this silent reader.
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Asia’h,
I certainly appreciate the silent reader. I know how many blogs I read that I seldom comment on.
I’d thank each reader by name if I knew them, but they have to come out of lurkdom and make a comment for me to know who they are. Even one comment is welcome and appreciated.
thanks for the shoutout!
i REALLY like what you said about your comment practices. i agree with you on every single point.
and i really need to do my comment thank-yous, too, so thanks for reminding me!
isabella,
Deciding whether a comment is legitimate or spam can sometimes be a challenge, but I do like to give the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.
Hi Lillie – Thank you. It must have taken you ages to link to us all.
I also hate responding to the keyword people. It’s not so bad if they put there real names at the bottom of the message, otherwise it’s hard to address them politely without feeling foolish.
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Cath,
The first time I wrote a post to thank commenters, I did it for the whole year … and I had to create it by going through comments in the WordPress dashboard. That did take forever. Now, I record the comments in a spreadsheet as I reply to them, then copy and paste into the quarterly post.
Hi Lillie! Thanks so much for mentioning me in this awesome list! Although bloglines has turned me into a lazy commentator, I’m trying my best to get back and more frequent commenting
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Goodness! What a long list! Thanks for including me, Lillie. Your comment moderation policy sounds a lot like mine. Some comments seem designed to get a link but add no value. If I’m not sure, then occasionally I remove the link and leave the comment.
Wow…what a great way to thank your readers and commenters!
I just found your site today
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Susan,
I’m glad you found me and look forward to your participation.
Lillie, you are actually right! I have over 200 feeds in my reader
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Alina,
With 200 feeds … you can’t possibly to get to all the blogs you’d like to comment on. We have to spend a little time producing and not just consuming.
Lillie I feel that We all should thank you infact for giving us such a wonderful platform where we can give our insights, share with you and other commentors. I think you deserve the “Trophy” more than anyone else does!
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What a lovely thing to say! I’m delighted to have you and other commenters participate in my blog.
Thank you for the recogniztion. Your blog is great and I love reading what you write.
Thanks for the link Lillie!
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Diane,
Thank you for being part of the community here and for the lovely compliment.
You’re welcome, Laura. Thanks for commenting.
Cheers for the link to my blog, I will have to comment here more often.
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Simon,
Please do comment more often. It’s great to hear from you.
Lillie,
It’s amazing to see how many comments you get. Terrific!
Just wanted to point out a bug: you’ve linked both my sites to http://jobmob.co.il/
Stumbled this for you:
http://groupwriting.stumbleupon.com/review/23584277/
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Jacob,
I am constantly amazed at the number of comments I get and the variety of commenters – people from all over the world who write about many different topics on their own blogs. I read a post one time from a blogger who said she deleted all comments from bloggers outside her niche market, a practice I certainly don’t agree with. I’m delighted to have comments from people with a range of interests and experiences.
Thanks for pointing out my goof. Group Writing Projects is now linked to the right place.
And thanks for the stumble!
Dang it. I want to be Important, not Significant. I’ll need to be chattier when I stop by.
Seriously, congrats on your milestone 300 comments, and even more so, congrats on making a spot on the web that is a pleasure to visit!
What a huge comment list , congratulations.
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yuvuz,
Thank you for your congratulations. I’m pleased to have so many commenters.
i missed the list but i will stay here till now
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I thank my commenters every quarter, so you will be on the next list. I look forward to seeing more comments from you.
i will be here, Lillie…
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It may be sooner than expected. I intended to do these thank-you posts quarterly. However, I’ve had more than a hundred commenters in July so I’ve about decided I need to do this monthly or the list will be too unmanageable.
i think doing this mounthly makes you tired.. but you know!..
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Doing it monthly probably won’t make me as tired as doing it quarterly because there will be fewer people on the list. I keep a spreadsheet where I record the name and URL of everyone who comments, then add the date(s) so it’s much easier to compile the list than it was the first time I tried.
And all the commenters have to thank you because of your great blog. Indeed your posts a likeable to read as well as the discussions on a high level. I wish there´d be more blogs like yours! Keep on the great work, from now on you got one more your blog following commenter!
Fluge Kanada,
I’m glad you like my blog and look forward to having you return and comment in the future. The discussions that take place in comments are wonderful.
you seem to run a tight ship when it comes to comments. good on you. nice to know the ground rules.
Thanks, marc. I try to include all legitimate comments and delete spam. Occasionally something slips through one way or the other, but on the whole it’s effective.
Wow, thats a great and unique way to compliment the commentators along with their web site
great work, will try to do the same in my blog!
Latif,
I’m way behind on thanking November commenters. That’s scheduled for this weekend because I had so many guests and Christmas posts earlier this month. Commenters appreciate being recognized, and I hope you find it worthwhile and enjoyable.
I think it is really cool how you are thanking your readers and showing gratitude for adding content to your site. That is really cool and hopefully your numbers just go up from here.
Jim,
Many times I think there is more value in the discussion in comments than in the original post. I am very grateful to commenters for making that happen.
remind me to comment in your post.. i get a lot of thankz here.. cool
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geek05,
I’m often tardy in giving thanks but try to it regularly, if belatedly.
This is quite late but congratulations on your 300-posts milestone! By now you have gotten lots and lots more. I think this post alone has attracted a lot of new traffic for you and a lot of appreciation from your readers. We do appreciate that you moderate your comments because that is a form of quality control not only for your blog but for us as readers. It’s much nicer to comment on a blog where you know your comment will be read and won’t be lost amongst the spam. And I’m sure all the commenters you mentioned above are grateful for the links.
James,
Thank you for the kind words. I thank commenters every month, though it’s usually almost the end of the next month before I get the post compiled. It’s just one way to let commenters know I appreciate their contributions.
You make a good point about comment moderation benefiting readers as well.
Saying Thank you to the people who have contributed into your blog is one way of showing gratitude towards them. And this is one step in building a good relationship.
Lea,
I certainly want to show gratitude and build relationships with my readers.