Thanks to May Commenters
June 13, 2009 by Lillie
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Thank you to the 195 commenters who left 295 comments in May. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. |
| Top Contributor (16 comments) | |
| Pat & James Taylor | On the Wings of the Wind |
| Major Contributor (14 comments) | |
| wilson | Will You Mind |
| Outstanding Contributors (5-10 comments) | |
| C McCoffee | The Coffee Bump |
| Andrew | Good Honest Dollar |
| Sean McRoy | Aided Job Search |
| Karen Swim | Words for Hire |
| Significant Contributors (2-4 comments) | |
| Leon Huang | Leon Huang Photography |
| Renae Brumbaugh | Morning Coffee |
| rowenalee | Ice Box Athlete |
| acai berry | Pure Acai |
| encino | Fact Zoo |
| engagement rings | rokstok |
| James | Apex Credit Cards |
| Jeanne Dininni | Writers’ Notes |
| Lori Widmer | Words on the Page |
| Matt Keegan | Matt’s Musings |
| okinawa marine | Okinawa HDR |
| Sriraj | Sriraj.org |
| Sympathy Words and Sayings | Obituaries Help |
| Terry | Pulse Uniform |
| ahmed | Doctor’s Heaven |
| alby | Soft Laser |
| ambored | I Am Bored |
| David | David Batchelor |
| Edward | Seed In |
| Lyndy | Helmet Camera |
| Matt Keegan | Word Journey |
| medelastyle | Ezine Articles |
| Morgan Mandel | Morgan Mandel |
| Nick | On Site Heat |
| Robert Hruzek | Middle Zone Musings |
| Roger | Liposuction Research Center |
| Ronnica | Ignorant Historian |
| Spot | Travel Spot Cool Stuff |
| Steve | Self Assist Rail |
| TKA | 10 Pounds to Lose |
| Important Contributors | |
| A Coffee | Maximum Referrals |
| Alina Padilla | Precise Edit |
| Altesino | Natural Organic Shampoo |
| Ana | Gifts I Like |
| Andrew | Pensito CSP |
| Andy | Clear Study |
| Angela | Angela from Aberdeen |
| Anna | Moja Dieta |
| Andy | Movers Corp |
| Andy | Clear Study |
| anupam | National CPR Certification |
| Asif | Symbian Smartphone |
| avent | Benefits of Breast Feeding |
| baby heartbeat monitor | Baby Heartbeat Monitor |
| Barb Hartsook | Over Coffee Blog |
| Barbara Ling | Virtual Coach |
| Beatriz Kim | Art by Beatriz |
| Beatriz Kim | Beatriz Kim’s Memoir |
| Beatriz Kim | The Purple Idealist |
| Bert | Spiffy Deals |
| Bill | The Crankshaft Company |
| Brad | Weber Racing |
| Brad Shorr | Word Sell |
| Bretagne Ferienhauser | Bretagne Ferienhauser |
| Caitlin | Evo Web Hosting |
| cars | Cars Review |
| Cath | Cath Lawson |
| Cathy C. Hall | Cathy C.’s Hall of Fame |
| cecep | Priangan Daily News |
| Chandra Wijaya | Chandra Wijaya |
| chante | n/a |
| Cheryl | The Canadian Copywriter |
| Chris | Absolute Martial Arts – St Louis |
| Chris | Anne Klein Watch Reviews |
| Christian | My Bowling Games |
| Cindy | Dress Up Me |
| Coupon Mom | KeepCash |
| Crazy Spanish Dude | Rocket Linguist |
| Daniel | Bad Credit Loans |
| Dawn Colclasure | Dawn Colclasure’s Blog |
| Deaneh | Buy Resvaretrol |
| Detector Laser | DetectorLaser.com |
| Devon Ellington | Ink in My Coffee |
| dragon slayer | Dungeons and Dragons |
| eBook Cover Designer | Ecover Central |
| Eddie | Desirable Life |
| Edwin Gato | Free Reverse Number Lookup |
| elearning | The eLearning Blog |
| engineering ebook | Mechanical Engineering Ebook |
| Eric | Brick Labs |
| Erik | Fabric Shower Curtains |
| Figgie | Jul I Dannevang |
| Figgie | Super Gaver |
| flash chat software | Flash Coms |
| French Citizenship | An American in France |
| gagan | Seed In |
| Games MotionPlus | Wii Motion Plus Games |
| Gary Sims | Network Attached Storage News |
| Greg | My Easy TV |
| Gus | Geschenkewunder |
| Hanna | Fairy Costumes |
| Hanna | Plus Size Costumes |
| Heidi | Savory TV |
| Hesham | Zebida |
| Holiday Homes | Cottages for Holidays |
| imawniumay | EZine Articles: Reverse Cell Phone |
| Internet Marketing Joy | Dot Com Secrets |
| Jake | Twilight Audiobook |
| Jase | All Web Leads |
| Jason | 1 Wedding Source |
| Jason | Blog Catalog Blog |
| Jeff | Ezine Articles |
| Jeff | LeadScribe |
| Jessie | Vois |
| Jim | Clear Study |
| John | Personal Job Search Assistant |
| John | Ugg Boots |
| John Dennis | Calculus Tutors |
| Jonathan | Federal Prison a Comprehensive Survival Guide |
| Jordan | China Nike Air Jordans Wholesaler |
| Jonk | Go Limo |
| Josh | Ezine Articles: Puppy Potty Training |
| Julian Woods | Male Weddings Rings |
| Jun | Ilolio House and Lot |
| Justin | SEO Positions |
| Keegan | Ben Franklin Plumbing Denver |
| Kenneth Sena | Kika |
| Kirsten | Cooking Games |
| Kuba | Extreem Blog |
| Kurt | Bali Car Rental |
| Lance | We Live 2 Care |
| Lance | Used Cars from Japan |
| Lea | Absolute Martial Arts – St Louis |
| Lee | Marriage Helper |
| Leo | SEORemake |
| Liz | Moving to Andalusia |
| McKlum | Press Lancer |
| makeover games | Dress Up Me |
| Mandi | Color My Eyes |
| Marty | The Hot Stickers |
| mb | Phuket Holiday Hotel |
| Medical Jobs Australia | Fast Med |
| Melanie | Moms Who Need Money |
| Mihaela (Mig) Lica | Online Public Relations |
| Mike | Philippine Franchise Business Investments |
| Minnesota Entertainers | Sean Phillips Professional Illusionist |
| Mira | Amish Furniture Home |
| Miyaka | California Health Plans |
| Nancy | Golf Club Wholesaler |
| Nick | Rocket Italian |
| Noah Lieske | Aitrade, LLC |
| Naomi Welsh | Shape 5 Joomla Templates |
| Nick | Conversational Hypnosis |
| Nussaibah | Ode to My Tainted Dreams |
| Oklahoma Wedding Photographer | Oklahoma Wedding Studio |
| Paul | Money for College Students |
| Paul | Kitty Items |
| Peter | Deals Vista |
| Peter | Forex Robot Reviews |
| Rados | Empire Beauty Supply |
| Randy | Child Psychology Articles |
| Randy | The Prayer Watch |
| redline9 | Redline9 |
| Reza Fauzi | Search Engine Optimization |
| ribon | PDF Source |
| Rich Young | n/a |
| Richard T | Richard’s Palace |
| Rob | Rakeback Takeback Poker Blog |
| Robert | DARG Domestic Animal Rescue Group |
| rohan | Maryland Electrician |
| Sam | CP24 |
| Sarika | Cure for Hair Loss |
| Scotsman Ice Machine | NT Ice |
| Simo | Learn Italian Like Crazy |
| Stacey Dawkins | How to Get Rid of Blackheads |
| Stefan | WeboLink |
| Stephanie | Irish Genealogical |
| Steve | Hip Hop Discounts |
| Steve | Money Savings Exposed |
| Stuart Foster | The Lost Jacket |
| Sylvia | Auction Mastery |
| Support Our Troops | Homes for Our Troops |
| Thomas | Top Web Hosts Reviews |
| Tom | Adjuvant Chemotherapy |
| Tom | Tkaniny-firany |
| Tom Nicholson | Carpal Tunnel Cure |
| TP | Gossip Blog |
| Travis Van Slooten | Best Online Storage |
| treadmill | Treadmill Doctor |
| True Pet Professional | Contain-a-Pet |
| Tutoring Service | Premium Tutor |
| Twyla | Close to My Heart |
| Val | Zero Gifts |
| Vanessa | Juicy Couture |
| wedding favors | 1WeddingSource |
| Wes Upchurch | PressDr |
| Writers from Home Needed | Self Employment Money Now |
| Zack | Pay as You Go Mobile Phones |
| Zula | Buy Tiffany |
Well, I’m not sure what I did, but I typed a comment and then made it disappear, lol! Lillie, I just want to thank you for not only all that you do but for who you are. I look forward to your posts in my email. I can hear your warm voice and am always cheered by “mail from Lillie.”
This is more than a blog but it feels like a warm visit with a friend. When I need trustworthy information or just a word of encouragement, I can ALWAYS find it here. Thank you Lillie for sharing your gifts with all of us.
Karen,
You are so sweet. You know we have a mutual admiration society as I have the reaction to you and your blog.
Lillie,
Thanks so much for including me in your Thank-you post. It’s always a pleasure to read and comment on your insightful posts. I’m only sorry that I haven’t been able to do so as often as I’d like lately.
Jeanne
Jeanne,
I appreciate your comments and certainly understand why you haven’t been around as much lately.
Thanks, Lillie!
You’re welcome, Jeanne.
hey, thank you so much for putting me on there! I really appreciate bloggers who reward their readers, so that is inspirational to me
you are a great example.
C,
With the comments you’re leaving today, you’ll be high on the list next month.
Hello,
Thank you for listing me and my blog. I enjoy reading your blog and your writing rocks!
.-= Dawn Colclasure´s last blog ..Planning ahead =-.
Dawn,
Thank you for visiting and commenting and deserving to be thanked. And thanks for the lovely compliment.
Lillie, thanks for listing my name again. By the way, since your B’day is approaching by, I want to wish you an earlier Happy B’day here!
.-= wilson´s last blog ..Only Take Coughing Medicine When Necessary! =-.
wilson,
You’re welcome. Thank you for commenting so faithfully and for the birthday wishes.
Oh boy, do you manually browse your comment stream to generate this table or have a plug-in to export these details from wordpress database?
That’s a really good gesture towards people who comment on your blog.
Jeet,
I have answered this question in comments just about every month and have decided to write a post about it rather than keep repeating it. Please return on Friday when I post the entire process I use.
Not sure about how Lillie does it but there is a plugin called top commenters widget you can use to generate a similar list in your blog’s sidebar (it is as easy as any drag-n-drop widget). I use it on many of my blogs and ever since I have started using it my blog traffic and commenting has definitely increased!
Patricia,
I’m not sure if the Top Commenters plugin is incompatible with my theme or what, but I have never been able to get it to work.
However, as far as I can tell (not sure since it’s never worked—I can’t get a widget on my sidebar at all), it lists at most 15 to 25 commenters. I’m not sure if it can be set to exclude my replies or not. I reply individually to every comment, so I wouldn’t want my comments included.
At any rate, I want to recognize all my commenters, usually 200+ each month, and I don’t think the plugin would show them all. If it did, I wouldn’t want that long list on my sidebar.
But thanks for the suggestion.
To see how I compile the list, see this post: http://lillieammann.com/2009/06/19/compiling-thanks-to-commenters/.
Hi,
I am coming here first time.It is great that you thanks to your commentator.My friend Anupam told me about your blog.I really happy to see his name i wish i will be here next time.
Thanks and regards
Aditya
.-= aditya@Guaranteed SEO´s last blog ..What is spamdexing? =-.
aditya,
Now that you have left a comment, you will see your name on next month’s thanks to commenters post.
Hi, Lillie
It is very good that you are rewarding your commentators like this, You know it is something very good feeling comes from inside when you saw your name in commentators list, it is actually a feeling from both sides, as you love rewarding your commentators and we love your blogs to add our comments.
I must congratulate all the Commentators for their good feedback. it is really appreciating.
Keep up your good work, and god bless
Thanks and Regards,
Snv
Snv,
Yes, it is good for my blog to have such excellent commenters. Often, there is more and better information in comments than in the original posts. And, of course, it is good for commenters to receive DoFollow links when they comment and again in the thank-you post.
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Thanks Lillie,
I always enjoy your insightful discussions on this blog.
Keep up the great work.
.-= Andrew´s last blog ..America and climate change – messy action beats no action =-.
Thank you, Andrew.
I wish Im somewhen in that list. one day I problably will. (hopefefuly)
.-= Rod@Wealthy Affiliate Tour ´s last blog ..Wealthy Affiliate Review… EXPOSED! updated Sun Jun 21 2009 2:09 am CDT =-.
Rod,
Your wish is my command.
By leaving this comment, you are guaranteed a slot on next month’s thank-you post.
Oh boy, do you manually browse your comment stream to generate this table or have a plug-in to export these details from wordpress database?
That’s a really good gesture towards people who comment on your blog.
Bob,
Read recent posts. I described my entire process for compiling the list in a post a few days ago.
Hi,
It is great to see that some one reward their commentator like that.Very good feeling comes when you see your name their and it also encourage the commentator to more comment and come again.
It is sure that you put lot of the effort in the that blog.Give the reply to each post is never a easy work.
Thanks for the sharing
.-= mike@seo indore´s last blog ..GEO Targeting =-.
Mike,
It’s not always easy to reply to every comment, but I enjoy the conversations that take place.
That’s very impressive! Where on Earth do you find the time to respond to 295 comments per month!
I mean, you obviously spend a fair amount of time on your content, so how do you find time to respond to all the comments?
Also, do you have a problem with mass comment submissions? Any advice for a struggling blogger???
.-= Lucinda@machine´s last blog ..Free Franking Machine Trial! No Obligation – Save Money For Your Business =-.
Lucinda,
We all prioritize our time. In my case, blogging and reading are the two ways I relax. I spend time doing those things that other people spend watching TV or going to movies or sports events or concerts. I often wonder how people have time to participate in Twitter and other social media, but I realize that is how they choose to spend time I choose to spend blogging and reading.
I’m not sure what you mean by asking if I have a problem with mass comment submission. If you mean do I get a lot of that, making it a problem, the answer is yes. I delete anything that appears to be mass-submitted: “great post,” “I just stumbled across your site but like it and will be back,” and other generic comments that aren’t relevant to the post.
If you mean do I object to mass comment submission, the answer is also yes. That’s why I delete comments that I don’t think are relevant.
Of course, sometimes I approve “great post” type comments if they are from commenters who have already shown they are individuals who read the content. I have been known to leave a comment like that on blogs that I frequent. There are times when it’s appropriate to say “thanks for the great post.” But when it comes from someone I’ve never heard of—and especially if that “person” makes the same comment on several posts
— they’re deleted.
Hi,
It is great way to hold your commentator by reply each of the comment and appreciate them In end of the month.I think you gives lot of time on your blog.,
Thanks for the sharing.
aditya,
I do spend time on my blog, but I love doing it.
Wow! That is an impressive list! It’s nice to see a blogger that truly appreciates the commentors who make all of this possible.
Cliff,
I’m really blessed. Though I don’t have a lot of traffic, many of my readers partipate actively in the conversations here.
That was one of the things that surprised me when I started blogging. I expected to share my experience and knowledge, but I didn’t expect to make so many friends and learn so much from my readers.
So… lemme get this straight. As long as I at least leave a comment on your thank you post every month, I’m guaranteed another mention NEXT month?
(Howdy, Lillie! A tip o’ the hat to ya!)
Robert,
Hmmm … when you put it that way, maybe I’ll have to make an exception and say comments on the thank-you post don’t count.
Naw … I’m glad to hear from you even if it’s just once a month thanking me for thanking you.
I think it is good for a blog to have such excellent commenter. the key to success online is to keep people coming back
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Lose (if you wrote YourName@Keywords, I could address you as a real person, and you would still get your keyword link),
I agree. That’s why I take the time and effort to thank commenters every month.
I really appreciate when someone values my comments on their blogs, that is why I do the same on my own blog. Thanks
.-= Abs´s last blog ..Statistics in the Manufacturing World =-.
Abs,
Glad you show your appreciation for commenters on your blog. Commenters really like to be appreciated, and they should be because they contribute to the blog.
That is A LOT of comments. Commenters on blogs are so seldom appreciated. Kudos to you.
Travel (if you wrote Your Name @ Travel Info, I could address you as a real person instead of data, and you would still get your keyword link),
Commenters are very important to my blog, and I’m glad to show my appreciation.
This is pretty cool, I like how you applaude your commentors.
Julie,
Thank you. I enjoy recognizing commenters.
nice to see you have huge list of commenters
acer vijay,
Thank you. I appreciate comments.
Thanks for allowing comments from your readers.
.-= Abam´s last blog ..Pluto-Failed Planet? =-.
Abam,
I enjoy and appreciate comments.
I wish more sites did stuff like this, giving credit where it’s due kinda thing. Nice work.
.-= bralynn@moving blankets´s last blog ..Rent Moving Blankets =-.
bralynn,
Giving credit where credit is due is a good way of saying it.
You have many commenters because you take care to reply all the comments.
rahul,
I like bloggers to reply to my comments, and I enjoy “chatting” with my readers.
Great post! Comments are usually unapreciated.
Lech,
I appreciate all my commenters and post a thank-you list each month.