Thanks to September Commenters

Thanks, Helen. I’m very blessed with the readers who comment here.

Michael,

You’ll be on it next month—all you have to do is to leave a relevant comment, which you have done.

Matt,

You are both important and significant so I’m glad I could recognize you as such.

Roger,

I know other bloggers who thank commenters, but most of them have fewer commenters each month.

My system for compiling the list can be found at Compiling Thanks to Commenters.

Thank you, Mack.

James,

Not sure if I have lots of fans or if DoFollow, CommentLuv, KeywordLuv, and monthly thank-you link posts have lots of fans. But I appreciate my commenters regardless of why they’re here—hopefully the comment perks are bonuses, and the real draw in fabulous content.

Thank you, Joe.

I must say I am ruthless about marking as spam comments left by keywords rather than people (those who ignore the instructions about KeywordLuv and leave keywords in place of their names).

I also mark as spam (or delete if it’s borderline so the commenter can leave another message without it being labeled spam) comments that don’t address the post. If someone has commented before and left relevant comments, I’ll accept a “great post” type of comment. I occasionally leave those myself on blogs I frequent when I just want the blogger to know I appreciate her efforts but don’t have much to add to the conversation. But that’s after a pattern of leaving relevant comments has already been established.

That is one case where I differentiate between new commenters and regulars. With someone who has left relevant comments before, I am confident the person has read the post and is responding to it. With someone who has never commented before, I suspect it’s a generic comment left without reading the post. That might not be the case—but most of the time it is.

I do appreciate comments from new readers as well as from regulars. I just want the comment to be a response to a specific post and not just a generic comment left because the commenter is too lazy to read the post but wants a DoFollow backlink—or a robot who can’t read the post.

ANSH,

I’m a little confused by your name since there are no vowels. Perhaps you’re using your initials or maybe it’s a language I don’t know? I almost sent your comment to spam, thinking at first it might be a keyword—the ID of a product—but didn’t find anything matching it on your Web site so am accepting it as a real name.

Good luck with your new blogging endeavor.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Dave.

Aditya,

I’m always glad to thank commenters for their contributions.

Pity that I’m not among those appreciated
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Shayne,

I can’t take credit for the idea. I’ve copied other bloggers so you are certainly welcome to copy me.

Aditya,

Along with DoFollow, CommentLuv, and KeywordLuv, this does generate comments.

Jeanne,

I enjoy conversations with you. Not many people come back to carry on the discussion.

manu,

A lot of commenters do leave a comment saying thanks, which then gets them mentioned next month. I hope readers will continue to leave relevant comments on other posts, though I do appreciate the thanks.

Saito,

I know other bloggers who thank commenters, but most of them have fewer comments. I’m glad to let commenters know I appreciate their contributions.

C,

I appreciate your being a loyal reader!