Thanks to March 2010 Commenters

Thank you to the 111 commenters who left 177 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them. Note: as indicated in the previous post, I had some hecklers leaving comments this month—comments from those individuals are not included in the count … Read more

Thanks to February Commenters

Thank you to the 112 commenters who left 176 comments in February. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them.Every month when I post thanks to commenters, I get questions about how I compile this list. I have explained my system in detail in … Read more

Thanks to January Commenters

Thank you to the 172 commenters who left 251 comments in January. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them.Every month when I post thanks to commenters, I get questions about how I compile this list. I have explained my system in detail in … Read more

Thanks to December 2009 Commenters

Thank you to the 162 commenters who left 242 comments in December, comparable to previous months. I appreciate readers taking the time to comment even when following busy holiday schedules. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them.Every month when I post thanks to commenters, I … Read more

Thanks to October Commenters

    Thank you to the 168 commenters who left 263 comments in October. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them.     Top Contributor (20 comments)   Girish Drive NZ     Major Contributor (12 comments)   Mack Vegas 4 Sale   … Read more

Thanks to September Commenters

Thank you to the 182 commenters who left 256 comments in September. This is more comments from more commenters than in August, when I still allowed comments from keywords. I’m glad to see that requiring names didn’t slow down the comments. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoy replying … Read more

Comment #10,000+

My comment counter just turned over 10,000. Actually, I’ve had more than 10,000 comments (including my own) since the beginning of my blog. When I moved the blog just about a year ago, all my nested comments were lost. I have no idea how many comments were lost then. Almost all of the nested comments, … Read more

Thanks to August Commenters

  Thank you to the 142 commenters who left 213 comments in August. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. 25 of those commenters left only keywords and no names. They are listed here because my new policy didn’t take effect until September 1. However, … Read more

New Comment Policy: No Name, No Comment

I have tried to make commenting here easy and beneficial to commenters. DoFollow links, monthly thank-you posts, and Keyword Luv ensure readers who leave comments get do-follow keyword links, both on the original comment and in the thank-you post. I reply to each comment so you know I read and appreciate what you write. The only things I … Read more

Thanks to July Commenters

Thank you to the 184 commenters who left 263 comments in July. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. Top Contributor (18 comments) C McCoffee The Coffee Bump Major Contributor (12 comments) Amy Free Xbox 360 Outstanding Contributors (5-8 comments) Jeanne Dininni Writers’ Notes Tyler … Read more