Now I’ve been to quite a few Google Blogger accounts to comment on, but, have found that a lot of bloggers using Blogger only allow Blogger users or OpenID to add a comment to their blogs, this IS bad!
You are loosing comments on your blogs by not allowing other users to add a comment, I know several people who said to me, I can’t leave a comment, because I haven’t got a Blogger account or an OpenID account.
So my recommendation is to all those using Google Blogger for your blogs is to go to your control panel, select comments in your settings and change to the option of “Anyone” and if you are worried about bad comments coming through, just set on your word verification and your comment moderation options.
You will notice that after a while and if your post is of some interest you will start getting more comments on your blog.
So please don’t loose out on comments on your blogs follow the simple steps above and open your comments up to a wider range of readers, we all like to comment and don’t like it when we try to make the effort and get stopped doing so..
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Thanks for the tip
It is something that I had overlooked and have adjusted to ‘anyone’ now. It has happened to me when I have gone to other blogs but didn’t think about it on mine… hmmm
Julieanne
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Great suggestion! I should go check my settings…
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@Julieanne: Great I’ll pop on over and pay you a visit
@Ruthie: Super, I’ll also pop by..
I completely agree. Those blogs annoy me.
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@Leon: Hopefully people reading this post who use Blogger will update their settings like Julieanne has.
Good advice! I try to make it as easy as possible for people to comment, and I’ve got an account through Blogger.
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Very good point. I visit many sites where I am itching to leave a comment, then I give up because it doesnt let me.
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@Ivs: I’ve given up a few times on some blogs that don’t have the option, nice to see that your blog uses the new Blogger commenting system
Thanks. I’m going to change my settings.
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Such a great tip! Thanks for sharing – I’m going to double check mine right now! Happy Holidays to everyone and, PLEASE, take a moment each day to feel the spirit of the season and what small simple thing you might be able to do to make this holiday season just a tad bit better for someone else!
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Don’t Loose out on Comments when using Blogger!…
Now I’ve been to quite a few Blogger accounts to comment on, but, have found that a lot of bloggers using Blogger only allow Blogger users or OpenID to add a comment to their blogs, this IS bad!…
Twitter: Angelika1972
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Excellent tip!
Blogger is doing something to my comments anyway. Once every couple of weeks, someone tells me that they can’t comment on my blog at all. *sigh*
If I knew how to personalize my blog on WordPress, I’d have switched a long time ago.
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Hi Angelika, I must admit that I have tried to comment a few times on your blog and been asked to confirm the captcha, only to find there isn’t one, but I do comment when I can
Setting up WordPress on your own domain is easy, and there are a lot of themes out these days that are customizable, so it may be worth moving sooner or later
Twitter: lawmacs
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brilliant the question is why would you limit your vistors i have notice this but because i have a blogger’s account and an openid it doesn’t bother good to mention this
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Sweet! this is going to be a huge help! It was annoying me that I wasn’t getting many comments! =) Thanks for the tip!
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Hi Dave, glad I could be of some help
I find that some blogger blogs don’t allow the Name/Url commenting, which is also bad since not everyone wants to post a comment using Google account and definitely not OpenID or anonymous.
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This is the problem, most of us prefer the Name/Url option for commenting and it does take away a lot of potential comments if it’s not an option.
Twitter: john_metcalf
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I’ve followed the link to comment on quite a few Blogger blogs to discover only Google account or OpenID are allowed. I have two Google accounts and I’m rarely signed into the one linked to my blogs, so I just give up.
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Hi John, if you know any bloggers using Blogger blogs then point them here and tell them why they could be losing a mass of comments
Thanks. Did you mean to say lose instead of loose?
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I did, whoops a daisy
Twitter: rumblinglankan
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This is a very important thing for blogger blogs, even if people have blogger profiles they don’t want links pointing to that, so it is important to let everyone contribute to your blog.
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Thanks for stopping and commenting, I don’t think that they realise how many comments they are actually missing out on
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I recommend bloggers users to use intensedebate for their comment form. It would give the similar comment experience with WordPress form.
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Good point there Dana, at least then they would get more comments