"On the other hand, why you might not want to use such tools is because you are leaving all your blog comments on third party systems. There are arguments that the comments displayed on your blogs through these tools are notindexable by search engines. And in case you want to stop using any of these services, importing your comments back to your blogs might not be easy."
Wrong. The comments are on your blog, they are simply indexed externally. Secondly at least with Disqus one of the two options offers a fully SEO friendly/ indexable comment stream, one of the reasons I went with them. Last: import back to your blog is surprisingly easy, at least with Disqus, the only problem with Disqus is there's no easy way to import existing comments into Disqus (when you switch) although you can chose to only add it to new posts or posts without existing comments.
boarding
· 8 months ago
I completely relate to what you have mentioned here, nice to see 19 comments on this blog, just keep posting like this!
Palin Ningthoujam
· 1 year ago
Failed to get this one, Duncan 'one of the two options offers a fully SEO friendly/ indexable comment stream'. The debate about Disqus has been whether it provides SEO friendly comments on your blogs though it render these though a javascript. I have not got any clarity from Disqus on this.
ChaChaFance
· 1 year ago
Weighing the pros & cons of this, I'll have to say no.
Menu Inicio
· 1 year ago
How do I put something like this in Blogger?
Israel News
· 1 year ago
The comments at Blogger sucks. Try one of this alternatives dude..
Josh Fraser
· 1 year ago
I use Intense Debate on my blog and absolutely love it. The most immediate benefit was that spam disappeared right away. I also love being able to see more context about the people who are commenting on my blog. Try it out. I bet you'll like it as much as I do.
Jitendra
· 1 year ago
Palin,
Jitendra from SezWho here.
Great post...Indeed we are not a comment replacement system so the comment data stays within your system so there are no SEO issues/no ownership issues/no locking data in a walled garden. We are a universal profile service that just adds context and content discovery features to social conversations.
Thanks for the mention...and we are working on the improved design of the profile page.
-Jitendra
Palin Ningthoujam
· 1 year ago
Yes that would be lovely.
Jeff Rosen
· 1 year ago
I have been blogging for over 6 years and have used a number of these systems. My advice to the bloggers - Be careful with the comment replacement systems:
Make sure that you can get your data back: I have used YACC, than Haloscan and now Blogger comments and in the process lost 1000s of valuable comments to both of these systems. Exporting data from comment replacement system is easy, importing them back into your blog platform, not so much. So make sure that you have a plan in place to get the data back into your system before you start using a comment replacement system
Make sure that you keep your options open: One of the cool things about blogging with popular blog systems like wordpress is that there is a wonderful open source community that keeps producing cool plugins like CommentLuv etc. There were a number of times I wanted to try out some of these new innovations but using a proprietary platform was limiting.
Take a closer look at the SEO implications: Comments are important to having good page rank for your site. So make sure your comment replacement system exposes the comments so that they appear to be coming from your system and are not double indexed.
Summary: Don't just run after the latest comment replacement system. Weight the trade offs, your level of technical sophistication and than make a well considered choice
-J
Ling
· 1 year ago
Is it really that important? I mean, Wordpress with a few additional plug-ins seems to work fine. As for community building, well, if your content is good, people will come. And good people commenting brings in more good people, so...
I think if you want to have a good comment system, you have to do yourself and also, host it at your own domain.
Hubdub
· 1 year ago
One of the thing that all these services claim is that you receive an increase in the volume of comments you receive (Fred Wilson mentioned that happened with Disqus, which he has invested in). Anyone have any experience of that happening?
Also, anyone using CoComment?
Pali Madra
· 1 year ago
What about cocomment? I was surprised that it has not been mentioned in this post. I have been using cocomment to post comments on other blogs and I have found it handy as it keeps track of the comments you have made and also lets you know if someone replies to your comment.
I have not implemented cocomment on my blog at http://www.afterthe.net/journal because Wordpress has fairly good support for managing comments and Akismet does a decent job as far as catching spam in comments is concerned.
Palin Ningthoujam
· 1 year ago
Pali, we chose to review those commenting systems that bloggers can use on their blogs as an alternate commenting system than their blog system's default. Cocomment is more about individual comment tracking that i can use to track my comments across blogs.
Hasta Luego
· 1 year ago
Buzzfuse.com offers a great new widget that does all of comments, ratings, tags, sharing. The comment feature also gives the person making the comment the option to be notified of new releases by the creator, and of new comments or replies on the thread. Best of all, the widget assumes the look n feel of the blogs stylesheet, so you don't have to bother with a unique style for your comment box. Seriously worth a try. The URL is http://www.buzzfuse.com/intro/choose_content
HTH, it's a worthy addition to the list of comment engines you mention above.
elpollo
· 1 year ago
I have been using cocomment and like it very much. I don't have to be a blog owner and it tracks all of my comments displaying them on a central page. where I can view and respond from there. Not sure what Palin means by cocomment being more of an individual comment tracking.
Very nice post with detailed comparison. I'm using DISQUS, it's good for me now. But after some days, I discovered intense debate, but changing from one to others is not a good idea :D, because it causes losing old comments.
Thanks.
youtube
· 6 months ago
I make this system but my blog auto closing. :S
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· 6 months ago
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· 6 months ago
Haloscan is great comment system and i know it has more than hundred templtes for comment system...Great one.. DIY repairs
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· 5 months ago
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Wrong. The comments are on your blog, they are simply indexed externally. Secondly at least with Disqus one of the two options offers a fully SEO friendly/ indexable comment stream, one of the reasons I went with them. Last: import back to your blog is surprisingly easy, at least with Disqus, the only problem with Disqus is there's no easy way to import existing comments into Disqus (when you switch) although you can chose to only add it to new posts or posts without existing comments.
Try one of this alternatives dude..
Jitendra from SezWho here.
Great post...Indeed we are not a comment replacement system so the comment data stays within your system so there are no SEO issues/no ownership issues/no locking data in a walled garden. We are a universal profile service that just adds context and content discovery features to social conversations.
Thanks for the mention...and we are working on the improved design of the profile page.
-Jitendra
Make sure that you can get your data back: I have used YACC, than Haloscan and now Blogger comments and in the process lost 1000s of valuable comments to both of these systems. Exporting data from comment replacement system is easy, importing them back into your blog platform, not so much. So make sure that you have a plan in place to get the data back into your system before you start using a comment replacement system
Make sure that you keep your options open: One of the cool things about blogging with popular blog systems like wordpress is that there is a wonderful open source community that keeps producing cool plugins like CommentLuv etc. There were a number of times I wanted to try out some of these new innovations but using a proprietary platform was limiting.
Take a closer look at the SEO implications: Comments are important to having good page rank for your site. So make sure your comment replacement system exposes the comments so that they appear to be coming from your system and are not double indexed.
Summary: Don't just run after the latest comment replacement system. Weight the trade offs, your level of technical sophistication and than make a well considered choice
-J
check it out and make a comment.
Also, anyone using CoComment?
I have not implemented cocomment on my blog at http://www.afterthe.net/journal because Wordpress has fairly good support for managing comments and Akismet does a decent job as far as catching spam in comments is concerned.
HTH, it's a worthy addition to the list of comment engines you mention above.
Not sure what Palin means by cocomment being more of an individual comment tracking.
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