Rewarding Top Commenters
A few weeks back I moved my blog roll off my home page and on it’s own page - mainly because it was starting to take up way too much screen real estate.
One by product of the move unfortunately, was I no longer had clear a way to promote newer, upcoming blogs or highlight those blogs I like to read daily.
So, following the Marketing Pilgrim’s lead I’m testing a new Wordpress plugin (Show Top Commentators) that allows you to earn some Link Love from me.
The top 10 commenters each month will now get a sitewide backlink. This list resets itself every month. I’m hoping it will stimulate some discussion and reward active contributors to this site.
I’m also aware that it could easily be gamed and so I’ll be on alert to prune the “me too” type comments.
Anyways - let me know what you think. Good idea?
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housereview | Feb 20, 2007 | Reply
Great idea - look fwd to joining the discussions and hopefully getting in the top 10 …
Incredible Agent | Feb 20, 2007 | Reply
Joel, I love it. That’s a great idea! I now have a even better reason to join in on the conversation.
BTW: I’ve been noticing a shift in your right rail just about every time I come to the site. It’s looking better everytime. Keep it up.
Drew M from Zillow.com | Feb 20, 2007 | Reply
Joel - I think this is a super idea. Would be even cooler if the Top Commenters widget were integrated with MyBlogLog photos…it’s probably only a matter of time.
Catalin | Feb 21, 2007 | Reply
This is very nice and will stimulate commenters to be more active!
Vic | Feb 21, 2007 | Reply
Very cool idea - it will definitely help to get additional comments.
Erik | Feb 21, 2007 | Reply
I think this is a great idea and hope you will add me to your top ten list.
TitleRep | Feb 24, 2007 | Reply
Me too!
Runa | Mar 12, 2007 | Reply
That’s a great idea, I love that wp plugin
DngloZ | May 16, 2007 | Reply
That’ll get you alot of commenters, but you should pay more attention to spammers also, but overall, great idea!
Jayson | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
me too
- I think it’s a great idea and that if you can control the spam you’ll get some loyal participants focusing on leaving quality comments.
Erik Peterson | Jun 13, 2008 | Reply
I’m curious, did this change end up stimulating discussion?
Arizona Wholesale Deals | Apr 27, 2009 | Reply
Very interesting read - Old post but I found it interesting. You get an add into NewsGator