Comments on: 8 Warning Signs Your Next Post Won’t Get Comments

By: Martyn Chamberlin

Martyn Chamberlin — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:02:25 +0000

Showing archives is a bad idea. You can have a tiny link for an “archives” page but listing each month in the sidebar is pure clutter. That’s valuable real estate to ask for email subscriptions and such like, instead.

By: Pavithra

Pavithra — Wed, 11 May 2011 07:37:43 +0000

Oho! Your advice on the blog does work! You hardly have 15 posts and already you are on most people’s watch-out list! I’m impressed..

By: Pavithra

Pavithra — Wed, 11 May 2011 07:25:52 +0000

Okay, I have a problem on your site. I want to read all of your articles and there is no archive. I got it that you are against chronology, but how do you get readers to read everything you have to say if you promote only your most popular articles?

By: Andrew @ Blogging Guide

Andrew @ Blogging Guide — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:18:40 +0000

Great post Martyn. Monotony can really give readers a shove off to the next page. Thanks for the share. Looking forward to more.

By: rakib

rakib — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:40:46 +0000

Hi Martyn!
I am also a new blogger but have been reading blog for quite a long…I like your blog-style and positive approach to your readers…You can count me as a regular as well as dedicated reader. I will advertise for your blog to my surrounding people who also love to read good blogs…
Thanks!

By: Olga SE

Olga SE — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:57:02 +0000

Oh, I see now. Well, put this way it does make sense. Thanks, Martyn.
P.S. I like the colours on your blog. Their combination is relaxing and fresh at the same time.

By: Martyn Chamberlin

Martyn Chamberlin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:06:17 +0000

Hey Olga,

By “weekly whatevers” I’m talking about when people have a series that they post once a week that covers a specific topic. For example, they might have a “question of the week,” a
“video of the week,” a “summary of this week’s posts,” etc. The tendency is for these to become stale posts covering a well-beaten, boring path. There’s nothing wrong with them per sé but they generally don’t get (as many) comments.

Make sense?

By: Olga SE

Olga SE — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:00:10 +0000

Agree with all your points, except the fifth. I just didn’t understand it.

By: Martyn Chamberlin

Martyn Chamberlin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:40:37 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Chis. I feel honored. Here’s to hoping the carnival idea gets serious traction.

Glad to hear you’re moving to WordPress!

By: Chris The Traffic Blogger

Chris The Traffic Blogger — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:06:11 +0000

Great post Martyn, very nicely done.

With regards to using Blogger, I’m actually moving to wordpress once I find a designer to create a custom theme for Traffic Blogger. I simply used Blogger to get started as that’s what my first successful blog was based on. Having seen the power of wordpress blogs for years, I’m happy to be moving to it in the near future.

I look forward to seeing many more posts created for the carnival as it was my biggest event on my warcraft blog and created quite a bit of traffic for all those involved.