When to stop accepting blog comments for a post?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by dcristo, Nov 30, 2009.

  1. #1
    When you write a controversial or interesting blog post, it tends to generate a lot of interest and a lot of blog comments. Which is great and the whole point of a blog.

    But is there a point when you should stop accepting blog comments? I think 50 comments is a nice number to stop accepting them for a post, anymore then that and the page becomes really bloated.

    Thoughts?
     
    dcristo, Nov 30, 2009 IP
  2. abstroose

    abstroose Notable Member

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    In my oppinion I don't think there is any harm in not limiting the number of comments, providing they are all contributing and meaningful comments. Especially if you have published an interesting post, I think it's important to allow users to discuss the content and contribute towards the blog with valueable comments. If the page becomes bloated you could always install a paged comment plugin. For example - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/paged-comments/).

    Obviously, if you allow do-follow links and comments start to become suspiciously spam-like, then I would say it would be necessary to close comments.
     
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  3. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    I guess the real question is when does it become a usability issue? (when the page becomes too long)
     
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    mrdo Well-Known Member

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    Never do that. Comments make your post long live ;)
     
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  5. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    True. User generated content is always nice :)
     
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    Stella_Roberts Peon

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    I think more comment would lead your blog more traffic, and this would not be the cause of blocking.
     
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    abstroose Notable Member

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    I personally think 20 comments per page would be suffecient (similar to the replies per page on this forum). Any less and users would be forced to hunt through pages to read all the comments, and anymore then you risk having too many internal and external links on your page.
     
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    sherone Well-Known Member

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    upto 20 comments would be fine there.
     
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