Comment are the support for the blogger, without comment, most blogger will have less interest to make a post. But how if your visitor wont leave comment even though you’d try your best? This post will teach you several ways to gain more comment from your site visitor Read them all here: http://thewirds.com/index.php/2009/01/05/8-ways-to-get-more-comment-from-your-visitor/
I am using TypPad and have more comments due to this. I believe it is more functional than Wordpress normal commenting. I have also used commentluv. This allows an avatar and threaded replies, and all of the sudden more comments...
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