I have saw people comment on blogs wrongly. That’s why I wrote this post. In this post, you will learn how to make good comment on blogs. How to avoid being spam… Comments are a part of the blog. So why don’t we make them useful?

In this post, I am talking about comments on blogs, not about comments or youtube or other websites.

1. Be Useful

Being useful is the most precise way to be beneficial to the readers and the blogger. You can be useful in many ways. If you feel the post is missing something, or just want to add some additional information to the post, comment it! Being useful simply means you are providing benefits to your readers!

2. Be relevant to the topic and the post.

Be relevant to the topic and the post, or not your comment will make no sense. I said ‘and’ because the post might not be what you thought it was, so you have to read the post before comment.

There is a comment on ‘How to Repair a TV‘. The comment is written, “Hi, I think you are a great blogger. Maybe you will be a famous blogger one day,” That doesn’t make any sense as the post is not related to that. But, you can turn that comment into an email, and use the contact form on the blog to send it to the blogger.

3. Tell the readers why you like it

Avoid one or two word comments such as ‘Nice post’ or ‘Great article’. They do not make any sense. One day when taking a quick look in the askimet spam section, I saw a two word comment on a post of mine. Even askimet knows about this!

If you want to tell that the article is great, explain why. Here’s an example of a comment on ‘How to Gain Affection From Your Dog’:

Great post.

This post really helped me to understand my dog. It has great details that are easy to understand. It also has great tips. This post is simple but great! I recommend it for all dog lovers!

That’s just a simple comment I made myself. See? It tells why you like the post, not just whether you like it or not.

4. Answer Commentator’s Questions

If a reader has a question on the post, and they commented it, you can answer their questions. And it will make the commentator happy.

Most blogs have an RSS feed for their comments. Some blog comment forms have a tick box asking you whether you want to receive notifications when there is a new comment to the post. The questioner would probably use that RSS feed.

The readers will also benefit from your answer – they read the commentator’s question, and then they look at your answer.

5. Think about others

This also means to push your pride aside.

Avoid promoting your blog unless it is relevant. Avoid making comments like:

Great post! Please don’t forget to check out my blog, {blog address goes here}!

Askimet once marked a comment like this on my blog as spam. Good ole’ askimet.

If you have a post in your blog that is relevant to the post on which you want to comment, it is okay.

Before posting a comment, be sure to ask yourself, “Does this offend the readers?”, “Does this comment make sense?”. Think about what kind of comment you would like to read.

6. Think before you comment

Think before you post a comment. Ask yourself, “Should I post this comment?”, “Is this comment useful?”, “Does this comment affect the readers?”.

After we posted the comment, we cannot edit it again. So, it is best to think before you post a comment. Yes, some websites, such as digg, lets you edit your comment in the 5 minutes after you posted it, but most blogs and websites do not let you edit the comments you posted. So, we better check our comments before we post it.

Conclusion

Good comments are beneficial to the readers and the blogger. If you post a comment, the readers who read through the comments will see it, and if you are one of the readers, and you read a useful comment, it will benefit you.

If you make a suggestion for the post as a comment, the blogger might improve the post. But if you are making a suggestion for the blog, use the contact form instead, or not it wouldn’t be relevant.

And yes, commenting on other blogs is one way of driving traffic to your blog or website, but you have to do it carefully, or not it will hurt your blog’s brand.

Remember – comments are a part of a blog.