I’ve installed a plugin to display the top commentators on this blog. I thought the word for people making comments was commentors but that’s wrong. It’s commentators!
Anyway, Shoemoney started using this on his blog to encourage people to comment and I think it’s a good idea. Basically it gives the top commentators a static link back to their site for taking the time to comment. I think it might attract more spam type comments,, ya know the ones like,, “nice site, visit my porn site”. Those get deleted anyway but if you do want your link to show up on my sidebar please comment on my blog posts. Even if it’s that you disagree with me.
I found the plugin via another site that I can’t remember at the moment. The Top Commentator Plugin works with wordpress 2.x +.
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July 3rd, 2007 at 5:43 am
That’s probably even more effective than de-lurking day :).
July 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Thanks for the tip. This is a plugin worth adding.
July 10th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Wow, you just install the top commentators plugin, this really make me tempted to post somethings, hack, I”m in:)
July 10th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I love to the top commentators plugin. It gives readers a free backlink on this PR 4 site which urges then to comment!
July 18th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Before I installed the plugin I thought it would be commentators too. The plugin is a great way to reward your readers and keep them happy (which is vital for a blog).
July 18th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I’ve been meaning to add this to my blog, but just haven’t gotten a chance to do so…Ill hopefully get to it tomorrow
July 19th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
I’ve installed, but yet to get it working. Got stuck with the theme thingy. Hopefully it works soon. Thanks!
July 31st, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Can’t get it to work. Guess I don’t know how to put the code in the sidebar file. Every time I try it, my sidebar disappears completely.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:38 am
I have been using it for 2 months already and indeed the comments are coming
August 8th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
This is a great plug in. As I love leaving comments in blogs, I really like the rankings. Comments make a blog more conversational. This is where the readers get to voice and perhaps offer an alternate view that may further engage the reader. Awesome idea!
August 14th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Its a great plugin, I’ve been using it since I launched my site (only 5 days ago). Its a great way to get comments and people show their love for your blog.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:22 am
I’m definitely installing this plugin on my blogs and will pass it on to the people I have hosting blogs with me… It’s really a great way to get people to keep coming back to your site and commenting. Thanks Jeff. I’m adding you on two of my blogrolls.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Very interesting plugin but after installing it not working
September 29th, 2007 at 7:55 am
I’ve disabled this plugin for awhile, to give this site a breather… It has attracted some attention I’m not sure I want.
I can’t risk having my search rankings F’d up because I’m linking out to free ps3 blogs and hair replacement sites… Basically stuff that is way off topic.
I might enable it in the future though, for testing.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Cool plugin. Downloading this now…
July 15th, 2008 at 6:54 am
the plugin doesn’t work