| Posted Sep 11 2008 2:34 PM by Colin Clark i'd like to wholeheartedly thank Erik Deckers for hosting the bloggers roundtable yesterday at the Brugge in Broadripple. I always get excited when a lot of individuals who I communicate with online get together to talk in person. One of the interesting conversations we had was about the inclusion or exclusion of comments on your blog. Kyle Lacy argued that simply by allowing comments and opening the floor for discussion the blog was a success.
Now, Marketpath's CMS software certainly allows for either inclusion, exclusion, or monitoring of comments. We provide this as a choice to customers, because we realize that everyone has different needs (using the blog format for news is one example). Some companies simply blog for SEO. Should they allow comments? Why is it so hard to be transparent!? This is a corporate blog post. Right now I am writing with the intent that our search ranking will improve and that my customers or future customers will have this content available as a valuable resource AND I DO ALLOW COMMENTS! If I speak about my opinions on my industry they are just that; opinions. I am opening a forum for discussion with whomever might read this. If I'm lucky enough to have a readership, then I owe it to that readership to let its voice be heard. FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE! Comments (2) Matt Zentz wrote By allowing comments on your blog you instantly create an online community. This is Stephen Covey's 6th Habit, "Synergize," where leveraging the strengths and ideas of more than just ourselves allows us to produce results much greater than the sum of the parts. Instead of 1+1=2, 1+1=10 or 20. Great things happen when people collaborate with good intentions. Posted Sep 13 2008 8:00 PM Tristan wrote Dang, Matt took away the opportunity for me to write "FIRST!" as the first comment. That's truly the greatest part about open comments :P Seriously, though, if you're a blog administrator/site owner, there are few things more enjoyable during your day than when you get a good comment, especially from a stranger. Posted Oct 14 2008 10:21 AM Post a Comment Name: Email: (Not Displayed) Comment: |
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