{"id":2897,"date":"2011-09-23T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T01:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:32:30","slug":"reply-to-blog-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/09\/reply-to-blog-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply to blog comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well the title says it all really – it is important to reply to the comments left on your blog.<\/p>\n

\"interacting<\/a>I just read a blog post today that had a dozen or so comments from various people, including a question for clarification on an aspect of the post topic, without one reply from the blogger. The post was a few weeks old so she’s had time to reply – and the post was actually about how to deal with negative blog comments<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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So what happens when you don’t reply to comments people take the time to leave for you?<\/h2>\n
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  1. you look arrogant and rude, especially if you’ve written any questions or invitations for responses<\/li>\n
  2. you miss the opportunity to discuss the topic further and get others’ input<\/li>\n
  3. you miss the opportunity to show further knowledge, expertise and generosity by answering questions that come up in the comments<\/li>\n
  4. you appear lazy and\/or disinterested in what your readers have to contribute<\/li>\n
  5. you give other people the last word – and if their words are negative it could damage your brand<\/li>\n
  6. you don’t give the impression that you want to build a community which is a large aspect of blogging in the first place<\/li>\n
  7. you reduce the number of back links from your site (people won’t be inspired to comment and leave links if you aren’t answering them) which hinders your SEO potential of a blog<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. answering comments and engaging in a healthy discussion often gathers momentum and additional attention (e.g. people share the link via social media and bookmark sites) so a lack of comments may limit your exposure further<\/li>\n
  9. you may just miss out on building relationships with some great people<\/a> – some of whom may become clients, suppliers or friends<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So I go back to the title of this post – reply to the comments people leave on your blog. And reply as soon as practical, too.<\/p>\n

    What do you think when you see a blog without replies to comments?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If people take the time to leave a comment on your blog, is it more than being polite to reply to them? Build relationships, build trust and strengthen your SEO…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,321,1090],"tags":[1348,1353,1352,1351],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-content","category-marketing","category-social-media","tag-blog-comments","tag-build-relationship","tag-opportunity","tag-reply"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12837,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions\/12837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}