Comment Challenge, Day 4
The challenge for Day 4 was to ask a question in a comment. I did this twice but when I typed up my notes for a blog post, I couldn’t remember on which two blogs I left a question. Then, I slapped myself on the forehead and said, “Duh… check coComment!”
Taking a look at my coComment page, I see that I asked a question on Bonnie’s blog, which she answered either in an IM or in a comment on my page…can’t remember which. I also asked a question on Technology Twitter, but I haven’t gotten a follow-up comment yet.
I guess the best way to get a dialogue going is to be conscientious about following up on the comments people leave, as well as checking in on the comment you’ve left on other blogs!
On to Commentful:
I tried it out yesterday and had one glitch, on my part. The way Commentful works is that an bookmarklet is installed in the toolbar of the browser, which you click every time (in the same way one uses the coComment bookmarklet.) Commentful then records the blog post on your watchlist, over at their website. The first time I tried it, it didn’t record the link. The second time, it worked. The third time, no go. I experimented the fourth time and found that the key is to click the bookmarklet AFTER I’d already posted my comment. In any case, choosing between Commentful and coComment is easy. I’m sticking with coComment. Despite coComment’s annoying ads, the features it offers really makes all the difference. Commentful is too barebones and not integrated enough into the browser, plus it doesn’t have the tagging feature. So there you have it… my two cents on these two comment tracking services.
Sue Waters wrote:
Hi Nancy – I just love bloggers that make me laugh when I read their blog posts. “Then, I slapped myself on the forehead and said, “Duh… check coComment!†Definitely had a good chuckle at this. Was interesting to read your comparison between cocomment and Commentful. What you will find is not all bloggers will respond back to you – you soon get a feel for those that do and those that don’t.
Definitely from your own blog the sooner you respond back the more likely you are to engage in conversation with them — provided they are tracking comments.
Posted on 07-May-08 at 5:45 am | Permalink