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		<title>By: awangshamsul</title>
		<link>http://www.sitesketch101.com/9-ways-to-increase-comments-on-your-blog/#comment-46162</link>
		<dc:creator>awangshamsul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for the nice article. I will try to implement some of your tips here to attract more comments on my website.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for the nice article. I will try to implement some of your tips here to attract more comments on my website.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Savage</title>
		<link>http://www.sitesketch101.com/9-ways-to-increase-comments-on-your-blog/#comment-45366</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim Savage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chandan - you are so right. Just allowing &quot;dofollow&quot; links makes all the difference. It&#039;s getting harder to find sites willing to do this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chandan &#8211; you are so right. Just allowing &#8220;dofollow&#8221; links makes all the difference. It&#8217;s getting harder to find sites willing to do this.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicholas Cardot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicholas Cardot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahh, you seem like a good commentator to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahh, you seem like a good commentator to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr.Bhavesh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr.Bhavesh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with you.
The awesome post to increasing comments even I also thought to comment here.However I am not a good commentator.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with you.<br />
The awesome post to increasing comments even I also thought to comment here.However I am not a good commentator.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill Gassett</title>
		<link>http://www.sitesketch101.com/9-ways-to-increase-comments-on-your-blog/#comment-45261</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gassett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no doubt you do a great job with your blog and this alone is enough to make people want to comment. Of course in my opinion the subject matter is also interesting:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no doubt you do a great job with your blog and this alone is enough to make people want to comment. Of course in my opinion the subject matter is also interesting:)</p>
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		<title>By: Ava Jae</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ava Jae</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the idea of ending a blog post with a group discussion section. I usually end with a question or two, but it seems like a good idea to separate it from the rest and make it  a little more obvious. Could encourage a few more people to jump in. :) 

Nice tips! It&#039;s no wonder you have so many comments!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the idea of ending a blog post with a group discussion section. I usually end with a question or two, but it seems like a good idea to separate it from the rest and make it  a little more obvious. Could encourage a few more people to jump in. <img src='http://www.sitesketch101.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>Nice tips! It&#8217;s no wonder you have so many comments!</p>
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		<title>By: Simon Duck</title>
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		<dc:creator>Simon Duck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh the day that I got my first comment, and then the next few comments after that, I have to say when you get that email through asking you to moderate a comment, the smile on your face is amazing.

The problem is that you do need to keep that up. Currently I normally ask people to join in, but only add a line at the end of the article. A group discussion paragraph seems like it would work better.

I find that commenting on others blogs is one of the best ways, it shows that you are interested and would like people to join in with conversation more.

I&#039;m going to have to go through your steps and add a few more, like the top commenters in the sidebar etc.

Regards,
Simon Duck</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh the day that I got my first comment, and then the next few comments after that, I have to say when you get that email through asking you to moderate a comment, the smile on your face is amazing.</p>
<p>The problem is that you do need to keep that up. Currently I normally ask people to join in, but only add a line at the end of the article. A group discussion paragraph seems like it would work better.</p>
<p>I find that commenting on others blogs is one of the best ways, it shows that you are interested and would like people to join in with conversation more.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to have to go through your steps and add a few more, like the top commenters in the sidebar etc.</p>
<p>Regards,<br />
Simon Duck</p>
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		<title>By: Mel Melhado</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mel Melhado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The number of comments reflects your post. Its very interesting to interact, learn and share. I like commenting and interacting because it helps me become more well informed and value the opinions of others as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The number of comments reflects your post. Its very interesting to interact, learn and share. I like commenting and interacting because it helps me become more well informed and value the opinions of others as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great list of ideas. I especially agree with the n°6, Akismet does such a great job that no one should be worried about spam.

I wonder about the dofollow links in terms of SEO though. I have to say I don&#039;t know much about it but there must be a reason why no one does it. Wouldn&#039;t it bring down the PR of the posts for instance?

To be honest I don&#039;t care so much about SEO but I wonder why no one has dofollow links then. Or maybe is it just by default on Wordpress?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list of ideas. I especially agree with the n°6, Akismet does such a great job that no one should be worried about spam.</p>
<p>I wonder about the dofollow links in terms of SEO though. I have to say I don&#8217;t know much about it but there must be a reason why no one does it. Wouldn&#8217;t it bring down the PR of the posts for instance?</p>
<p>To be honest I don&#8217;t care so much about SEO but I wonder why no one has dofollow links then. Or maybe is it just by default on WordPress?<br />
<span class="cluv">My Latest Blog Post: <a href="http://www.hejorama.com/articles/looxcierama-n%C2%B05-6707/">Looxcierama n°5</a></span></p>
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		<title>By: Michael Charney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Charney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I heard about this blog entry through a fellow Tweeter; excellent advice.  As a blogging newbie--and with a particular niche--I can see how implementing several of these ideas will start to generate commentary. Also, I very much appreciate your knowledge-sharing attitude!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I heard about this blog entry through a fellow Tweeter; excellent advice.  As a blogging newbie&#8211;and with a particular niche&#8211;I can see how implementing several of these ideas will start to generate commentary. Also, I very much appreciate your knowledge-sharing attitude!</p>
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