Analyzing whether users read online policies and comments. Delving into reasons and the potential consequences of such habits.
Blog Comments Going Real Time?
Comments on blogs posts and articles have in the past generally been a good measurement of how people have engaged with content, but as the web becomes more social and "real-time," the conversation is going all over the place, and there are other ways that people are engaging in conversation about content (this is why shareability is so important by the way).
Could Comments Hurt Your Search Engine Rankings?
I am a strong believer in the idea that comments increase the value of articles. This holds true on small blogs as well as large news sites. Comments expand the conversation, and can provide insight into the original subject matter that was lacking from the piece to begin with.
Comments Make Content More Valuable
Comments are the backbone of the social web. Everything is going social if it has not already been that way for some time. Why is that? People are social by nature. It’s how we communicate. It’s how we learn. It’s how we teach. Do you find comments to be valuable resources? Share your thoughts.
Google Translates Comments with Google Friend Connect
Google has launched an enhanced version of its comments gadget for Google Friend Connect. With the gadget, users can easily translate comments that aren’t in their language native.
Google Reader Now Offers Comments For Entries
Google is not not not building a social network. Really. They’re not. They’re just adding features to every product ever made to enable you to communicate and otherwise share information among your peer group and store all your information in a centralized place. That’s soooo not a social network, so I don’t need anybody telling me about how Google Reader’s new comment feature shows that they’re a social network.
Facebook Opens Corporate Blog To Comments
Yesterday, Facebook held a press conference call, put out a press release, and published a blog post as it gave users a voice in the recasting of the site’s terms of use. Today, although there hasn’t been quite as much noise, the social network found another way to demonstrate that it’s interested in people’s opinions.
Don’t Let YouTube Comments Come Back to Haunt You
YouTube has just initiated a feature that allows users who leave comments on videos to delete those comments. Now when you put your foot in your mouth, you can take it back out. "Whether you misspelled ‘pwned’, back in the day when you were just a n00b to the internets, or you simply said something you wish you could take back – now you can remove your commentary at any time," says a post from the YouTube Team.
Who Owns Blog Comments?
Here’s a head-scratcher with a deceptively obvious answer: When a person comments on a blog or website, who owns, or owns the rights to, that comment? Is it the commenter or the blog/website publisher? It’s a trickier question than you might think.
Google News Gives Comments A Nudge
Google News started allowing experts to comment on articles about seven months ago, but it’s highly unlikely that the average person knows this. The simple reason: the comments are rare and hard to find. A new feature solves half of this problem by gathering all the comments in a single place.