Top Commenters

March 15, 2007 by Vinny Lingham

I’ve just added a top commenters plugin to this blog, to encourage more comments. The top commenters will receive a link back to their blog from VinnyLingham.com with their names (my homepage is a PageRank 6), and I have removed NoFollow tags across the entire blog, so you will get linking credit for it! Happy commenting (and again, please add value in your comments, and don’t try to spam the system)!

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This entry was posted on March 15, 2007 at 5:14 pm and is filed under: Blogging

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Rafiq Phillips Says:
March 15, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Nice one Vinny. Name of this plugin?

Tyler Says:
March 15, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Wow, you’re really into spread the love Vinny. Nice

Vinny Lingham Says:
March 15, 2007 at 8:41 pm

Sorry, I forgot that! http://www.pfadvice.com/wordpress-plugins/show-top-commentators/

Rafiq Phillips Says:
March 15, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Nice one Vinny. Name of this plugin?

Tyler Says:
March 15, 2007 at 4:33 pm

Wow, you’re really into spread the love Vinny. Nice

Vinny Lingham Says:
March 15, 2007 at 6:41 pm

Sorry, I forgot that! http://www.pfadvice.com/wordpress-plugins/show-...

Gordon Choi Says:
March 16, 2007 at 9:30 am

Thanks Vinny, so I have made it on the list.

Gordon Choi Says:
March 16, 2007 at 7:30 am

Thanks Vinny, so I have made it on the list.

Chris Kramer Says:
March 16, 2007 at 3:44 pm

I like the idea, curious what triggers the URL – mine is wrong.

Chris

Chris Kramer Says:
March 16, 2007 at 1:44 pm

I like the idea, curious what triggers the URL – mine is wrong.

Chris

Runa Says:
March 22, 2007 at 9:46 am

Very well done. The “Top commenters” is a very useful plugin, and it really brings a lot of new commenters – and visitors – to the blog.

Runa Says:
March 22, 2007 at 7:46 am

Very well done. The “Top commenters” is a very useful plugin, and it really brings a lot of new commenters – and visitors – to the blog.

Simonne Says:
March 29, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Did this really increase the number of comments on your blog? I did not try it until now, because I’m not convinced it makes people comment more. Or does it?

Vinny Lingham Says:
March 29, 2007 at 5:37 pm

Actually – it appears that it does. Also, Chris – the URL is triggered by the URL you first used when you posted a comment. I can change it for you.

Runa Says:
March 29, 2007 at 6:05 pm

@Vinny: I agree with you.

I saw the same effect on some italian-language blogs I normally read which installed the plugin.

Simonne Says:
March 29, 2007 at 3:07 pm

Did this really increase the number of comments on your blog? I did not try it until now, because I’m not convinced it makes people comment more. Or does it?

Vinny Lingham Says:
March 29, 2007 at 3:37 pm

Actually – it appears that it does. Also, Chris – the URL is triggered by the URL you first used when you posted a comment. I can change it for you.

Runa Says:
March 29, 2007 at 4:05 pm

@Vinny: I agree with you.

I saw the same effect on some italian-language blogs I normally read which installed the plugin.

Michelle Crofts Says:
April 3, 2007 at 10:32 am

Hi Vinny,

I was just searching for information on this ‘top commenters’ plugin when I found your blog. (So it does work!)

I think it’s a great idea, making it a little easier for bloggers to build a network in their subject field, providing useful feedback for fellow bloggers whilst getting some credit for this. These days it seems you have to be a problogger or paying, to be listed in blogrolls, and nofollow links does not make linkbuilding and promotion any easier.

Good move,

Michelle.

Michelle Crofts Says:
April 3, 2007 at 8:32 am

Hi Vinny,

I was just searching for information on this ‘top commenters’ plugin when I found your blog. (So it does work!)

Good move,

Michelle.

Aniela Says:
April 6, 2007 at 1:43 am

It’s a great ideea. Since I enabled do-follow on my site, I noticed an increase of over 50% in comments. I don’t mind that at all

Aniela Says:
April 5, 2007 at 11:43 pm

It’s a great ideea. Since I enabled do-follow on my site, I noticed an increase of over 50% in comments. I don’t mind that at all

Cavalcare Says:
April 10, 2007 at 9:43 pm

What a pity you removed this useful plugin!

Vinny Lingham Says:
April 10, 2007 at 11:40 pm

Yeah, I know. It wasn’t working properly! I’ll try to find the latest version, but I remove it for now. All comments still have the no-follow tag removed, so people will still get link credit.

Cavalcare Says:
April 10, 2007 at 7:43 pm

What a pity you removed this useful plugin!

Vinny Lingham Says:
April 10, 2007 at 9:40 pm

Yeah, I know. It wasn’t working properly! I’ll try to find the latest version, but I remove it for now. All comments still have the no-follow tag removed, so people will still get link credit.

DngloZ Says:
May 16, 2007 at 12:33 pm

hopefully it’ll be back up soon!

DngloZ Says:
May 16, 2007 at 10:33 am

hopefully it’ll be back up soon!

seo web designer Says:
July 20, 2007 at 3:29 pm

So how come you removed the plugin? I just installed mine. I also removed the nofollow from comments/trackbacks.

Vinny Lingham Says:
July 20, 2007 at 5:59 pm

I actually removed it because people were making short and meaningless comments in order to get ranked

seo web designer Says:
July 20, 2007 at 1:29 pm

So how come you removed the plugin? I just installed mine. I also removed the nofollow from comments/trackbacks.

Vinny Lingham Says:
July 20, 2007 at 3:59 pm

I actually removed it because people were making short and meaningless comments in order to get ranked

Artem Says:
July 30, 2007 at 2:18 pm

Its a great way to increase comments volume, but only in case of high page rank of blog.

Artem Says:
July 30, 2007 at 12:18 pm

Its a great way to increase comments volume, but only in case of high page rank of blog.

Crystal Says:
September 11, 2007 at 3:07 am

Great idea, I wish they would get a plug in for blogger

Crystal Says:
September 11, 2007 at 1:07 am

Great idea, I wish they would get a plug in for blogger

free ipod touch Says:
September 14, 2007 at 7:47 am

Nice, I hope you get lots of comments this way!

free ipod touch Says:
September 14, 2007 at 5:47 am

Nice, I hope you get lots of comments this way!

asso Says:
September 21, 2007 at 3:21 pm

Thanks good idea

asso Says:
September 21, 2007 at 1:21 pm

Thanks good idea

free iphone baby Says:
September 30, 2007 at 8:03 pm

Nice plugin!

free iphone baby Says:
September 30, 2007 at 6:03 pm

Nice plugin!

Jayson Says:
January 21, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Vinny,

Where did you find the plugin? It looks like you’ve removed it all together – did the meaningless comments outweigh the extra participation?

Vinny Lingham Says:
January 21, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Hey Jayson – unfortunately so….

Jayson Says:
January 21, 2008 at 4:38 pm

Vinny,

Where did you find the plugin? It looks like you’ve removed it all together – did the meaningless comments outweigh the extra participation?

Vinny Lingham Says:
January 21, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Hey Jayson – unfortunately so….

Shayari Says:
January 23, 2008 at 11:37 am

Hello Vinny,

I am not able to find any option for top commenters in your sidebar?

Please guide me for the same.

Thanks
Shayari

Shayari Says:
January 23, 2008 at 9:37 am

Hello Vinny,

I am not able to find any option for top commenters in your sidebar?

Please guide me for the same.

Thanks
Shayari

Forumistan Says:
April 5, 2008 at 10:41 pm

Thanks for this…

Forumistan Says:
April 5, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Thanks for this…

Brandon Says:
April 18, 2008 at 8:37 pm

I don’t see any top commenters block either?

Brandon Says:
April 18, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I don’t see any top commenters block either?

Marketing Man Says:
April 21, 2008 at 10:55 pm

Are you the Vinny from Quirk. We like your style.

Marketing Man Says:
April 21, 2008 at 8:55 pm

Are you the Vinny from Quirk. We like your style.

Movie Says:
May 23, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Good marketing move:) Make yourself in a way a lot of comments

Movie Says:
May 24, 2008 at 2:16 am

Good marketing move:) Make yourself in a way a lot of comments

savings accounts Says:
November 29, 2008 at 10:45 am

Thanks for the plugin, I have seen an increase in traffic with this featrure. i hope you benefit from it. Mon

sffg Says:
December 26, 2008 at 6:29 am

good

fast shop sale Says:
February 25, 2009 at 2:17 pm

Hi there, i've looked all over your blog but cant seem to find the top commentors anywhere. has it been removed?

MBanar Says:
February 28, 2009 at 2:17 am

Hey, I just happened to find your blog and LOVE the plugin!! Subscribing!

myrtlebeach Says:
March 24, 2009 at 1:12 am

Thank you for this great plugin

Escoofield Says:
March 24, 2009 at 1:33 am

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Gerard Says:
March 28, 2009 at 2:45 pm

This plugin is great

magic of making up Says:
March 29, 2009 at 6:34 pm

Hey, great blog, just want to say hello.I read your post, I like your style.

Jarrod Says:
April 1, 2009 at 12:20 am

Top Comments is cool but I am also loving Comment Luv as a little added incentive to those that visit to post up !

iPhone Review Says:
April 1, 2009 at 8:10 am

Great Article, good read!

magic of making up Says:
April 7, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Hey, nice plugin and nice blog.

Free Website Says:
April 9, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Couldn’t be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!

Zaubertricks Says:
April 17, 2009 at 6:30 pm

good idea.. im thinking about getting this too

Settots Says:
May 5, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Thank you
I have really liked it
I gonna put it in my web site: http://tawsna.com
Thanks

Adwords Says:
May 8, 2009 at 6:56 pm

cool thanks

ipod Says:
May 11, 2009 at 8:48 am

I discovered your homepage by coincidence.
Very interesting posts and well written. Thx for sharing it, keep up the good work..

John Says:
May 15, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Great info thanks for sharing with us!!!

John Says:
May 29, 2009 at 10:44 am

Hey Vinny
very interesting plugin. I'll install it when my website becomes more popular

PC Repair London Says:
June 3, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Thanks Vinny, you are certainly spreading the love. I like when webmasters allow dofollow.

free software Says:
June 6, 2009 at 8:14 pm

wow ! The plugin is very useful !

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Niko Says:
June 28, 2009 at 7:04 am

Thanks, very good idea, we need to try

Jay Brown Says:
June 29, 2009 at 5:06 am

Great site! I'm glad I found it. Keep up the great work

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