How to Take Comments on a Web Site
The more active a Web site looks in way of commenting, and overall post activity, the more viewers will come to visit the site looking for news and updates. Web sites that integrate things such as a forum, blog or guestbook are considered dynamic, or active. It's important for a site to remain active as it keeps the Web site listed and crawled by Google. The more often a Web site posts updates, or blog posts, the more opportunities it has to receive traffic from various search engines. A dynamic Web site also depends on its audience and commentors to keep up its overall activity. There are a number of ways to allow comments and customer interaction on a Web site, such as a forum, blog, guestbook or integrate updates from a social networking site.
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Add a blog to your Web site, and update often. Keep to a weekly schedule of posting on a particular day of the week. After a time, viewers will come to expect posts on those given days, and return to the site to not only read the posts, but comment as well. Add the blog to your Web site by either contacting your Web host and having the code installed, using a blogging platform for your site such as Wordpress or Blogger, or hiring a professional to set one up for you.
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Install a forum that fits right inside your site. This process requires knowledge of HTML, PHP and CSS. Contact your Web host provider, or a Web designer, to have one integrated to your site. Avoid using an outside forum as you'll only be directing traffic away from your site.
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Include a guestbook on your Web site if you do not have the time to blog on a weekly basis. If all you're looking for is comments on your site, you may do so by installing a guestbook. Dedicate one page on your site for comments, and allow visitors to comment without having to take time away from your day to post a blog, or interact in a forum.
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Allow your visitors to leave comments by installing a widget, or software application, for your favorite social networking site. Sign into Twitter or Facebook. Set up the way you'd like your widget or application to look, and then copy the HTML code the site offers you. Paste the code where you'd like the widget to appear on your Web site, such as the sidebar. Install the code so that the widget appears on every page, for even more comments and visitor interaction.
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Install a shoutbox in the sidebar, or footer, of your Web site. Similar to the widgets you might get from a social networking Web site, the shoutbox will fit in the sidebar, and can be used to talk back and forth with visitors, much like you would use an online chat messenger. Copy the necessary code, and paste it on your Web site for free by visiting sites such as myshoutbox.com, shoutmix.com and shoutboxpro.com.
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Let customers comment on the pages of your site by joining a commenting site, or by downloading and installing software to your database. The code or software used to allow comments on even a static Web site are available through sites such as instantsitecomments.com, aboutecho.com and instacomment.com.
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