Comments on: Disqus Lets You Profit From Comments on Other Blogs and Grabs Some SEO For Themselves

By: fred wilson

fred wilson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i wasn’t anticipating such a negative reaction to this feature, which i have been asking for since day one.

i regularly get great comments on my blog and want to be able to elevate them to the front page easily. this does that for me.

i also sometimes leave comments on other blogs that are full blown blog posts and i’ve wanted a way to showcase them on my blog while recognizing the blog they came from. this does that as well.

it’s a great feature in my opinion.

Fred

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The reblogged comment links back to the original site. And the feature just simplifies something that was always possible before. Chill.

By: CG

CG — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Too often the conversation goes ignored, along with all the interesting and insightful content it contains. That’s why people have been taking the discussion elsewhere — to places (like Twitter and FriendFeed) where it receives attention, where it can be discovered and followed.

Bloggers should be happy that Disqus is offering a reblog feature — that way they can keep their readers engaged on their own property (for those who care about that sort of thing)

By: Mike Montano

Mike Montano — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think the author’s name should link back to the url they commented with as well. It looks like right now it links to their Disqus profile. By commenting with the url of their blog the author is attributing their thoughts back to that property.

At the same time the Disqus profile is a place for all the comments I’m making on Disqus enabled blogs to be discovered in one place (which is nice if I don’t have a blog). Maybe this should be an option as part of the reblogging process. I’ve seen others ask for this and imagine it would be a simple change for disqus.

By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m wondering how quickly I could automate that for ease of splogging… does Disqus have trackbacks? Because that could go completely un-noticed and actually bite them right where the sun don’t shine for SEO. GENIUS!

By: Mike Montano

Mike Montano — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like this feature.

Establishing context is a big challenge for anyone trying to work with comments. When using Disqus’ reblogging system, I think it is up to the responsible blogger to give his/her readers that context. In any case, I find that an interesting comment on it’s own is alone enough to get me to visit the original post, read it, and participate in the conversation.

By: Joe Lazarus

Joe Lazarus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree that it’s a great feature and that this post seems overly negative, but I also agree with Allen that the attribution link should point to the commenter’s site, not their Disqus profile. The person who left a good comment should be rewarded with a link to their site. It’s also better for the reader, who is likely clicking on the commenter’s name to learn more about them from their site, not to see a bunch of their Disqus comments out of context. It’s a great feature that will be even better with appropriate attribution.

By: James Siminoff

James Siminoff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is a great feature. Disqus is taking comments to the next level and this is just one more example of that innovation.

Once you post something on the web it is public domain, so anyone can lift it regardless of this feature. So even though this comment is not on Disqus if someone wants to lift it and post it somewhere they can do it and there is nothing that I can do to stop them.

Go Disqus!

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for that clarification – sure clears up most things for me.

By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry; what? Did copyright law get rewritten overnight and no one told me? I had no IDEA that everything is now public domain. I’ll be sure to let the New York Times know that I can now just repost their content as my own. Good to know!

By: FN

FN — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Large sites like ABC (the example in the slideshare demo) are going to try and kill this. The question is whether Disqus can get big enough fast enough that they bring more traffic than they take.

By: Kevin Sandridge

Kevin Sandridge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve only just signed on with Disqus. I like having a centralized list of comments I’ve made – and the reblogging feature seems interesting. This said, I do see your point in terms of passing back credit to the original content contributor, as it seems only fair to do so.

By: Jerry | Savings

Jerry | Savings — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The flaws that Risely point out are just personal concerns if anything. Disqus saved my comments when my domain went down and it just so happened that I didn’t have a backup of anything.

I love it though. It’s efficient and has significantly decreased the amount of spam comments I see now. If anything, the only spam I receive are from entries that I chose not to have Disqus included on.