Comments on: What’s the Value of “Looks Delicious?”

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:39:19 +0000

Wow. Yes I can. She must be one of those bloggers who wants to increase her incoming links. But to put the same comment on each blog…wow. That’s lame. You might consider contacting her and telling her you saw the other comments and she might want to rethink her strategy.

By: Nisha

Nisha — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:30:51 +0000

Oh, Dianne, this is just what I was discussing with my husband last night!
I started blogging, following blogs and commenting only since last year.
And the numerous comments I’ve read so far on other bloggers’ posts, such as, “oh, looks delicious”, “looks so tempting”, or “wow, looks inviting” – my hubby says sound seductive, haha.
And just recently when I read a comment on one of my posts “This is such a yummy one…I would love to try it..U have made perfectly Dear..Bookmarking it..” – I felt so good, just until I saw that comment, copy-pasted by the same person, on about 8 other blogs that I also followed. Can you believe it?!

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By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:10:12 +0000

Yes, I see your point, Helene. I have not commented several times because I couldn’t think of what to say, and I didn’t want to say something as simplistic as “Looks delicious” when in fact, that was my instinct. But since I am a writer, I would like to think I can come up with something more sophisticated.

By: Helene

Helene — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:16:24 +0000

Any comments have value to me. It shows that they take the time to visit your blog. I don’t want to dictate people what to comment on my blog. I want them to feel welcome to say whatever they want. If they feel like saying: Looks delicious or simply: I like your pics. That made my day. That shows that I am not doing all this work for nothing. The problem is that a lot of people don’t comment and will never comment because they are afraid to look ridiculous. That is sad and they should be free to express themselves the way they want, feel good about it and not feeling the pressure of anyone judging their comments.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:46:21 +0000

Hah. That is a great observation. You certainly don’t want to post a recipe that’s just okay, although I’ve seen a few great blog posts on disasters that make for good reading. And yes, as a result, every dish that’s published is “delicious.” Writers just need to describe the dish rather than sell it in such a lazy way. I wrote a post on that subject too.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:39:46 +0000

You are most welcome, Sumaiyyah. It sounds like you have a great approach to commenting that works well for you. Now you have to work on how to get more comments on your own blog.

By: shaheen

shaheen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:25:26 +0000

A fellow blogger pointed me to this blog entry and I am so glad she did. It is fascinating to read peoples viewpoints on this. I have to admit I have been guilty of this myself, but nowadays gauge the from the style of the blogger before leaving a comment because everyone approaches blogging differently. On a personal note, I would never delete such a comment from my blog – comments on my blog vary from day to day, so every comment is appreciated.

Another question we should also be asking is the ‘wahts the value of the descriptive Delicious’. I come across a number of blogs, where everything the person makes is delicious, its never…. ummm – just okay.

By: Sumaiyyah

Sumaiyyah — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:00:44 +0000

Hello Dianne! I just found this post (and your blog) and hope it’s okay if I join in.

It was so interesting to read about what bloggers think about leaving comments. I read through each and every comment above and generally agree with most of the comments. I for one, used to be afraid of leaving comments because I was a little shy of having people possibly visiting the link I left and reading my blog(s). Strange, I suppose. I actually feel a little shy about commenting here too, because everyone who left comments had such interesting things to say!

Now I leave comments on at least one post of each blog I visit, should I find something that relates to my interests because I really like to, and it seems to encourage bloggers and make their day for them. I find it fun to think of interesting ways of commenting, it’s a sort of challenge to me. Sometimes I feel guilty because I think I like commenting more than writing in my blog.

I also wonder if people usually subscribe to comments whenever they leave comments on any blog posts. I do, most of the time, because I like reading the feedback from the writer, should they leave any. If it’s interesting, I’d post a response. And so on. I for one, always reply to comments, it doesn’t matter if people come back to read my responses or not. Besides, I don’t get a lot of comments so it’s easy.

Thank you for generating this very interesting thread of discussion!

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