How To Use Disqus to Rocket Your Blog Traffic
Disqus is a unique comment tool that is reaching vast numbers of people, with over 100 million unique visitors last month. They have over 9 million commenter profiles over 300,000 registered communities, offering an innovative and user-friendly comment tool for people to join in the blogging community and get their opinions heard.
People mistakenly believe that Disqus is a social networking site. In fact it’s something completely different, but equally important for blog owners to be aware of. Millions of people are joining the community using this comment tool and if WordPress is your free website builder it’s easy to install using a plug in.
By adding Disqus to your website you’ll enable visitors to join in the discussion on your blog, add comments and share their thoughts across a variety of social networks. This is the blogging style of the future, with multiple commenting across numerous sites. This article will tell you why you should consider using Disqus and how it can rocket your blog traffic.
What is Disqus and How Does it Work?
First Disqus is a completely free comment system, compatible with many free website builder programs, including WordPress. What it does is add a more dynamic, interactive and user friendly comment system to your site. If you need a website where comments are displayed as threads and people can interact across many social networking sites, Disqus is a particularly useful tool.
The great thing is that your visitors don’t need a Disqus profile to leave a comment. They can also be a guest commentator, or use Facebook Connect or their Twitter account to sign in. That’s where Disqus can really help to boost your traffic and create a community of quality followers for your site. Not only does it add real-time discussion with rich interactive features, which is great for building loyal blog readers. It also promotes your blogs across the social web, allowing users to share discussions with friends and followers.
The other great thing is that users will be notified by email when people reply to their comments. Then all they need to do is send a reply email to leave another comment. This saves so much time for the user and encourages people to keep commenting and get involved in the debate. This benefits both you as a blog owner, by helping to build a loyal blog following, as well as making the visitor’s life much easier!
Finally Disqus also has spam protection built in and easy to use tools to manage your comment sections.
How to Install and Use Disqus
WordPress is a free website builder program that is easy to use alongside Disqus. First you’ll need to download the Disqus Comment System plug in, which is available for free on our resources page.
Even though you’re changing your comment system you won’t lose all your previous comments and can import them into the new system. All you’ll need to do is go to the Advanced Options tab and click Export. However it’s advisable to back up your site and your database before you make any changes.
Once you’ve installed Disqus the system is up and running, ready to use and a tool you’ll find that will not only enhance your free website builder but also drive more traffic and loyalty to your blog. Your visitors can then begin to interact and join in with your website, create a loyal community and easily spread the word about your great content with all their social networking friends.
How To Use Disqus to Rocket Your Blog Traffic
How To Use Disqus to Rocket Your Blog Traffic
Disqus is a unique comment tool that is reaching vast numbers of people, with over 100 million unique visitors last month. They have over 9 million commenter profiles over 300,000 registered communities, offering an innovative and user-friendly comment tool for people to join in the blogging community and get their opinions heard.
People mistakenly believe that Disqus is a social networking site. In fact it’s something completely different, but equally important for blog owners to be aware of. Millions of people are joining the community using this comment tool and if WordPress is your free website builder it’s easy to install using a plug in.
By adding Disqus to your website you’ll enable visitors to join in the discussion on your blog, add comments and share their thoughts across a variety of social networks. This is the blogging style of the future, with multiple commenting across numerous sites. This article will tell you why you should consider using Disqus and how it can rocket your blog traffic.
What is Disqus and How Does it Work?
First Disqus is a completely free comment system, compatible with many free website builder programs, including WordPress. What it does is add a more dynamic, interactive and user friendly comment system to your site. If you need a website where comments are displayed as threads and people can interact across many social networking sites, Disqus is a particularly useful tool.
The great thing is that your visitors don’t need a Disqus profile to leave a comment. They can also be a guest commentator, or use Facebook Connect or their Twitter account to sign in. That’s where Disqus can really help to boost your traffic and create a community of quality followers for your site. Not only does it add real-time discussion with rich interactive features, which is great for building loyal blog readers. It also promotes your blogs across the social web, allowing users to share discussions with friends and followers.
The other great thing is that users will be notified by email when people reply to their comments. Then all they need to do is send a reply email to leave another comment. This saves so much time for the user and encourages people to keep commenting and get involved in the debate. This benefits both you as a blog owner, by helping to build a loyal blog following, as well as making the visitor’s life much easier!
Finally Disqus also has spam protection built in and easy to use tools to manage your comment sections.
How to Install and Use Disqus
WordPress is a free website builder program that is easy to use alongside Disqus. First you’ll need to download the Disqus Comment System plug in, which is available for free on our resources page.
Even though you’re changing your comment system you won’t lose all your previous comments and can import them into the new system. All you’ll need to do is go to the Advanced Options tab and click Export. However it’s advisable to back up your site and your database before you make any changes.
Once you’ve installed Disqus the system is up and running, ready to use and a tool you’ll find that will not only enhance your free website builder but also drive more traffic and loyalty to your blog. Your visitors can then begin to interact and join in with your website, create a loyal community and easily spread the word about your great content with all their social networking friends.
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Melanie Citron is a freelance writer and self proclaimed “techie” who lives in Denver with her husband, Glenn, and their three dogs Ralph, Sam and Billy. Melanie has become the “go to person” for creating online businesses for her friends and family. “I do it every day so I may as well write about it” Her knowledge has appeared on websites, in local newspapers and in person as a public speaker. In her spare time Melanie loves the outdoors and hikes and cross country skis.