Recent Posts Tagged With 'comments'

• Thanks to October Commenters

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 23:23 in comments, thanks, events and group writing projects

    Thank you to the 168 commenters who left 263 comments in October. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them. Top Contributor (20 comments) Giris...

• Thanks to September Commenters

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 07:56 in comments, events, thanks

      Thank you to the 182 commenters who left 256 comments in August. This is more comments from more commenters than in August, when I still allowed comments from keywords. I’m glad to see that requiring names didn’t slow...

• Comment #10,000+

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 21:42 in comments, lillie's news, blog milestone

  My comment counter just turned over 10,000. Actually, I’ve had more than 10,000 comments (including my own) since the beginning of my blog. When I moved the blog just about a year ago, all my nested comments were lost. I have no idea how many c...

• Thanks to August Commenters

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 00:27 in comments, events, thanks

    Thank you to the 142 commenters who left 213 comments in August. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. 25 of those commenters left only keywords and no names. They are liste...

• New Comment Policy: No Name, No Comment

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 00:43 in comments, dofollow, comment policy, lillie's news, keyword luv

  I have tried to make commenting here easy and beneficial to commenters. DoFollow links, monthly thank-you posts, and Keyword Luv ensure readers who leave comments get do-follow keyword links, both on the original comment and in the thank-you post. I...

• Thanks to July Commenters

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 00:28 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 184 commenters who left 263 comments in July. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (18 comments)   C McCoffee The Coffee Bump     M...

• Thanks to June Commenters

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 13:28 in comments, events, thanks

    Thank you to the 210 commenters who left 322 comments in May. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (20 comments)   C McCoffee The Coffee Bump Â...

• Thanks to May Commenters

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 11:48 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 195 commenters who left 295 comments in May. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. Top Contributor (16 comments) Pat & James Taylor On the Wings of t...

• Comments, Spam, and Comment Spam

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 03:50 in comments, spam, lillie's musings

  Is it just me or is it getting harder to separate legitimate comments from spam comments? Often legitimate comments are easy to identify. They add relevant  insights, new information, or another opinion on the topic of the post, and they are post...

• Thanks to April Commenters

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 06:43 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 125 commenters who left 175 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (12 comments)   wilson Will You Mind     Major Contributor (9 comments)   Srir...

• Thanks to March Commenters

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 10:41 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 159 commenters who left 243 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (12 comments)   Sriraj Sriraj.org     Major Contributor (10 comments)   wilson...

• Thanks to February Commenters

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 00:02 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 126 commenters who left 194 comments in February. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (15 Comments)   Wilson Will You Mind Major Contributor (7 Comments)   Jennifer ...

• Thanks to January Commenters

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 00:52 in comments, thanks, blog events

  Thanks to the 128 December commenters, and thanks to those who read without commenting. I appreciate you all. Top Contributor (8 comments) Wilson, Will You Mind Major Contributor (7 comments) shellywagar, Women’s Boots Outstanding Contributors ...

• Thanks to December Commenters

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 01:55 in comments, thanks, blog events

  I appreciate the 178 comments left by 104 commenters in December, and, as usual, I responded to each one.  I’m also thankful for the silent readers, so accept my thanks even if you don’t comment. This month, I’m pleased that I have...

• Belated Thanks to November Commenters

  Posted on Saturday December 27th, 2008 at 21:00 in comments, thanks, blog events

  Guest authors, a delayed series, group writing projects, and several seasonal posts made this thank-you post very late, but no less sincere. 115 people left 185 comments in November. Thanks to each of them and to each quiet reader who visits and r...

• Thanks to October Commenters

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 07:51 in comments, thanks, blog events

  [1]In spite of the delay in expressing my thanks, I appreciate each of the 123 commenters in October and each reader, whether or not you comment.   Top Contributor (32 comments) Jeanne Dininni, Writers' Notes [2] Major Contributor (13 comments) ...

• Belated Thanks to September Commenters

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 01:40 in comments, thanks, gratitude, blog events

  Though I’m late thanking my September commenters, that doesn’t mean I appreciate you any less. It just means I’m behind. Thank you for continuing to visit and comment while I was revamping my blog. I also want to thank the “...

• Thanks to August Commenters

  Posted on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at 05:37 in comments, thanks, blog events

  August brought more comments from fewer commenters than July: more than 400 comments from 100 commenters. I appreciate each and every comment, though I prefer to respond to people rather than keywords as I explained in my last post about comments. Th...

• Comment Spam, Do Follow, Keyword Names, and You

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 06:31 in comments, spam, akismet, lillie's musings

  I’m pleased with the number of insightful comments this blog gets, and I appreciate comments from diverse readers from around the world. As my comment policy specifies, first-time comments are moderated; after the first comment is approved, fu...

• July Thanks to Commenters

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 06:31 in comments, thank you, blog events

  The first time I recognized my commenters, I thanked commenters for the entire year of 2007. That was such a long list and such a long time for commenters to wait for thanks, I recognized commenters in the first and second quarters this year. Now the...

• Thank You for Your Comments

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 19:53 in comments, thanks, commenters, blog events

  The second quarter of the year brought almost 300 comments from 192 commenters - about the same number of comments from more commenters than the first quarter of the year. The number of comments continues to amaze me since this blog doesn’t get...