DISQUS: Commenting Will Never Be the Same Again! SEO Your Blog using DISQUS

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September 2, 2008 ||

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DISQUS We haven’t seen any enhancements in the commenting system of Wordpress for a longtime now. Well, that’s about to change.

Companies like DISQUS and Seesmic are bringing in new ideas and technologies which will fuel the enhancement on the commenting system front and take it to the next level, if not already there. These two companies recently partnered to offer a better version of their services which include a video reply and the social concept of commenting.

Let’s talk about DISQUS; it’s a service which is dedicated to make commenting on sites, easier, faster, interactive and engaging and most importantly Spam-free.

There are two parts to this service, 1) Just create a profile and start commenting on the sites which have this plugin activated 2) Create a profile and install this plugin on your own site to enhance the commenting system on the site.

Part 1(can be used as an SEO tool for your blog), Creating a profile on DISQUS: Once you register your profile with the service, spend some time on configuring your preferences/setting and filling up your profile page.

Now whenever you leave a comment on the site which has this pluggin installed it will automatically pull your information from the site and show it to the users.

This can become one of the most powerful SEO services and techniques in the time to come.

We registered with DISQUS and left a comment on a site which has this plugin installed. In the image below I will show you how this plugin really works and how efficiently it can help you improve your traffic stats. This image is taken from one of the sites where we left a comment to show you an example of how it can be SEO’ed (Sorry about that!)

Tnerd Comment
Let’s go through the image above point by point:

Once you leave a comment that’s how your image will be displayed on the page, provided you have your information filled on the DISQUS profile page. The larger image with more information will be show to the users once the mouse moves on the profile display image or the comment title.
Your title and username is directly pulled from the DISQUS server.
Each of these comments can be voted for or against and that’s how the comments gain points. Point number 8 shows the buttons where you can vote up or down on a comment.
This pulls the information of your site and other services like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Flickr, etc.. and shows it on your comment.
If you linked your twitter account with your DISQUS account then it will show your last status msg from Twitter.
Recent comments will be shown to other users who are browsing your profile. These comment will be pulled from across the web not just one site.
Show the information of the comment. For example: Time of the last comment, Site of the last comment and the Post of the last comment
Let you vote for or against a comment