Reading other blogs is a nice method to enhance your knowledge on various things and matters. There are thousands of new and interesting articles being posted everyday and sincerely I learned a lot of things through reading blogs. The knowledge and information about making money, history, current events and a lot of things are now determined by the tip of our fingers. Thanks to updated websites and blogs that provide us with various and beneficial information.
However, it is enough to be a silent reader. You can do a lot things with the articles or posts that you found on the Internet. Here is some of my suggestions of how not to be a silent reader.
Leaving Your Comment
I suggest this step to be an essential step before you proceed to any step below. Leaving comment is the most visible way to show that you are not a silent reader. I had mentioned about the 5 ways to be a great blog commenter so you might love to check it out.
Spreading The Message
Yes, the easiest and fastest way is by spreading the message! You can use Twitter or any social bookmarking site to spread the message telling the other people about the article that you read. Some blogs already installed TweetMeme or bookmarking plugin so it is easier for you to tweet the message to your followers.
Linking To The Articles
Linking is a great way to refer and telling the others about the articles that you had read through. You can link to the other articles or posts while mentioning any term or content related to the particular post. I suggest the best way to do this is by publishing the links in one post per month or per week for example the Sunday Killer Post by Lee from MyBlog2Day. This is a great way to tell the others about the articles that you think best so your readers will get the benefit from the links that you had posted.
Discuss The Articles
I believe this is the hardest way as discussing other articles might resulting in misinterpretation where you might say something different than the article. But this is the best way to appreciate the article as further discussion of the issue mentioned in the article might bring more interesting result for your site and the original writer of the article. Keep in mind – no plagiarism!
You might not feel anything to be silent reader but actually it is a loss not to response or react to the article that you read because there is potential in the article or ideas that had been shared by the writer. I believe some of us had realized about this so I would like to know what do you think. Happy blogging and blogwalking!
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The good thing about blogging is that aside from learning, we have the option to interact with others.
Blog commenting are good as long as they really do comment on the article.. many other readers just leave their comments even though what they are saying are very irrelevant to the topic.
I believe that if you are reading a article (blog post) and not leaving any comments, its waste of your time. I am not saying to comment every time but you should do it once or twice.
I disagree with Deepak. I love reading blog posts without actually commenting and thats why I get the flak of not really following my readers w/c is obviously not true.
But if you’re trying to build a blog from scratch then commenting as much as you can is really essential
Another thing that is great about this advice is that when we are proactive readers we are more likely to retain the information we have learned. A lot of what I write in my own blog is inspired by various links, opinions, and scientific studies that I come across. And when I write about them, I am ingraining these ideas in my mind, and then able to better apply this information throughout my life.
great post, very interesting, i think I have things to go away and think about!
As a blogger, I know I appreciate it when readers leave comments. However, a lot of that is the responsibility of the blogger–if your post isn’t interesting enough, no one is going to want to comment or share it with others.
Blog comments can send good traffic to your website, and if you manage to catch people’s attention with your comments, this traffic might increase.
Excellent point! I love hearing people’s opinions on blog posts. Participating in a meaningful conversations is always a good experience.
blogging is the future for meeting new different people, in you interest. its great
I know I appreciate it when readers leave comments. However, a lot of that is the responsibility of the blogger–if your post isn’t interesting enough. Thanks
I have found, by way of starting my own blog, how lonely and disheartening it can be to have silent readers. I have tried several methods to engage the reader but still silence. Don’t worry, I will keep on plugging away!
i love when people leave comments on my blogs
Good note. Before commenting on a blog, read it very carefully and silently.
Nice post, I don’t like to be a silent reader, but you should find some nice communications ways, maybe some Wordpress plugins to add more activities to your blog by awarding commentators
I have collected a list of the best 7 plugins that everyone should run on their blogs, I hope to see you using a few of them.
Most of the visitors comment on blog without reading the content.
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