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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Which Comment System is Best for Your Blog?

When I first began blogging with Blogger, I had the usual Blogger comment system that came with my Blogger templates. I realize some of my blogging friends use WordPress and not Blogger. There is a link for you too at the bottom of the post, so keep reading.

I wasn’t very happy with the limited way that this system worked, so I looked into Disqus and IntenseDebate to see what features they had to offer. In the end, I chose to go with IntenseDebate, mainly because they had the CommentLuv plugin that allows bloggers to immediately access their most recent posts’ permalinks with titles by just typing in their blog’s URL.

I have set my IntenseDebate comment system so that it doesn’t completely override my Blogger system. This way, it won’t erase any previous Blogger comments that were on my blogs. That means that my Blogger system is still set as the default system. It seems that, occasionally, IntenseDebate is off-line, because I will suddenly find my Blogger comment system activated. This is not ideal.

Recently, I had a hiccup with my comment system on my $20 Gift Voucher Giveaway post. I was really peeved. All the lovely comments disappeared that were on my IntenseDebate system and my Blogger default comment system has taken its place. My guess is that IntenseDebate must have gone off-line for a moment and when someone wanted to comment, the Blogger default system automatically kicked in.

So, I began to question again whether or not to install the new Google+ comment system instead. I have decided for the second time not to go this route, because I will lose all the comments that I’ve accumulated with IntenseDebate and because Google+ requires your readers to have a Google+ account before they can leave a comment. This is not flexible. This is forcing people, in a way, to open Google+ accounts who never wanted them before.

I suppose finding the best comment system for your blog is like finding the right spouse. You will hopefully fall in love with one system over the others, but it will come with the good and the bad. So, choose carefully, because you will have to live with your choice.

Here is more information on this debate:

Pros and Cons of the Google Plus Commenting System

Complete Guide to the New Google+ Comments on Blogger and WordPress

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curiouslysarah 30p · 618 weeks ago

I've wondered about the Google+ thing but I am wary of anything that pushes us towards Google+ to be honest.

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jnine0712 126p · 618 weeks ago

Thank you for sharing this information. I was honestly thinking of doing a bit more research on this to eventually share a bit on my J9 Designs site, because I have also has issues with Disqus recently (on my Confessions of a Mommyaholic blog) in the form of some long time readers all of a sudden not being able to comment, which led me to install Intense Debate with Comment Luv on J9 Designs to see the difference and the functionality of both and to compare and contrast it in the end. I must say, I still do like Disqus, but that Hiccup did frustrate and annoy me. But not that I have used Intense Debate with Comment Luv, I like that, too. Not sue which I like better at this point, but yes I can totally see your point and how that could be frustrating for you. So sorry you had to go through that and thank you for sharing this all here!!
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tinarobmorley 93p · 617 weeks ago

It's probably a good idea to try out both.

On a lighter note: I see you've been pinning the birthday castle cakes on Pinterest. Amanda likes doing Pinterest with me, so I have her on my lap and she tells me what to type in and then I have to look at tons of pictures while she scrolls down and pins them to her board. She's often quite particular. I even remind her that she can pin more and that she doesn't have to be too picky, but she usually prefers to be picky. Oh, and I've told her that I can't make those cakes. The pins are just for fun. :)
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jnine0712 126p · 617 weeks ago

I totally re-pinned them from you this morning and both my girls are Disney Princess Obsessed and even made a Cinderella cake for Emma's last birthday. So, I thought the castle was cute and different, but not sure I would ever be able to recreate, but thought I would pin and take a better look as I get closer to the day in July :)
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@BericeBaby · 618 weeks ago

I wish I had seen this before. A few days ago I added Disqus ... haven't had any problems with it yet but hopefully it will stay like that.
Didn't now about IntenseDatabase.

Thanks for sharing hunny

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bellavidaletty 38p · 617 weeks ago

I recently started using Disqus and so far so good.

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Betty Taylor · 617 weeks ago

Thanks, I need to look at the others. It was great to hear the pros and cons.
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noskinnies 0p · 616 weeks ago

I ended up gong with Disqus. I hated that I lost all of my comments that I had accumulated on SquareSpace but my site was relatively new so there weren't a ton of comments to be lost. I can't say that I LOVE disqus but it's much better than the SquareSpace default. Occasionally I start to ask myself if there's a better commenting system out there...I feel like there is but like you said, they all come with pros and cons. For now I'm sticking with Disqus. I feel that I'm bound to them because I don't want to lose all of my comments that I've accumulated since switching to Disqus. Feeling a little trapped :-<
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Pam · 616 weeks ago

This is good info. I have switched my comment system a couple of times, but I'm still not sure which way to go with it. Happy SITS day to you! I like your blog design. :)
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Greg Agustin Jr. · 612 weeks ago

Thank you for the post. I currently have Disqus but was also looking into Livefyre. I've never heard of IntenseDebate until I started doing some research. I like the fact that commentluv integrates with it. Will look more into ID because of your post. Thanks again :D
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