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In this episode:
00:11 – About the Disqus commenting system
00:31 – SEO value and ease of use
00:59 – Get repeat visitors with email follow-ups
01:23 – What if you have multiple sites?
01:39 – Installs easily and migrates old comments
01:50 – Try Disqus for yourself
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Quotables:
Thing is, with Disqus, it still gets you all that SEO value. [Click To Tweet].
…it’s much, much easier to put a comment on the website. [Click To Tweet].
Transcription:
James Schramko here and you probably noticed, I’ve changed the commenting system on this website at SuperFastBusiness.com. I’m going to tell you what it is and why I changed it.
So the new commenting system is called Disqus and that’s spelled with a q: D-I-S-Q-U-S, and I’ve changed to that from the WordPress commenting system and here’s why I did that.
Reasons Why I Changed To Disqus
Firstly, I noticed it’s on a lot of other websites and that’s a good sign. And apparently, it’s on over two and a half million websites already. Thing is, with Disqus, it still gets you all that SEO value. All of the comments are search engine readable so that’s really good. And more importantly, it’s much, much easier to put a comment on the website.
Now it lets you use the sign on with Facebook or other social media outlets so people can really easily leave a comment instead of having to log on and apply each time they want to put a comment.
Also, at the end of the comments are related posts, bringing people into your website, plus it follows up with emails when someone makes a comment. So it pulls the reader back into the new comments to see what’s there. And the way that the comments are displayed is really nice with that nested thing where you can reply to someone’s reply.
Plus users can vote up or down. It works really well on mobile devices and it has an RSS feed for people who want to follow just the comments on a particular blog post.
And as a person with multiple websites, I’m finding it nice and easy to have a central moderation where I can keep up to date with what’s happening with all of my websites from just one place and I can even keep in tune with the comments I’ve left on other people’s websites in the Disqus community.
Disqus stands out among other commenting systems
So I’m a big fan of the Disqus. It’s very easy to install. You can migrate your old comments. It works really well with WordPress and plenty of other platforms and that’s what I’m using from now.
What I’d Like You To Do
So what I’d like you to do is use it for yourself. Right below this video, place a comment, see how it works, tell me what your thoughts are and if you like the new Disqus feature that I’ve put on SuperFastBusiness.com.
I’m James Schramko. I’ll catch up with you in a future video.
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hello guys
Does Google index the comments with Disqus on wordpress? will I get the full SEO value? Do I need to do anything to make the comments searchable?
Can you have the newest comments at the top of the comments field? It seams to me you have the comments in the wrong order.
Does Google index the comments with Disqus on wordpress? will I get the full SEO value? Do I need to do anything to make the comments searchable?
Can you have the newest comments at the top of the comments field? It seams to me you have the comments in the wrong order.
Guest and me are the same person, I had a problem with account set-up so had to delete and start again.
I have worked out how to change the order of the comments but am still interested in my questions on the SEO value.
All of the comments are search engine searchable.
Well done, the system is great. Regards, Karel Koes Hiranjgarbh Missier Paragh
Sure is
Well done, the system is great. Regards, Karel Koes Hiranjgarbh Missier Paragh
Sure is
Thanks, very helpful!
Thanks, very helpful!
Thanks Paul
Me ha parecido una buena solución
Gracias por tu ayuda
Me ha parecido una buena solución
Gracias por tu ayuda
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great youtube video: straight and to the point. thanks
great youtube video: straight and to the point. thanks
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It works !
Lol.. Why Would You’d Test It Should Always Work If You Do It Correctly
Cool.. Now Your Using What I Always Use..
Cool.. Now Your Using What I Always Use..
You Have Soo Much Comment But Soo Little Upvote’s.. Why Is That?
You Have Soo Much Comment But Soo Little Upvote’s.. Why Is That?
Is there any way to eliminate email verification? I don´t think so and I suppose it is not nice for users, specially on mobile.
Is there any way to eliminate email verification? I don´t think so and I suppose it is not nice for users, specially on mobile.
It is hard to eliminate that without getting the horrid spam that comes along with that.
This’ll be my first comment using Disqus, hi future self looking back at the start of the blockchain revolution! Great video by the way, and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This’ll be my first comment using Disqus, hi future self looking back at the start of the blockchain revolution! Great video by the way, and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure!
Thanks for the article.
Thanks for the article.
would you say it’s still relevant (5 years later) or is there something better?
Samson I still use Disqus and the main trend is that there are less comments on Blogs in general. Many bloggers turned off comments and drive discussions on Facebook. Next we might see people starting to leave Facebook. I’m happy fielding high quality comments here.
Hey,
Thank you for writing this article. Disqus has so many features and it is so easy to use. I have also switched my blog comments to Disqus comments. It has helped me in getting more visitors and comments.
Hello
disqus seems pretty interesting
Does is it slow your website load speed?