I noticed a trend recently. One of my old post “Top 10 Popular types of Posts that People Like to Read” has climbed to page 1 of Google for the keywords “Most popular type of posts”, therefore this post has been attracting more visitors from search engines.
People are always looking ways to help them write a post that is popular or able to generate more comments. I like to expand on that post and share with you 5 post ideas that can help you to generate more comments/increase its popularity.
First of all you need to ask yourself few questions:
Are you having trouble in attracting comments?
Do you know what posts your visitors like to read?
Do you have an interactive blogging community?
If your answers are no to the above questions, then you need to work your way up to build your own community/inner circle. Commenting, emails, social media and networking are useful to you. Make full use of them.
You can also think of some post ideas that can help you to generate more comments. Below are 5 of them which i think is the best:
1. Write topics that generate high interest
No matter what niche you are in, there are bound to have some topics that can arouse a high interest from your visitors. Take “Make Money” “Blogging” niche as an example, make money and increasing traffic topics normally can attract more comments.
Lets take a look at DailyBlogTips. It’s most popular post is:
28 Ways to Make Money With Your Website
It generates 494 comments to date. But we can’t compare ourselves to dailyblogtips as it has a large readership. If your aim is to generate 10-20 comments(excluding your comments), honestly it is not as difficult as you think. You need to know what topics in your niche can attract the most interest and start writing them.
2. Posts that guarantee results
If you have some killer secrets that can guarantee results is another type of post which can become a popular post for you. Some examples are:
8 proven ways that will bring in $5000/month
6 killer tips to achieve 3000 subscribers
Pretty easy to think of but you have to make sure you have the evidence to back up your claims.
3. Personal experience/story
Personal story and experience are one post idea that can bring your readers close to you. People are looking to learn something out of your post. That doesn’t mean you can’t write on post that is out of your niche. Mistakes you have learnt, product you have used, books you have read or you just have a baby boy, by all means publish it in your blog to share with people your happiness and sorrow.
Your loyal visitors will be glad to know you better. Take a look at this post by Onibalusi when he turned 17:
He wrote this post sharing his blogging since he started his blog at 16. His readers were happy for him and it had a total of 64 comments.
4. Collaboration post of views from different bloggers
As you know i started “Inspirational Bloggers Tips” asking several bloggers questions for them to share their opinion. It proves to be a big hit as not only visitors can learn from different bloggers, at the same time, bloggers who are involved are also promoting the post attracting traffic from more sources.
The bloggers who participated were commenting and their readers/visitors will also come down to show their support.
By the way, this week will see the return of “Inspirational Bloggers tips” after few weeks break. In this upcoming series, we will be discussing on “Making Money Mindset”. The post will be up this coming Thursday. Be sure to visit us for some awesome advice by the inspirational bloggers who are participating.
5. ?
I will leave this to you. What other post ideas do you think will be popular with visitors? If you are blogging in other niche, feel free to share your thoughts too.
We need to be realistic here. If your blog is only attracting 5o visitors, you can’t expect your post to see 30 over comments. There are people who are just interested in reading while their fingers stay away from the keyboard. The above post ideas can attract more pageviews and comments but the most important thing is to have an interactive community. You also need to promote heavily as nobody will know what have you just publish.
How many comments does your most popular post attracts?
Does your most popular posts fall into the above category?
If not, please leave a comment and link on your most popular post.
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Hi Lye
Another I would add is to introduce another dimension to your blog. Something that will spark a conversation. I have noticed that a few bloggers have done that.
For example I have done my “Patricia’s Ponderings” and it has elicited lots of conversation and new visitors who felt they could contribute.
Doing interviews always seems to bring people; especially if it is someone well-known.
Asking your readers for suggestions for posts usually brings plenty of comments too.
Patricia Perth Australia
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Hi Pat,
Some great added points. Interview someone like you who has a wide network certainly helps in increasing the comments. Look at my most commented post, your interview has sparked the most interest.
Ask the reader is another way to generate more comments but we need decent readership here to make it through.
Thanks for sharing your insight.
Lye
Excellent article Lye,
I would add, mixing your content up a bit. Maybe a video post with text information below. Text post with images, video with images, well you get the picture.
If you keep it interesting then people will return and talk about your site on Facebook, Twitter etc, which is what we are after.
Pete
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Hi Pete,
This is another way of spice up our blog post. Blogs which have mix content give visitors different way of consuming the content.
Thanks for the contribution.
Lye
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Posts where you share personal info, or reveal a kick butt tip than it will surely get comments. But, remember just because the article is good it doesnt mean people will read it. You always have to go out and network and market.
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Hi Edwin,
These post ideas can only help you this much. The rest is up to one’s networking skills. You are absolutely right. Bloggers who don’t network will seldom see their post go viral.
Thanks for your inout.
Lye
Really excellent tips Lye. also, kudos on gaining rank 1 on the big G for your keyword. I think it is important to engage in comments on our own blogs as well as others. If you are not getting comments on your blog, install comluv and then go comment on others blogs. They will see your latest posts and go check it out!
all the best,
Lisa
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Hi Lisa,
Nice to meet you. I am a bit surprised too. Just noticed more and more visitors coming from search engine landing on this post.
Blog commenting has many advantages which i think new bloggers must make use of. I attracted my first traffic using this too.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
Lye
Excellent points, Lye.
Similar to #, sharing a personal story/experience, would be my favorite – giving the results of case studies I did. For my blog, those posts get the most comments.
I like your #4, collaborating with others, and it’s something I would like to start. Any insider tips on how best to get this going? or what not to do?
Thanks,
Peggy
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Hi Peggy,
Nice to meet you. That’s one of my favorite. Just because we have been through, it’s easy to relate using our own voice which people will find it easy to resonate.
Regarding collaboration, it’s better to contact bloggers whom you have been networking with. Drop them an email sounding them out the possibility of a collaboration. I believe most of them would agree. Just make sure you publish what they have written.
Thanks for commenting and asking.
Lye
These are all great tips Lye. I’ll go ahead and try my hand at #5…
5. Topics Aimed at “Beginners.”
If you are sure to mention that your “ten tips for…” are for beginners, it will draw a lot of eyes to your article, and not just the eyes of beginners. Savvy Blog surfers know they can always learn from the advice given to newbies in any field, so they will check it out too.
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Hi Dave,
There are a lot of new blogs setting up everyday. Targeting post for beginners is a great way to attract pageviews and comments.
Thanks for the contribution.
Lye
Lye
Excellent post man! My most popular post up to date is Rewire your brain in 2011, I would say that this post could fall into the “Generates high Interest” or even the “post that guarantee results” category. Either way, people really seemed to be intrigued by the idea that you could, in fact, Rewire Your Brain to make your subconscious accept the reality you desire. Here is the link to that article – http://www.internetentrepreneurconnection.com/internet-entrepreneur-mindset/
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Hi Hector,
Just by looking at the title will attract people to read the post. Especially you are talking topics related to the brand new year.
Thanks for the comments and the link.
Lye
Hi again Lye, great article as always, very good tips. I also suggest -controversial- subject articles. Have a great day !
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Hi Latief.
Thanks for the added point and the ongoing support.
Lye
This is a great article with some really good ideas. I think another really good idea for the mystery #5 would be to write how-to’s. People are always searching online to figure out how to solve a problem or how to fix something. How-to’s always work!
Delena
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Hi Delena,
How to or tutorial type of post is another popular type especially if it comes videos showing step by step to perform the task.
Thanks for the contribution.
Lye
That’s really great Lye that your post reached so high in the SERPS, I’m happy for you. You gave out some great tips, especially number 2 make posts that guarantee results. It’s been proven over and over again that people love guarantees. People also love tips that are numbered so a great post idea would be to say “12 Tips To Improve The Activity On Your Blog”.
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Hi John,
Glad to know you share the joy. For bloggers who have achieve special milestone is a great way to share with other how they do it. People will be very interested to know. That’s a fine example there.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Hi Lye
Yes, bloggers are always looking for ways to increase traffic. Writng best selling headlines or controversial pieces are two sure fire ways to do this. I agree with Pat that introducing a new dimension to your blog like “Patricia’s Ponderings” is a great way to spark conversation and excite your readers.
Thanks for sharing.
Michael
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Hi Michael,
Sure it is, i still remember the most commented post in your blog. Articles which can improve people’s writing proves to be popular too.
That post in Pat’s site generate 100 over comments. It’s simply awesome.
Thanks for visiting and the support brother.
Lye
Another strong post here Lye, here’s what I’d add:
Fear is a great motivator. So if you can come up with an article like:
8 Ways to Prevent Blogger’s Remorse
5 Reasons Why People Are Unsubscribing from your Blog
Just my thoughts.
Marcus
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Hi Marcus,
How could miss that! That’s a strong stand in capitalizing people’s fear and suggesting ways to prevent it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Lye
I have a hard time with the topics that generate high interest…I kinda hate them. They are usually fly-by-night types of things and have no longevity.
Having said that I did write about wikileaks and junk like that.
Anyways, you’re absolutely right, there are certain topics that will generate interest, whenever I find one that I love AND its popular, thats a perfect fit for me.
ANyway…sounds advice..thnx for the post dude.
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Hi Dino,
Topics that generate high interest can’t last us forever. Sometimes we just need to tweak the post format and mix it up with images to give it a new life.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
Hi Lye,
You make some great points, and I agree with all of them.
I think for number 5, I’d have to go with controversial topics. Talking about stuff that people don’t like to hear or something that is typically known as “taboo” in the blogging world can REALLY get people to comment and spread the word. Of course, depending on how to present it, it can sometimes be bad feedback. But anyway, I still think there is a positive way to reveal controversial topics. It’s something I’m working on a little more these days.
Thanks, great article!
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Hi Elise,
I agreed, especially i just read your post regarding the 5 tools you have mentioned. They have a huge numbers of supporters so to dismiss the use of them is highly controversial.
Appreciating you dropping by to share your view.
Lye
List posts seem to work also, I don’t get a lot of comments yet to my posts, but I’ve noticed that pillar articles are great source to build comments on your blog.
Great post I really like your blog man.
Wilson
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Hi Wilson,
List post is always popular with readers and bloggers. We just can’t live without list post.
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like the blog.
Lye
Personal experiences are key, I think. Everyone loves to hear a story. If you can tell a good story, you can bet you will have some comments awaiting you the next day.
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Hi Zac,
People like to hear from human. Personal story resonate the most with your readers. You are right.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Excellent points, Lye. People also love tips that are numbered so a great post idea would be to say “12 Tips To Improve The Activity On Your Blog”. Maybe a video post with text information below.
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