Win $5 for Being Top Commentator
Posted on May 25, 2010 by d3so
Would you like to win an easy $5 every month? All you have to do is comment on my blog, and comment often.
Of course, there’s always a catch.
- No Spamming!
- No double/multiple posting.
- Leave responsive, well-written, insightful comments. (NOT, “oh cool”, “very interesting”, etc.)
- A reserve of 30 total comments from all readers must be met. (Meaning, if there’s 24 comments total from all readers, then the prize cannot be given away)
- Winner will receive $5 via PayPal at the end of the month.
Rules are subject to change as I see fit.
I’m doing this to increase the activity on my blog. I’ve been looking at my site statistics and I’ve seen that people read my articles but very few leave comments. I know we all have our opinions, I would like to reward my visitors for sharing them.
I know that five dollars isn’t much but it’s what I could afford to give at this time. As my blogging income increases, the prize amount will increase as well. 
Is there anything I can do to make the contest experience any better? Are there more rules I should add? What do you think?
PPC Ian
- 27th May, 10 01:05pm
D3so,
Cool idea! I'm also trying to get more comments on my blog. Lots of folks reading, but not as many commenting. One thing I need to do is give links to my top commentors on my homepage, something that I think will increase comments quite a bit.
All the best,
Ian
d3so
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May 28th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Yup, just gotta watch out for that spam.
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July 23rd, 2010 at 4:55 am
Akismet does pretty good job with spam.
Have you guys considered Kyword Luv plug in with a dofollow?
That should attract more people to leaving a comment.
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Derek
- 28th May, 10 10:05am
you do realize that you just defaced government property by writing on that $5 bill.
d3so
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May 28th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Who said I wrote on it?
Net Age | Web Design
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June 2nd, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Photoshop is such a wonderful tool, ain't it?
Affiliate Marketing
- 30th May, 10 08:05am
Getting your page rank higher and letting your visitors know about it would probably be a good way to get more comments.
Are you paying $5 for everyone who gets on Top Commentators or just the person who's #1 or on top? Right now I see Derek as the top commentator.
@PPC Ian, if you install Top Commentators on your blog I will definitely leave relevant and useful comments on your blog.
d3so
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May 31st, 2010 at 5:01 pm
The prize goes to the #1 commentator.
PPC Ian
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June 2nd, 2010 at 11:36 am
Affiliate Marketing,
I'm definitely going to get the top commentors up on my site. Might take some time (I need to work with Unique Blog Designs to get them to integrate it into the look/feel of my blog) but it will happen. I appreciate your comment. It definitely helps me prioritize this higher on my list!
Best,
Ian
Benjamin
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June 2nd, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I am honestly thinking about having Unique Blog Designs make me a new layout for my blog in the coming months and a top commentator system would be nice.
Net Age | Web Design
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June 2nd, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Unique Blog Designs have done a lot op blogs with the Top Commentators feature. I am sure they'll hook you up sweetly. They developed a lot of the top blogs around.
Dino Vedo
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
uhhh you know that the top commentators thing is a plugin you can install for free? No need to order a custom blog for that lol!
d3so
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
@Dino he was talking about getting the plugin to match with his custom
theme and I guess it takes knowledge of the coding to get that done.
Jan Karlsbjerg
- 1st Jun, 10 03:06am
Hey d3so, if you answer every comment individually, then YOU will be the top commenter. No fair!
d3so
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June 1st, 2010 at 4:35 am
I thought it would be evident that I'm excluded
Benjamin
- 1st Jun, 10 04:06pm
I am so gonna win that $5 bill
d3so
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June 2nd, 2010 at 9:09 am
Good Luck!
Jay Ho Sports Blog
- 4th Jun, 10 07:06am
Great idea d3so. A great way to utilize the Top Commentators widget and cash incentives to promote reader engagement on your website.
d3so
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June 4th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Thanks! I'm trying to find more ways to ge readers to engage because the cash incentive isn't enough (probably because the amount isn't high enough
)
Benjamin
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June 5th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Just a note…. I will donate not only the $5 if I win but I will also match it and the donation will be made to kiva.org
Jay Ho Sports Blog
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June 5th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
A donation to charity is a nice thought. I really like the idea of Kiva.
d3so
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June 5th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
That's very thoughful and kind of you
I've never heard of kiva but I like their concept of helping out entrepreneurs.
tricks tips
- 8th Jun, 10 02:06am
Hey very good competition ….
Hope i will win for this month….
Thanks for this contest
Dino Vedo
- 8th Jun, 10 03:06pm
ah awesome contest! yippee cant wait for my 5 bucks!!
Mike G.
- 10th Jun, 10 08:06am
Giving $5.00 away is a good way to generate traffic. I might follow your concept and reward $100 per month lolz
d3so
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June 10th, 2010 at 11:58 am
haha go for it! I'll win your contest and use some of the prize money for mine
Benjamin
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June 10th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
$100 is a lot just for being a top commentator
Bluebird Sports Repo
- 13th Jun, 10 03:06pm
D3so, you updated the look of your website and I think it's for the better. I like the this blue header more than the old black one. It's a small change but it makes a big difference.
d3so
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June 13th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Thanks for the input. I think I'l stilll be testing out different colors. Though, the blue is pretty nice.
Lee Ka Hoong
- 22nd Jun, 10 09:06pm
Sounds like a great contest for top commentator. I'm going to hold a contest like this next month too.
Regards,
Lee
d3so
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June 23rd, 2010 at 1:59 am
Nice, let me know and I'll participate in it
Dino Vedo
- 23rd Jun, 10 02:06am
Oh man another update? You like this new Thesis theme??
d3so
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June 23rd, 2010 at 5:27 am
Nope, I'm actually disapponted. By looking at other blogs using thesis, I thought it'd be easy making a blog look cool. It turns out you have to code to get a useful features
Benjamin
- 27th Jun, 10 02:06pm
I like the new theme
Dino Vedo
- 27th Jun, 10 03:06pm
^^^ Naw I say scrap it. Reason because a lot of people use Thesis for their themes and honestly unless you code it a lot and add to it, its pretty basic. Thats my opinion on it…
PS: Theres no reply button on the comments..
d3so
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June 28th, 2010 at 12:42 am
I'm looking to code it, that's why I haven't been posting anything.
Can you recommend themes I should use?
Bluebird Sports Repo
- 27th Jun, 10 05:06pm
Hey D3so, I've been busy writing for my sports blog and haven't been on the site recently. The traffic exploded in the past 2 weeks, so I've been trying to keep with the demand. I do like the new theme but it looks a bit plain.
d3so
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June 28th, 2010 at 12:44 am
That's nice to know you're having success. I hate my theme but am looking at ways to improve it.
Benjamin
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July 7th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Upon the end date of this contest I was the top commentator
my paypal address is bkerensa@gmail.com
d3so
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August 11th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
The payment was sent!
Build Email List
- 9th Jul, 10 12:07pm
Hey d3so,
I'm not sure if bribing people to comment will work but I have to give you points for trying it.
$5 to the top commentator is better than nothing but not enough for most people to bother. I think what works better is using Comment Luv and Keyword Luv and rewarding people with dofollow links.
I'm a bit puzzled with the 30 total comments in order for you to pay out the prize. That's imposing a condition that the top commentator has nøthing to do with.
But it's your blog and you can do what you want.
Vance
d3so
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July 9th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Bribing isn't the proper word. Incentive is
$5 is $5. And I've seen an increase in comments and I've already paid out to the Top Commentator.
The 30 total comments is to encourage more commenting.
It's worked for me. It's all about testing and seeing what works
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October 22nd, 2010 at 7:06 am
How many top commentators are you showing?
That's important to know because otherwise it's hard to know how many comments are there already in total.
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d3so
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October 22nd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
There are five top commentators.
I keep track of the comments in the admin panel.
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October 23rd, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Thanks for replying.
I used to have 10 Top Commentator (commenters). Usually people have more than 5.
I got rid of the plug in because I thought one of the top commentators was hijacked. I since learned that it wasn't the case but that person kind of hijacked themselves. What I mean is that They replaced their usual blog with a link to a sex site.
It pays to keep clicking on the top commentors links once in a while to see if they still lead to the regular site.
I did that by accident and I was horrified to find out that that link that used to lead to a personal blog now lead to a sex site. I didn't want to have my blog associated with that kind of neighborhood, didn't know what was going on so I deleted the plug in.
I'm now thinking of installing the top C. plugin again but I'll be extra careful with it.
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Alexander
- 28th Oct, 10 08:10pm
Nice idea about giving out $5 for being the top commentator. But I must admit that while getting $5 is a fun thing, something else you could be doing is removing the "nofollow" in comments and thus rewarding the commentator even more.
I read about a plugin that removed the "nofollow" once the commentator had made at least 3 comments. Can't remember where though.
d3so
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October 31st, 2010 at 3:06 pm
That's a neat feature. Dofollow after 3 comments. The top commentator links are do-follow by the way. I removed the no-follow.