Comments: Not Just for Blogs

When we think of the ability for users to add comments to a website, we usually think of blogs. At least I do. When blogs first started appearing on the scene many years ago, that was one of their primary features. With comments turned on, a blog author can interact with his/her users in personal ways that few other online media allowed. It lets the impersonal internet become personal.

But did you know you can have comments on just about any website? Suppose you have a drop ship product site or a content site that includes many kinds of content (besides just a blog). Meet Disqus. According to their site:

Disqus Comments is a comment system and moderation tool for your site. This service lets you add next-gen community management and social web integrations to any site on any platform. Hundreds of thousands of sites, from small blogs to large publications, rely on Disqus Comments for their discussion communities.

Some people feel that allowing comments is too much of a hassle. I've even stumbled on blogs that have their comment feature turned off. I think this is a mistake. Allowing user comments is beneficial for many reasons. The most important reason is that it gets the user involved with the site or the web page. As such, they are more likely to return to the site. Also users will offer a different perspective and write things you may have not thought of. You are likely to learn a lot from those user comments. These are definite benefits for you!

So with a comment system such as Disqus, you can add that comments to your site and reap the benefits. Comments aren't just for blogs any longer.