Should You Enable Comments on Your Website?

<p>For more detailed show notes, visit <a href="https://www.skyrocketradio.com/blog/should-you-enable-comments-on-your-website">https://www.skyrocketradio.com/blog/should-you-enable-comments-on-your-website</a>.</p> <p>We get the question often about enabling comments on the radio station websites we create. Are they worth the time? Do they work? What options are there?</p> <p>Personally, I never thought about comments that much because they took a lot of time to moderate, approve good comments and remove the spam comments. However, Lou Vito at his group of stations at <a href="https://www.peakofohio.com/">peakofohio.com</a> is very passionate about including website comments.</p> <p>Blogging experts out there are <a href="https://fizzle.co/debate-should-you-allow-comments-on-your-blog-find-out-what-two-remarkably-popular-bloggers-think/">divided in their conclusion</a> on the importance of comments. Some say that comments are essential for online success, while others will make a point that they are not so important. So, who to believe?</p> <p><strong>Consider Your Visitors</strong></p> <p><strong>Comments Add to Your Content</strong></p> <p><strong>Comments Enhance Your Content</strong></p> <p><strong>Be Careful of Weak/Spam Comments</strong></p> <p><strong>Dealing With Negative Comments</strong></p> <p><strong>Dealing With Spam Comments</strong></p> <p>Here are a few ways to combat spam comments:</p> <p>1. <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/comment-moderation/">Enable comment moderation</a> <br> 2. <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-trackbacks-and-pings-on-existing-wordpress-posts/">Turn off trackbacks</a> <br> 3. <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/comments-in-wordpress/">Automatically close comments after 30 days on all your posts</a>. <br> 4. <a href="https://www.freewebheaders.com/wordpress-comment-blacklist-words_comment-moderation_spam-comments/">Use a comment blacklist</a>.<br> 5. Use comment moderation plugins to monitor your site: These options inclu