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Blog Commenting Tips Are Utterly Ridiculous

Surely everyone who knows that is intelligent enough to realize that if they leave more attention grabbing comments they will receive more traffic and that by leaving a stupid comment they could damage their reputation.

No one needs help with that.

I’e seen 2 posts recently on popular blogs that give out tips for “how you should (or should not) comment” and I must say the reading these posts makes me think the authors are stuck in their own crazy little world.

While it’s tempting to position yourself as an expert when you don’t in fact know anything, just don’t. There are newbie tips that really aren’t obvious to newbies, and then there are tips that anyone can figure out for themselves.