There are two issues that have led me to make this suggestion. One is that I recently received an email from a person who claimed he couldn't find the comment box on one of my hubs.
The other issue is that some claim that scrolling all the way down the page to the comment box at the bottom might result in fewer ad clicks.
I would like to suggest that the comment box stay on top of the comments. So in the case where you have many comments, you don't have to scroll all the way down the page to reach it. I mean you could argue that people wish to scroll down the page to see the latest comments, but in your account you can sort it so the latest comments appear first and not last.
Would this be doable?
It's a good suggestion. Thanks, Anti-Valentine.
In user testing and general usability discussions that I've had with people, the standard web convention is to put the comment box after the comments since most people who comment will read (at least some) of the comments before leaving one of their own.
In which case, most people who comment are inconvenienced by having to scroll back up the page.
As far as fewer ad clicks, my data leads me to believe that the position of the comment box likely has no impact on ad clicks. Once a user has gotten to comments, they've by-passed the 520-wide ad that sits above the related hubs. By scrolling to the end to get to the comment box, they at least see the two 320x250 ads near the footer.
Are comments considered new content by Google Search and are they also considered part of the word count?
I was trying to decide if it was wise to reduce the number of comments on display on my hubs to bring the comment box and ads higher up. Also I wondered is there now an advantage to having the newest comments first for readers and for search results.
This line of thought was brought on because I was a bit thrown when the new layout had the comments box so far down when there are a large number of comments.
When I wanted to reply to a comment recently,the scrolling down seemed a bit off putting. If there are lots of comments on a page it seems to me like people might quit before they get there to leave their comment or to see the two ads. I know if they do read the comments and leave their own comment then they are increasing their time on the page which is good. I suppose the only way for us to see the effect, is by looking at time on page on Analytics.
by lindagoffigan 14 years ago
Hubpage needs to use a tool that when hubbers answer or moderate comments that the commenter's response block shows up instead of having to scroll past comments that have already been answered. Digg.com uses the method of having to scroll past other articles to submit your article in the...
by Liz Elias 9 years ago
This is a suggestion for an additional feature to the option to order comments by either oldest or most recent as first-appearing.The current tool is useful for hubs with many comments, as I means people do not have to scroll through 50 or more comments to read the most recent.However, it would be...
by Mark dos Anjos, DVM 14 months ago
Since this feature was deleted, HP staff have told us that this would be reinstated. It does not matter to all of us, but I know that in my case the readers find it very helpful. A former staff member told me last year that this would become a reality in June of 2021. That did not happen. If it is...
by Liam Hallam 11 years ago
Do more comments limit viewers scrolling to the base of the page where we now have 2 ads with the new layout
by BennyTheWriter 13 years ago
Sometimes I leave comments on blogs and never return to see if the writer responded to me, simply because I forget. There should be an option for people who leave comments to be emailed (or if they're fellow Hubbers, sent a private message) when the writer of the Hub responds to them. ...
by Andrew 15 years ago
I still think comments should be comments, not discussions, that is the purpose of a forum. Maybe it would be a good idea that every author has a forum automatically made in a widget on there profile page and the topics are always the title of the Hub. That way you can discuss it and always edit...
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