Responding to comments

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   Tiny Pearlsposted 14 years ago

   I seem to recall that authors should not visit their own pages (maybe its an adsense thing?) so I wanted to find out if there is a "correct" way to respond to comments on our own hubs.  Should we just click on them at the initial login page or go into "my account" or is there another way? 
   
   Also, if we do any of these, does our own visit get counted in the statistics?
   
   Thanks in advance!

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   Website Examinerposted 14 years ago

   You can certainly visit your own hubs, as long as you do not click on your own ads. These visits will be counted as pageviews.
   
   You can see all of your hubs by clicking on the "my account" tab.
   
   A different way to respond to comments is via the Feed, also available from the toolbar when logged in.

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      katiem2posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's what I do click on the my account tab and then click on the comments button which shows all of the comments you've received and then you click on the hub title which the comments are under which then takes you to that page and section where the comments are and you leave your response in the reply box, you can edit it after you submit it for about five minutes I think... Best Wishes and Much Success Tiny Pearls.

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         katiem2posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Oh and do remember to approve the comments others have left and if spam you will want to delete them not responding. 

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   Website Examinerposted 14 years ago

   Good points, Katie. To add to the full picture, when going to "www.hubpages.com" while logged in, you will see notification of any new comments. From there you can read and moderate the comments you have received, if you like.

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      katiem2posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Oh yes that as well... oh the little things we forget that still have others scratching their heads...
      
      Hi Website Examiner

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         Website Examinerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Hello Katie, good to see you - energetic as ever.

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   Tiny Pearlsposted 14 years ago

   Thank you Katie and Examiner, I appreciate the help very much!

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      katiem2posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Your Welcome!

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   Kidgasposted 14 years ago

   It's good to respond to comments since it helps develop relationships with your readers who may end up following you or linking to your work.

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   ahorsebackposted 14 years ago

   Oh man, great question , I wondered this myself.....

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   Randy Godwinposted 14 years ago

   I figure the comments themselves are also being crawled by bots for relevant keywords.  Sort of like an extension of my hub!

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      alternate poetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I guess this is right - do the bots also consider a 'follower' a link or a reflection on the hub I wonder ?

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         Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I have no idea about those things, but I have run across article comments while doing searches!

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      WryLiltposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Not only do they crawl for relevant keywords but comments also appear as fresh content to google (which is good!)
      
      The keyword factor is also a reason I don't always approve comments like "Thanks, great hub" or off topic comments.

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         Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I always try to use related keywords when answering questions on my repair hubs.  I'm not sure how effective this is, but it certainly does no harm!

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      Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      For one of my latest hubs the first Google visitor was searching for a keyword that wasn't even in the hub, but in a comment. Thank you, Cindyvine.

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   nicregiposted 14 years ago

   You can always visit your own hub. Responding to comments are great since you can communicate with the person and thank them for your comment.
   
   Make a healthy hub

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   charlottelacarposted 14 years ago

   As a beginner, I could really say that responding of the author to the comments posted helps a lot. It's a sort of encouragement, because if the author would just disregard or somewhat reject your comment and not even pay attention..it's definitely a turning down.

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      nicregiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      very true charlottelacar!
      
      However, I read it somewhere on the web that you can just approve possitive comments to increase and boost your article. At the same time, making yourself better and improve on the comments.
      
      How about the negative ones? Do not reject it immediately. Use it as a guidance for getting better! Don't get demotivated by people's comments as some (not all) are trying to help

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         charlottelacarposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Yes nicregi..getting bad comments is not that bad at all. It would be a guide for the author to become a better writer and a booster to strive hard for the improvement. As a matter of fact I have been criticized for my grammatical errors in my hub. I admit I am not that good in english in the sense that english is not a primary language here but I don't see it as a demotivation. Instead, I was so happy to have receive an honest comment like that.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Haven't we met before?
    
    I'm sure I visited your oyster a few years ago?
    
    Nice to see you again Tiny Pearls...

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       Tiny Pearlsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       

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    ankigarg87posted 14 years ago

    We can post comments only if we are login. Response can be given by sending the message o whom we want to give response

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       nicregiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       If i am not wrong, you can set the comment capsule if people can post even without login. Might be wrong but I remember I saw that option @_@
       
       *just adding

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          Pcunixposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I think so too - because I have comments from people who are not members.  I do not recall setting anything, though.  Maybe it is the default?  I can't go look now (using my iPad, which cannot edit a hub).

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             nicregiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             What? You got an iPad? I am jealous
             
             Just checked. Yes there's an option if you edit the hub for comments
             
             Noticed it when I found people who are 'not really' registered writing comment on my hubs

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    Pcunixposted 14 years ago

    Yes, I have had it a few months.  But you cannot use it to post/edit hubs. :-(
    
    Comments, forum posts, no problem.  But not hubs.

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       sofsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yes responding actually may start up a easy trend of communicating with your readers. It is sometimes a good idea starter, its easy to strike up friendship that way, i have one person who visits and comments on my hubs and I value it a lot.

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          nicregiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Nice one sofs
          
          Very true. There was once this person added me an we start communicating and helping each others out in exchanging ideas for writing! Definitely a good move for starters
          
          I wished I had an iPad too However got to save up money since I want o buy nw iPhone 4. In my country, iPhone cost quite high!
          
          I wonder why iPad couldn't post or edit hub. Weird isn't it?

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