Are You Serious About “Extending the Conversation”?
“Extending the conversation” is what New Media is all about. We should be doing everything possible to facilitate this. There are interesting things being said that you may be missing! The fix is a two way street for bloggers and blog readers.
Bloggers: Do you have a comments feed? If not, get one, pronto. On WordPress it is as simple as putting up a link to:
www.yourdomain.com/yourblogdirectory/comments/feed/. You can even burn it at feedburner!
A caveat:
Chris Brogan has a WordPress blog at www.chrisbrogan.com, BUT if you really look at it, he’s using an URL redirect to:
www.grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/.
Don’t try to use the vanity address to hack this. Instead use:
http://www.grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/comments/feed/
For other blog platforms, you’re on your own, but it can’t be that hard.
Blog readers: Look for comment feeds and add them to your feed reader of choice (I still prefer Bloglines over the more newfangled Pageflakes or Google Reader). If you can’t find a comment feed listed and the site in question has the text “Powered by WordPress” in the footer, you can subscribe using the above-mentioned URL formula anyway.
So, let’s ALL extend the conversation!
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Kevin, what do you know about making the comment feed for one particular page private and NOT accessable?
I have some private interviews that I do and the comments are not available until after the interview is done.
the interview is done through the comment system (I’m an innovator)
Hello, Nice blog posting about . I would have to agree with you on this one. I am going to look more into url redirection. This Saturday I have time.
Sorry Rob, I have no idea about that.