Comments on: Comments after switching to WordPress http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/05/20/comments-after-switching-to-wordpress/ My blog for things that I find interesting. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:13:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pwestbro http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/05/20/comments-after-switching-to-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-528 pwestbro Fri, 22 May 2009 17:49:15 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/?p=1426#comment-528 @Steve You are probably right about the difference being caused by the sitemap plugin. When I wrote the sitemap plugin for LifeType I didn't fill out the relevance value. @Thomas I am using the Akismet plugin. It works great. @Steve You are probably right about the difference being caused by the sitemap plugin. When I wrote the sitemap plugin for LifeType I didn’t fill out the relevance value.

@Thomas I am using the Akismet plugin. It works great.

]]> By: Thomas Stromberg http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/05/20/comments-after-switching-to-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Thomas Stromberg Fri, 22 May 2009 06:25:32 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/?p=1426#comment-527 Are you using the Akismet anti-spam plugin for Wordpress at all? For me it works wonders, have not had any spam comments in months. Are you using the Akismet anti-spam plugin for Wordpress at all? For me it works wonders, have not had any spam comments in months.

]]> By: Steve http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/05/20/comments-after-switching-to-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Steve Thu, 21 May 2009 17:04:17 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/?p=1426#comment-525 Yeah, I noticed that my older posts get a fair number of comments as well. I'm pretty convinced that it's the Google Sitemap that makes the difference. When WordPress generates the sitemap, it sets the "relevance" of the post based on the number of comments for that post. I also think that Google gives higher page rank for things that are older, and for things that have a high relevance in the sitemap. If you're interested, you should also try installing one of the "SEO optimizer" plugins for WordPress. I did that recently, and didn't have a noticable increase in traffic, but it seemed like a good idea anyway. That said, I don't monitor traffic that closely... Yeah, I noticed that my older posts get a fair number of comments as well. I’m pretty convinced that it’s the Google Sitemap that makes the difference. When WordPress generates the sitemap, it sets the “relevance” of the post based on the number of comments for that post. I also think that Google gives higher page rank for things that are older, and for things that have a high relevance in the sitemap.

If you’re interested, you should also try installing one of the “SEO optimizer” plugins for WordPress. I did that recently, and didn’t have a noticable increase in traffic, but it seemed like a good idea anyway. That said, I don’t monitor traffic that closely…

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