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Unfortunately, this is the final part of this series on domain name giveaways. But don’t be sad, my dear readers: before this article comes to an end, you’ll find some practical tips on how to get more comments from your visitors.

Site activity

If you own a blog—or a static site that includes comment forms—you know how important comments are. A lack of reader’s feedback can make your blog look “dead.”  This is where domain name giveaways come in handy.

• See what Kat has been doing right here at The WebMaster Blog. It’s an excellent idea that you can adapt to your own sites.
• Before you start giving domain names away to commenters, decide whether you’ll tolerate lame messages like “great post” or not. Make your comment policy clear and easily accessible.
• If your blog or site displays a list of top commenters (many WordPress blogs do), you can choose to reward only those who make it into said list. Remind them that your comment policy still applies, no matter how many comments they post.

Readers’ attention

Are you a fiction writer, poet or artist looking for more feedback? Or do you have a special article you’d love to get more comments on? Yes, you guessed it: you can use free domain names to “bribe” your readers into paying attention to your pieces.

• Do not aim at quantity. If you want true, valuable feedback, remember that quality always comes first.
• Start a review contest. Explain exactly what reviewers should write about. For instance, if you want them to read your novel, have them analyse plot, character development and dialogues. The authors of the best reviews will get free domain names as prizes.
• Decide whether you want both positive and negative feedback or only the former (or maybe only the latter, if you’re brave enough). In case negative reviews are allowed, make sure you’ll have the strength to recognise a  devastating comment as the best of all if it really is.
• Some people have the ability to write convincing reviews on things they’ve just skimmed (yes, it is possible, believe it or not). To make sure your piece has been thoroughly read by those who claim to have done so, you can send them one or two very specific questions by email. Don’t make the questions public, otherwise someone could share the answers with people who may never read what you wrote.

And this is the end … of the “giving free domain names” series, not of The WebMaster Blog! Keep on checking back for more site promotion tips and don’t forget to subscribe to our blog now.

Karen Zara is a full-time writer and blogger. You can read more of her articles at Abaminds Entrepreneurs, a blog for business owners, freelancers and entrepreneurship enthusiasts.

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Dec. 17 No Winner

Dec. 18  Mr. I

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Yikes! The new theme doesn’t like the forum. I hope to have it fixed soon.

I have just found this new plugin that ads a forum to Word Press. It would be great if you could check it out and let me know what you think. It is certainly different than the Simple Machines Forums, VBulletin, or any others that you might be familar with.

Click here to visit the forum.

It is a work in progress, and I am just checking it out right now. So I welcome all your comments, critiques, and criticisms.

To register for the forum, you just need to register with the blog. Scroll down the page until you find the meta section in the sidebar. That is where you will find the link to register, both to this blog, and to the forum.

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