Blogs with no comments are a plague on the internet, I'm not saying that they are a bad thing but a comment here and there is really encouraging to the author. I'm not talking about the comments people make just to get a back link and sound awfully unnatural because it was create by a robot or someone with ESL english skills from across the globe, but genuine comments from readers that are interested in what you have to say. 

If you want more comments on your blog articles and you don't have any, let me ask you - do you comment on anyone else's articles? If I had to make a lucky guess, the answer is no, or not really. I struggled with this for a while as I also run a blog, and struggled with getting comments for a long time. Every time I had one comment I was extremely excited! 

I soon discovered that if I made the time to show interest in others, that they soon will show interest in me - pretty logical sounding right? Well it took me a long time to actually get around to doing it, but I've never looked back. Not everyone you comment on or interact with will return the favour, unfortunately, but the more you do it the more likely you will get some comments back. Over time you will even get a chance to build relationships with others in your industry. When you make these comments you can sign off with your blog address too, this is common practice in most blogs and will lead interested parties back to your blog and also at times get you another link back.

I tried this experiment, and spent one day commenting on 50 blogs, I got about 20 back, which is a great ratio of 30%. I do recognise it is a time consuming activity, but if you make a point of doing it during some down time like travelling or waiting for an appointment, it should be a lot easier to get through. To help you as well, it's a good idea to follow some blogs on your google reader so you can receive updates. If you use a social hosted blogging platform like tumblr, blogger or wordpress, you can follow blogs using their own follow features.

Try it the next time you post a new article, just take another 15 minutes to visit 20+ blogs and make a comment on their posts, and see how your new article does. Would love to hear what your results are.