Is adding your blog address in a comment rude ?

Not to make this 10 times more confusing, but I think it's sort of rude to NOT include a url when you leave a comment if you have a blog.  It's just another way of letting the person know who you are.  I mean, let's say I'm asking for advice and someone leaves a comment--I don't know if they're someone who probably gets my situation or if they're someone who is simply talking without having a clue about my situation.  Or what if they person has said something brilliant and I want to read more of what they have to say?

I don't mind if the person doesn't have a blog, but if they do, I want to know about it or the conversation is entirely one-sided.

I think the person probably misunderstood the idea that everyone is discussing above, which is leaving a comment with a link to your blog solely to get people to come to your blog, not to become a contributing member to a community.

Add your blog when you're on Stirrup Queens :-)

Melissa writes her personal blog, Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ), and the daily Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ).

I consider you all more experts in this matter than I am. Thank you for your comments. I get how it would be considered spam.

So I am not going to include my urls if I think they will be clickable. I'm going to be more careful

Thanks !

Terry Elisabeth http://pandabox33.wordpress.com http://bazookah5.wordpress.com

If you enter your URL in the web site form provided with the comment form, it's fine. Once in a great while you might do it in the actual comment block if it was really relevant. But generally, you don't add links in the comment block itself.

Of course, BlogHer provides a signature in comments block that automatically adds your URLs or other information you want in your signature.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE ( http://www.blogher.com/blog/virginia-debolt ) | Web Teacher ( http://www.webteacher.ws/ ) | First 50 Words ( http://first50.wordpress.com )

I know there are some bloggers who consider a "great post" comment that includes a link back to the commenter's blog to be pure spam, every single time - no matter who the comment comes from.

I personally don't think it's rude, or immediately spammy. I think a lot of spammers and rude people do this, but I think a lot of people who do this are simply following the "how to drive more traffic" rules and recommendations.

Personally, I don't leave my blog url in a comment on any site except BlogHer.com. It's not important for me to do so.

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
Flamingo House Happenings ( http://www.flamingohouse.net/ )

On many blogs when you are entering your personal information you can put your URL there which makes your username clickable. I wouldn't add my URL separately to that because it's redundant. Nor would I add it to anything that uses commentluv (or other similar types of widgets).

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