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60,000 Comments

Posted July 27th, 2008 by Jeremy Schoemaker

Amazing lol…

Seems like just yesterday I made my first post….

Its hard to imagine 60k comments.   Especially when about 80% of them are manually approved with all the spam filters we have.

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126 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    Matt Helphrey

    60,000 is a lot of comments. WOW! Congrats on that milestone

  2. Good Comment?
    Justin

    Man that’s a lot of comments. Congrats.

  3. Good Comment?
    Myrtle Beach Rentals

    great accomplishment – I have a blog that probably have 10,000 unapproved spam posts

  4. Good Comment?
    terminator69

    A very good achievement, i noticed your feedburner is at 20k but idk if that is peak.

  5. Good Comment?
    Jeff Finch

    Congrats on getting to that great milestone. Soon it will be 100,000

  6. Good Comment?
    jackstock

    Congrats! From I registered, I come here everyday.

  7. Good Comment?
    Reid

    Congrats… if only I could attract a large user base…

  8. Good Comment?
    Larry

    Congrats! Great Blog
    Will Be here more often

  9. Good Comment?
    massivemarketingplr

    Love this blog – I visit everyday.
    Regards.

  10. Good Comment?
    manu

    wow! congrats! ill be visiting this site from now on!

  11. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    quality comments worths, bullshit no!

  12. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    146 comment for 145 post, 7 months blogging experience and 0 spam tolerance.

  13. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    lol is the contest effect, people are working hard to get the shoemoney tshirt :P

  14. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    Yes it’s pretty cool that a lot of people are commenting here + the new contest has encouraged evryone to comment.

  15. Good Comment?
    OnlineGodfahter

    That is a lot of comments :)

  16. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    Blogs gets LOADS of spam thats why. Everyday 100s of spammy porn comments with full of links. I hate it. My blog is not even popular and I get 100s daily…

  17. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    haha nope. Forum Posts and comments can definitely not be compared. Posts are way too fast than comments. Even a comparison is like woah, too much hehe.

  18. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    Macbook? You get macbook by commenting?

  19. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    John Chow’s posts definitely is seen with more comments. 100,000 is another Insanic value..Shocking :eek:

  20. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    I got some 120 or 130 :p
    hehe, to be honest, I didnt even think I’d get to 100 lol

  21. Good Comment?
    Mayank Rocks

    Congrats for 60,000 comments. Thats a lot….wow!

  22. Good Comment?
    Mary_Freebies

    Congratulations on the 60K comments. I only have 500 on my blog. ^^

  23. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    Thats a lot of comments for you man!

  24. Good Comment?
    Joe

    Dang shoe, that is alot of comments.

    I agree with the guy who just posted. you write you just hit 60k comments, and you get another 100. But then, just about anything you write is worth that many comments.

    Have you figured out how much each comment is worth to the value of the income of the blog?

  25. Good Comment?
    The Affiliate Post

    Awesome work Jeremy. I cannot tell you how impressed I am at that! Damn, you get 100 commments for writing a post about how many comments you get. Brilliant!!!!

  26. Good Comment?
    revenue

    Congratulation to you that is big achievement for 3 years from the day you start blogging :)

  27. Good Comment?
    entrenewbie

    congrats on the 60k …. I think I’d be ecstatic with just 60 so I can’t even imagine moderating 60,000 + comments.

  28. Good Comment?
    meethere

    why you have not removed the first post ? :D

  29. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    Just checked. 428 for JayGeiger.com WOO HOO

  30. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    I would think so. The more content you have, the better.

  31. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    Over 110,000 for John. I wish you guys would leave your posts open for comments longer. You would definitely have a lot more.

  32. Good Comment?
    Jacob

    Do comments help with SEO at all?

  33. Good Comment?
    Arun

    Whether the comment on a blog post is a single line or has got more lines of comments, people has responded to it that is the thing to be considered.

    simple way of life

  34. Good Comment?
    Dick

    The next milestone is 120 K. How much time will need to do so? -)))

  35. Good Comment?
    varun

    dont u think bulk of those are spam . . .like this right now :)

  36. Good Comment?
    Sohan

    Any one read John’s latest post? He’s past the bleeding 100k mark!

  37. Good Comment?
    Start Blogging

    That’s a lot of comments. John Chow has twice that but nonetheless that’s a ton!

  38. Good Comment?
    Shannon Herod

    wow that is an impressive number of comments. 60,000 comments, that seem so far-fetched to me.

  39. Good Comment?
    Tim

    It’s really amazing how many of them have the same tone of voice and spelling errors too. We must all think alike! Your really amazing tho and a very funny guy.

  40. Good Comment?
    Lyndon

    I’m good, but thanks for the offer :)

    Didn’t realize it was added to 2.6, since I have upgraded yet. But I will be doing it soon.

  41. Good Comment?
    Technoinvent

    Congratulations Jeremy.
    You are a true inspirational blogger.
    I wish I will reach a position like you one day.

  42. Good Comment?
    ghing

    wow!.. that’s a lot of comment to moderate..

    hope my blog receive that lots of comments someday!..

  43. Good Comment?
    team ray

    congrats man it took me awhile to get my comments approve

  44. Good Comment?
    Winning Startups

    Wow congratulations! That’s quite an accomplishment. Better celebrate with a beer at Lazlo’s tonight.

  45. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    Average of 150 comments / post

    2 posts / day

    100 – 60 = 40 k

    40 000 / 300 = in aproximately 133, 33 and for the % of error let say he will have his 100K during the next 6 months ;)

  46. Good Comment?
    Paul

    Huge feet! Looks like you have finally made it ;)

  47. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    mine has broke the 40k Comments the only difference is that they are all SPAM COMMENTS !

  48. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    i think only first time commenter’s are manual and the post that contain URLS

  49. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    even on his first post he got 5 comments , and i’m sure if the comments were not closed he would have much more !

  50. Good Comment?
    Nick Stamoulis

    Congratulations! Here’s to 60K more!

  51. Good Comment?
    Patrick

    Good work. I wonder how long to 100k.

  52. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    that would be nice to see… though I am sure hard to measure with affiliate links and other things, but an estimate would be nice…

  53. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    It is crazy how scalable wordpress is after seeing stats like that.

  54. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    It probably will come in half the time. That is a great achievement. There are a lot of comments per post as well.

  55. Good Comment?
    JumboCasher.com

    And the time frame to reach there…

  56. Good Comment?
    Game Tester

    LOL, can’t believe you left that comment on the blog!

  57. Good Comment?
    Chetan

    Did you both check a few comments above?
    John said he has more than 100,000 comments..

  58. Good Comment?
    sean

    I would like to see the $ per comment metric

  59. Good Comment?
    Chetan

    Lol, you alone make up the 90% ?

  60. Good Comment?
    FunkySOuth

    well done shoe…you have writen alot of useful info ! Keep posting !

  61. Good Comment?
    Jerry

    WOW!

    Great job, most of us will never see that amount.

  62. Good Comment?
    Rajaie AlKorani

    My site still hasn’t even broken the 1,000 comment mark, but congrats on the achievement! And Geiger, if you want to know how many comments John Chow has, just look at the number at the end of a comment you posted in the URL

  63. Good Comment?
    Jan Alvin

    Where can I see this post??

  64. Good Comment?
    InfiniteMac

    Congratulations! 60k is a nice amount.

  65. Good Comment?
    Sohan

    We’ll have to wait for him to post it, if he does. I don’t know, I have more respect for shoemoney, but john looks like he gets more traffic.

  66. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    So… the real question is..
    How many does John Chow have?

  67. Good Comment?
    NaldzGraphics

    well thats really a lots of comments.i love to see my blog with that kind of amount of comment:)Congrats though

  68. Good Comment?
    jim

    Congrats on 60k comments man, that’s ridiculous

  69. Good Comment?
    meethere

    Thats amazing…
    Yours is not a blog, but a forum :eek:

    Thanks to us :D

  70. Good Comment?
    2008 Beijing Olympics - Medal Tally Updates and Results

    congratulations!!! that was a tough work, ;)

    keep it up pal.

  71. Good Comment?
    Static

    That is a sick milestone. Congrats!

    By the way, care to share the size of your database? ;)

  72. Good Comment?
    Make Money Talks

    Congrats on 60K comments, that’s great!

  73. Good Comment?
    Techypedia

    Congrats Shoemoney! That’s really a great achievement!

  74. Good Comment?
    Dick

    Popularity is good. Сongrats!

  75. Good Comment?
    Agent Magenta

    Wow, that’s a lot of comments. I notice that is just the approved comments, if you add in the spam/removed comments how many would that be? Manually approving comments is hard work, but it’s the only way to ensure quality – automated filters will never be as smart as a human being.

  76. Good Comment?
    Wesley

    Great milestone, congrats

  77. Good Comment?
    Web Marketeer

    Not for long! Watch this space!

  78. Good Comment?
    Web Marketeer

    Averaged out. Recently the numbers are higher. A graph showing the growth curve would be nice. Now that Jeremy is running contests I’ve definitely noticed an increase in comments posted, and lots of new “faces” on this blog too.

  79. Good Comment?
    Web Marketeer

    Went to check pout the first post too, and this is what I got when clicking the link…..
    “Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!” I am sure that wasn’t the first post, please help me out here!

  80. Good Comment?
    Lightening@Lightenings Blogworld

    Wow!!! 60,000 sounds like a LOT of comments.

  81. Good Comment?
    Web Marketeer

    Shoemoney is indeed a wonderful testimonial to the effectiveness of Wordpress in the blogosphere. VIVA WORDPRESS indeed!

  82. Good Comment?
    Web Marketeer

    60,000 comments is indeed quite an achievement. Congratulations, Jeremy, and may the second 60,000 come in half the time! It took you just shy of three years to achieve this. Impressive indeed!

  83. Good Comment?
    Randomly Writing

    …and 90% are people that are just trying to get Macbooks ….. (pointing to himself)

  84. Good Comment?
    mohdhafifi

    Wow! 60,000,that’s a lot of comments. Congratulation..

  85. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    yes its a very great achievement.,.

  86. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    haha, thats not that far. ;-)

  87. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    man 80% are approved manually? wow thats a lot!

  88. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    I would say around 1600-1700 per month or 54-57 a day. Really great results!

  89. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    It usually does specially with that many comments marked as not spam. I wonder what his AKISMET spam count is. I’m at 500,000 for that but then again im really popular in terms of Spam!

  90. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Depends on what version of wordpress your using Lyndon. If you need any help just follow my link to my contact form and I’ll assist you.

  91. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Hahaha, it is familiar isn’t it

  92. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Hahaha, Yeah thats not that many. It might be some de-activated plugins. I think I have 7 to update myself.

    • Good Comment?
      Myrtle Beach Rentals

      i hate updating plugins it always takes more time than i’m willing to spend on it

  93. Good Comment?
    Joe Tech

    Congrats! FYI, I think the site is unfriendly to iPhones… to mine, anyway.

  94. Good Comment?
    Travis

    Do you have to set up your site on a load balanced system? There aren’t many mega Wordpress sites out there, and they all seem to have custom solutions for handling the volume.

  95. Good Comment?
    Erica DeWolf

    Congratulations- this is so exciting!

  96. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Thats definitely a lot of comments to approve by hand. I thought my 20-40 comments every couple hours was a big deal!

  97. Good Comment?
    Eric Go

    Congratulations for the milestone.

  98. Good Comment?
    Chetan

    Ha ha and you are just 90000 ahead of me :P

  99. Good Comment?
    Chetan

    You get it by default in the wordpres 2.6 interface!

  100. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    Nice Gravatar John Chow !!

  101. Good Comment?
    John Chow

    You’re only 50,000 comments behind me. :)

  102. Good Comment?
    Zack - Amer1can Paratrooper

    600,000 more shoe. I’m trying to learn how to get my users to do this. Comments are very important when it comes to organic searches I am finding. Again, congrats and many more.

  103. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    By the way did you change your HOME PAGE TITLE Today 3 times , just to take a good screenshot ? :p

  104. Good Comment?
    seven grain salad

    My first comment showed up pretty fast in a few minutes, and subsequent one immediately. That’s some fast manual approving.

  105. Good Comment?
    ajaz

    Wow! That’s a lot of comments to review and approve. How much time do you spend each day approving comments?

  106. Good Comment?
    Bryn Youngblut

    very impressive…im at about 200 lol but then again my blog is only 2 months old

  107. Good Comment?
    TEGS

    congratulations Jeremy!

    Well done.

  108. Good Comment?
    purposeinc

    Here’s number 60,013 :)

    Only 39,987 left!

  109. Good Comment?
    Sohan

    Congrats! Doesn’t it get time consuming to moderate the comments manually?

  110. Good Comment?
    Marc Eilbeck

    very impressive indeed! How much does that work out per month ?

  111. Good Comment?
    Ash

    Really? I dont have it on mine either. Just have a post count and category count

  112. Good Comment?
    Ash

    A lot of manually approved comments then. 60K is a great achievement though. Only a few more months till 100K

  113. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    that is just wordpress…

  114. Good Comment?
    Lyndon

    That’s a lot of comments!

    What plugin are you using that gives you a running count on how many comments your site has?

  115. Good Comment?
    Harald Johnsen

    Congrats.

    Oh, and I checked out your first post, btw. Seems like dupe content to me, dude, cause I’m SURE I’ve seen that post some other place before.

    Well done, though.

  116. Good Comment?
    Chris Abernethy

    That’s an awful lot of comments, congrats!

  117. Good Comment?
    Mark Mitchell

    It seems like your popularity has gone to an all new high. Very nice. I smell a pork product on the burner.

  118. Good Comment?
    TEKFIRM

    wow , Congratulation !!

    VIVA WORDPRESS ;)

  119. Good Comment?
    big jason 30k Blog Contest

    thats a lot of frickin comments. nice to have an opinion that matters to so many people

  120. Good Comment?
    Casey Yandle

    Wow that’s a lot of comments to approve by hand. Congrats and keep up the good work!

  121. Good Comment?
    Ben

    Hey congrats for reaching the 60,000 mark!

  122. Good Comment?
    Club Penguin Cheats

    Congrats on the milestone of 60,000 comments. That is a heck of an achievement. Looks like you got 3 plugins to update too :)

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