Some of you might have noticed that I recently added the Facebook comments plugin on The Gold Medal Marketer Blog. As HOT as Facebook is right now, when I came across the Facebook comments plugin for wordpress, it definitely caught my attention. I've been playing around with a few different social media plugins lately so I thought I'd give Facebook comments a shot too. I love the way it looks and what serious blogger wouldn't want to be connected to the 3rd largest nation on the planet, Facebook nation that is!!
So other than the fact that Facebook comments for wordpress looks cool, here are the reasons I installed it on this blog and I am going to show you in a quick video tutorial how you can install Facebook comments on your wordpress blog too.
- To generate more traffic from Facebook
- To get more Facebook Fan Page likes
- To increase comments
- To add the another social element to my blog
- Minimize spam
If you are looking for ways to generate more traffic, create a more social and interactive experience for your readers then installing the Facebook Comments Plugin for your wordpress blog should be a priority. Here's how to set up the plugin in 3 easy steps.
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This is how I did it
This is a very quick process and it will take you less than 10 minutes to get everything set up. Here is a summary of the video tutorial.
- Install the Facebook Comments plugin.
- Create a Facebook app here – a quick and simple process.
- In Settings go to “Facebook Comments” and choose new under “Enable/Disable Facebook's New Comment System”
- In “Basic Settings” make sure to fill in your app ID and app secret along with "Include Facebook comments on blog", "Combine WordPress and Facebook comment counts" and "Show the Dashboard Recent Comments admin widget".
- In "Comment Box Settings" adjust the width of your comments area.
- Click Update Options and you are all set.
Tell me what you think about the Facebook Comment Plugin? Leave me a FB comment below!
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