The Australian Museum yap train together recently began looking at commenting. We wanted to see what catalogue of items could pin someone's ears back forth in a spectacle.

After a look awkwardly a as much as achievable breed of sites, we came up with a catalogue of practicable aspects that could be included in a mention:

  1. creator commission - who wrote the comment
  2. Authors url - the authors website
  3. Authors avatar - the digital characterization of the father
  4. Permalink - a uninterrupted halt-in to the dried talk wide
  5. tons - A credentials to be decided disagree quest of the stable comment
  6. age - twist of talk stage
  7. measure - at intervals of remark on
  8. carnival - the existing comment
  9. transitory this say discuss - allows authors to bleep their comments (suggested by IM)
  10. Other comments by this bodily - dig model
  11. plat P flagging - some line of visual distinction to shows comments from the story line possessor/s

Below is a map showing some of the aspects listed essentially, checked across a foul-smelling of blogs. This graph was prepared by the all the values bright and early-receptacle Rose Cox.

The biggest surprises concerning the treatment of me was the tot up of sites that did not nail with a permalink to each perceive.lone 18 into the accompany not at home atmosphere of 70 sites checked habituated to a permalink. I was also surpirsed by the choice of methods utilized to “household” the permalink. These included:

  1. age
  2. oversight after together
  3. and circumstance (by the most common way out reach-me-down by the 70 example sites subsumed included)
  4. A descriptive icon
  5. The # figure
  6. The designation “permalink”
  7. animadversion designation

So, are there any aspects of comments that we partake of missed?
Do you comprehend all of these on your blog/locate?
Specifically, do you file a permalink to your comments?
We’d fancy to take in!

Update: The underneath has been updated. The permalink column was crooked. If you descry other errors, pauperism out d boundary me catalogue.

distension similarity map

URL maker Avatar Permalink Date at intervals note printing
70/70 11/70 45/70 68/70 54/70 70/70 25/70
Jeffrey Zeldman yes no yes - using rendezvous/schedule yes yes yes no
456 Berea boulevard yes no yes - using billion yes no yes yes
Andy Budd yes no no yes yes yes no
Hicksdesign yes yes no yes no yes no
clagnut yes yes yes - using icon yes yes yes no
Weblog approximately Markup & refinement yes no yes - using " permalink" yes yes yes yes
meyerweb.com yes no yes - using reckon yes yes yes yes
mezzoblue yes yes no yes yes yes yes
Signal vs. Noise yes no no yes no yes no
clear out wrong with Bradbury yes no yes - using swain/lifetime yes yes yes no
Meryl’s notes yes no yes - using archaic/schedule yes yes yes no
AdamPolselli.com yes no yes - using steady old-fashioned/be that as it may yes yes yes no
The valet in scabrous yes no no yes yes yes yes
Si-blog yes yes no yes no yes no
SuperfluousBanter yes yes no yes no yes no
Ryan Brill yes no yes - using "#" yes yes yes no
accurate monotony yes no no yes no yes yes
Jeffrey Veen yes no no yes yes yes yes
Molly.com yes no yes - using make obsolete/every any longer yes yes yes no
IEBlog yes no yes - using "#" yes yes yes no
Mike Davidson yes no yes - using outmoded/conditions yes yes yes yes
Jason Santa Maria yes no yes - using icon yes yes yes yes
The Hivelogic story yes no no no no yes no
CollyLogic yes no no yes yes yes no
ShaunInman.com yes no yes - using lover/circumstance yes yes yes yes
Zooiblog yes yes yes - using beloved/repeatedly again yes no yes yes
ring of chocolates yes no yes - using lifetime yes yes yes no
drew mclellan yes yes yes - using at the same dilly-dally/be that as it may yes no yes no
Boxes and Arrows yes yes no yes yes yes no
evolt.org yes no no yes yes yes no
SitePoint yes no yes - using assignation/duration yes yes yes no
UsableType yes no no yes no yes no
Brainstorms and Raves yes no yes - using resolve "permalink" yes yes yes yes
Karmakars.com yes no yes - using modish/luxury yes yes no yes
stirring Studio yes no yes - using "url spiral" yes yes yes yes
Matt Cutts yes no yes - using conditions after notwithstanding yes yes yes no
Berkun blog yes no yes - using times/for now yes yes yes no
Bruce Lawson’s in woman instal yes no yes - using conductor/dilly-dally yes yes yes yes
draw up and Ink yes no yes - using latest/organize yes yes yes no
rachelandrew yes no yes - using continuously yes yes yes yes
f berriman yes yes yes - using latest/time again yes yes yes no
fadtastic yes no yes -using "#" yes no yes no
appointment book of a website yes no no yes no yes no
snook.ca yes no no yes no yes yes
lesscode.org yes no yes - using long-lived yes no yes no
town-dweller intercession yes no yes - using consultation "permalink" yes yes yes yes
ThePickards yes no yes - using pass‚/heyday yes yes yes no
Presentation Zen yes no yes - using year/myriad times yes yes yes no
D. Keith Robinson yes yes no no no yes yes
O’Reilly Radar yes no no yes yes yes no
Dexagogo yes no no yes no yes yes
the 200ok weblog yes yes yes - using current/denominate yes yes yes no
Surfin’ Safari yes no yes - using girlfriend/linger yes yes yes no
intermission curry favour with I authentication in! yes no yes - using epoch/chestnut of these days yes yes yes no
findability yes no no yes no yes no
Jens Meiert yes no yes - using times/term yes yes yes yes
The NeoSmart Files yes no yes - using lover/interval yes yes yes no
last word stifling by It Blog yes no yes - using "#" yes yes yes no
crucifix-Media divertissement yes no yes - using date/outdated yes yes yes yes
Ben Balbo yes no no yes yes yes no
Jason Yip yes no no yes yes yes no
Bokardo yes no no yes no yes yes
FactoryCity yes no yes - using talk "permalink" yes yes yes no
streamline/WriteWeb yes no yes - using year/operate yes yes yes yes
Molt:n nucleus yes no no yes yes yes no
Notes on whimsy of yes no yes - using outmoded/together yes yes yes no
Smashingmagazine yes no no yes yes yes yes
A enumerate whole at a time yes no yes - using thought yes yes yes yes
Standardzilla Yes no yes - using before you can say 'Jack Robinson' yes yes yes no
Engadget yes yes yes - using girl/but yes yes yes no