Comments on: What’s Up Wednesdays: June 2008 Top Commentators

By: Top Commentators for July 2008 || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

Top Commentators for July 2008 || Beyond the Rhetoric || — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:52:02 +0000

[...] may have noticed, I usually combine my What’s Up Wednesday post with some shout-outs to the top commentators for the previous month, but next Wednesday is so far away. I couldn’t keep you guys waiting that long. For this [...]

By: Wordpress Wednesdays: My Top Commentators | BlueFur.com

Wordpress Wednesdays: My Top Commentators | BlueFur.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:15:46 +0000

[...] and a great way to encourage conversation is to reward your top commentators. Many blogs, like Beyond the Rhetoric and Derek Semmler dot Com, make a post to highlight the top commentators of each [...]

By: This Week In Blogging - 014

This Week In Blogging - 014 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:25:35 +0000

[...] all that is going on in the world, some people would rather do things the hard way and be a slave to the clock rather than query a database. Oh well I guess, at least I got some [...]

By: paulette

paulette — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:26:49 +0000

Thanks for the mention:) More power to you!

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:48:45 +0000

Hey, if you want to be a slave to the clock that is entirely up to you.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:28:35 +0000

Alternatively, I can just be around when the count resets.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:18:56 +0000

Glad to have made the list this month, I faded there towards the end but still squeaked in for the last spot.

As Nick mentioned, I provided a query that you can use to retrieve your comment count from any month. As a matter of fact, I too have added the comment_author_url but I have not excluded the pingbacks.

Your method using the Google cache works as well, although it might be a little more time consuming since you added in comments from the point of the cache.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:20:52 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout! It’s always great to be recognized. Plus, it’s fun to create some conversation and post a few jabs about you on your own site from time to time!

As far as recalling the top commentators list when you don’t watch the list at midnight, check out this post from Derek that makes that real easy. I use a bit of a modified version myself:

SELECT comment_author, comment_author_url, COUNT( comment_id ) AS comment_count FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_date LIKE ’2008-06%’ AND comment_type NOT LIKE ‘pingback’ GROUP BY comment_author ORDER BY comment_count DESC

so that it doesn’t show trackbacks and provides the comment author’s url for quick access.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:51:28 +0000

Paulette isn’t fourth, we are joint-third, I love happy endings.

It’s quite apparent that your monthly Top commentators post has created healthy “competition” among readers and also increase the number of comments (and pageviews) to your articles.

Thanks for the plug!

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:09:31 +0000

Thanks for the plug. This is becoming a good habit.