Thoughts about Comment Luv?

[Mrupp44]

What do you think about the Comment Luv pro plugin for your blog?

My goal is this would help me get traffic and comments on my posts.....

Make it easy to promote my own content....

the unlimited version is $97, I thought about purchasing this for my site and all my clients but wasn't sure if this was just one more tool that I spend money on and 6 months later I don't use it because I have learned about a better option (that is usually free). I am sure many of you can relate to doing that

Thank you very much for any suggestions!!! Have a superb week everybody!

Matthew

[brad.s.knutson]

I personally would avoid CommentLuv.  Off the top of my head, the cons would be:

• Costs $97
• Increases/promotes comment spam
• Increases WordPress database size by adding more data to the comments table
• Increases page load times due to extra processing of each comment

The only pros would be that it increases your exposure slightly and you will most likely get an increase in comments - but if the commenters are self-serving and coming simply to drop a link (as opposed to actually being interested in what you have to read) then is that really a good thing?

On top of all that, I personally think that CommentLuv is just kind of....cheesy....and doesn't belong on a professional website.

[Mrupp44]

Bradley,

That's what I was looking for - thank you very much for taking the time to respond!

Matthew