Popularity – Comments or views?

How do you judge the popularity of a post in your blog?
Is it by the number of views or the number of comments?

I generally see four types of blogs when i read them, i observe things that they do with their sidebar and top bar. The types i see are -
1. Blogs that have top posts arranged in the top bar or sidebar and posts are arranged in an order of posts having highest views.
2. Blogs that have top posts arranged in the top bar or sidebar and posts are arranged in an order of posts having highest comments.
3. Some blogs have top posts, arranged both in an order with highest views and comments, displayed in the sidebar or top bar.
4. Some blogs have no top posts section and they just try to make their blog a standard one giving equal importance to each post of the blog.

Answer my question in the poll and please share your views :)

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Comments

  1. Jason says:

    I use comments to decide how popular a blog is. Anyone can generate views – game Digg or Stumble Upon, and you can get a couple thousand. It’s the quality of your promotion (and thus the comments you get) that shows how good a blog is.

    Jason’s last blog post..Time For An Entire Revamp…

  2. Jason says:

    I use comments to decide how popular a blog is. Anyone can generate views – game Digg or Stumble Upon, and you can get a couple thousand. It’s the quality of your promotion (and thus the comments you get) that shows how good a blog is.

    Jason’s last blog post..Time For An Entire Revamp…

  3. Chetan says:

    Yep its true that views can be generated by digg etc. but not comments ;)
    Popularity has to be decided by the controversy in it.

  4. Chetan says:

    Yep its true that views can be generated by digg etc. but not comments ;)
    Popularity has to be decided by the controversy in it.

  5. Caper says:

    I agree with Jason here. And not just comments, they have to be spread, if one post have 200 comments and the others just have 2 each, that will have to be the digg effect:p

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  6. Caper says:

    I agree with Jason here. And not just comments, they have to be spread, if one post have 200 comments and the others just have 2 each, that will have to be the digg effect:p

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  7. Essence says:

    Just because someone is viewing your article it doesn’t mean he’s actually going to reading it. If members are commenting then not only do you know they are in fact reading your material but are interested by it.

  8. Essence says:

    Just because someone is viewing your article it doesn’t mean he’s actually going to reading it. If members are commenting then not only do you know they are in fact reading your material but are interested by it.

  9. thinkfast says:

    there is many reasons to judge the popularity of blog
    not just comments, the blog is must have some nice UV, PR, SERP :D

    thinkfast’s last blog post..?Dancing With the Stars? Announces Lineup

  10. thinkfast says:

    there is many reasons to judge the popularity of blog
    not just comments, the blog is must have some nice UV, PR, SERP :D

    thinkfast’s last blog post..?Dancing With the Stars? Announces Lineup

  11. Amol says:

    I think it’s number of views that matter. A particlular post may give arise to a number of comments but that doesn’t mean that users like it.. While, people view a post only if they find attractive..

  12. Amol says:

    I think it’s number of views that matter. A particlular post may give arise to a number of comments but that doesn’t mean that users like it.. While, people view a post only if they find attractive..

  13. thats right guys

  14. thats right guys

  15. Rohitpatel says:

    Well I give importance to both factor but I would prefer for comments because you can generate many views without any problems. You may use Traffic generator or Aurosurf to get 1000+ views in 24 hours but comments is comming from reading of blog post.

    Rohitpatel’s last blog post..About Your Money

  16. Rohitpatel says:

    Well I give importance to both factor but I would prefer for comments because you can generate many views without any problems. You may use Traffic generator or Aurosurf to get 1000+ views in 24 hours but comments is comming from reading of blog post.

    Rohitpatel’s last blog post..About Your Money

  17. Both the factors r certainly important, but the comments maybe little bit more

  18. Both the factors r certainly important, but the comments maybe little bit more

  19. Swap says:

    Like everyone says both factor are important but I would prefer for comments. People many view the topic but theyu only respond to it if they find it important.

  20. Swap says:

    Like everyone says both factor are important but I would prefer for comments. People many view the topic but theyu only respond to it if they find it important.

  21. arjun316 says:

    well acc to me both factors are important

    but it would be good if my visitors are more like my post got 20k visitors and then 15-20 comments ar eok

  22. arjun316 says:

    well acc to me both factors are important

    but it would be good if my visitors are more like my post got 20k visitors and then 15-20 comments ar eok

  23. KJS says:

    I think the views give a more clear idea about which one is more popular..most of the visitors don’t even bother to write comments even though if they liked the post so this does not means that the post is not popular…

  24. KJS says:

    I think the views give a more clear idea about which one is more popular..most of the visitors don’t even bother to write comments even though if they liked the post so this does not means that the post is not popular…

  25. Shreyas says:

    Both are needed for a blog to be famous… Also you need to offer goodies to the readers..

    Shreyas

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  26. Shreyas says:

    Both are needed for a blog to be famous… Also you need to offer goodies to the readers..

    Shreyas

    Shreyas’s last blog post..Ayesha Takia

  27. akshay says:

    i would always like to go with no of views…it shows article popularity

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  28. akshay says:

    i would always like to go with no of views…it shows article popularity

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  29. GK Awadhiya says:

    I think that the comments is more important for judging popularity of any blog. It is not necessary that the viewer has read the content, it may be that he has simply clicked the blog and left without reading. But to make a comment it is necessary to read the blog.

  30. GK Awadhiya says:

    I think that the comments is more important for judging popularity of any blog. It is not necessary that the viewer has read the content, it may be that he has simply clicked the blog and left without reading. But to make a comment it is necessary to read the blog.

  31. Chetan says:

    Wow so more comment lovers here ;)
    I too always had some sort of feeling that views can be easily generated, but not the comments :D

  32. Chetan says:

    Wow so more comment lovers here ;)
    I too always had some sort of feeling that views can be easily generated, but not the comments :D

  33. Meethere says:

    It all depends on pageviews and not comments.
    Comments can be bought. :)

    Meethere’s last blog post..What is Internet marketing

  34. Meethere says:

    It all depends on pageviews and not comments.
    Comments can be bought. :)

    Meethere’s last blog post..What is Internet marketing

  35. Chetan says:

    And page views can be got easily through stumbleupon lol.

  36. Chetan says:

    And page views can be got easily through stumbleupon lol.

  37. Puneet says:

    Highest comments shows the popularity and usefulness of the post on ur blog …. i liked the way Amit have arranged posts on his blog … new visitors can know the older posts too from the main page of the blog … u shud bring useful older posts too in front frequently … wat do u think ? correct me if its not much worth ;)

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  38. Puneet says:

    Highest comments shows the popularity and usefulness of the post on ur blog …. i liked the way Amit have arranged posts on his blog … new visitors can know the older posts too from the main page of the blog … u shud bring useful older posts too in front frequently … wat do u think ? correct me if its not much worth ;)

    Puneet’s last blog post..Adsense Income for month of March

  39. Hussein says:

    It’s on comments :)

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  40. Hussein says:

    It’s on comments :)

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  41. DamionKutaeff says:

    Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I’m glad to join your conmunity,
    and wish to assit as far as possible.

  42. DamionKutaeff says:

    Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I’m glad to join your conmunity,
    and wish to assit as far as possible.

  43. david cheong says:

    Best of all, if able to have the number of views and comments are equally high.

    david cheong’s last blog post..Ways to gain traffic to website

  44. david cheong says:

    Best of all, if able to have the number of views and comments are equally high.

    david cheong’s last blog post..Ways to gain traffic to website

  45. Varun says:

    i think views is more important . . . . .
    some sites offer exiting prizes(no offence ment chetan) for the posts/comments so people go on a spree . . .so it is better to see the number of posts and the time spent in the site

    Varun’s last blog post..Dental Pain

  46. Varun says:

    i think views is more important . . . . .
    some sites offer exiting prizes(no offence ment chetan) for the posts/comments so people go on a spree . . .so it is better to see the number of posts and the time spent in the site

    Varun’s last blog post..Dental Pain

  47. I feel the views are more important. Commenting happens when there is something controversial, and not all viewers have the knowledge of what commenting is!

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