New Facebook widget enables blog comments
Enabling readers to comment on your blog has just become easier, thanks to a new widget from Facebook Connect. Called, simply enough, The Comments Box, it enables anyone with a Facebook account to log on to any supported site with their Facebook details, and leave a comment. This is all done by adding a few lines of code to your website, and could be a vital part of your social media strategy.
While this isn’t really anything new – Google Friend Connect has a similar, widget-based system and there are commenting services such as Disqus – it will help raise awareness of your site
When a user logs in to your site and uses The Comments Box to leave a comment, they are able to post that comment to their profile and share what they have said with their friends, and by using Facebook’s APIs you can access related comments and find out what’s being said about your organisation or products. You can then retrieve these comments and display them as ‘recent comments’ on your site.
The Comments Box also lets people without a Facebook ID, or those who don’t want to use it, to comment on your site.
For full instructions on how to add The Comments Box to your site, click here:
