Comments on: Selecting a Random Blog Comment From Your WordPress Database http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/ Build your business by sharing what you know Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7058 Chris Garrett Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:48:58 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7058 @Brad - I think done sparingly contests can work well, the trick is to have something good to give away and to not fill your blog with competition noise @Maxime - Nice addition :) @jhay - Yeah you need to have a good selection which usually means promoting unless you have a lot of comments on most posts @pelf - Happy new year :) You are so old school ;) , but it's always best to do what works for you :) @Brad – I think done sparingly contests can work well, the trick is to have something good to give away and to not fill your blog with competition noise

@Maxime – Nice addition :)

@jhay – Yeah you need to have a good selection which usually means promoting unless you have a lot of comments on most posts

@pelf – Happy new year :) You are so old school ;) , but it’s always best to do what works for you :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18520 Chris Garrett Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18520 @Brad - I think done sparingly contests can work well, the trick is to have something good to give away and to not fill your blog with competition noise @Maxime - Nice addition :) @jhay - Yeah you need to have a good selection which usually means promoting unless you have a lot of comments on most posts @pelf - Happy new year :) You are so old school ;) , but it's always best to do what works for you :) @Brad – I think done sparingly contests can work well, the trick is to have something good to give away and to not fill your blog with competition noise

@Maxime – Nice addition :)

@jhay – Yeah you need to have a good selection which usually means promoting unless you have a lot of comments on most posts

@pelf – Happy new year :) You are so old school ;) , but it’s always best to do what works for you :)

]]> By: pelf http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7025 pelf Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:53:42 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7025 I have never hosted a contest because I do not have anything to give away as prizes :( But if I did host one, I think I would just write names into pieces of paper and randomly pick one (because MySQL is a total stranger to me!), LOL. Anyway, Happy New Year, Chris! :D And may the new year brings you more hope, joy, success, happiness, love and all things sweet and beautiful! :D I have never hosted a contest because I do not have anything to give away as prizes :( But if I did host one, I think I would just write names into pieces of paper and randomly pick one (because MySQL is a total stranger to me!), LOL.

Anyway, Happy New Year, Chris! :D And may the new year brings you more hope, joy, success, happiness, love and all things sweet and beautiful! :D

]]> By: pelf http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18519 pelf Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:53:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18519 I have never hosted a contest because I do not have anything to give away as prizes :( But if I did host one, I think I would just write names into pieces of paper and randomly pick one (because MySQL is a total stranger to me!), LOL. Anyway, Happy New Year, Chris! :D And may the new year brings you more hope, joy, success, happiness, love and all things sweet and beautiful! :D I have never hosted a contest because I do not have anything to give away as prizes :( But if I did host one, I think I would just write names into pieces of paper and randomly pick one (because MySQL is a total stranger to me!), LOL.

Anyway, Happy New Year, Chris! :D And may the new year brings you more hope, joy, success, happiness, love and all things sweet and beautiful! :D

]]> By: jhay http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7023 jhay Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:53:33 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7023 Sounds fun and easy enough. Though I need to have lots of comments one a post for this to be truly effective. Sounds fun and easy enough. Though I need to have lots of comments one a post for this to be truly effective.

]]> By: jhay http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18518 jhay Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18518 Sounds fun and easy enough. Though I need to have lots of comments one a post for this to be truly effective. Sounds fun and easy enough. Though I need to have lots of comments one a post for this to be truly effective.

]]> By: Maxime Guernion http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7021 Maxime Guernion Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:27:16 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7021 You could add : WHERE `comment_post_ID` = 356 AND `comment_type` != 'pingback' if you only want comments without pingback. You could add :

WHERE `comment_post_ID` = 356 AND `comment_type` != ‘pingback’

if you only want comments without pingback.

]]> By: Maxime Guernion http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18517 Maxime Guernion Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18517 You could add : WHERE `comment_post_ID` = 356 AND `comment_type` != 'pingback' if you only want comments without pingback. You could add :

WHERE `comment_post_ID` = 356 AND `comment_type` != ‘pingback’

if you only want comments without pingback.

]]> By: Brad V. http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7020 Brad V. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:14:48 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-7020 It's funny you should mention this as I just had my very first comment contest on my own blog. Since I don't use Wordpress for my blogging platform (I use Typepad instead). To pick a random comment, I went to the website random.com and chose the option to pick a random integer. I plugged numbers 1 to whatever number of comments there were. It picked a random number, and that was the winning comment! I will say that I underestimated contests like these. It brought a huge spike in traffic to my blog even though it wasn't announce very far ahead of time. Great post! It’s funny you should mention this as I just had my very first comment contest on my own blog. Since I don’t use WordPress for my blogging platform (I use Typepad instead).

To pick a random comment, I went to the website random.com and chose the option to pick a random integer. I plugged numbers 1 to whatever number of comments there were. It picked a random number, and that was the winning comment!

I will say that I underestimated contests like these. It brought a huge spike in traffic to my blog even though it wasn’t announce very far ahead of time.

Great post!

]]> By: Brad V. http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18516 Brad V. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/selecting-a-random-blog-comment-from-your-wordpress-database/#comment-18516 It's funny you should mention this as I just had my very first comment contest on my own blog. Since I don't use Wordpress for my blogging platform (I use Typepad instead). To pick a random comment, I went to the website random.com and chose the option to pick a random integer. I plugged numbers 1 to whatever number of comments there were. It picked a random number, and that was the winning comment! I will say that I underestimated contests like these. It brought a huge spike in traffic to my blog even though it wasn't announce very far ahead of time. Great post! It’s funny you should mention this as I just had my very first comment contest on my own blog. Since I don’t use WordPress for my blogging platform (I use Typepad instead).

To pick a random comment, I went to the website random.com and chose the option to pick a random integer. I plugged numbers 1 to whatever number of comments there were. It picked a random number, and that was the winning comment!

I will say that I underestimated contests like these. It brought a huge spike in traffic to my blog even though it wasn’t announce very far ahead of time.

Great post!

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