Comments are dead… Without ECHO for WordPress

Have you noticed how people discuss various news, products, and even blog posts all over social networks like Facebook and Twitter? I have. I’ve also noticed how some of my blog posts end up being talked about on Google, Facebook, and Twitter — instead of on my own blog. Sure, some readers leave comments, but percentage of others Tweet, share with others on Facebook, etc. Wouldn’t it be great to somehow harvest those comments and place them on my blog, since that’s where they belong in the first place?

Well now you can with ECHO by js-kit.com. It’s a plugin that replaces your WordPress blog’s comment form with a new, much improved and advanced comment form. Not much of an explanation, I know, but just look below on our blog — as you can see it looks great, it’s very easy to use, it’s fast, and most importantly it crawls Facebook, Twitter and other social networks looking for conversations mentioning your blog posts, and if it finds something, it places them right on your blog comments where they belong. Many popular blogs like Technorati.com are already using it on their blog.

As of today the plugin is only available for WordPress blogs and the price is just $12/year. That’s right just $1/month and if you ask me it’s well worth it for what it does. I’m in talks with ECHO team to develop a version for Movable Type, so the rest of the blogosphere can enjoy it as well. Be sure to check js-kit.com to learn more about it and watch a video mentioning the benefits.