Being a Better Blogger is something I talk about with my class when we blog so I have decided that I have to improve my personal blogging and as well as starting my personal blog page I have decided to join the 31 Day Comment Challenge.

The task for Day 1 is to do a self-audit.

How often do you comment on other blogs during a typical week?

I like to look at blog posts that have been highlighted by bloggers that I encounter through my blog, my nings and twitter. However I rarely leave comments.

Do you track your blog comments? How? What do you do with your tracking?

I have never tracked my blog comments because up until the last few days when I started reading about this challenge I had no idea that it was a sensible thing to do in the world of blogging. Boy am I learning lots at the moment!! However I now have my own iGoogle and Google Reader pages and will be starting to track blog comments.

Do you tend to comment at the same blogs or do you try to comment on at least one new blog per week?

I actually read lots of new blog posts most weeks but as I said earlier I haven’t been one to leave comments until now.

We were also asked to read Gina Trapani’s Guide to Blog Comments
which outlines some simple guidelines to keep in mind when commenting in blogs.