2 Powerful Comment Management Plug-in for your blog or website

by bornis , under blogging

In this article i want to present you 2 enhanced Comment Management plugin, IntenseDebate (owned by Automattic, the company behind WordPress), and its Competitor DISQUS.

Disqus and IntenseDebate are the main 2  commenting systems that add a whole lot more features effortlessly on your blog or website. both effort to establish a centralized services for users to track their comments across a number of blogs ,websites and services .

Intense Debate (used on this blog)  has rolled out new features that makes it possible for Commentators to  create their own poll, and embed  YouTube videos,  smiles, among other features.

One of the main advantages Disqus has is the ability for users to login with Facebook Connect .

Facebook Connect allows commenters to login on your page using their Facebook profiles. One of the main advantages Disqus has is the ability for users to using Facebook Connect. comments that they write will show up with their name and profile picture from Facebook, and they’ll be given the option to post an item about their comment to their Facebook Newsfeed.

What is IntenseDebate?

Intense Debate is the premier commenting system available on the Internet for blogs and websites. IntenseDebate comments enhances and encourages conversation on your blog or website. With Intense Debate you can give your blog readers the opportunity to better engage your blog’s content and each other. ID offers numerous features that makes improves the commenting experience, like our Reply By Email functionality which enables you to reply to and moderate comments via email!

Intense Debate organizes your comments allowing your readers to express their opinions and thoughts. With Intense Debate’s reputation system and comment voting, you’re able to quickly find the worthwhile comments and commenters, while cutting through all of the other nonsense. Subscribe to comments with our RSS readers support. Give your blog an entire new dimension of interaction with Intense Debate!

What platforms IntenseDebate support?

IntenseDebate supports a variety of platforms. that offer an automated install process for WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, and Tumblr with more along the way!  If you have a custom site installing IntenseDebate is no problem. Intense Debate offer a generic snippet of JavaScript for custom installs .

What are the key features of IntenseDebate?

• Comment Threading
• Reply-By-Email
• Importing/Exporting
• Commenter Profiles
• Reputation Points & Comment Voting
• Moderation/Blacklisting
• Widgets
• RSS Readers & Tracking
• Twitter
• FriendFeed
• OpenID
• Gravatar
• HTML Formatting

What is DISQUS ?

Disqus, pronounced “discuss”, is a service and tool for web comments and discussions. The Disqus comment system can be plugged into any website, blog, or application. Disqus makes commenting easier and more interactive, while connecting websites and commenters across a thriving discussion community.

Disqus makes managing discussions on one or multiple websites painless. Enjoyable, even. With a powerful and intuitive admin interface, Disqus allows website owners to spend time elsewhere while Disqus takes care of the comments.

What platforms Disqus support?

Disqus has full integrated support for WordPress, MovableType, Tumblr, Blogger, and TypePad. If you do not use any of these, Disqus also provides a general code snippet for any website. While Disqus was designed with blogs in mind, any newspaper, website, or web application would also likely work. Disqus and the comment system was built to be versatile and extensible.

What are the key features of Disqus?

• Threaded comments and comment ratings
• Powerful moderation and admin tools
• Filter out spam, trolls, and unwanted commenters
• Enable your visitors to become a real community
• Moderation by email or mobile
• More comments and increased engagement
• Connected with a large discussion community
• Increased exposure and readership
• Track and manage comments and replies
• Verified commenter reputations across sites
• More control over your own comments on websites
• Never lose your comments, even if the website goes away
• Build a global profile, or comment blog, to collect and show off what you’re saying
• Easier to comment on websites using Disqus
• Reply to comments through email or mobile
• Edit and republish comments with one click

In the end, if you’ve never used Intense Debate or Disqus , give them both a look — both are very powerful systems and offer some great features that go far above and beyond what most blogging software offers out of the box.

You can now test IntenseDebate system (used on this blog)  in this page.

Please,dont forgot to share your thoughts about them.