Why Disqus Is No More On My Blogs

By Vlad Zablotskyy July 23, 2008

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Update: After struggling with my decision over allowing Disqus to moderate the comments on this blog, I have decided to give the one more try. There have been significant improvements to their WordPress plugin that now enters the comments not only into Disqus database but in the WordPress database of each participating website.

I have to say that I would never imagined the day I would leave Disqus. I absolutely love every feature they provide. For me Disqus had taken much hassle out of moderating comments across multiple blogs.

However two things took place today which of course ended up my love affair with Disqus. These things may not be significant and have nothing to do with quality of the service Disqus provides. I only remember once Disqus being down- much desired for my own websites. So here is what disappointed me about Disqus:

As I was working on one of my new websites I noticed that my Fire Fox status bar was showing “www.google-analytics.com”. If it was on any other website I would let it fly by and would never made a big deal out of it. But I noticed that my Fire Fox status bar was showing “www.google-analytics.com”. If it was on any other website I would let it fly by and would never made a big deal out of it. I use Google Analytics on practically every website of mine. But I found it strange to “blip” in my status bar on a blog that I have not installed the code yet. It also turns out Disqus was and still is the only plugin on that blog.I have to pint out that in spite of my attempts to get some clarification, Disqus had not commented on the issue.
After above described events took place, I decided to export all the comments from my Disqus account and import them back to my blog. I expected that in the process comments will be associated with appropriate blog posts. Instead I ended up with 100+ “new posts”.

Alright, I may not be the geekiest guy out there but I am no fool either. So I say buh-bye Disqus!

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15 Comments

By Dont' Wait for the Search Enignes - 14 Ways to Get Traffic Now!, July 25, 2008 @ 7:07 am

There are other problems with Disqus, and I had to say bye myself.
Thanks Vlad,
JR
By Vlad, July 25, 2008 @ 9:04 am

JR thanks for stopping by. Now I need get the dofollow back on this blog.
By Vlad, July 25, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

JR thanks for stopping by. Now I need get the dofollow back on this blog.
By Busby SEO Test, December 2, 2008 @ 9:46 pm

maybe your ban….or something just try to check on wordpress
By busby_seo_test, December 2, 2008 @ 10:21 pm

I love the services that disqus gives to bloggers…..
By busby_seo_test, December 3, 2008 @ 2:49 am

Oh your so intelligent. Your post is very interesting and at the same time very entertaining. Hope you will share more great information to us. Thank you so much! God bless and keep on inspiring others.
By davis, December 3, 2008 @ 8:12 am

Agree with JR , thanks .
By seotest, December 4, 2008 @ 5:28 am

try to check your plugins
By Scoop, December 4, 2008 @ 5:29 pm

Why do people use the DISQUS plugin. I have been to multiple sites are there are a lot complaints about this program.
By Blog_Hosting, December 6, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

I'm new to using it but seems to work just fine. I havent found a problem with it yet.
By katie duffs, December 11, 2008 @ 5:14 am

great plugin ..i love it.
By john, March 21, 2009 @ 3:29 am

disqus is great