A marketing professional in a large Midwest law firm contacted me this morning regarding a concern her firm’s lawyers raised with regard to responding to comments on the firm’s blogs. The lawyers believed that a lawyer cannot respond to a comment on a law blog without creating an attorney-client relationship. I thought I’d share my… Continue Reading
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Moderating law blog comments : The New York Times protocol
For law firms looking to establish a standard protocol for moderating comments on their blog (not everyone can take the Greenfield or O’Keefe do as we feel approach), the New York Times standard may be apropos. The New Times frequently asked questions about comments provides straight forward answers of the follow questions: Why do you… Continue Reading
Should you add keywords to the name field when you leave comments on a blog?
Darren Rowse at Problogger asked that question of his readers last week. Asked another way, should you just do what makes by far the most sense to me, should you you key in your name in the comment field labeled ‘name?’ People leaving keywords such as the name of their blog, which is full of… Continue Reading
Comment registration lame idea for law blogs
A law firm asked today about the possibility of requiring readers to register before being permitted to post a comment. Apparently a lawyer in the firm saw registration required for comments on a newspaper’s blog. Bad idea. Here’s why. Comment registration is not used on the vast majority of blogs. LexBlog has over 300 law… Continue Reading