Testimonials for Blogs

+10, Cool idea. It will add to more credibility to a website ( that is, if you get your testimonials from credible bloggers). Hope this gives you some inner peace hehe.  I will try to find out something relevant on google.

hehe Abhi.. yeah i think its a cool idea.. but wanna know if you guys will give out testimonials?

Its like Testimonials on Orkut.. thats where the idea struck me..

hemal, if you are using wordpress, you can add a testimonial widget in your sidebar. It displays a random testimonial from your visitors every time you refresh the page.

and yes, i will write a nice one for you, dont worry abt that

@Abhi nice man.. I didnt knew we had a testimonial widget. Lemme check out. or if you know of it already, can you please share the link?

and btw, that Inner Peace is a rip off from KungFu Panda 2

Great look ! with this page....I am thinking from many days to add review page. but not done yet. 

then its right time now instead of a review page, make it Testimonial page!!

Let's just wait for Hemal to figure it out and breat it open for us. :)

Hey will try, and ur testi.........kuch soch ke.........achhasa

Fabulous idea... so you have already set up the page also, that's Great

But I was wondering what kind of people will be writing them, I mean preferably I think it should come from your consistent reader base, people who have read your site and stuff otherwise the testimonials from people just dropping by from nowhere and giving a review will obviously look fake and will have no meaning or weightage in the entire scheme of things. So is there anything one can do to check this out. I guess in orkut it’s only your friends (though I am not very sure about it) who can write a testimonial for you..?

Still it sounds a very unique and exciting idea, can you throw some light on how does one go about setting such a page in blogspot?

Thank you Arti

Let me take one thing at a time.

What kind of people?

People like you, me and many others who know eachother through blogs. It can be your consistant reader base or people who have benefited from the information on your website. (more so true for a travelouge)

Fake Review?

Do you think Testimonials were ever real? They were always bloated up, some times, companies even put up fake Testimonials.. Having developed many websites for clients, I was asked to put fake Testimonials too, so you see, not they are always true, neither always false.

Its more to please the author/reader/service provider hahahahaa... 

In orkut yes, only friends can post a testimonial.

About how to create a blogspot page, let me do a small R&D and get back to you

Okay, a few links for you...

http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/04/28/creating-static-pages-with-blogger/

http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/04/how-to-create-static-like-pages-in/

Thanks a lot Hemal... I got it! (BTW i was just wondering how many fake testimonials have you done till now)!!!

Those links are really helpful, I checked out more on this. Is this page that you have created a static page? If yes, Then I think blogger has now got an inbuilt feature for it .. here i got the link. Please check this link and tell me if this is the correct way to go about this 

@Arti hey girly, dont tell anyone its a very big secret and i have lost count of number of fake testimonials i have created for others..

Yeah.. Blogger then has this function finally.. so you can create pages on Blogger. But then, have you tired? Do you see the Comment form there? If no, then its a problem. Else, this is the way to go.

Yep, the page I have created is a PAGE in wordpress language . So you can say this is a static page.

@Hemal lolzzz Indipolice se to atleast yeh umeed nahi thi! Very Bad, very bad  (pssttt: But dont you worry, your TOP secret is safely  with me unless, of course, someone is eager enough to bribe me with loads of  to get it out...!!! ;)

Ok, so now i have decided to take this page thing on. About the comments, i dont have any idea since I havent worked on this till now! I checked out a few blogs for this and i am guessing (and hoping too!) that it should be there...but will have to see myself... and this might take some time...

Oh..Ok...Its a Page alright...then I am all set to create one in blogspot language

I though that testimonals should have atleast 10 lines... or something like that with overfilled vocabulary.

there is no rules for Testimonial.. It can be even a single line. (i wont say one word coz i would hate a one word testimonial)

Would you actually go and read someone's testimonials page? 

I would probably pick a post that I find with some topic of my interested and then decide within that one single post whether I want to read more or not. Testimonials, I would ignore. 

I find it hard to check even the "about the writer" page unless I really like the content.

It is more like a timepass for visitors after they are done with reading content. Something like posters put up in doctors' waiting rooms for the relatives. :P

Ok, that was a bad comparison. But hope you get the intention. :)

@Rumbaho exactly the point you made last..

You will only check the about page if you really like the content.

See, there are a lot of things bloggers do to post on their blogs, like Awards and Passon things to ther bloggers.

Not every one will be interested in Testimonials things right now, but as it grows, I think this have the potential for more.

Just giving you a vauge example. A media firm (somehow) finds your blog interesting. Before they even think of hiring / requesting you to contribute to their Blog/News paper/website/TV, having a look at testimonials page scores. So this is a step towards being serious about Blogging not only as a personal space, but as a profession too.

Of course even a negative comment will be appreciated and should be appreciated.

AB: :o)

Hemal: Maybe you're right. In some cases the testimonial could be useful.

@Rambhaho

Thank you very much Sir! I apprecaite your kind gesture.

I hope to improvise on it even further. I always believe that there is always a room for improvement. Thank you very much for your kind comments again..

i have given my testimonials, but they are not superfluous, straight deep from heart.

@Pramod Sirr.. Take a bow for write such a testimonial for me.. i replied to it on my blog too..

Pramod, but can you share here, what are your views about this phenomenon? Do you think it works or foresee this working and becoming a norm?

please leave sir, boss, it adds to my already ripening age. Testimonials are a great and ideal path setter in the minds of onlookers at glance.  My feeling is that one can bloat about just 10% effectively. but not more than that. Its an art.

ripening age

Yes, testimonials are very great to understand things at one glance. What is more effective for blogging is that one cannot fake testimonials on their own blog unlike website. The reason, clearly is the link to the author of the testimonials. Its in a comment form. People can search for the right person to believe that testimonial is real. Which is really a big plus, dont you think?

you are right on that point hemal, one disclosure I want to make on your testimonial, I was in a hurry as my laptop battery had given ultimate warnings. so in a fast way whatever true thoughts that came to ma mind i wrote them up. no % of bloating could be added. and just as I posted it, my laptop too went off to sleep.   

Pramod, thank you very much for making most of the juice your lappy batt could afford.. and yep, i wont ever think that it was bloated, neither it appeared. truly awesome feeling...

To everyone, this thread is not only to promote my testimonials page but wish you too share your testimonials page here to give others an opportunity.

Also, share your views about how, according to you, testimonials can make a difference. Big or Small.

Thanks for apportunity.......! :) :) it's nice idea of course!

You are, always welcome Mohini

I am also thinking to make a testimonial page. should I wait for some months or is it the right time.

If you ask me it is late already......! 

@Mohini hehe.. bingo!

@Pramod time is ripe. I am trying to give some momentum. and its never late buddy, start up today and share with us your page URL.

thanks hemal, i am looking to add nice page., 

@arti @pramod hehe, welcome welcome, once you created your testimonial, post it here and then you blog about it on your blog so that people who come to your blog are aware of it as well. Considering your popularity, i think you will get so many testimonials

Yes Pramodji's blog is immensely popular and I am one in the list of his fans too :)

Hi Hemal, I added a testimonial page. I also gave you credit. 

http://veronicaunadulterated.blogspot.com/p/testimonials.html

Hey Jaai, thank you very much for taking this initiative forward. And giving me the credit was just "awesomeness". One more backlink will go a hellalotta good..

I havent justified the testimonail on your blog yet, well coz i have not read much of you, will do so and give you a better and rightful one.

Congrats Jaai, can you tell me which link did you use to create it?

Hahaha I can see you've read one post :D Thank you!

@Arti she used the way of creating a back dated post on blogger. The link which I provided you earlier with...

Thanks Hemal for the testimonial! I don't want to reply there because then it won't look like a testimonial at all. Anyway thank you, I'm flattered! :D

Hey folks, I dug this out,,, You can Write a Testimonial for Indiblogger too! Follow this link - http://www.indiblogger.in/forum/topic.php?id=7732 !

a little doubt, if we write a testimonial now, will it still get updated here?

@Arti well done, good work for sharing the link.

@Abhi there is a possibility. IndiB team keeps updating it, though not so regularly.

no Arti, it helps strengthen the case, so please, dont think you screw it up in fact this will help others do it for them too.

IndiBlogger has it, why not me?

IndiBlogger has its own testimonial page for some reason, and we have ours too right?

Hi Hemal, 

FInally here is my page Blog Testimonials.....! I have included some which I have recieved already in comments and while talking. 

Waiting from honest opinion from you and all the indifriends. Friends, you can include your further expectations also.

Thats excellent Mohini, will check it out soon :)

I myself have been too lazy on this one

Thank you mohini ji for mentioning me in the post!. :)

Do it Arti! don't be lazy. :P

Abhi! my pleasure.......na to add your best wishes. 

will keep updating page.

Haha, Mohini you know the (climatic) weather has been such these days that am doing nothing else except piling on those useless calories :P thanks for the kick anyways :P

Good work Mohini! I am heading your way

@Hemal I found out that the link provided by me can be used too. Actually the 'allow comment' option is unchecked by default and have to be checked by you. So i dont think there is any catch here :)

@Arti brilliant!! I will update this information here then...