Encouraging Comments

To me, having regular comments on my blog is the surest sign that I am doing well. It means that what I write is important enough that it warrants a response, and that people are sticking around the site long enough to to type something up.

So, in order to get more comments and, as a result, feel more successful, I'm doing a weekly post every friday where I feature one comment from the previous week. My first featured post can be seen here.

Do you think this is a good idea? How do you encourage comments? And how do you tell if you blog is a success? Is it solely personal?

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