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Use Facebook Comments on Your Blog

Everyone’s got an opinion, and they love to share it (especially via the ‘net). To broaden the options available for you to allow others to share their comments on your own blog posts, you now have the ability to quickly turn on the Facebook social plugin for your blog comments.

To set up your Facebook comments either go to the Blog Settings button at the bottom of your blog or go to the Settings tab and choose Blog. 
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Now, scroll down to the Comments section and pick "Facebook" from the Commenting System drop down menu.
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Once you've made this selection, you'll need to enter the Facebook URL for either your personal page or fan page so that you can moderate your comments.
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If you're not sure what this URL is, just go to your Facebook page and copy everything that follows the "facebook.com" portion of the address.
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Save your changes, publish your site, and you're all done. Your blog is now using Facebook comments!

And when anyone comments on your blog post they can immediately post their comment on their own Facebook account or Fan Page, which will lead their followers back to your site.
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Maybe you don't want any comment on your blog posts, no problem. In the Blog Settings, switch Comment visibility from Show to Hide and save. Any posts after you make that change will no longer show comments.
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