I am not convinced. I do see the advantages but I would rather have the text on my blog. The comment text gives your blog a little more life in the eyes of Google and adds just a little more content.
If I don't want to mess with creating a comment system then why did I build my own blog in the first place?
I think a good compromise to make things easier for the commenter is to use Clickpass for easy login.
I don't mind that my blog is being commented other places (like we are doing here for this entry) but if a commenter is at my site then that is where I want my text to live.
It's a two way street - a long discussion on a topic with a specific keyword can hurt your ranking for that keyword if the discussions aren't using the phrase you're targeting.
I love the quick and easy functionality that Disqus has and am using it on a few of my blogs. I'd like to set it up for my companies web properties but am reluctant because we already have our own login and user systems.
If I don't want to mess with creating a comment system then why did I build my own blog in the first place?
I think a good compromise to make things easier for the commenter is to use Clickpass for easy login.
I don't mind that my blog is being commented other places (like we are doing here for this entry) but if a commenter is at my site then that is where I want my text to live.