I recently wrote a post on if it was better to comment on a post, or to write your own post referencing the original article.

I got some interesting responses, both on Twitter and in the comments of the post, as well as being directed to other posts from Todd Vernon and Chris Brogan.

To further my exploration, I decided to install CrazyEgg on my home page to see what people were clicking on. Crazy Egg creates a heat map of the clicks on a page. Its free for small page view tests, and I certainly didnt need to conduct a long test.

So the results?

Over the past week or so, more than 15% of the clicks on my home page were on the comment links.

Seriously. Coming in second? The color chooser. Favorite color? Green.

So I guess comments do matter, and people do find them an important part of the blog conversation. Which means, I will try and do a better job of leaving comments on posts I find interesting, and ask that you consider doing the same. And, if you have comments turned off, you are probably missing out.