In the ongoing discussion on what are good ways to measure the success of our blogs, one of Kathy Purdy’s readers, Katie from Gotta Garden, said this;

I don’t know that I’d use the amount of comments either…if only because I read many more blogs than I comment on. I simply don’t have the time (I’m a slow writer!) to comment on them all…surely, I’m not alone in that.

No, Katie. You are certainly not alone in that.
I too find that I read more blogs than have the time to comment. And then there are posts that just don’t seem to need a comment – or at least one from me.
So I’ve been searching for some way of allowing readers to quickly sum up their feelings towards what I’ve written without going through the rigmarole of commenting. And I think I may have found it – thanks to Barb from Skittle’s Place.
This tool from PostReach.com (site now closed) allows the reader a one-click comment to summarise their interest in the post. No email address. No serious thought. Just one quick click.
I’m going to trial it for a while just on my front page so if you find it useful, click away.
PS. A suggestion for PostReach is to provide the same thing for RSS.