diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
index baebd5ac5..8b19bde4a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@
       <Project>{9916839C-39FC-4CEB-A5AF-89CA7E87119F}</Project>
       <Name>Orchard.Core</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Orchard.Comments\Orchard.Comments.csproj">
-      <Project>{14C049FD-B35B-415A-A824-87F26B26E7FD}</Project>
-      <Name>Orchard.Comments</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Orchard.Users\Orchard.Users.csproj">
       <Project>{79AED36E-ABD0-4747-93D3-8722B042454B}</Project>
       <Name>Orchard.Users</Name>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/DisplayTemplates/BlogForAdmin.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/DisplayTemplates/BlogForAdmin.ascx
index 2ad02e762..d8d9e586f 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/DisplayTemplates/BlogForAdmin.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/DisplayTemplates/BlogForAdmin.ascx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<Blog>" %>
-<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Comments.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Models"%>
 <h3><a href="<%=Url.BlogForAdmin(Model.Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(Model.Name) %></a></h3>
 <div class="meta">
-    <% var postCount = Model.PostCount; %><a href="<%=Url.BlogForAdmin(Model.Slug) %>"><%=string.Format("{0} post{1}", postCount, postCount == 1 ? "" : "s") %></a>
-    | <%var commentCount = (new Random()).Next(0, 1000); // Model.As<HasComments>().Comments.Count(); %><a href="#"><%=string.Format("{0} comment{1}", commentCount, commentCount == 1 ? "" : "s") %></a></div>
+    <% var postCount = Model.PostCount; %><a href="<%=Url.BlogForAdmin(Model.Slug) %>"><%=string.Format("{0} post{1}", postCount, postCount == 1 ? "" : "s") %></a></div>
 <%--<p>[list of authors] [modify blog access]</p>--%>
 <p><%=Model.Description %></p>
 <p class="actions">
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/BlogPostPreviewForAdmin.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/BlogPostPreviewForAdmin.ascx
index 45a4ca292..8db503cc6 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/BlogPostPreviewForAdmin.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/BlogPostPreviewForAdmin.ascx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<BlogPost>" %>
-<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Comments.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Core.Common.Models"%>
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@
 <h3><a href="<%=Url.BlogPostEdit(Model.Blog.Slug, Model.Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(Model.Title) %></a></h3>
 <div class="meta">
     <%=Html.Published() %>
-    | <%var commentCount = Model.As<HasComments>().Comments.Count(); %><a href="#"><%=string.Format("{0} comment{1}", commentCount, commentCount == 1 ? "" : "s") %></a>
 </div>
 <div class="content"><%=Model.Body ?? "<p><em>there's no content for this blog post</em></p>" %></div>
 <p class="actions">
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/HomeController.cs
index dda0f4621..9438b0d3a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Orchard.Localization;
 using Orchard.Logging;
 using Orchard.Models;
 using Orchard.Settings;
+using Orchard.Tags.Helpers;
 using Orchard.Tags.Models;
 using Orchard.Tags.Services;
 using Orchard.Tags.ViewModels;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Controllers {
                 if (!_authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.CreateTag, T("Couldn't create tag")))
                     return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(newTagName)) {
-                    foreach (var tagName in ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(newTagName)) {
+                    foreach (var tagName in TagHelpers.ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(newTagName)) {
                         if (_tagService.GetTagByName(tagName) == null) {
                             _tagService.CreateTag(tagName);
                         }
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Controllers {
             try {
                 if (!_authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.CreateTag, T("Couldn't create tag")))
                     return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
-                List<string> tagNames = ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(tags);
+                List<string> tagNames = TagHelpers.ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(tags);
                 _tagService.UpdateTagsForContentItem(taggedContentId, tagNames);
                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(returnUrl)) {
                     return Redirect(returnUrl);
@@ -96,17 +97,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Controllers {
             }
         }
 
-        private static List<string> ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(string tags) {
-            IEnumerable<string> tagNames = tags.Split(',');
-            List<string> sanitizedTagNames = new List<string>();
-            foreach (var tagName in tagNames) {
-                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(tagName)) {
-                    sanitizedTagNames.Add(tagName);
-                }
-            }
-            return sanitizedTagNames;
-        }
-
         public ActionResult Search(string tagName) {
             try {
                 Tag tag = _tagService.GetTagByName(tagName);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Helpers/TagHelpers.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Helpers/TagHelpers.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d86860c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Helpers/TagHelpers.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Orchard.Tags.Helpers {
+    public class TagHelpers {
+        public static List<string> ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(string tags) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(tags)) {
+                return new List<string>();
+            }
+            IEnumerable<string> tagNames = tags.Split(',');
+            List<string> sanitizedTagNames = new List<string>();
+            foreach (var tagName in tagNames) {
+                string sanitizedTagName = tagName.Trim();
+                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(sanitizedTagName)) {
+                    sanitizedTagNames.Add(sanitizedTagName);
+                }
+            }
+            return sanitizedTagNames;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Models/TagsHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Models/TagsHandler.cs
index ba2ac1841..12d553cd8 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Models/TagsHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Models/TagsHandler.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Orchard.Data;
 using Orchard.Models;
 using Orchard.Models.Driver;
 using Orchard.Models.ViewModels;
+using Orchard.Tags.Helpers;
 using Orchard.Tags.Services;
 
 namespace Orchard.Tags.Models {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Models {
 
             TagsViewModel viewModel = new TagsViewModel();
             context.Updater.TryUpdateModel(viewModel, String.Empty, null, null);
-            List<string> tagNames = ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(viewModel.Tags);
+            List<string> tagNames = TagHelpers.ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(viewModel.Tags);
             _tagService.UpdateTagsForContentItem(context.ContentItem.Id, tagNames);
 
             context.AddEditor(new TemplateViewModel(context.ContentItem.Get<HasTags>()));
@@ -70,20 +71,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Models {
             }
         }
 
-        private static List<string> ParseCommaSeparatedTagNames(string tags) {
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(tags)) {
-                return new List<string>();
-            }
-            IEnumerable<string> tagNames = tags.Split(',');
-            List<string> sanitizedTagNames = new List<string>();
-            foreach (var tagName in tagNames) {
-                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(tagName)) {
-                    sanitizedTagNames.Add(tagName);
-                }
-            }
-            return sanitizedTagNames;
-        }
-
         public class TagsViewModel {
             public string Tags { get; set; }
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Orchard.Tags.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Orchard.Tags.csproj
index 3726e73d8..f279f5c92 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Orchard.Tags.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Tags/Orchard.Tags.csproj
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     <Compile Include="AdminMenu.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\AdminController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\HomeController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Helpers\TagHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Tag.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\TagSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\TagsHandler.cs" />