Comments on: Comment Spam Or Not? http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comment-spam-or-not Internet Marketing Strategies, Techniques, Tips And Tricks Every Website Owner, New Or Experienced, Should Know, To Become Successful Too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: home directory http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-18327 home directory Sat, 31 May 2008 10:54:46 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-18327 Everyone hates spam. I do hate it flooding my blogs. I find it not so hard to detect which comments are spam though. Wish there are some effective ways to control it. Everyone hates spam. I do hate it flooding my blogs. I find it not so hard to detect which comments are spam though. Wish there are some effective ways to control it.

]]> By: Matt http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16820 Matt Wed, 14 May 2008 15:34:02 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16820 Well my long comment just got earsed because of the math captcha not working in firefox (again - it rarely works). So to summarize without retyping it all... we get lots of spam as well - and we use wpspamfree to block most of the automated stuff. Then we approve all the rest that askimet catches if people use a name and wrote a comment. We don't allow people to use keywords, so we do lose a lot of comments every day from people who didn't read the comment policy. I'll have to look into SK2 if it has those blacklists. Well my long comment just got earsed because of the math captcha not working in firefox (again – it rarely works).

So to summarize without retyping it all… we get lots of spam as well – and we use wpspamfree to block most of the automated stuff. Then we approve all the rest that askimet catches if people use a name and wrote a comment. We don’t allow people to use keywords, so we do lose a lot of comments every day from people who didn’t read the comment policy.

I’ll have to look into SK2 if it has those blacklists.

]]> By: Ernesto http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16707 Ernesto Tue, 13 May 2008 18:33:34 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16707 Commenting on Dofollow Blogs is like a manna, a gift from the blogging gods to those who might be needing some link building. This is something that we must not abuse or take for granted, by making spam comments. In my case, I comment only when the topic interests me and I try my best to make my comment as sensible and relevant as positive. The link love (or love link?) is a bonus. Commenting on Dofollow Blogs is like a manna, a gift from the blogging gods to those who might be needing some link building. This is something that we must not abuse or take for granted, by making spam comments. In my case, I comment only when the topic interests me and I try my best to make my comment as sensible and relevant as positive. The link love (or love link?) is a bonus.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16666 Case Stevens Tue, 13 May 2008 08:20:35 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16666 >>My feelings are (and it is what I would do) answer NO and YES. Yes, you're right. But then he would sign his comment with Matt Cutts and not Drabdesign. Big difference! Matter of name branding, recognition, expertise and authority! EDIT: Poster DrabDesign sent me an email. His name is David and he said he didn't meant to be offensive. It wasn't. At all. I just wanted to make clear WHY I would leave Matt's comment in there. >>My feelings are (and it is what I would do) answer NO and YES.

Yes, you’re right.
But then he would sign his comment with Matt Cutts and not Drabdesign.

Big difference!

Matter of name branding, recognition, expertise and authority!

EDIT: Poster DrabDesign sent me an email.
His name is David and he said he didn’t meant to be offensive.
It wasn’t. At all.
I just wanted to make clear WHY I would leave Matt’s comment in there.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16390 Case Stevens Fri, 09 May 2008 11:10:05 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16390 Let me try to clear up this possible misunderstanding here: I do NOT mind if you got here through a DOfollow list. It's another traffic channel, as is great content and high rankings in search engines. But you can still leave a valuable comment, right? It's not how you found me, it's what you're leaving here. Here's why. I want to build a great community and I really would like you to particpate by posting good comments, in return for which you get a back link to -hopefully- more valuable info, because... ...new visitors are reading your comments too and may visit your site. You want to keep them there and the best way to do so is delivering great content or something valuable. That will result in a snowball effect with a growing number of visitors returning to eachother's blogs over and over again. Let me try to clear up this possible misunderstanding here:
I do NOT mind if you got here through a DOfollow list. It’s another traffic channel, as is great content and high rankings in search engines.

But you can still leave a valuable comment, right?

It’s not how you found me, it’s what you’re leaving here. Here’s why.

I want to build a great community and I really would like you to particpate by posting good comments, in return for which you get a back link to -hopefully- more valuable info, because…

…new visitors are reading your comments too and may visit your site. You want to keep them there and the best way to do so is delivering great content or something valuable.

That will result in a snowball effect with a growing number of visitors returning to eachother’s blogs over and over again.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16406 Case Stevens Fri, 09 May 2008 06:59:36 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16406 I just read an excellent post by Maki that I can wholeheartedly recommend: Rethinking Blog Comments: Much More Than Just A Quick Way to Get Web Traffic I just read an excellent post by Maki that I can wholeheartedly recommend:

Rethinking Blog Comments: Much More Than Just A Quick Way to Get Web Traffic

]]> By: Vlad http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16334 Vlad Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:46 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16334 @Andy, I was the one to suggest Case to look into Disqus. I know it feels like you are making people to comment elsewhere. I was apprehensive at first at the idea of "hosting" my comments on another website. But at the end of the day all links from Disqus are pointing back at me. They do a decent job fighting spam on my blog. I am sure it would be different on blogs like yours or Case's. I have not used SezWho, but I think Disqus is similar. Just my 2 cents. @Andy,

I was the one to suggest Case to look into Disqus. I know it feels like you are making people to comment elsewhere. I was apprehensive at first at the idea of “hosting” my comments on another website. But at the end of the day all links from Disqus are pointing back at me.

They do a decent job fighting spam on my blog. I am sure it would be different on blogs like yours or Case’s.

I have not used SezWho, but I think Disqus is similar.

Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16330 Case Stevens Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16330 @College Tips >>However, I think that this type of commenting is OK Easy to say for someone with a blog containing only two comments without a link back and a few track backs from your own posts with NOfollow installed. If you would use the DOfollow feature, the link back should go to an informative site. I don't want to send my readers to porn, gambling, Adsense scraped sites, sales pages, etc. Do you? But as you can see, I left your link in. @College Tips
>>However, I think that this type of commenting is OK
Easy to say for someone with a blog containing only two comments without a link back and a few track backs from your own posts with NOfollow installed.

If you would use the DOfollow feature, the link back should go to an informative site. I don’t want to send my readers to porn, gambling, Adsense scraped sites, sales pages, etc. Do you?
But as you can see, I left your link in.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16325 Case Stevens Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:56 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16325 @Gain muscle >>even unchecking ones filtered in askimet Really? I just visited your blog at musclesweb.net/blog/. The latest post was dated April 29th, 2008. I skipped through the three pages you have up there and only found 1 post with 2 comments, both without a link. >>more comments makes your site look busier and that is the bottom line NO, it's not! It's the interaction you can achieve with your readers that's the bottom line. Blogging is about building a community with true relationships, not about volume. @Gain muscle
>>even unchecking ones filtered in askimet

Really?
I just visited your blog at musclesweb.net/blog/. The latest post was dated April 29th, 2008.
I skipped through the three pages you have up there and only found 1 post with 2 comments, both without a link.

>>more comments makes your site look busier and that is the bottom line
NO, it’s not!
It’s the interaction you can achieve with your readers that’s the bottom line. Blogging is about building a community with true relationships, not about volume.

]]> By: Case Stevens http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/comment-spam-or-not/#comment-16323 Case Stevens Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:28 +0000 http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/?p=488#comment-16323 @Fotobuch Another great example. You're a beginner and it shows, because you only have three posts, dated February, at fotobuch.im. That makes me wonder why, because it's May already. It's a warning sign, as Andy calls it. Next, I can't learn who you are, because there's nothing about you on the site. Another warning sign. Still, you very well may be a beginner who doesn't know these things. And your blog, as well as the theme, looks great and promising. But... you DO know what to put in your anchor text and your RSS feed links directly to a real estate site selling houses and condominiums in Germany. That's why I took your URL out of your comments. Prove me that you're real and I'll put it back. @Fotobuch
Another great example. You’re a beginner and it shows, because you only have three posts, dated February, at fotobuch.im. That makes me wonder why, because it’s May already. It’s a warning sign, as Andy calls it.
Next, I can’t learn who you are, because there’s nothing about you on the site. Another warning sign.
Still, you very well may be a beginner who doesn’t know these things. And your blog, as well as the theme, looks great and promising.

But…
you DO know what to put in your anchor text and your RSS feed links directly to a real estate site selling houses and condominiums in Germany.
That’s why I took your URL out of your comments. Prove me that you’re real and I’ll put it back.

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