Comments on: Just A Quick Note About Leaving Comments

By: Martin@mobile broadband on Eee PC

Martin@mobile broadband on Eee PC — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:02:49 +0000

Oh, and on that note, I'd just like to see if my last blog post is found if I supply the right URL. Ironic. Sorry. Martins last blog post..Hey I have a blog

By: Martin@mobile broadband on Eee PC

Martin@mobile broadband on Eee PC — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:03 +0000

It’s about caring for actual reader and commenters. If there are obvious spamming going on, comments that isn’t even on topic or in the style of “I agree, thanks for sharing” I think you must disapprove it. Otherwise you will drive away real commenters and the quality of the blog goes down. Think about it, the best blogs are the ones where the visitors participate in the discussion or add more value to already great posts.

Being generous with link juice is great but it’s a bit give and take isn’t it? I help you if you help me kind-of. You also know that comments that aren’t even on topic are from visitors that hasn’t even read the content, they add nothing.

That said, comments don’t have to be long and winding and it is okay to only say you like the post, but in that case it’s better to not leave a spammy link as that proves you only commented for the link.

By: derek

derek — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:09:23 +0000

Dan, I’ve been pretty lenient on the comments but have started to get a little more picky about what is allowed. One such change has been with the removal of the name link if the comment only includes SEO keywords and no name.

With that said, I can certainly appreciate your note about the frustration when you don’t receive many comments and those that you do receive are spam. It can be very deflating but over time that tide will begin to turn and the comments do pick up.

By: dan @life coaching

dan @life coaching — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:57:10 +0000

Interesting question from Andrea – from my own browsing I’ve seen loads of sites that just blindly accept comments from anyone. Frankly it really doesn’t look good to the user and I wonder why they allow them through.

I hadn’t realised that .info domains were becoming so common and cheap. I’ve been getting a few lately that slip through the akismet traps, though I’m still able to moderate all my comments so that’s ok. It is incredibly frustrating, when you have a low comment rate, if you get a new comment through and it’s about something irrelevant.

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By: Natron

Natron — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:26:48 +0000

I like my .info domain, and this isn’t a spam comment

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:35:34 +0000

yeah, i dont get many spam comments, come to think of it…i dont get many comments to begin with! LOL

I often wonder how spammers think they could get away with what they do. do people actually allow spammers to comment?

By: Asia'h Epperson

Asia'h Epperson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:25:36 +0000

I think it is a trend of buying bulk of .info domain and submit comment everywhere. I got quite a number on my WP blogs as well. Asia'h Epperson's last blog post..Writer's Block

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:46:07 +0000

Is this the latest thing in comment spamming? Buy a couple of $0.99 .info domains and submit comments 1 after another. . info domains will only be seen as spammy domains in the not so distant future.

By: Steve@Free iPods

Steve@Free iPods — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:50 +0000

Take it as a compliment Derek, people obviously think your blog is worth getting the link lurve from

By: Cesar@Tech News Blog

Cesar@Tech News Blog — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:35:40 +0000

I am agree that you should delete those comments. Luckily, I have not got many of those kind of comments. Cesar's last blog post..Run other OS withinn your OS with VirtualBox