You’re in an Ad-free zone at last. And a red list, blue list free zone, too for that matter.
Isn’t it refreshing. OK, so I’ve done the Google Trends thing where I’ve jumped on some search phrase that’s hot but with little competition. And here you are.
I know you’re going to go again pretty soon, just wanted to say ‘hello’ and hope you have a nice onward surf. If you feel cheated then I’m sorry – I just wanted to see what kind of position we could get for that phrase – but at least we didn’t rip you off with some shitty ads all over the place, and at least I’m a real person.
I tell you what – if you read this far, why not say hello and let’s get something real out of this whole, sorry Trend thing. Call our voicemail number +44 1752 548771 and we’ll put you on our next podcast. Or comment here.
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Blog comment spam: is it? isn’t it?
How to decide if comments to your blog are spam or not
First of all, expect all comments to be spam. The web exists for trash marketers, not for you and your precious content. Make sure that you have ‘moderate comments’ switched on (so that nothing goes up without your approval) and use some kind of ‘captcha’ system that sorts the humans from the robots by asking a question that only a human could answer.
Even with a ‘captcha’ system, expect plenty of human comment spammers.
These will be people who write (or paste) some quick, usually vague-sounding comment for the sole purpose of leaving a link to their trash. If the comment looks vague, it’s usually because it’s spam.
There are several things to consider when reviewing a ‘comment’. Does it actually reference anything specific in your post? Does it point to a site selling something? Does it even make sense?
I’ve got a pretty good feel for what’s spam and what isn’t but just to be sure, here are two things to help you decide.
1) Copy the comment (or the first sentence):
“Oooo! This is a point mentioned. I like when everything in place while it is understandable to mere mortals.” (Yeah, right…!)
Paste it into Google in speech marks and search. If you see it appear elsewhere, it’s 100% spam. Delete.
Of course, the fact that you can see this spam comment on those blogs at all is because they either haven’t used ‘comment moderation’ in their blog control panel or they have but they just don’t know comment spam when they see it. Doh!
2) If in doubt, remember this is your blog and always ask yourself this question: “does this comment add value to my site and a readers’ experience of it?”. If the answer is “no”, just delete.