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Stop the Spammy Comments

By Darren On February 6, 2009 Under General

Just a quick update for the moment.  I am letting everybody know that I have decided on a much stricter policy regarding keywords in the name field of comments.

Everybody should be using their own name in the comments or a pseudonym.  Any comments posted with ‘Pet Insurance’ or ‘Web Hosting Deals’ within the name field will not be approved.

Thank you.

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Mikael

February 6, 2009

Has it been a problem Darren? I subscribe to most of your posts and haven’t seen people comment using these keywords?

Mikaels last blog post..VPI Vet Insurance for Pet Assurance

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Darren Singleton Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 2:50 PM

@Mikael, I am receiving valid comments each day that I am having to delete from the system because I dislike the use of keywork-filled usernames.

They aren’t getting onto the website anyway, I just hoped that by posting about it, I could save 5-10 minutes a day deleting those comments.

Darren Singletons last blog post..Personal Issues

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bloggerspeed

February 10, 2009

Hi, Darren! My name is Azis, but normally I use my blogger name; That is Bloggerspeed, since it’s my blog name as well. Is it also something that you don’t like Darren? If you do I’ll change it next times or you can delete my comment. I personally would feel weird to receive a keyword name in my blog’s comment. Thanks Darren for your understanding!

Bestr regards
bloggerspeed(Azis)

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Darren Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 10:59 PM

That would generally be ok. As you can see, I have accepted this comment as the name you have used isn’t used purely to build a backlink for keywords. It is a valid site name.

If somebody owned the domain, cheap-viagra-tablets.com – then that wouldn’t be accepted. In the end, it is solely at my discretion.

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David Jones

February 10, 2009

Good on you Darren. Most people who run a blog will any comments just because they want the comments..

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Darren Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Thanks David. I’m receiving comments quite routinely now and so I’m not necessarily begging for them.
Spam just winds me up and I don’t appreciate people trying to fill my comment sections with it, that is why I have had to go ahead with this.

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aniroy1986

February 11, 2009

stricter policy no doubt! but sometimes get necessary if u r running a dofollow blog for a considerable period, as the case with u :-)

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Darren Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 11:04 PM

I believe that if people are taking the time to comment, they should be doing so to add something to the conversation, not just adding something mildly relevant in an attempt to rise higher in the search rankings.

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tom

February 18, 2009

yes i agree tottaly with darren theres no point in adding somthing midley relevant is there?

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darlyn

March 5, 2009

sometimes reading comments from that name is annoying. it is an obvious spammy comments… maybe all blogs cannot avoid the spamming technology these days

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Sam Rodgers

March 16, 2009

Hi Darren
There are a lot of stupid people in the world.

Millions, really.

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Brett Martinson

March 23, 2009

Interestingly I just returned here to check if a comment I posted on another topic was approved and stumbled upon this.

(Yes; I’m probably one of the >1% that actually come back to check comments rather than carpet-bomb comments all over the place.)

As a suggestion, I’d place a “Comment Policy” or similar link in your blog header. (By “Home”, “About Me”, etc.) I’ve seen others do it and it makes your choice more prevalent… possibly cutting down even further on improper comments.

Only after looking in your archives did I find this post and now understand why my first comment never appeared.

Personally I don’t have a problem with KWs in the name area (I look at comment content and if it’s good and gives a little SEO love back to the poster, so be it) BUT I respect each blog owner, and Darren to set their own rules.

I sincerely hope that helps you save more time from dealing with comments.

All the best,
Brett.

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Darren Reply:
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 PM

Thanks for your comment Brett. I find that people tend to use keywords in the name field as they go around mass-commenting. Many of the comments are usually only slightly related to the content of the blog post. It makes my job easier and encourages better conversations throughout the blog when people are commenting to contribute to the post – not to try and game the search rankings!

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