Comments on: Stop the Spammy Comments

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:38:58 +0000

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!

By: Brett Martinson

Brett Martinson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:30:34 +0000

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.

By: Sam Rodgers

Sam Rodgers — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:57:01 +0000

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

Millions, really.

By: darlyn

darlyn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:26:18 +0000

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

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:01:18 +0000

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

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:04:54 +0000

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.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:03:51 +0000

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.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:59:19 +0000

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.