Comments on: Don’t you love comment spammers? http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/ Tips for busy work at home moms Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephanie http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-62 Stephanie Tue, 02 May 2006 15:52:34 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-62 Trust me, I'm not strict, except on flat out spam. The stuff I've been deleting is adult, pharmacy and gambling spam, often with a dozen or more links (I don't count the links, I just delete the comments when it's that bad). Scarcely value added to my blog; in fact I would say such things seriously take away from it. Fortunately, I am getting it under control, as I have set Wordpress up to automatically delete obvious spam comments; those with the standard keywords for the aforementioned topics. They just aren't at all likely to come up in conversation here naturally. I am curious about your comment on search engines preferring posts with lots of comments. Any references on that? In either case, I don't think they'd rank a post with tons of obvious spam that well, and even if they did I wouldn't allow it. Trust me, I’m not strict, except on flat out spam. The stuff I’ve been deleting is adult, pharmacy and gambling spam, often with a dozen or more links (I don’t count the links, I just delete the comments when it’s that bad). Scarcely value added to my blog; in fact I would say such things seriously take away from it.

Fortunately, I am getting it under control, as I have set Wordpress up to automatically delete obvious spam comments; those with the standard keywords for the aforementioned topics. They just aren’t at all likely to come up in conversation here naturally.

I am curious about your comment on search engines preferring posts with lots of comments. Any references on that? In either case, I don’t think they’d rank a post with tons of obvious spam that well, and even if they did I wouldn’t allow it.

]]> By: Mike Law | Work At Home http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-61 Mike Law | Work At Home Tue, 02 May 2006 13:05:18 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-61 Unfortunately there is a lot of software around at the moment which enables you to spam thousands of blogs and/or forums at the press of a button. As you say though it is simple to avoid by moderating all comments. Also with forums make sure people have to register to submit posts. I have more trouble with spam emails these days, I would hate to know how many hours a day I waste deleting spam mail. One other thing that I don't think a lot of people know is that the more comments a post has the higher it will rank in the search engines. Therefore you shouldn't be too strict on which comments you allow. Also another of the main reasons we allow comments is to enable visitors to add content. All the best... Unfortunately there is a lot of software around at the moment which enables you to spam thousands of blogs and/or forums at the press of a button. As you say though it is simple to avoid by moderating all comments. Also with forums make sure people have to register to submit posts.

I have more trouble with spam emails these days, I would hate to know how many hours a day I waste deleting spam mail.

One other thing that I don’t think a lot of people know is that the more comments a post has the higher it will rank in the search engines. Therefore you shouldn’t be too strict on which comments you allow. Also another of the main reasons we allow comments is to enable visitors to add content.

All the best…

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-25 Stephanie Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2006/04/20/dont-you-love-comment-spammers/#comment-25 Must be spam day. My forums had a lot of spam this morning to... not the same sites so far as I could tell. Must be spam day. My forums had a lot of spam this morning to… not the same sites so far as I could tell.

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