Comments on: Spammer Thanks me for DoFollow Support http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/ the serial fix Tue, 6 Jan 2009 03:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dan http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/#comment-2376 Dan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:49:14 +0000 http://serial-box.net/?p=163#comment-2376 you hit the nail on the head. it is difficult to moderate the comments and separate real from spam but in my opinion thats just part of the blogging business. Some of the spam comments are getting more clever with time. The way I work it is if the comment itself has nothing to do with the post then I remove it/spam it. I may be a little harsh with how I treat comments but I want my readers to have an uninterrupted viewing experience and not have to wade through hundreds of useless junk. With Akismet installed, I don't see 95% of the spam that comes through and Wordpress is doing a great job of giving me the opportunity to moderate before its published. you hit the nail on the head. it is difficult to moderate the comments and separate real from spam but in my opinion thats just part of the blogging business.

Some of the spam comments are getting more clever with time. The way I work it is if the comment itself has nothing to do with the post then I remove it/spam it. I may be a little harsh with how I treat comments but I want my readers to have an uninterrupted viewing experience and not have to wade through hundreds of useless junk.

With Akismet installed, I don’t see 95% of the spam that comes through and Wordpress is doing a great job of giving me the opportunity to moderate before its published.

]]> By: untreatable http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/#comment-2373 untreatable Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:19:15 +0000 http://serial-box.net/?p=163#comment-2373 People are always looking for a way to push their own blog and hopefully increase the traffic stats and on the surface dofollow comments seem like an easy way to obtain this goal. Problem for the blog author is the hassle of having to moderate their comments to make sure that only the "real" comments make it through. untreatables last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/WvZG/~3/432058554/william-balfour-jennifer-hudson-suspect.html" rel="nofollow">William Balfour Jennifer Hudson Suspect</a> People are always looking for a way to push their own blog and hopefully increase the traffic stats and on the surface dofollow comments seem like an easy way to obtain this goal. Problem for the blog author is the hassle of having to moderate their comments to make sure that only the “real” comments make it through.

untreatables last blog post..William Balfour Jennifer Hudson Suspect

]]> By: Dan http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/#comment-230 Dan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:54:37 +0000 http://serial-box.net/?p=163#comment-230 ya know.. since my blog isn't that busy yet .. giving people dofollow hasn't really become a problem. most spam are being caught by the filtering I have set up but I imagine as my traffic increases which it is it will become a problem. I'll probably increase the number of comments you need to make in order to have dofollow.. right now its set at one until I get abused :P Sometimes I let some questionable ones slide like the first comment in this post. he had some style to it.. added a personal touch and did include my blog in his search engine .. :) ya know.. since my blog isn’t that busy yet .. giving people dofollow hasn’t really become a problem. most spam are being caught by the filtering I have set up but I imagine as my traffic increases which it is it will become a problem.

I’ll probably increase the number of comments you need to make in order to have dofollow.. right now its set at one until I get abused :P

Sometimes I let some questionable ones slide like the first comment in this post. he had some style to it.. added a personal touch and did include my blog in his search engine .. :)

]]> By: SEO Zombie http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/#comment-229 SEO Zombie Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:45:31 +0000 http://serial-box.net/?p=163#comment-229 lol, that is great. Very up front and honest of him =P I was dofollow for a bit, but got frustrate with some of the comments I was getting. My comment volume went up, but the quality went done. It was a bunch of comments like "Great site. Will bookmark, thanks" I honestly had no problem handing out dofollowed anchored links. I didn't restrict the anchor people used or anything. I just wanted people to leave a legit comment, or at least give me enough content make up for it. I personally try to leave a significant comment, that actually adds to the convo and provides the blogger with a nice chunk of quality content. The least I can do for the link =P SEO Zombies last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/seozombie/~3/350966926/" rel="nofollow">What Would You Like?</a> lol, that is great. Very up front and honest of him =P
I was dofollow for a bit, but got frustrate with some of the comments I was getting. My comment volume went up, but the quality went done. It was a bunch of comments like

“Great site. Will bookmark, thanks”

I honestly had no problem handing out dofollowed anchored links. I didn’t restrict the anchor people used or anything. I just wanted people to leave a legit comment, or at least give me enough content make up for it. I personally try to leave a significant comment, that actually adds to the convo and provides the blogger with a nice chunk of quality content. The least I can do for the link =P

SEO Zombies last blog post..What Would You Like?

]]> By: Link Building Bible http://serial-box.net/2008/07/17/spammer-thanks-me-for-dofollow-support/#comment-113 Link Building Bible Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:27:23 +0000 http://serial-box.net/?p=163#comment-113 Hey hey.... that's great that you support dofollow and that spammer is hilarious! I have added you to my Dofollow Diver, dofollow blogs search engine. Hey hey…. that’s great that you support dofollow and that spammer is hilarious! I have added you to my Dofollow Diver, dofollow blogs search engine.

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