Okay I am pissed and will be stepping up on a soap box for a bit in this article.
Usually I don't tend to preach but what I have seen over the last few days has me pissed and it is not the spam bloggers that have done it.
Well they have and always do piss me off but there is another party that looks innocent but makes a major contribution to it.
It may be YOU.
Before I really start raving let me step back and take a quick breath.
Now there are a variety of spam plugins for WordPress and generally they do a good job.
Recently though I am seeing a huge increase in what I will call sneaky blog comment spam.
These are the ones that don't look like spam initially.
Here are some samples from this weekend.
After all I know what it is like to blog and not get comments or get only the occasional comment.
If you have been blogging for a bit and not getting comments and this lands on your blog aren't you excited? Sure you are someone is actually reading what I wrote.
WRONG when it is this type of comment.
There is nothing specific in these comments about what you wrote.
They are not made to take part in the conversation.
They are made to generate a backlink.
Quite often someone took the time to actually post this.
It may be a 50 cent an hour outsourcer because the spam plugins have become pretty good at catching the automated systems.
This has led to people outsourcing generic commenting to generate back links.
Every time you don't spam a comment like this that is made to your blog you add to the problem.
That's right! I know you want activity but if everyone spams these comments they don't get links and soon they stop spending money to do this.
Now this goes away but it only happens if enough people are not accepting these comments.
So the question is are you going to be part of the problem or part of the solution?
Usually I don't tend to preach but what I have seen over the last few days has me pissed and it is not the spam bloggers that have done it.
Well they have and always do piss me off but there is another party that looks innocent but makes a major contribution to it.
It may be YOU.
Before I really start raving let me step back and take a quick breath.
Now there are a variety of spam plugins for WordPress and generally they do a good job.
Recently though I am seeing a huge increase in what I will call sneaky blog comment spam.
These are the ones that don't look like spam initially.
Here are some samples from this weekend.
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Thank you for your help! Hello, found this through yahoo.
just wanted to let you know that part.
but um, thanks for the article.
It's good to know.
After all I know what it is like to blog and not get comments or get only the occasional comment.
If you have been blogging for a bit and not getting comments and this lands on your blog aren't you excited? Sure you are someone is actually reading what I wrote.
WRONG when it is this type of comment.
There is nothing specific in these comments about what you wrote.
They are not made to take part in the conversation.
They are made to generate a backlink.
Quite often someone took the time to actually post this.
It may be a 50 cent an hour outsourcer because the spam plugins have become pretty good at catching the automated systems.
This has led to people outsourcing generic commenting to generate back links.
Every time you don't spam a comment like this that is made to your blog you add to the problem.
That's right! I know you want activity but if everyone spams these comments they don't get links and soon they stop spending money to do this.
Now this goes away but it only happens if enough people are not accepting these comments.
So the question is are you going to be part of the problem or part of the solution?
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