Comments on: Valuable Commenters vs. Comment Spammers

By: Brian@Charleston Marketing

Brian@Charleston Marketing — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:26:09 +0000

You make a lot of great points looking at both sides of the issue. The thing I think is frustrating is receiving comments that are simply two or three words long, don’t add value, and are simply for link building. Many of these slip right past the spam catchers.

I hold off the nofollow tags on my blog as well because I feel it is the courteous way of blogging. More than anything I just like to see comments that let me know they actually took the time to read through the post.
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By: Tihomir Ipotpaliev - web designer

Tihomir Ipotpaliev - web designer — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:38:25 +0000

Justin, spam will never stop, even with such tricks. The only way Google and other search engines to stop links from comments reported
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By: Justin Germino

Justin Germino — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:48:12 +0000

The commenter vs spammer is one reason why I installed a new plugin which only gives a DoFollow if they leave X number of comments first. I do think people should invest in a gravatar and not abuse Keywords. We all can tell the people who leave comments just because they want to (I have many that don’t leave a URL at all) vs the ones who leave a comment specifically for the backlink.
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By: Techie

Techie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:07:22 +0000

I used to have a message right next to the comment box which told users to use their real names when commenting. It made moderation a lot easier because you could easily tell which comment were posted automatically and which were from people who actually took the time to read.
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By: John@Ubscure Article Directory

John@Ubscure Article Directory — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:34:21 +0000

Hey Kristi,

I’m a relatively new visitor to your site and I’ve enjoyed your posts so far. I agree that it can be quite frustrating trying to moderate comments on your site. As you can probably tell by my signature I am an owner of an article directory. Unfortunately for my users, I had to make all of the links from their articles nofollow because people were bombarding my site with spam links. Just wanted to say props to you for actually keeping up with the comments on your site and allowing useful commenters to receive a little link love. (= Keep up the good work!

-John
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By: Danny | Geld mit Homepage

Danny | Geld mit Homepage — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:47:53 +0000

Well, I believe it’s not easy to be you who owns a famous blog. One of mine is still new but Akismet is already captured hundreds if not thousand spam comments. So I guess you have to work hard on it.
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By: Michael Pedzotti@online business strategies

Michael Pedzotti@online business strategies — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:53:55 +0000

One trick I am seeing more of is spammers will copy a sentence or two from the post or another comment and use that as their comment. For some of my older posts I cannot remember word for word what is written there and the comment at first looks legitimate, and intelligent , but I also look out for the blank gravatar or spammy looking URL/email. I wonder if a future upgrade of Akismet will include looking for text matches between submitted comments and existing post/comment contents.
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By: Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate

Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:33:32 +0000

Very good explanation of what you expect out of your commenters Kristi. I have about 20 blogs I’m subscribed to and choose them for the quality of content and for dofollow linking. I’ve been subscribed to your blog for at least a year, but am guilty of reading it from my inbox. I’m trying to make an effort to get out and comment more. I certainly will not spam you, as I know what if feels like. Most of the comments on my blog are spam as blogging about some home for sale somewhere isn’t exactly good reading. Except of course if you need to go to sleep!

Anyway, I enjoy your blog as I learn a lot, whether from my inbox or from actually commenting!
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By: Murlu

Murlu — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:03:53 +0000

It is quite a pain in the rear while you’re digging through Askimet to find legitimate comments. As you said, sometimes it’s really hard to differentiate between a spammer and a link builder that made an actual comment.

Gravatar is the first thing I look for because it’s so easy to set up. Secondly, I look at the URL (sometimes visiting) to see how the site is. Finally, if the comment is directed at the post – it’s usually game.

I always get a kick out of some of the spam comments though, you can get some really extravagant spambots talking about all kinds of things.

For any real commentor, just do your best to write a thoughtful or informative comment. You’ll be able to show your true self

By: Alex@Zahnbleaching

Alex@Zahnbleaching — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:02:21 +0000

The thing is I just love commenting. I take an hour every day to read some articles and post good comments. This is one of the parts I really enjoy as a blogger. I get most of the time to read great content. I probably get a link back. And through writing a good comment integrate the ideas of the article.

At the moment I am considering getting the whole package: DoFollow plugin, keyword and comment luv. They are fun and will bring me tons of traffic.
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