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wow! This article is great! just like this website www.crappycompany.com! It is an easy way to meet new people and-

No, seriously, I'm joking. But this is exactly the kind of comment that blogs will give you.

And it's not just blogs, either. I've seen comment spam on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and even sites like PCWorld.
(sites LIKE PCWorld. I've never actually seen it on PCWorld.)


So just remember, guys. These techniques apply everywhere on the interwebs, not just blogs.

@robotortoise

The Joke Is On You, Because That Site You Posted Actually Exists.

Hilarious.

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This post has been edited by A41202813: 08 February 2012 - 07:56 AM

robotortoise, on 08 February 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

The reason you don't see comment spam very often on these forums is due entirely to the diligence of the Forum Mods. Spam shows up- sometimes hawking sneakers, free software, etc- from newbie posters who will post the same thing in dozens of threads fairly regularly. It soon disappears as the mods work their magic. Kudos to coastie65 and the other mods for taking care of business and doing so efficiently so that most of us don't even notice the garbage that gets posted.

robotortoise, on 08 February 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

Actually there was some comment spam on a article yesterday that didn't have anything to do with the topic, Its not usually up for long because some readers will submit that "Report Abuse" notification.

If you only have some readers from say America, you could go further and just block the rest of the world from comments, at the very least i typically block all ip traffic from China, all of India and some of the former USSR countries since most of the porn, viruses and spam comes from those countries.

I want to know who out there is getting so many comments that they can't review them on a daily basis. The vast majority of blogs hardly have ANY comments.

So, the surest line of defense is to READ PEOPLE'S COMMENTS. If it's your blog, you have that responsibility anyway, and interacting with your readers is a great way to build loyalty and readership.

My site gets around 30 or 40 comments every day and, even though blogging isn't my job, I read every single one and respond as appropriate. Anything else would be disrespectful and lazy.

Thankyou Angela for the brilliant tips, they will be put to good use. I have only recently started a blog and the amount of spam is just ridiculous.

What I'm wondering about is... just who IS it that makes comment spam a worthwhile investment of time? I mean, they wouldn't do it if nobody followed their links.
I know >I< would never do business with someone who felt it necessary to post comment spam. If they have so few scruples to do this, it doesn't speak very well for their company or product.