COMMENTS
Spammers like to mention that they have bookmarked your post, subscribed to your feed, or they ask what kind of theme you're using. Though it's obvious to me now, when I first started blogging I thought these kind of comments were legit feedback.
And it turned out my website looked just fine in Google Chrome after all.
Great article. And you are right, the spam must work or they wouldn't do it.
I think we need many more articles on "digesting spam."
Many days I get more spam than comments. I wonder how that happens. If they are coming from the web links, are some links more vulnerable than others. (i.e. I noticed a "Happy Birthday ADA" post gets tons of spam.
I also wondered how Google Analytics analyzes spam--do they even recognize it? So when they say I have a high bounce rate is that related to spam?
Also, are the spammers counted in my daily readers count? Geez, that would really cause stomach aches.
Thanks.
I think sometimes spam comments can be difficult to detect, e.g. comments like "Nice post" or "Great Article'.. Imagine the number of times I could copy paste that onto a post I haven't event read yet make you feel like I really liked what you've written!!!I agree with Mary, maybe we need more articles on 'digesting spam' :-)
I think there is a difference between spamming blog commenting and adding value blog commenting.
Let's face it most of us in the SEO game know that we need backlinks especially on authoritative blog relevant to our business vertical for the best results.
I blog comment because I like to add value and I also like to get links too.
Jim Alamia
This is neither spam nor flattery.
While the content seems helpful, your inability to write without error annoyed the hell out of me. Please have your coworkers read your articles before looking like an uneducated person who doesn't care about his audience.
We deserve respect.
I have a tool that finds blog posts related to my subject matter. I have the ability to spam these, but instead I take the time to look at the blog and post a relevant response. That gives me a link, teaches me about another persons view, and adds a link!
With google making it increasingily competitive out there spammers are tryinhg ahrder to find more elusive ways to get backlinks. We all do it because we know it works and unless google cahnges its prference towards high authority websites, people will carry on spamming
You can use Google alerts to find specific keywords strings in articles and PR releases on the web. This is a great tool to find relevant information around your SEO "money keywords".
I think my writing is fine. I'm unique and I've very experienced with Internet and technology.
I don't trash people if they forget a comma in their articles or responses. I'm real and I know how to work with others cooperatively.
Unlike Lee who does not like wire hangers.
I agree with Jim. Lets face it, if you have found yourself on a blogsite like this the chances are you are looking for guidance or information on internet marketing with regards to yourself, your website or your product.
If the content of your blog is well written, informative and interesting, then the 'spammers' great comments are merely a rubber stamp on your reputation. In return for this online PR it is only fair that in return the commenter receives a backlink for acknowledging your worth.
However, if on the other hand, your blog is not well written, not informative and lacking in interest then maybe you deserve to be spammed. If only to provide the reader with something worthwhile making them return to the blogsite again in the future.
I really don't have an issue with spammers because if the content is good enough, the reader will either check out the bloggers links first and not get as far as the comments.... Or if not, the spammer is merely helping out the blogsite by possibly providing the reader with something that the blogger failed to give in the first place.
Bloggers get the spammers they deserve in my opinion.
I really like the spin you put on spammers. Who knew that they actually have something valuable to teach us.
Thanks for the eye-opening post! Miriam
Can I just say that I am digging all the anchor text spam on a blog post about spammers. Surprised people still try that stuff, but hey it obviously works.
We should probably launch a Tumblr of fantastic spam comments. Here are the top five I've pulled off different blogs I contribute to:
1) "I bow down humbly in the presence of such greatness."
2) "Great hammer of Thor, that is powerfully helpful!"
3) "Four score and seven minutes ago, I read a sweet article"
4) "The genius store called, they're running out of you."
5) "Slam dunkin like Shaquille O'Neal, if he wrote informative articles."
:)
When we post the blog article we start getting many spam comments and sometimes it becomes difficult to identify genuine comments, But looking at the spam comments I have learnt that they are trying to create inbound links for their products and services, sort of free marketing strategy
Good post, thanks for sharing!
Just kidding! All in all a decent post, some good marketing takeaways in there. I wrote a post on spammers a few months back with some classic spammer examples. Without going into much detail, I broke spammers into 5 categories:
Type 1: “I am not a Spammer”
Type 2: “I am being helpful”
Type 3: “Overly appreciatory”
Type 4: “I probably didn’t read your post but I’m going to comment anyway”
Type 5: “Blatant Spam”
Think that covers all angles of blog spam that I've encountered
I, like many of the commenters thus far, leave the good-sounding spam on our org blogs and my personal one - since it looks to those scrolling past it as though it's an endorsement of my content. If it's blatant, I'll can it, just out of irritation, but otherwise, anything that makes the discussion look more robust is good :)
I'll be sharing your article with my team....should make for a good discussion. Thanks!
That's definitely a positive way of looking at spammers, Kipp. I guess we can learn from even the unlikeliest source. I also take time to check out a few blogs everyday to see what's new and of course comment and get backlinks. But personally if I can't even read past the first paragraph then I just ignore the post and move on to the next blog. Now I'm wondering what that says about my marketing. haha!
Kipp, thanks for making lemonade out of lemons. That said:
Askimet. Learn it, live it, love it. $5 a month and it takes out the trash for you.
Now if I could get the kids to stop thinking Hannah Montana actually reads the comments they leave on my review of the Disney site ...
Thank you for your great article and I enjoyed reading it keep the good work.
Comment marketing is a great online marketing tool . cheap and effective