Comments on: How to Stop Blog Comment Spam http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/how-to-stop-blog-comment-spam/ Author of the best-selling affiliate marketing training book shares free money-making affiliate tips. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/how-to-stop-blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-43682 Richard Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:29:16 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=313#comment-43682 I am new at this and I have put much time and effort into research and learning. I have bought several books and programs including NetProfitsToday (the Super Affiliate Handbook). (I’ve also signed up for your newsletter and am enrolled as an Affiliate). I recently read a strategy put forth by a "guru" (ugh!), one that I had become to consider one of the more reputable, better respected "professionals" in the business (I think you have even referred to him several times). One of his suggestions for getting traffic to your site was to join forums and blogs whose topics were related you your sites subject matter and to post even generic responses to a previous post. He put forth that if you didn't have substantial knowledge to post a meaningful response, you would post something like "You have made a very good point" or "Thanks for the information, I didn't know that was the case" etc. (Obviously if you do have knowledge of the subject matter you would make a more meaningful response.) Of course you would do this with links(s) to your website(s) in your signature. This is considered "spam"? I am new at this and I have put much time and effort into research and learning. I have bought several books and programs including NetProfitsToday (the Super Affiliate Handbook). (I’ve also signed up for your newsletter and am enrolled as an Affiliate). I recently read a strategy put forth by a “guru” (ugh!), one that I had become to consider one of the more reputable, better respected “professionals” in the business (I think you have even referred to him several times). One of his suggestions for getting traffic to your site was to join forums and blogs whose topics were related you your sites subject matter and to post even generic responses to a previous post. He put forth that if you didn’t have substantial knowledge to post a meaningful response, you would post something like “You have made a very good point” or “Thanks for the information, I didn’t know that was the case” etc. (Obviously if you do have knowledge of the subject matter you would make a more meaningful response.) Of course you would do this with links(s) to your website(s) in your signature. This is considered “spam”?

]]> By: Rosalind Gardner http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/how-to-stop-blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-21873 Rosalind Gardner Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:15:04 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=313#comment-21873 <strong>Hi Fabien</strong>, You can turn off the feature that sends you an email every time someone makes a comment and then just check in once or twice a day to moderate them. Just go to Options > Discussion and deselect the check marks under the "E-mail me whenever" heading. Hope that helps! Cheers, Ros Hi Fabien,

You can turn off the feature that sends you an email every time someone makes a comment and then just check in once or twice a day to moderate them.

Just go to Options > Discussion and deselect the check marks under the “E-mail me whenever” heading.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Ros

]]> By: Fabien Mannessier http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/how-to-stop-blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-21550 Fabien Mannessier Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:18:05 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/?p=313#comment-21550 Spam comments always have been a trouble for me. Like you say in your article, automating things is good but what if you write an article that implies that your users are going to make comments that will look like spam. You are going to miss something. In general, I do not like comment treatment to be automated. The counterside then, is to receive 10 or 20 or 50 mails a day from wordpress telling that I have spam, something I can just ignore as I do not have anything to do with it. But I can receive a good comment among this spam that I do not see and that is valid. So both are a solution, not the optimum but a solution. You can automate spamming control or you just let spammers post and do not do anything. Which do you prefer? Spam comments always have been a trouble for me. Like you say in your article, automating things is good but what if you write an article that implies that your users are going to make comments that will look like spam. You are going to miss something.

In general, I do not like comment treatment to be automated. The counterside then, is to receive 10 or 20 or 50 mails a day from wordpress telling that I have spam, something I can just ignore as I do not have anything to do with it. But I can receive a good comment among this spam that I do not see and that is valid.

So both are a solution, not the optimum but a solution. You can automate spamming control or you just let spammers post and do not do anything. Which do you prefer?

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