Why I Trushed Your Comment?
Because you refused to read the Comment Guidelines! I find it quite incredible how people CHOOSE to waste their time by leaving a comment on blog that is guaranteed to go to SPAM.
And yes, I say CHOOSE because failure to read a very small and self explanatory guidelines right above the comment form will get your comment directly into SPAM folder. I provide multiple ways to give value to commenters by sharing Link Love and providing DoFollow but you have to follow guidelines to enjoy the benefits!
Just have a look at small and I though easy to follow guidelines, that some people seem to miss completely:
If you follow the guidelines I reward comments after just 3 approved comments with DoFollow links using 2 different backlinks:
- Your keywords next to name to your blog url (using KeywordLuv)
- Latest post from your blog posted below comment (using ComentLuv)
And I even allow commenting on my old posts and pages, some of which have Google PR4. All you have to do to get those links is read guidelines, follow guidelines and provide 3 comments that will be approved if they contribute to conversation and topic.
- No need to keyword stuff your name – I already provide a means to add keywords into your name and have no intentions approving someone with name like “best Wii games strategies”. Sorry, you just wasted time commenting.
- Leaving mindless comment about a great blog and how you bookmarked it hoping that this line alone will get you by will not fly it also. While I appreciate that people subscribe – I believe that they do it after reading the content, not instead of it!
- And I’m the judge of the inappropriate or offensive sites. If you followed all the guidelines, added to conversation and your comment never showed up because you liked it to a site most people never admit on visiting – you can try to contact me and argue the point but I leave the last decision for myself.
I do appreciate everyone who adds the value to my blog by commenting, leaving feedback and providing me with multitude of ideas to write about and try to return as much value as I can, as long as simple and very short guidelines followed.
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I subscribe to your feed and this post enticed me to comment. Although I’ve commented on your blog in the past, I didn’t utilize the ‘keyword’ feature. I just signed my name an left the golden keyword opportunity blank.
It’s a shame that people take advantage of your generosity, but unfortunately, that seems to be human nature.
My blog is still young (I’m about to make my 100th post today), I’ve found in that short time that spammers and fake commenters are annoying but a real part of blogging (kind of like getting stuck driving behind someone who goes below the speed limit).
All I can say to you is, keep up the good work. I’ve learned a lot from your blog.
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@ Felicia: You are so right about the spam comments. Unfortunately they seem to be a by-product of the dofollow plugins that are offered to bloggers.
Like Alex who uses one here on his blog, I’ve used one on my own blog last year for several months. But eventually I had to remove it because the spam got out of hand. Despite Akismet.
Since then, all my spam bar 1% gets caught again and since spammers know I don’t use a dofollow comment plugin anymore they don’t bother me either.
Sad it had to come to this, but it just got out of hand. It will be interesting to see how long Alex will persist.
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This is exactly why I don’t use dofollow or commentluv. I find that my blogs get bombarded with spam when I enable any of these options.
Its annoying because I want to give my readers and commentators some link love but I don’t want my articles to get overrun with spam, and until they come out with more sophisticated spam filters, I just wont have these things enabled.
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Adam,
I actually found that enabling these options and adding Lucia Linky Love plugin helps me to avoid issues. I love rewarding commenters and it doesn’t take much more from me to delete 20 spams as it does to delete 2
And at same time I reward people who are willing to contribute to conversation and add VALUE To MY BLOG. My deepest thanks goes to each commenter that provides feedback, their opinion or just simply adds to conversation!
Alex
Like another commenter, this post really got me attention. I have ‘fought’ spammers since I started, especially the ‘love your site’, ‘I linked to you’ kind that actually thing they’re going to get through.
I read your blog alot but don’t comment too much, usually too busy working on my own but don’t want to mis any helpful tidbit you offer. Aside from both being blogs, our sites have nothing in common so I never worry about getting ‘rewarded’ but I definitely had to chime in on this one.
I usually add anywhere between 2-6 posts a day but my blog is very moderated and no comments get through unless they have previously approved comments or I personally approve them. It’s worth the extra time for me to do that. If I get comments from sites that are beneficial and appropriate, not only do I allow the comments, I usually add a link to my blogroll or companion website.
Comments are important to the life of a blog and good and appropriate comments all the more so. I like the way you do things, Alex, your ‘reward system’ and hope you can hold out against the spammers. I know a lot of people read and comment and the extra boost you give them is beneficial to all.
Keep up the good work, I’ll keep reading for sure and enjoying the bits of wisdom and tips you offer.
Thanks Deanna,
Your comment is most definitely appreciated
I actually believe that comments are not just the conversation but actually a content provided by people for free to my blog. Many comments are so well thought through and written – they are worth as much if not more that original content, even if fr promoting the conversation!
If people choose to use options I provide or not I can’t control but the reward system is in place and very simple to use. Link Love is one reward every blogger has in his or her arsenal and there is no reason not to use it to reward people who help engage people into conversation, stimulate ideas and help you in many other ways. Many comments on this blog were directly responcible for a post or posts I have wrote later and I can only thank people for that!
Alex
How many comments like this do you think you have to remove in any one day?
I get quite a few on some of my blogs – It is frustrating especially when you have added the keywordluv plugin as well!
Sorry, don’t count.
I know when I first posted on here I felt kind of stupid because I didn’t know what he was talking about with KeywordLuv.
I guess I was just being stupid. Now I look more carefully to what I need to do to post comment anywhere especially here.
I always moderate comment so I don’t have to worry about spammers and other idiots posting retarded comments
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Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of posts from bloggers complaining about the amount of spam that they’ve been getting, and honestly.. I can’t say much more other than the fact that I understand completely.
It’s like.. it’s the downside to trying to provide value to and stick to the principles of the world wide WEB. You can’t really add the kind of value you want to the web without helping good content be found, but damn if the entire concept isn’t blatantly disregarded by people who are aiming to use it to make money. It just results in a lot of disgruntled bloggers and even less link love being shared.
In short, I like WP-based websites (even began writing for a few) and I like bloggers who try to share the love even more (just started my own blog a few days ago so I’m following my own advice as well.) I hope the spammers don’t totally turn you off from the “dofollow philosophy” and you keep things the way they are here.
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Hey Alex,
I think of myself as a pretty savvy internet marketer and yet I was completely clueless to this keyword luv plugin you’ve got going here.
What a great idea!!
I don’t seem to have much problem with spam comments, and maybe that is because I don’t have the kind of traffic you do! but I’m working on it.
I thought the comment luv was a great idea, now I am going to have to go hunt down this keyword luv plugin. That’s fantastic!!
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Jackie,
I actually can’t complain. My spam is kept to the minimum but I do delete spam section on daily bases…
Well, i think this is a great idea to keep it commentluv & YourName@YourKeywords..and it should be respected! usually these are bloggers who participate esp the topics covered by you. And this is too good to benefit ‘em with backlink in that way.
As for spammer somewhere i read a comment from a blog owner that he replaced the link of the spammer to poster’s “Whois” info with his tele/contact info!!
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Alex:
I think, for some of us at least, part of the problem may have to do with a lack of understanding about what some of the words mean.
EXAMPLE: I know what a keyword is; I don’t know what “YourName@YourKeywords” really means. It’s . . . strange. I recognize it’s not my email address. (Or, at least, it’s not supposed to be my email address.) But what is it, really?
* Will I “get in trouble” for using both my first and last name (as I did, here)? After all, I’ve inserted a space in a place where you show none. And I know that spaces often cause computers to generate errors.
* If my “keyword” is actually composed of two words (as mine is, here), will “YourName@YourKeywords” fail? –Same problem.
* I see you urge me to type in “YourName@YourKeywords”–which implies I can use more than one keyword, but that is completely unclear to me: how would I separate two or more useful keywords from one another–so that, for instance, I could use “legacy planning” as one “word” and, say, “estate planning” or “inheritance” (or some such) as another?
I am as frustrated as the next person about spam; but/and I am also afraid of causing offense or, worse (???) spending a lot of time writing a comment and then, due to some kind of inadvertent mistake, finding my work has been wasted.
*******
I mention all this partly because I have experienced similar fear with respect to trackbacks. I want to give other blogs “credit” when I comment, on my blog, about them, and I know how (easily) to give them a link; but I get the sense that a “trackback” is different from/in addition to a “mere” link and . . . it (creating a trackback) “just” seems weird or scary for some reason.
Again, it’s unfamiliarity.
* Unfamiliarity [leads to] fear [leads to] inaction)
* Unfamiliarity + bravado [leads to] action + mistakes (what you call “choos[ing] to waste [my] time.”)
Well, hope this might inspire you somehow!
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John,
Thank you fro a well thought through comment. I understand the underlying reasons but people need to take action at one point or the other. If someone really interested to get a backlink from a page that will be well ranked by Google (as I hope) – they will figure it out.
There are couple types of commenters:
1. People who are simply leaving feedbacvk and don’t care about backlink etc (smallest group) – they simply use their name
2. People same as above but would like to have a backlink without been seen as spammer. This is the group this issue might touch and I only hope that people are willing to experiment or simply look at other comments – examples are already provided by other approved comments – a quick look around provides the answers.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write your extensive feedback and hopefully I addressed your concerns.
Alex
Keywordluv and Commentluv give the reader great incentive to leave a relevant comment to the discussion by being rewarded with a valuable backlink to their site. However it seems like a lot of people try and abuse this feature. I applaud you for standing up to these people.
Thank Tony, please read the comment submission guidelines – I have edited your comment to comply
Do you trust my comment?
I think it’s nice to be able to comment a blog, and get something back out of it by getting a keyword in there with a plugin like KeywordLuv.
I guess each to their own, but I have it on my blog
Oliver,
I provide link love via CommentLuv plugin and if you do it properly – you can benefit from it quite nicely.
i like your way treated your visitor… i am following you bro
u comment i follow
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That was a great blog. Most blogs are not even worth reading.
Are you planning to blog more on this topic. I would like to learn more.
This is good information, thank you very much
I think most people try and take advantage of do follow blogs without a comment policy. Its a shame because people who have legitimate comments and discussion can get flagged as spam when they are not.