Comments on: Is It Time To Bo Do Follow… Again?

By: James@Large Garden Sheds

James@Large Garden Sheds — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:53:50 +0000

I definitely think that DoFollow comments are great for all and I think that KeywordLuv certainly helps keep the spam levels down. 350 spam comments a day is crazy though! I don’t know how you could put up with it!

By: wedding planning books

wedding planning books — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:17:04 +0000

love your blog because you give me dofollow link.. thank for your kindness. I read your article and I get new perspective about blogging. Waiting your new posting.

No link for this comment from a link spammer!

By: managed firewall69

managed firewall69 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:28:10 +0000

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By: Bill@MBA Program

Bill@MBA Program — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:20:47 +0000

This is an excellent article…and I really appreciate the brainstorming you have been doing to help all of us in this industry. It is very unfortunate that there are so many bot and spammers out there, and as a blogger and webmaster I can tell you it drives me crazy!

However, having DOFollow enabled is something that can be very useful.

Your article I think provides a perfect happy medium: Take advantage of the DOFollow, but make sure you are giving the blog an intelligent discussion point (articulated within 100 words). I am definitely going to look into getting this on my blog networks.

Thanks for the idea!

By: Jeff @ Colon Cleansing Food

Jeff @ Colon Cleansing Food — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:49:04 +0000

I don’t understand. Whay can’t people just install a spam protective program like Abakus instead of being a nofollow blog? Can your blog not be safe from spam with such a protective program?
.-= Jeff @ Colon Cleansing Food´s last blog ..Colon Cleansing Food =-.

By: Bill@outdoor living furniture

Bill@outdoor living furniture — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:05:44 +0000

Thanks. It is truly how I feel. The do follow status promotes what web2.0 is all about… interaction. I just hope the driveby commenters actually read it, but, education takes time, right?

Bill

By: bill@outdoor living furniture

bill@outdoor living furniture — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:01:15 +0000

@Admin.. you brought up a couple of interesting and important topics in your reply to the previous comment. Branding is by far the most important aspect especially for the long term effects.

“Working Smart” however, is something that I believe goes to the heart of exactly what this original post was all about (this post and the one from last January). IMHO there are too many people out there that really don’t understand that concept. They confuse it with “working hard and fast”, hence the drive by comments, spam bots, etc. The list goes on of course.

Ironically, the whole situation was created by Google in the first place when they created the nofollow concept.

Putting the sheer numbers of comment spam aside, don’t you think it is our duty as bloggers and or internet marketers, to educate those type of people in the exact way that you do it here? Let your spam software take care of the majority of spam comments. But then show some of the posts using the editorial privilege of removing the link(s).

To me this is more productive to the community in the long run.

Thanks,
Bill

Admin: Well said Bill!

By: Jerry @ vintage wedding dress

Jerry @ vintage wedding dress — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:17:02 +0000

Its nice to see that we can control our spam comments buy this. There will be a huge change after removing all the spam comments. Even i will look forward to use this application for my blog.
Its so nice to get rid of those 444 spam comments.
.-= Jerry @ vintage wedding dress ´s last blog ..â��Something Oldâ�� or â��Something Newâ�� â�� A Vintage Wedding Dress Buyerâ��s Guide =-.

By: Mike@ Office supplies

Mike@ Office supplies — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:25:38 +0000

Akismet ha proved to be very useful plugine when it comes to spams, for having installed “scratch my back marketing” Tan Tan Noodles pulgine one need to have that kind of traffic as well. suppose theirs only 100 visitor to one’s blog i think that such number can be managed easily but yes if you very popular in blogospeher and you receive huge traffic, in that case your recommendation is the most suitable.I think people who leave short comments are not interested in promoting themselves, nowadays bloggers are becoming more and more smart and yes the quality of comment speaks a lot about your blog so Spam Filters have a way to go.

Admin: Mike thanks for the comment. The whole idea behind Scratch My Back is that a quality comment might bring more than just a link. Comments speak very loudly about you and your business. I am a real big fan of working smart so I work on branding and networking while link building.

By: Kelli @Control Engineering

Kelli @Control Engineering — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:28:02 +0000

There needs to be a happy medium between generating sincere, thoughtful comments and giving commenters a little benefit in the form of a link. It sounds as though you struggle with it just like many others (and I) do too.

My personal blog is awash in comment spam and I’ve been considering my choices. I use Akismet for WordPress and it seems to work well, but I like your concept of requiring a comment of a particular length, which should weed out those “nice post” type comments.

From a business perspective, our company has been considering entering the social media sphere, however after some thought my predisposition to providing benefit to a commenter seems to be in direct conflict with truly getting to know clients, prospects and competitors since encouraging comments by those that do not fall into that group just gives me to sort through…
.-= Kelli @Control Engineering´s last blog ..Main Page =-.

By: Kristi @ DoFollow

Kristi @ DoFollow — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:52:24 +0000

Installing the Akismet plugin was the best thing I have done in a while on my site. I’d much rather go through the spam comments and root out a few good ones than have to moderate tons of spam comments & trackbacks. I think the trackbacks were the worst – I would usually have 50+ every morning, and then get a few every hour. Not having to deal with that and only seeing the “Please Moderate” emails when there is a real new commenter on my site was definitely motivational.

~ Kristi
.-= Kristi @ DoFollow´s last blog ..Google Trends, Apple News & My New iPod =-.

By: Josh Braaten@Internet Marketing St. Paul, MN

Josh Braaten@Internet Marketing St. Paul, MN — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:39:34 +0000

I admire how much thought you put into the commenting infrastructure on your site. As you said, you require thoughtful comments of your readers. In return, you provide an uncluttered comments section in which to interact with you and other SEO/marketers, as well as some link love back to your readers’ sites.

Your readers should also know that Scratch My Back Marketing provides a decent amount of referral traffic thanks to Comment Luv. Just make sure your blogs posts have engaging page titles to catch fellow commenters’ eyes.

What a great post AND marketing philosophy.

By: gagan @ Landing Page Optimization

gagan @ Landing Page Optimization — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:06:47 +0000

Do-follow blogs attract spammers and 444 is very big number to deal with , and I am glad that you found a way to deal with spammers and also reward your visitors with a link ,

Best of Luck

Regards

Gagan
.-= gagan @ Landing Page Optimization´s last blog ..30+ principles to a better landing page design =-.

Admin: This is one of the better posts that I have read this year… Thanks!

By: oky de la rocha

oky de la rocha — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:06:05 +0000

My blog has a dofollow tag, but sometimes it’s really annoying cause there are many spammers that just leave some link in useless comment

Admin: Wow, you mean just like that drive by comment that you left here earlier?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:05:29 +0000

Interesting post. From what I read on their site, it actually analyzes the delivery method, ( I assume that translates to "software scripts"). You mentioned the drop in the number of comments marked as spam, but what type of interface do you have to review the? I'll read more in depth on the site and see if I can find it. Keep us posted on how well it continues to work. Bill’s last blog post..Article Plagiarism Admin: I viewed this in Akismet. I was going to show the graph but it is created in Flash.

By: Tycoon Blogger @Make Money Blogging

Tycoon Blogger @Make Money Blogging — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:29 +0000

I am using the plugin WP-Spam Free to filter spma comments and I am very happy with it. I am do follow, and do not have a spam problem at all. There may be some good comments that I missed, but I have never even checked to be honest.