What Makes A Comment Spam?
What makes a comment a spam comment?
You could quickly tell if a questionable remark is not trusted by looking at the information your blogging application collects. In WordPress for example, you can examine comments before they are published.
When you click on Comments on the dashboard, and look at Pending comments, you can see links down the left. These include email address, web address, and IP number
Other blogging programs collect the author’s email address and website address too, which allow you to judge for yourself whether to mark it as spam.
It’s most likely spam if:
The content of the comments would apply to anyone – there is nothing specific in the comments about the subject matter of the post. Spam responses often give very general compliments.
The web address that the comment author provides does not look to be in a business in your target market. Visit the exact website that is listed beside the person’s comment. If the link serves up a page full with advertisements, or if the link is damaged, the source is most likely not trustworthy.
If the site you land on offers many attractive free downloads, beware. Check the site with a protection program like McAfee Site Advisor. Security is built into the latest Firefox browser, or Google’s Chrome browser. If you get a alert message from any of these, you’re right to mark the comment as spam. A site that’s flagged “untrustworthy” is so tagged for releasing spyware, adware, and potentially harmful downloads.
Why should you avoid linking to suspicious sites?
You may be tempted to approve nice comments even if they are really just for the comment writer’s benefit. Is there any harm in posting something complementary, even if it’s not absolutely genuine?
Yes, there is real harm in posting comments from untrustworthy sites. The comment will almost certainly link to this site. You harm your site’s ability to rank well when you link to suspicious sites.
Your site’s reputation can be destroyed as a result. Search engines like Google look at your out going links and evaluate your quality by the quality of these linked sites. If you are linking to a website of ill repute, your own page is degraded consequently.
If you link to a spammy site, you hurt your own site’s standing. Search engine programs like Google and Yahoo don’t want to serve up spammy sites. If you link to low quality sites, your placement in search engine results will almost definitely sink into obscurity.
If you’re new to blogging, take care. Learn the difference between a good comment and an untrustworthy one. This knowledge can make or break you in your early efforts to build a good reputation online. Approve comments when you feel assured the author seems genuine in acknowledging your work.
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