Comments on: What do you do with valid comments that have commercial links?

By: Real Comments, Spam URL’s : Performancing

Real Comments, Spam URL’s : Performancing — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:27:56 +0000

[...] J Angelo Racoma recently wrote about this on Performancing (What do you do with valid comments that have commercial links?) and got a few opinions about what to do with the comments, so I’d love to see more [...]

By: Nimmy

Nimmy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:03:57 +0000

It is very important to check it manually so as to see whether cmments are more relaevant or links, but i think it is better to keep thise comments which are adding some valuable points to the post.

Thanks for the post.

By: roro

roro — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:55:22 +0000

By: roro

roro — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:54:35 +0000

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By: Cornelia Cunningham

Cornelia Cunningham — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:20:14 +0000

You know spam comments if the name is replaced with keywords. It is really a risk. Remove the URL option and people may stop commenting. By commenting they share ideas and did you know they actually help your site to be seen in google with the help of their comments? So think think think..

By: Mark Richards

Mark Richards — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:39:57 +0000

By having comments on your site you entice readers to visit more often. I let most of the commercial ones slide.

By: andie

andie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:17:31 +0000

i don’t think it really matters as long as the comment is relevant

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Guaranteed SEO Services — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:02:48 +0000

if the comments are adding some value to your post….and if they are relevant and commented from the site which is having good contents and also related to the post then it should not be deleted…because it is adding some value to your site…..

To avoid spam comments one should go for the Plug ins to get rid of such comments….

By: Snapworx

Snapworx — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:02:03 +0000

I really wouldn’t care if they’re marketing on my blog, as long as they’re contributing to the discussion with really good points. And if the commenter has perfect grammar, he’s more than welcome. Unless it’s like that one story I read where one person started replying to his own comments just to get links, even though he had good comments…

By: SEO Services

SEO Services — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:12:25 +0000

This is my opinion that if the comments are relevant to the topic then it should not be deleted…..because if someone is commenting on it then probably he/she is doing it with some relevancy which he is finding through the topic…..and yes if their are some kinds of comments which are not useful then they automatically gets into the spam filters.

By: Chris from sunny Buffalo NY

Chris from sunny Buffalo NY — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:29:18 +0000

Yes, I read a lot of blogs and hate it when I see the bots come in and post some useless comment. So I’d probably delete it if it was my blog.

I really don’t mind the basic complement comment (ex. “Thanks for the tip.”) but people do obviously abuse it. The question arises – is it of benefit to the blog owner for these “complement” comments to be posted in the first place. Does it enhance the discussion? Not really. But a lot of readers do appreciate what the blog owner has shared and I don’t see anything wrong with acknowledging that.

By: Josh Auriemma

Josh Auriemma — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:52:50 +0000

This brings up an interesting question, actually. Unless you have some kind of Terms of Use agreement on your blog where you purport to take a license in user comments, I wonder if by removing the URL, you’re committing some kind of copyright violation with respect to adaptation.

Note: I don’t really know the answer to this question. Just theorizing.

By: Judith

Judith — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:44:22 +0000

Yea, I get this on my blog, it’s best to delete.

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By: dotlizard

dotlizard — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:02:14 +0000

I believe you can just remove a comment link in WP — it may be native functionality or one of the many plugins I have? But, I am not recommending that as the best way to handle it — when in doubt, delete, period. Just because it sounds literate and on-topic, doesn’t mean it’s not a bot. A bot can sniff for a few keywords and drop a prepared scripted response in the comment box, as a kind of bait — you don’t want to delete it, because you like relevant discussion, so you’re tempted to let it slide. So, if you’re a bot writer, you scope out some popular current topic, prepare some standard comments, and send it out there. Let’s say the topic is something like Google’s new Wave — think about it, how hard is it to compose a comment that would sound like it belonged on any one of thousands of current blog posts? It’s devilishly clever social engineering.

In the beginning, when bots were dumb, they would use a simpler form of social engineering — they would simply say ‘great post’ or some other short, sweet bit of flattery, and it was much harder for the blogger to delete, since it seemed so polite and nice. Nowadays, the bots employ far more sophisticated social engineering, making them hard to delete on a whole different level.

Sorry to ramble on, it’s just that I study social engineering, and this just reeks of it. To test my theory, you could always take an excerpt of the comment, enclose it in quotes, and google for that exact phrase. If it comes up more than once, you’ve for sure got a bot.

So why should you delete rather than just remove a link? Well, because it’s better if you don’t let them win, no matter how appealing they are. Be merciless. Since we can’t chop up comment spammers in little pieces and feed them to homeless puppies, the delete button is our best weapon

By: Jim D.

Jim D. — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:41:07 +0000

I agree. Some comments with these marketing or sales links can get really annoying. There are some that are tolerable while there are some that could be quite useful too. It’s really up to the admin or site moderators if they allow these posts. It’s a tough call but someone’s gotta make it.

By: angga hendra

angga hendra — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:30:05 +0000

I think, if contents is good, I will leaave comment, although no-follow link…
So, this depend about content

By: Maria Santos

Maria Santos — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:15:05 +0000

In my opinion,I think I’ll just leave it be, making sure you have rel=nofollow turned on. Some spammers exert extra effort just to post comment to your page so I’ll just consider it.

By: cisco switch

cisco switch — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:19:36 +0000

If the comment is good, or have a nice thought then i will not delete it but when it’s unreasonable so why waste the page of my comment box I will totally delete them.

By: Benz

Benz — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:05:52 +0000

“…someone from a known antivirus company posts a valid tip, with a link back to his site, what do you do?” — are you kidding me?

If someone posts a valid tip that is useful to my readers, why on earth do I not allow my readers to benefit from such a tip, and why on earth do I not allowed a link back to his site?

By: what I do

what I do — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:31:09 +0000

Depends on how good the content is. Sometimes i delete the link and keep the content.
Sometimes I remove the keywords.

But then, again I sell links myself, so I can spot them easily.

By: MarkM

MarkM — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:14:38 +0000

I take the view that the internet has grown up as a medium that is often transactional – you give me your email address and I will give you a short ebook. If someone takes the time to read a post and leave a thoughtful, substantial comment, then I consider it fair to allow them to leave a link. Keyword stuffing is a different matter and my policy states that I will deleted the post if people do. Links are useful in SEO for more than just ranking on specific terms and the pros know that. They are happy to receive links without the anchor text.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:36:35 +0000

As long as there is a good comment I do not find it bad to advertise with the link left there. But if someone only comes there to leave the link, then the comment must be deleted directly.

By: Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:34:20 +0000

I allow comments if they are genuine comments and not too spammy. Too spammy it a moveable feast — but you know it when you see it.

I’ve noticed some spammers use ambiguous words which COULD be read as a genuine comment in just about any context, but doesn’t really add any value.

By: McStropp

McStropp — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:17:21 +0000

If the comment is a good well thought out comment, I’ll leave the comment, link and all unless the site it links to is offensive. My philosophy is that the commentor is doing me a favor by leaving a good comment, so I’ll return it.

I use a do-follow after x days plugin, so it gives me a chance to evaluate a link before passing on any juice.