Anthony and Mr. G deliberately chose to attempt to improve their search engine ranking
by comment spam, and don't see anything wrong with it, or don't care if it's scummy or not.
Not exact matches
I can't remember when the last
spam comment got missed
by the filter.)
Unfortunately, these large - scale link building tactics, handled mostly
by outsourced teams with minimal oversight, create gaps in link quality that open the door to bad links,
comment spam, or other unnatural activities.
It is probably left
by «
spam bots» which are computer programs that leave
spam comments in the attempt to create links back to other websites.
Hey Kammie, Thanks for stopping
by... some how your
comment got stuck in my
spam folder, but I found you now!
Some
comments have not yet been checked for
spam by XXXXXXX.
Comments are now moderated due to
spam overload and have to be approved (
by me)- so don't worry if your
comment does not appear immediately after you publish it.
That does not include profanity, poor spelling and grammar, personal attacks, off - topic
comments, hostility disguised
by sarcasm, and
spam.
If I'm particularly offended
by and / or receive several
comments in violation of the policy from a single commenter, all future
comments originating from that IP address will automatically be placed in my blog's
spam filter and I won't see them for moderation.
Some specific campaign tactics backfired as well, with «e-watchmen,» whose job was to monitor opposing blogs and post
comments in her support, ending up alienating many bloggers and their readers
by posting unsophisticated messages in large numbers — essentially, committing the sin of
comment spam.
For some reason your
comment went to my
spam and I just discovered it
by accident.
Figure 2 —
Comment spam Without a doubt, there is the collateral damage from the attack fronted
by the hundreds of luring - oriented highly attractive fake profiles.
If a particular
comment has elements of obscenity / vulgarity, hate speech, personal attack, advertising /
spam, or copyright / plagiarism, please let us know
by clicking on «Report Abuse» and specifying the problem.
Sorry your
comment go caught in the old
spam filter, but thanks for stopping
by!
So any
comment by any author can be seen as
spamming and grounds for banishment from the site.
I envision a system where once a book has X reviews or X sales or X
comments it gets manually vetted
by someone to make sure its not
spam or trying to game the system and put it in the main book category.
If you would like to write to me with a question,
comment, tip that helps you on the Kindle, praise, and even complaints, you can do so
by sending an email to michael at fkbooksandtips dot com (I write it that way in a small attempt to avoid the
spam robots).
If you post a
comment and it doesn't appear on the blog and you don't hear from me, then please e-mail me — your
comment might have gotten caught
by the
spam filter.
Combine this with the
spam comments that I see on at least 25 % or more of articles posted here or accounts made specifically to approve articles
by certain websites.
Spam: Whether it's done
by a regular person or a bot, it's not going to fly in our
comments.
Comments that are deemed
spam or hate speech
by the moderators will be deleted.
What I really don't understand is touched on
by a
comment from someone (that I can't find now because of all the
spam) about cap - and - trade being suited to your idea.
Many
comments in the last 1 - 2 days have been trapped
by the
spam filter.
I've generated a standard response to your link
spam,
by the way, that I've started putting up in response to every
comment of yours I stumble across.
Akismet —
Comment spam is an unfortunate price of website success.Used
by millions, Akismet protects your blog
by checking
comments and trackback for
spam and automatically moving them over to a
spam folder.
On his
Spam Notes blog, Venkat Balasubramani attempts to answer an interesting question inspired
by CNN's recent firing of anchor Rich Sanchez for
comments he made about comedian Jon Stewart.
I would rather put up with a bit of annoying
spam, which can be deleted
by a moderator, than limit the ability of legitimate timely
comments that for one reason or another can not be made other than anonymously.
Anthony's and Mr. G's web sites both appear to have been designed
by a moderately talented fifth - grader, so I'm guessing that they didn't personally fire up an auto -
spam program and type in their insipid
spam comments.
I have previously called out
comment -
spamming lawyers
by name and subsequently deleted their names upon sufficient apologies or explanations.
Prompted
by a
comment by Bob Ambrogi, Venkat Balasubramani, who blogs at
Spam Notes and guest - blogs regularly at Eric Goldman's blog, wondered whether the broadening of his legal interests over the past three - and - a-half years of blogging suggest that he should «make a clean break» from his focused personal blog and start a different one; he weighs the pros and cons in a thoughtful post.
When someone leaves a
comment as anonymous it gets swallowed up
by all the
spam I get.