Little do they know that marketers frequently employ bots, or low - paid net jockeys on the Subcontinent, to flood legal (and non-legal blogs) with
spam comments in a highly offensive, and usually fruitless, attempt to build their clients» web presence.
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.
The most recent genuine
spam comment in the WCI spam filter is dated 17th February.
Not exact matches
Fossett also sought to track down the source of the names used
in the
spammed comments.
If you merely post a link to your site instead of a
comment, you may be flagged as
spam, which could result
in your being banned permanently from posting on that site.
For fear of an onslaught of
spam I will open
comments on this post
in hopes of getting some feedback on how I would go about using the stropping feature.
Update: and the two most recent
spam comments, that came
in after the cliff, are not like the others.
Typepad puts almost all my
comments in spam.
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.
In the early days of blogging I followed several that did not, and eventually there was more
spam and angry / crazy people than there was legitimate
comments.
I tried to post two
comments earlier but I guess putting
in a link was seen as
spam.
Most
comments in moderation are
spam, including sales, obscenity, etc..
In that time, I made 206 posts, received about 900 real
comments, and nearly 70,000
spam comments.
Also, Antonio, yes, WordPress thought your earlier
comments were
spam because of the multiple links you put
in the post.
Hi Brittany, I apologize for my late reply; I found your
comment in my
spam folder just now.
In the comments section I generally leave everything in... unless it is a personal attack, spam, generally mean - spirited, or off - topi
In the
comments section I generally leave everything
in... unless it is a personal attack, spam, generally mean - spirited, or off - topi
in... unless it is a personal attack,
spam, generally mean - spirited, or off - topic.
We do have some problems with
comments getting stuck
in our
spam filter (and with thousands of
spam comments each week, some
comments are unfortunately simply lost).
Occasionally, I may need to restrict
commenting to registered users
in order to halt large volumes of
spam.
Hi Cecilisla, I just found this
comment in the
spam folder so my apologies for just responding.
Just recently though, the
spam filter decided to put every
comment in the
spam box, so I have to keep going
in and fishing them out, which is a surprisingly time consuming task.
I get dozens of
comments daily trying to sell me authentic Air Jordans and search engine optimization services, so the filter sticks them
in the
spam box, which is usually very convenient.
Hey Kammie, Thanks for stopping by... some how your
comment got stuck
in my
spam folder, but I found you now!
Your readers will also think you don't care if you allow
spam to remain
in your
comments — so be vigilent!
Keep
in mind all
comments will be moderated for content safety and to avoid
spam.
Another thing — we don't accept
spam, rude
comments or nasty language, so common
in many other forums.
Please leave one
comment on this BLOG when you completed the steps with your email address
in this format — «name at host dot com» to avoid
spam, but make our ability to contact / find you easier!
btw sorry I do nt know why all my
comments are being caught
in the
spam filter!.
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.
Howdy, Epolitics.com suffered a
comment -
spam attack today — so many bogus
comments were coming
in that the server threw a fit and I had to temporarily turn off the ability to
comment on posts.
Yeah, I was having the same problem so I downloaded a neat little captcha plug -
in which has solved all my
comment spam problems.
Please do not put your personal blog or business website URL
in the
comment text unless it directly contributes to the
comment and / or the conversation taking place, as it will cause your
comment to be marked as
spam and most likely deleted, or edited to conform to these guidelines.
Comments that don't contribute to the conversation, are obviously
spam, promotional
in nature, or intended for back - link purposes will be deleted and the author banned from future
commenting ability.
If you start a blog, or already have a blog about your weight loss, leave a link
in a
comment (please, no
spam about new miracle diet supplements).
Hi Terr, for some reason your
comment got stuck
in my
spam filter and I only just found it.
Comments deemed to be
spam or solely promotional
in nature will be deleted.
Your
comment ended up
in my
spam.
Please do not put your URL
in the
comment text and please use your PERSONAL name or initials and not your business name, as the latter comes off like
spam.
Some of the
comments end up
in SPAM Mel http://livingoncloude9.com/
:) I don't have word verification, but it enables automatically when somebody adds links
in comments as it will be recognized as
spam; P
A lot of my
comments seam to dissapeare
in spam these days.
(P.S. I apologize for not responding sooner, but your
comment was also stuck
in my
spam queue.
Your
comment got lost
in my
spam box.
Julie, sorry for the delay
in responding — your
comment went to my
spam folder.
Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, your
comment was
in my
spam folder for some reason.
I had noticed that a few of your
comments had ended up
in the
spam folder but I took them out so I did see them and respond to them.
Sorry your
comment go caught
in the old
spam filter, but thanks for stopping by!
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