I have not posted for a while and just catching up on my comments, amazing I have around 30 comments to vet, how many of them are real? a big fat zero
What is interesting is that if I linked up my wordpress to a facebook identity all this commenting would no longer be required; this brings me onto an important topic, spam generation is only really possible from automated systems when used with popular systems.
The cost of running spam systems could be high if customized for every different website commenting system out there; but why bother? there is an amazing 90.5 million wordpress sites.
There seems to by two types of comments out there
- inline garbage where spammers attempt to fill up comments with jibberish / keywords and links.
- some kind of generic compliment like “Thank you I loved your blog”, then when inspecting the url link back you discover the real answer, a spam site again.
I have blogged on this previously, but to protect yourself from automatic garbage simply use a system that has a custom registration process, or a commenting system that is run off JavaScript as automatic posters most of the time do not understand them.
If however you are creating your own SEO links please ensure you try to comment on someones actual content, and if possible be the first to comment as your comment will be read first, and your comment will hopefully be seen and followed.
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