Silly Spam Comments
Posted by PC in Fun, Internet, tags: Akismet, Comment Spam, Spam, WordPress
If you run a blog you’ve most likely come across spam comments like this: Submit your comments to millions of sites with the ***** submission tool. Generate backlinks, etc etc. Ok, two reasons why this is stupidly funny. First, if you have such a bad blog that you need to spam to get it viewed then you likely wouldn’t read comments on your blog to find this information. Second, the product doesn’t pass through the default Akismet install for WordPress. Why would you buy something that obviously doesn’t work?
While I’m on the subject of spam, I noticed another tactic recently. Generic reviews on services such as MyBlogLog. These reviews say “Great Site” and nothing more. Looking at the user shows they have reviewed dozens of sites in the space of a few minutes. Does this stuff actually work?
UPDATE: Ok, I posted this and viewed the page and the first thing that I saw was a Monty Python advertisement. Hilarious!
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Spam must work to a degree – otherwise people wouldn’t be doing it constantly.
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There was a recent study (by Berkley, I believe) that showed even a extremely tiny conversion rate on spam could yield a million dollar per year income. It’s still an amazingly profitable “industry”.
I’m in the wrong business.
Comment spamming is the quickest way of launching a new website by far
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I am using Peter Anti Spam plugin to avoid spams.
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I have had some really crappy bits of spam on other blogs and they are mainly to do with viagra and gambling sites. It is a real joke lol.
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The best thing I think is to just moderate all comments if your platform allows it. hat way you won’t miss any comments either.
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thats funny !
Lol haha that is funny
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Lol haha
I use Akismet to handles those spamming comments. Was using capcha plugin but those aren’t working very well.
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I cant stand Spam… I know exactly where your coming from man. Thanks for the post!
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