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6:13 am
September 17, 2013
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John @ DebtAdviceResource
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Hey guys!
I'm in a quandary, should I remove comments on my blog if they are absolute nonsense? I don't want to encourage spammy comments, but similarly, i'm open about people's commentary rights (say what you like, type of an approach).
Thanks
J
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9:40 am
September 17, 2013
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ConsumerFu
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I've taken different approaches at different times. I think I've decided that if it is real spam and just a drive-by comment then I will delete it. If it is a relevant comment, but completely self promotional then I disable the link and leave the comment. It really depends on the person leaving the comment. I think it makes your blog look like it isn't tended if spammy comments are left published. That is just my opinion, though!
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9:40 am
September 17, 2013
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jonrhodesuk
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Hi John. I personally don't allow any comments on my blog if they are not furthering the discussion. I get tonnes of spam saying things such as "Good post!". If I let them on, then any intelligent discussion would be severely diluted by them.
Most of these comments are from automated software, which is why they don't refer to anything actually written in the post.
As for commentary rights, I'm all for them. Someone can disagree with what I say, and that's great for debate. However I don't allow commentary rights for spam, insults,or nonsensical comments!
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9:44 am
September 17, 2013
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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Always remove spam comments. They hurt your Google ranking. They are just trying to leech off of your PageRank for SEO.
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10:28 am
September 17, 2013
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MoneyBeagle
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Eric – NarrowBridge.net said:
Always remove spam comments. They hurt your Google ranking. They are just trying to leech off of your PageRank for SEO.
I'm always confused by this. The two blogging platforms I've used (Blogger and Wordpresss) make comments no-follow by default, so unless a blogger changes this setting for some reason, most comments will never pass page rank. So, what's the benefit in trying to pass spam comments?
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10:45 am
September 17, 2013
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debtroundup
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MoneyBeagle said:
I'm always confused by this. The two blogging platforms I've used (Blogger and Wordpresss) make comments no-follow by default, so unless a blogger changes this setting for some reason, most comments will never pass page rank. So, what's the benefit in trying to pass spam comments?
It is really easy to turn off the no-follow. There are lists out there that give almost every site that has no-follow turned off. Since the software that sends these spam comments is entirely automated, they don't care if they get links on sites that are nofollow. Most of these are the black-hat people that are selling link building services to others.
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11:13 am
September 17, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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My strategy is the same as Consumer Fu.
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9:42 am
September 18, 2013
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Barbara Friedberg
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AGreed. No spam comments. Better to have fewer comments than crap up your site with spam.
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10:24 am
September 18, 2013
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retireby40
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Your house, your rule!
I remove spammy comments and any troll baits.
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12:48 pm
September 18, 2013
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keerthikasingaravel
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I third ConsumerFu's actions.
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10:19 pm
September 18, 2013
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Squirrelers
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I definitely get rid of such comments. I don't get many of those thankfully, so this doesn't happen often - but those that get through the filter get removed. They don't add anything for other visitors or commenters.
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5:19 am
September 19, 2013
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John @ DebtAdviceResource
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Cheers guys for the input! I'm not sure who can really be bothered leaving spammy comments, although I read it could be a "robot" doing it.
ConsumerFu's approach seems sensible. Thanks all for your help.
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8:44 am
September 19, 2013
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If a stranger walked into your home and harassed you or try to sell you junk, would you kick them out? Hell yeah!
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10:12 am
September 24, 2013
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MonicaOnMoney
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I agree with deleting the spammy comments and I love the plugins that do that for me. What's the best plugin that you've found for spam comments?
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5:14 pm
December 18, 2013
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Michael @ The Student Loan Sherpa
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I've had some major issue with spammy comments. I tried various wordpress tools for keeping them out and didn't have much luck. It got to the point where I had to manually approve all comments as they came in. Even then it would be one decent comment per 10 bits of spam… extremely frustrating.
Eventually I had to make a decision that I know isn't too popular with many of my fellow bloggers. I went to disqus. People can now comment in real time and spam has been virtually eliminated.
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10:29 am
December 19, 2013
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Having spammy comments reflects badly on your blog. Remove spam, but keep genuine comments even if they are controversial even if the commentator doesn't agree with you or your post. I know certain bloggers remove comments because I didn't agree with the post- I think that is a bit extreme. Freedom of expression and all.
You can either be a North Korea or the United States! It is your blog after all!
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3:36 pm
December 27, 2013
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Fig (Figuring Money Out)
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Delete! If it's spammy then get rid of it. As a reader I won't comment on posts where I see other comments that make no sense or look spammy – it feels like a waste of time since the blogger doesn't care.
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