{"id":473,"date":"2013-03-06T01:34:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/?p=473"},"modified":"2023-05-08T23:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T23:32:55","slug":"smash-the-comment-spam-on-your-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/smash-the-comment-spam-on-your-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash the Comment Spam On Your Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Media Shower blog is only a couple of months old,\u00a0yet we’re already seeing\u00a0daily attempts by bad grammar-using\u00a0robots\u00a0to weasel their way into our comments section. Thing is, they’re funny as heck. How can you spot spam comments? They’re usually the ones that seem like they’re written by Balki from “Perfect Strangers.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Um, thanks, Tyncindisdima.<\/p>\n

By the way, in case anyone\u00a0was\u00a0planning to register\u00a0the screen name\u00a0vergleich risikolebensversicherungen for our blog’s comment section, it’s taken.<\/p>\n

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Again, these are actual comments<\/strong> left on our blog posts\u00a0about\u00a0issues like\u00a0how to get people to share your stuff<\/a>\u00a0and how to use content for marketing<\/a>. We admit we’ve published some great pieces,\u00a0but somehow these comments don’t ring true. So yes, as you may already know if you run a blog, spammers will eventually show up in\u00a0the comments section looking to run their marketing jive by you in the form of seemingly flattering feedback. Their hopes are to increase their search engine rankings by flooding your blog with references to their\u00a0business. But we’re not having that are we? No, we are not.<\/p>\n

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Sorry, Balki.<\/p><\/div>\n

Recognize the Robot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course the first step in keeping your blog from becoming one giant spam sandwich is recognizing what’s phony. Awkward sentences, frequent misspellings,\u00a0bizarre references, and links to commercial sites are often the hallmarks\u00a0of imposter comments. Sometimes they’re subtle…<\/p>\n

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And sometimes they’re not. Note the user name in this one…<\/p>\n

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Hey, thanks for the feedback, High Quality!<\/p>\n

Rest assured, after seeing a few of these pop up in your inbox you’ll become quite skilled at determining what’s real and what’s just really funny.<\/p>\n

Slam the Spam
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\nSo you’ve identified what’s bogus and\u00a0had a few laughs, but now you wanna keep it from coming to you in the first place. There are a number\u00a0of tools you can find online to fight the bad guys with. WordPress offers several\u00a0plugins <\/a>you can use; some are free and some cost a few bucks. Google is well aware of comment spam, and they have a\u00a0tag<\/a> (rel=”nofollow”) for hyperlinks to keep those links from\u00a0getting any credit when they\u00a0rank sites in their\u00a0search results. Blocking\u00a0specific keywords<\/strong> from posts is\u00a0a simple but\u00a0very effective way to\u00a0cut down on\u00a0spam. If you’re seeing specific references for\u00a0Viagra offers in your comments, you can ban fun words like “male enhancement.” Unless, that is, you run a blog about male enhancement. But I certainly<\/em> wouldn’t know if there are any such sites. I mean, if you know of any, would you mind leaving the URL of one of them in the comments section below? Ya know, just so I can tell my boss I thoroughly researched this article.<\/p>\n

Congrats. You are\u00a0now you’re ready to block\u00a0comment spam. Just remember: multiple defenses are always better than just one, so using a combination of the techniques listed above will give you the best chance at rejecting the robots and\u00a0giving\u00a0you more time to\u00a0to savor the real<\/em> comments<\/a> when they do\u00a0come along, like this one. Thanks, Shari!<\/p>\n

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