Comments on: Comment Spam

By: anne

anne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:55:20 +0000

MinTheGap, i agree with you it was not an angry statement. i think peoples ethics are skewed to begin with. keep your stance. .-= anne´s last blog ..herschelengland4 added an RSS feed to their profile =-.

By: Damon

Damon — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:07:18 +0000

I am aware of the course mentioned by Elle on July 15th and I am guilty of trying the technique. But I soon fell out of favor with it, as the technique was very short lived.

The software used to apply this method has another function that finds blogs with very few “Top Commenters” That has led me to read the posts, make a few relevant comments myself and even come back to post more comments. Definitely a win-win for all concerned.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:37:18 +0000

I don’t think I was angry as much as I thought that people were pretending to be someone they were not. The comments were decent– and I should have done the “anonymous” thing or something. Impersonation doesn’t feel like a ethical thing to do.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:36:25 +0000

Actually, you’re name was used in some of the comments– hence why I wanted people to make sure that I didn’t delete something that was supposed to be there.

By: Anna09

Anna09 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:04:56 +0000

I agree with you. Mine are all by me, I’m pretty sure.

By: Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:08:09 +0000

I think that it would be fine if people came and made relevant respectful comments using their own name and became a top commenter on their own, by adding value … then they would get the link benefit they wanted without making anyone angry.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:00:05 +0000

Amazing. And they talk about how ethical it is. *Shakes Head*

By: elle

elle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:17:05 +0000

Yeah it’s from this site:

http://www.thelazymarketer.com/blog/2009/07/09/video-check-out-the-authority-loophole-in-action-this-rocks/#comment-3537

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:02:59 +0000

That was part of what I suspected to be happening– and yet some of the comments were fine. I deleted them this time, maybe I’ll take your advice in the future– don’t know if I’ll keep the links or not, though.

By: Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:15:45 +0000

The reason this is happening is to take advantage of a loophole with the "top commenters" plug in. Often the comments will be relevant and respectful, but use someone else's name. You can definitely delete them or if you find they are respectful just change the name of the commenter to "anon". .-= Chris Thompson´s last blog ..Total Transformation Program – Review of Lesson 7 =-.