{"id":2807,"date":"2011-09-12T13:35:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T03:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2011-09-12T23:36:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T13:36:49","slug":"judging-spam-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/09\/judging-spam-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging spam comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having just deleted another batch of spam from my blog, I thought I’d share how obvious some of it is – and how you can avoid your comments being filtered out as spam.<\/p>\n

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  1. Flattery is common “this is the best blog”, “you write so well man” and “you must be an expert on this” are some recent examples in my spam folder. Genuine compliments are a good strategy, fake flattery is likely to get your comment deleted quickly<\/li>\n
  2. Sounding impressed but never giving any specifics is also a common spam technique so they can use the same message in many blog posts. “I’ve been searching for this information” and “I was just discussing this topic the other day with my cousin” have been in my comments innumerable times; a genuine message would be specific and relevant, such as “I needed to know about clear communications” or “Some friends and I were just discussing keywords<\/a>“<\/li>\n
  3. there is a discrepancy between the name, email address and URL usually means it is spam. If your name is Mary why wouldn’t your email address be mary@ or m.smith@? However, if the domain of email and URL disagree<\/a>, I refuse to click on the link or accept the comment. So to get comments accepted, be honest and transparent.<\/li>\n
  4. multiple links will be picked up by spam filters, but even the inclusion of one link in a comment makes me wary unless I know the person commenting. I look carefully at any comment with a link and decide if it looks safe enough to try the link myself – I certainly won’t accept a link without checking its content. Sometimes I will accept the comment but disable the link first, and I don’t think I’ve ever added a link in a comment I’ve left elsewhere unless they have the ‘latest blog post’ facility provided.<\/li>\n
  5. really poor English is often a give away, too – and the ones that are obviously nonsense made up of part sentences should need no explanation. Poor writing<\/a> of course is not 100% proof of spam so I do read these comments to assess if they are genuine or not. My tip is to make your comments read well to avoid being thought spam and to give your comment more credibility and weight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Do you have any other tips for spotting spam comments for what they are?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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