I’m Linda Grace and I’m a Blogger! I’ve been blogging for almost 3 years and I’m very grateful that Sire from Wassupblog has taught me so many things!
The problem is now that I’m getting a TON of comments but they are not quality comments.
Even though I learned from Yaro Starak how to leave comments the right way, I haven’t expected my visitors to do follow suit, I’ve allowed comments that aren’t worthy of being there! Like Sire, I don’t just want any comment, I want the sort where commentators have put a bit of thought into. Like Sire, I also believe that comments on a post add to the blogging experience of all readers as long as they pertain to the post itself.
I used to think I was being bit harsh if I didn’t accept all comments but the thing is I take pride in my posts and I want to be able to show the same pride in the quality of my comments, as should you. I’ve set the standard by accepting comments that are no longer going to be acceptable. I have to tell you that from now on, don’t bother spending time leaving unacceptable comments because I’ll delete them.
Remember what Yaro said, “Commenting is a great way to draw traffic back to your blog.” Then figure out how to emotionally engage and write about something with passion and connect with the author of the post and the other readers. If you have more information than the author stated in the post it is appropriate to leave it in the comment. Acceptable comments may be two or 3 paragraphs long, but one-liners are no longer acceptable for lindagraceonline.com.
To encourage comments I have enabled ‘dofollow’ so you can be assured your comments will be picked up by the search engines. I have also installed the commentluv plugin that will parse your last post providing a link to it.
Sire taught me years ago about how to incorporate a threaded comment plugin so that you can actually reply to a particular comment and not tag it on the end of everyone else’s.
I have also installed the keywordLuv plugin. This means you can leave a keyword along with your name.
It will take time for me to remove the comments that I have let remain on my posts, but from this day on, I won’t allow a comment to be left on my posts if they do not add to the quality of the article. When I started blogging, I intended to develop relationships with other bloggers. At first it was so, but lately very few people are returning to develop a relationship!
Now tell me what you think of all of this in the comments below! 
December 21st, 2011 at 10:59 pm
First of all I’m the one commenter in this page and I love it LOL, Hi Linda, I agree what have you post in here because there are some people that always saying “great post” is that a quality? Not, that’s why For those people always saying that I call them spam..
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December 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 am
Alice,
I’ve been having a blast blogging for 3 years like I said and I have so much to learn! I still don’t understand why people do that? What exactly do they have to gain by commenting on a do follow blog blog with ‘great post”? Explain it to me, would you?
Linda
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December 22nd, 2011 at 11:00 pm
For me why they always saying that because they dont read the topic their only putting their Link in every page even if they always saying that words.
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December 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 am
Receiving a comment like, ‘Excellent post’ or ‘Keep blogging’ or ‘Thanks for sharing’ can be quite irritating indeed. I guess one can delete any comments that are less than one line and do not add value to the post. Actually, once I did a post highlighting some of the more interesting spam comments and it was quite well received!
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December 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 am
Raj,
That’s a great idea!!! I’m going to do that also! Candice Michelle suggested I give a more detailed post about expectations, you’re idea is a fun way to do that!!!
Linda
December 22nd, 2011 at 9:26 am
Raj, I’m just wondering, did you put the person’s name who left the comment?
December 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 am
No, I did not put the person’s name/ site link. Why link to the site from our main page, when we are not ready to give a link from the comment section itself?
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December 22nd, 2011 at 12:53 am
Hi Linda,
Great post! Keep posting……
Wait! I’m not a spammer lol!
I really hate those spammer 2 months ago I opened a forum in my site and it is flooded with comment! Yup with comment like “asdfbjfhbh” and “sdfasfshgfj” that is why I stop my forum.
I hope those spammer will stop this and find a good way to spent their time.
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December 22nd, 2011 at 3:17 am
Here’s a free advice Linda. I think it’s about time that you should create a post about commenting here in your blogsite. Something that will teach or inform your visitors about which is a good comment and which is a bad comment. Include samples as well. More importantly, put also your list of standards for commenting here in your site in the post.
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December 22nd, 2011 at 9:14 am
Candice,
Thank you, great advice! I’ll add a little to this post when I get a chance. I have an earlier post where Yaro Starak teaches us to comment the right way: http://lindagraceonline.com/how-to-market-with-blog-comments-the-right-way/, you to it the right way Candice!
Linda
December 23rd, 2011 at 2:42 am
Okay I’ll visit that post and learn as much as I can. Thank you for providing a link. I’m sure reading that post will help me to enhance my knowledge about this important matter. By the way, have fun this Christmas.
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December 23rd, 2011 at 11:09 am
Yes, i agree with Linda. Will be going through the link and learn about commenting the right way.
December 23rd, 2011 at 10:07 pm
I notice that you are being generous with your visitors here in your other content. Glad you did a right decision to finally selecting those that left a relevant comment. But there are also short comments that has sense and precise comment. Keep it up linda!
Happy Holiday!
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December 24th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Glad a lot of people are getting increasingly irritated by the act of these spammers as that is the beginning of improved standards of commenting. When webmasters begin to put their foot down and reject comments that are sub-standard,and when auto-approve is no more fashionable, progress will start to be made.
My suggestion is the inclusion of a comment policy on all blogs.
I wrote a well received post on blog commenting tips which i also converted to video ==> http://www.homebiz-supermarket.com/profitable-business-ideas/2010/12/blog-commenting/
My hope is that this will help us all to have a better commenting atmosphere.
December 26th, 2011 at 1:29 am
Thank you but i already know people have the option to take off their comment box and to disable comments.
What i mean is the comment box will be on their channel, but their is no place for me to leave a comment, (there is usually a white box where you can leave a comment and then press the button and then the comment will show up, but this is not there and i still se other peoples comments)
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December 26th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Comments are shown below each post if someone have commented to that post. Typically the comments are on in every blog. If the comments are off, you can on it from dashboard of your blogger blog. Usually a few people comment on blogger blog for their interest. The reason is that they are asked to verify their email, and then write the captcha in order to show the comment. You can make commenting to your blog very simply by selecting the option by which anyone will be able to comment your blog anonymously.
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December 27th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
What a brilliant post. You should do a series!
I did a sort of blogging for dummies over on one of the craft forums and I thought it was too simple for them, but the amount of emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was unbelievable. As young people today we have grown up with computers, but it’s easy to forget that even people just a few years older have not! Really good post! 
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December 28th, 2011 at 2:14 am
Hi Linda, I appreciate your post.I am a frequent visitor to your website but I really like your consistency of writing and replying to each comment.This is also another way to prove that the blog is under moderation on regular intervals.So spamming won’t work long.
Good luck.
January 15th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Venus,
Thank you for saying so but I have to tell you I don’t reply to every comment~ I wish I had more time! I want to be just like Sire on Wassupblog.com but he must hire someone to reply to every comment like he does!
Linda
December 28th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Great comments are those that bring some value to the post. The “Great job, article..” comments have zero value in my opinion.
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December 29th, 2011 at 4:47 am
I agree with you that comments should be in proper format.I guess one can delete any comments that are less than one line and do not add value to the post.
December 29th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
You are right I can simply delete any comments that I feel like!
December 29th, 2011 at 11:58 am
No one-liners? I may be in trouble. I tend to be more succinct rather than wordy.
December 29th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Annie,
You may have a one-liner but you have a Gravatar!!!
Linda
December 30th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Lol, I’m happy my mug helps!
December 29th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
hi…
great post ..
I m also agreed with you that there is a lot of difference between Comments and quality comments..
and thanks for sharing your views
January 1st, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Hi Linda,
I recently went back to one of my first websites that I set up and forgot about, you wouldn’t believe the amount of spammy comments I found waiting for approval (1000s!)
I didn’t really know about spam filters etc back then. The comments that are worse than the “great post” type are the mass produced, unreadable spun comments that are fired out hoping a few will stick, although a few of them made me laugh
Hopefully, as bloggers and site owners tighten up on these type of lazy back link hunters, their will be no value in it for them to continue their annoying antics!
Thanks and Happy new year!
January 11th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Jay,
That seems to be the common opinion! I have to say it is very time consuming to sort through accept and reject comments!
Linda
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
Linda, I can understand what you feel about comments that are not worth it to be approved. People who wants their links to be posted should really be thinking twice on mindless automatic commenting. They should read the post and be really make comments that are add value to the article. I wish that they can read this so that their comments won’t be deleted and their efforts will not go to waste. Happy New Year Linda and more power to lindagraceonline.com
January 3rd, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I agree with you about quality comments. They should be relevant and could add value or quality to the article. A gravatar should also be put into consideration.
January 4th, 2012 at 9:04 am
It is not so easy as it looks outside to write quality comments. It requires high concentration and also writing skills..And the hardest point is to analyze and criticize yourself, which in my opinion is very important for good comments.
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January 4th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Well, I think it’s about the quality of comment itself that really matters and if it initiates something significant to the topic discussed on the blog.
January 5th, 2012 at 1:10 am
I think the main problem with having a dofollow blog is you will attract a lot of comments from people who are just looking to get a link back to their website for SEO purposes. To be perfectly honest, i actually came across your site from a “dofollow” link list and i am sure you are getting other comments from lists like this.
Really its a double edged sword. You will get some increased exposure from having a dofollow blog, IE you will attract new people to the site who wouldn’t usually stumble across it. But on the other hand, a lot of these people will either be here just to try and get a link and aren’t really interested in reading your content.
At the end of the day you have to make a decision on whether you think it is worth it or not. For me personally, i don’t want to spend a ton of time deciding whether a comment is genuine or high quality, so i nofollowed comments on all my blogs.
Hope that helps.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Andy,
I have to say it’s very tempting to switch to the nofolllow! I am spending so much time reading and deleting. I don’t think people are generally getting benefit from my posts and I’m not making any money on this site. I will think it all through and make a decision.
I appreciate your comment!
January 5th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
yep..sometimes you must ask yourself why peoples spamming around for no reason..i had similar problems but with mail spamming which is terrible experience
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January 10th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Milla,
They must be getting something out of the spamming. I think online they do it to get links back to their blogs, the mailers must be getting contacts or selling something!
Linda
January 5th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
It’s great to see that you are doing a blog last 3 years.some people always write a some words like great post etc.the motive of this type of people is just put a link in others blog.
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January 6th, 2012 at 2:35 am
Linda, I appreciate that you try to filter nonsense comments. They are annoying and feels like someone just shouts in the middle of a conversation. Thanks for deleting irrelevant comments.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Bran,
I appreciate you saying so! I have just spent 45 min reading and deleting comments and I needed reassurance that it is the right thing to do, I really don’t mean to be harsh!
Linda
ps. but I don’t have time to go back and get the old ones that I should have trashed!
January 6th, 2012 at 7:17 am
have you receive comments that the content was your own article? I already encounter many of that, the leave comments with my own article.. you can consider that as a spam comment right?
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January 10th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Jes,
I have read a couple of these, I haven’t taken time to make sense of it. I’ll have to take a deeper look at it.
Linda
January 6th, 2012 at 8:30 am
I agree 100% that you should delete comments that are not up to par or are spam. One of the things I have noticed some blogs do and I really like it, is below the comment box they tell the commentor what is and is not acceptable (i.e. spam, keywords, only saying great post will be deleted). It makes it easier for new commentors to see what you expect from a comment.
You also mentioned that you are taking a conscious effort to make your blog do follow. I respect bloggers who leave there blog do-follow and then take the time to moderate their comments. I have seen too many do-follow blogs with 250 comments of spam. It is a great shame.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Jonathan,
You’re the second person to tell me this! I’m glad you left the suggestion! I’m going to write a post and include what I expect and show what and why things are not acceptable!
Linda
January 6th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Hi, Linda! I agree that blogging and commenting should develop relationship between bloggers. Commenting is a great opportunity to make contact with another blogger and if you want to build partnerships, you should leave quality comments that will show your appreciation of the blogger’s post.
January 6th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Linda, you were wrong, absolutely wrong to think that you were bit harsh if you didnt accept all comments. Quality post deserve to receive quality comments, and if the readers respect what you’ve done with heart, they should spend time to read and think of it instead of just heading right to the comment form and leave meaningless sayings. I’m glad that you’ve made the chance, and smart choice of plugins indeed (those are exactly what i am using for my blog, they help gaining traffic and prevent spam effectively!).
January 10th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Alex,
Thank you for saying so! As I’m deleting all of the comments I still am feeling harsh!
Linda
January 7th, 2012 at 6:32 am
I completely get your point here but I was just wondering, what do you think is the most important thing? Having someone coming in and really thanking you for putting in the time to write the post ( Not everyone is here to spam you) or having people read your post but never taking the time to even thank you for your time and sharing? Also, in the end, it all comes down to your own judgement of whether you should let a comment remain on your website or not.
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January 7th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Scott,
You are so right, that’s what makes it a hard decision!
Linda
January 10th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Scott,
It is such a tough call. I want to help others but I don’t want to diminish the value of my blog by a bunch of cut and paste comments.
Linda
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January 8th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
You are so inspirational! I’ve also been reading also the wasssup blog. That bog has a lot to offer to the new bloggers. It would be good to do it manually and according to the topic of the blog.
January 9th, 2012 at 6:30 am
Hi Linda,
Love your transparency here by saying what you will or will not approve. I find that one of the things which has happened as I’ve searched for commentluv enabled blogs to comment on (yes, for the purpose of getting links to my site) is that I have learned from bloggers such as yourself. I have indeed learned a lot though commenting because I DO read the entire blog posts before I ever post a comment on a blog.
I rarely approve a one line comment myself and I do all I can to prevent comment spam. Most of all, because the spam commenters mess up my website stats. I really hate that most of all.
Thanks,
Brian
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January 9th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Very informative text, it would be very useful for the commenter-community. I haven’t heard about these unwritten rules until I came to your blog. Know I already know, that I have to take care while commenting, the constructive commenting should be at first place. Although I used to be a type of one-liner:)
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January 10th, 2012 at 12:55 am
Hi Linda,
You been tackled a wonderful topic don’t you.. Do you think what must the action to made in order to verify those spammer…?
Carmela,
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January 10th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Hi Linda. I have recently started up my own blog. I, too, am struggling with comments visitors are leaving. I don’t want to discourage visitor participation (just the opposite, really) but I find I must reject so much of what is posted as mere spam.
Ellie
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January 11th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Ellie,
That’s it isn’t it? We don’t want to discourage commentors yet we want comments to be valuable~ Goodness it’s difficult!
Linda
January 11th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
This is completely understandable, Linda. With the increase in online marketing, solid posts are being littered with less than quality comments. I understand the process behind why this happens, people get hired to leave comments to backtrack to someone else blog. I feel bad for top notch bloggers, like yourself, you constantly have to sit and sift through junk in order to add some good conversation. Nonetheless, keep up the good work!
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January 12th, 2012 at 3:51 am
I wonder why spammers send such ridiculous comments and ruin such a wonderful art of blogging. I love blogging and take it as a hobby. I have often wondered how people could just write great post and leave a blog without reading a single line. Its indeed a pity.
January 12th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Your new approach makes a lot of sense, Linda. The quality of comments is a reflection of the blog itself, so I completely understand your desire to get away from allowing low quality commentary.
I was as guilty as everyone else in the beginning, chasing links and not putting thought into my comments, but I’m glad I’ve got to the point where I actually absorb what I’m reading. In that manner, I get two benefits from reading and commenting: links/exposure AND knowledge. Can’t beat that!
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January 12th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Thanks for saying so Mel,
You left a valuable comment and you have a Gravatar, I love it!
Linda
January 12th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
It’s sad to know that most visitors now are spammers. What they only want is the link they can get and they don’t even spend a few minutes reading the post. Sometimes, some people who post “nice post” or “excellent post” with their utmost sincerity are falsely accused as spammers because it is the most common praises you get from spammers.
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January 13th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
I like it when the comments somehow increase the tempo of the story or expand the conversation. ‘Great Blog’ – is OK with me, if the comments says why it’s a great blog – or maybe I’m just vain!
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January 15th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Heather,
I have a problem with the copy and paste type of comments!
Linda
ps. I’m quite vain myself!
January 16th, 2012 at 5:48 am
Hi Linda – I see where you’re coming from. The one-liner comments are so prominent you would be spotting it right away whereever site you go which has the comment field enabled for visitors. your posting something on this should educate us readers that this is something unacceptable going forward. Also, this post teaches us the right way on how to blog-comment. I’m quite sure all readers will take this seriously and respect your decision. More power to you Linda!
January 16th, 2012 at 10:04 am
Thanks Cand, I hope you’re right!
Linda
January 17th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Hi Linda,
I have hear about a wordpress plugin named akismet which automatically detects and deletes the spam comments from your post. Try this plugin as it can be useful to you.
P.S: I liked this blog as it is very straight forward and exactly related to the title – comments and quality comments.
January 18th, 2012 at 2:05 am
I love reading the comments on each article I post. If you leave one, you’re near guaranteed I’ll reply to you directly and keep the conversation going.
The trouble is that after a day or two of an article being live, the spammers descend and the lovely, informative comment thread descends into “great article, agree with your points, visit my site”. It’s just not cool…
We’re working on a full redesign to Pro Blog Design, and one of the things I’m most interested in is this comments issue. How can I make sure the comment threads stay in that awesome-to-read stage from the first few days when an article is written?
January 18th, 2012 at 2:08 am
DoFollow means that after your 3rd comment here, the rel=”nofollow” will be removed from all of your comments, allowing Google to follow the links back to your site (Back in the day, showing off a badge like the one on the right designed by Randa was quite a source of pride for bloggers!)
Originally, I set this up as a way of saying thank you for commenting. Now though, it just attracts a lot of spam (Mostly with names like “Web Design Boston”). And it’s not just automated spam. The fact that people actively hunt down DoFollow blogs shows that they aren’t interested in the comment, just in the number of them they can leave.
I’m not saying that a lot of legit commenters don’t appreciate DoFollow, just that this seems to do more harm than good now.
January 18th, 2012 at 3:17 am
Steve,
I’m starting to feel that maybe you’re right. Time will tell!
Linda
January 18th, 2012 at 7:47 am
If you publish a blog, make videos, engage on Twitter, take part in forums or engage in anyway online there is a very good chance you are going to come across some negative comments directed at you personally or towards your brand or business. It might even be more than a couple of comments as consumers online become more vocal and are empowered by tools that let them shout louder than ever when they feel slighted. It’s part and parcel of the web but for people affected by it for the first time it can be quite disconcerting and terrifying. If you find yourself in the middle of a web storm it can seem all encompassing and as if it is never going to end. Having been slap bang in the middle of plenty of negative online storms both personally and for clients here are some of my tips for navigating your way through the negative storm…
January 18th, 2012 at 7:49 am
It’s the oldest saying in the book but if you are willing to dish it then you should be willing to take it. If you are online writing negative stuff about other people or leaving poor reviews then you have to expect some of the same stuff in return. In the same way if you are brave enough to put up blog posts, photos and video content then you need to be aware that people will come along and slag it no matter how good you might think it is. The Internet is a fast moving place where people have strong opinions that they are really not scared to share and shout about so if you are going to be hanging about here then you better get some thick skin pretty fast.
January 18th, 2012 at 9:09 am
This can be a real pain in the a** if you don’t take care and enforce some common sense rules. It sounds like a dictatorship but it’s a must in order to get spam free.
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January 21st, 2012 at 10:26 am
I think it is great of you to allow do follow comments on your blog still even though people have taken advantage of it. Unfortunately some people still take a mile when they are given an inch
January 21st, 2012 at 11:41 am
Tammy,
You are so right! It’s unfortunate that people take advantage! Ah well, I can always delete!
Linda
January 22nd, 2012 at 8:54 pm
It’s very important to make a quality comment in others blog.mostly people make a backlink of their sites in others blog.
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January 24th, 2012 at 1:56 am
am i the only one who thought,this post is gonna teach us about making correct comments. either like it or not its a good site ur having here mrs.linda.
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January 24th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
I do agree with you linda. Posting a comment must be relevant to the article or blog that you are commenting. Many bloggers use blog commenting for backlinking there sites. My advice is to make a good comment that will also help the owner. Great Info!
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January 25th, 2012 at 8:46 am
Sturat,
Thank you! I love to give the gift of the backlink but I really don’t like wasting my time deleting all the comments that aren’t even related to the post!
Linda
January 25th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Hi Linda,
You’re so right for not accepting unacceptable comments anymore, but I wonder why you accepted them in the first place? You (or anyone else for that matter) should not have to put up with this. Why reward people for crap who don’t bother to read your work anyway?
Sure it’s annoying that you sometimes have to go through loads of spam comments, but akismet can help you there as well!
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January 26th, 2012 at 6:29 am
I set this up as a way of saying thank you for commenting. Now though, it just attracts a lot of spam (Mostly with names like “Web Design Boston”). And it’s not just automated spam, thanks for sharing.
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January 29th, 2012 at 4:58 am
Linda, you’ve done a great job on all your postings keeping the comments relevant and interesting. It’s a constant battle to sift through the junk and approve the worthy comments… I have trouble with that personally, and tend to just turn off comments all together, but I know I must stop doing that.
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Yeah, you are right. In my blog i receive comments which are not just for sake and not related to the subject.thanks for sharing a valuable article on blog comments.
February 1st, 2012 at 12:01 am
Hi, Linda!
I totally agree with you. Commenting is difficult and a quality comment is more difficult. I can learn about commenting the right way after reading your post!
thanks!
February 1st, 2012 at 9:39 am
Agree. Really hate when a spammer drop post like non-sense and begins drop links with their website on it. But somehow, it helps getting traffic and giving your blogs visibility to search engines. Then walaaaa! It gives me no choice but to accept their comments. BUT I really won’t approve it unless it’s a quality one
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February 2nd, 2012 at 8:12 am
Hey Linda
Very nice blog you have here! Proper commenting is something I think bloggers should learn about FIRST. Well, maybe not the first thing…but it should definitely be one of the top ten things on the “to learn list”. I’ll have to check out your other post you mentioned above.
Have a great day!
~Nicole Acosta
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February 2nd, 2012 at 10:31 pm
I agree on the topic of this post but spammers can easily be spotted they are type of people that leave a generic comments like ” Great post you goth there buddy… I love this post blah blah… “or it will just divert the topic to another topic. When I saw a kind of like this I can spot the he/she a spammer directly.. anyways thanks for giving some info’s…
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February 2nd, 2012 at 11:31 pm
Its hard. You want to encourage interaction yet you don’t want spammers. A solid moderation plus rewarding people who do visit is always good. It’s funny there’s still a few who draw hard lines on commenting. I think comment luv is excellent esp premium.
-Chris
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 am
Hi Linda, you are right. As a blogger, taking the time to write up a unique and interesting post isn’t easy. When you finally publish your words you look forward to feedback. People doesn’t necessarily have to agree with you, but I can understand that you want relevant comments that add to the discussion.
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February 13th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Liz,
Yes and it takes an amazingly long time to answer and delete comments!
Linda
February 12th, 2012 at 4:13 am
Well I prefer blogs that are comment moderated and are picky about which comments to allow.
The first thing I do is check the latest post date to see if the blog is dead. Sometimes it’s not dead yet but getting around like an 85 year old man. Sometimes it’s a zombie blog that post automatically but no one is at home upstairs, ya know.
Second I check if the blog is really do follow. Sometimes they say they are but they are not.
Third I check if the blogger regularly approves comments.
fourth I check to see if they actually care about the comments they approve. Some people approve, “Hay great post. I totally agree.”
Finally if all is well I bookmark the site. It’s actually rare to find a blog that fits all these and the ones that do are worth the effort.
Thanks for being one of those blogs….(bookmark)
PS I need a avatar I know…I’m working on that.
February 13th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Jeremy,
Looks like you got a Gravater! Looks great! And thank you for you great comment it has really added to the quality of the post!!!!
Linda
February 12th, 2012 at 6:02 am
I personally believe that the no follow should be gotten rid of, and sites should be valued on how well the comments are moderated.
Jim Doug
Bournemouth SEO
February 13th, 2012 at 2:50 am
I do agree with you all, I don’t really like when somebody comments on my blog and it’s not relevant to my post. It make me angry when my websites has so many spam comments.
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February 13th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Thank you Linda for sharing this informative post..I learn a lot about the quality of comments..
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February 14th, 2012 at 1:05 am
I know just how you feel. Every morning I have to weed a ton of spam from my blogs. I have plugins installed to catch them, but unfortunately it’s not a 100%. These comments do nothing for your blog, so just dump them where they belong: in the trash.
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February 22nd, 2012 at 4:44 pm
When I first started blogging I was desperate for getting as many comments as possible. I soon realized that most comments I had were in fact spam and dropped my blog’s content quality rating a lot. Point is, low quality comments will definitively hurt you on the long run.
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April 2nd, 2012 at 3:42 am
Hi Linda,
You make a good effort in stopping spammy comments.I think it’s time to transform the online environment into a responsible and save place. From my own experience, I can say that spam comments are a real issue nowadays.Genuine comments are required for building better relationship.
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