Tag Archives: comment-policy

How To Get An Authority Link To Your Affiliate Review

By Andy Beard | Published: December 3, 2009

Erik Ortega is going to get a link from me for TriFilliate PayDay as he left a comment with a link to his review.

The reasons why I am mentioning this?

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Friday 13th – A Very Bad Day for Comment Spammers

By Andy Beard | Published: November 13, 2009

Nice search engine friendly links are a great way to reward valuable members of the community of any blog, but they are certainly not a right, and still find myself deleting 50+ worthless comments every day.

Most disturbing of all though are the SEO consultants and agencies who I have caught commenting on behalf of their clients, or as themselves with a link through to a client’s site. Some of them are totally dumb about it.

I now have a new comments policy in force though most of it is just a clearer interpretation of what has been in place for the last 3+ years.

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Comment Spam Warning Signs

By Andy Beard | Published: April 30, 2008

As I have just sent a similar list to someone whose comments were held automatically for moderation (like all new commenters), and whose comments will not be appearing (I have yet to decide whether I will flag them as spam or just delete them), I thought I would post them here for reference.

This is a list of warning signs, which generally I spend just a few seconds on, though looking at a new commenter's blog or website is something I try to do even if they leave a great comment.

  • Short comments
  • Off topic comments
  • Comments that don't add something very specific to
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