Of spam commenters and a review.
I’ve been getting spam attacks lately, and I’ve become more conscious of them since installing Akismet. I wonder, do those Spam comments inadvertently help raise the Page Rank of the site that they are spamming too?
I recently found a link to one of my posts in a site of a different language. There was nothing else on that site but links to other sites. When I clicked on the link to mine, it took me to an archived post on my blog. There were a lot of spam comments on that post. I checked another link from that site, and it led to another blog that also had lots of spam comments. They apparently link you back in some way.
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I posted a review on a new free file hosting site on my Bravejournal. I actually enjoyed writing that review. Though it’s a sponsored post, I can proudly say I wasn’t trying to kiss ass when I typed it up. I really see myself using that service.
Anyway, time to hit the sheets.
October 17, 2008 @ 4:33 am
Oh me too. I get all this Spam about becoming more “manly” and I’ve never expressed any interest in being a man. Go figure.
October 17, 2008 @ 5:03 am
you are not alone, i’m getting a lot of that too. i get an average of 100 spams a day.
October 17, 2008 @ 7:58 am
Hay naku sis yan mga spammer na yan. 🙁 I recommend yung akismet kasi di ba gamit ko sya. OK na ok sya kasi hindi ka na manually mag dedelete ng spammers. 🙂
October 17, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
Haha. Mine’s a lot of wow gold and something on fillings. I don’t know if it’s a comfort that I’m not alone? Hehe. 🙂
October 18, 2008 @ 2:05 am
It is what they call “sploggers” and they pick out RSS feeds to draw content from. As long as they link to you and use less than 25 words from your post they don’t violate copyright laws. These people do not write one word of their content, the blog is for ranking purposes only for making money off of ads.
You can email them and ask them to take off your content and they should do it. I did that and the guy told me he could legally do it but that he would take it off and leave me alone and he has kept his word so far.
October 18, 2008 @ 2:23 am
Ahh! Thank you so much for the information. I knew they were up to something like that. I know someone who has a lot of posts that have been used this way and I’ll let her know about this (though I’m sure she’s read your comment already).
Thanks again! I’m just about to write my BAM post 🙂
October 18, 2008 @ 9:59 am
I didn’t have one for this week 🙁
I just read yours and that is an author I haven’t read yet. That book sounds interesting though. I haven’t done that in years, read a book all the way through without stopping. Haven’t had that good of a one lately I guess or I’m getting too old.