Posts Tagged ‘Spam’
A word to the spammers or how to turn spammy comments into gold
Our blog is of course not exempt from spammers (ah… you crafty Scrapeboxers… Ohh… The irony), and, like many other blogs, is subject to a tonne of spammy comments.
From the generic “wow, great server, I’ll be bookmark again” to the slightly less generic “I truly enjoyed this article post and for once found great informations inside” to the completely incomprehensible “My watched a yoga course, visit draftly http://blablabla”
Yet, as a blog owner you can really turn those comments into gold. We realize that this is slightly off-topic but would nevertheless like to share a technique with you. As you might remember, off-site backlinks (or in other words, external backlinks) are not everything. Your internal backlink structure matters a great deal too. So, what do you do with them spammy comments?
Simple, go through them all (pretty simple if you are using wordpress) and insert your internal backlink (pointing to any place on your site) instead of the spammy link. Save. Approve. Also, don’t forget to remove the completely spammy comments, there is… Read the rest
