This is why I question the value of “Do Follow” Blog comments
A few weeks ago, I was sifting through my blog spam and wondered if it was even worth having my comments "Do Follow". I wrote about it and several commenters jumped at the defense of having blog comments "follow". One even had this to say…
do follow is like some prize that commenter’s deserve to get after leaving a good comment
Commenters should get a "prize" for commenting???
Every since I made that change to my blog, my comment spam rate skyrocketed. Most dont make it through askimet, but some that do, arent that valueble. Some you can obviously tell that they didnt read anything Ive written, and some are even random and completely off topic.
Reading through my blog I came across these set of comments when I was talking about GFW magazine, tell me if you see anything wrong? (click image to enlarge if needed)
The commenter copied and pasted my comment as his comment.
He didnt even try to come up with anything of his own mind. Thats just lazy. When I first saw this, I just laughed. When I see things like this, I ussually go in and delete it but this one I didnt cause it was just too funny. Pretty much supports my thoughts that "Do Follow" blog comments maybe not such a good idea anymore.
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I don’t think bloggers should get a prize for commenting. But I do think that it’s a nice gesture and does help generate interest in blogs that do it. Sure, a lot of people may just write spam comments, but you’ll still get some comments that actually add to the conversation. These people may have originally just been trying to drop links, but they may actually end up saying something valuable, or getting something valuable from your site.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am
See, I disagree. It use to help generate interest in blogs that do it. When I first made my blogs “do follow” over a year ago. here were bloggers that would comment, they would come back, I would visit them there was a relationship. we would write about eachother etc.
Now its just looked at as free advertising and links, the relationship aspect, which is THE benefit, isn’t there anymore. And my blog ends up with a lot of 1 way outgoing links to websites that is no way relevant to my blog.
The only person it helps is the commenter looking for a quick inbound link to his or her website.
I wrote about that not too long ago also
http://www.jonespc.com/is-everyone-that-read-your-blog-a-blogger-if-so-whats-the-point/2008/03/25/
May 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
It is your decision what to do with the do-follow, at the end of the day. My personal opinion is that I won’t lose anything but I might get some interesting comments.
I like the approach of one blogger who has do-follow blog. He clearly stated good comments will be approved, while other attempts like putting links or just copy/paste other comments will be not only deleted, but marked as spam. This is same principle I do on my blog. State the rules, and put them into practice. Sometimes there is more spam, yes, but you must give something to get something back.
Gillian
May 20th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
That is actually automated spam, most of that gets blocked by Spam Karma and you never see it.
It should also be noted that the more blog posts you write and the longer you blog for, the more automated spam you will attract.
I so far have close to 800,000 spam posted to my blog, but I have 8000 good comments to go with it.
That is better than the normal.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:52 am
That is hilarious. I mean, honestly people, have some respect for yourself when you post. Comments are great as they boost your self-esteem that people are reading your publications, but to post just to raise your ranking is sad.
At the end of the day, I post on blogs that I want to add my $.02 or praise the poster for the article.
~the GURU