7 sure signs it’s comment spam |
I think every comment moderation section needs a brief, but helpful guide for identifying comment spam, so let’s see if we can put our collective brains together and come up with a list, here’s seven sure signs:
1. Blame the name (with ego stroke): I love reading your blog, well said, you really know what you are talking about and my name is adobe acrobat
2. Hyphen horny: this-is-my-keyword-loaded-viagra-domain.com.
3. Unrelated nonsense: My comment has absolutely nothing to do with what you are talking about — insert unrelated link — but I thought you might like to know my long rambling and completely incomprehensible run on sentence that doesn’t make any sense but seems to fill some word limit to look like it is, or perhaps might be, genuine.
4. Keyword diarrhea : some, keywords , separated, by, commas, over, and, over, and over, and over, and maybe over again and sometimes over without using commas over.
5. Programming run amok: comment that just says: array (this is what happens when you try to echo an array in PHP)
6. Hyperlink frenzy: Just nothing but hyperlinks. Doh!
7. Comment good, URL spam: The comment itself seems legitimate and on topic, but uh oh, look at where their URL leads — spam hell.
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Dude, I love #2, only because I happen to own that domain. j/k
Funny stuff. How about any comment that includes knitting on a technology or self-improvement site? Wait, that would mean this comment is spam. It’s not. Please don’t delete me. Thanks for sharing!
Comment by Phil Gerbyshak — February 6, 2006 @ 1:25 pm PST
‘Hyphen horniness’ is especially plentiful in blogspot domains, ever noticed that, Phil?
They’re getting a little better about their splog deletion though.
Comment by TDavid — February 6, 2006 @ 1:36 pm PST
Absolutely! It’s one of the reasons I moved from Splogspot to TypePad. They are getting better, but still far from good. And I still get plenty of sploggers who steal my full posts, though I always sign my posts with my URL so at least I get a bit of acknowledgement.
Comment by Phil Gerbyshak — February 6, 2006 @ 1:51 pm PST
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Pingback by » Comment Spam Is Getting Smarter » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel — February 7, 2006 @ 2:33 am PST
May whoever creates spambots get striked by lightning. I’ve been getting a lot of “Hi, I like your blog” type of spam lately and yes the links lead to porn sites. *sigh*
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