Social Media Examiner | How to deal with spam comments? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/feed/ How to deal with spam comments? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:57:55 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47651<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47651 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:26:58 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging I am not receiving my dividend cheques from the lottery either. lol. I wonder if you can blog about some hobbies and interests that you may have. I can understand the  feeling of no topics, I am sure that we all […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47650<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47650 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:09:10 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging I want to thank everybody for their comments and reply's to my post.I still have to find my voice on my blog, this is something I am struggling with. There are so many things I could write about but then it's a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47636<![CDATA[Adam Connell replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47636 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:53:20 +0000 Adam Connell replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @edueck No problem at all, if you need any help let me know!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47618<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47618 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:48:05 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @amyhallbiz I guess you could say I'm lucky to only have had from1800 - 2400 in one month lol
I still think that was to many. I haven't up dated my blog for three month and I still get around 100 per week (I […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47617<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47617 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:42:44 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging Pat Flynn is a very successful marketer. His blog gets hammered by the spammers daily, however, because the blogs get so much valuable and helpful discussion he seems to tolerate the spam and patiently moderate […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47611<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47611 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:47:14 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @edueck I'm of the opinion that not all spam is bad. When you have a few trickle through the plug ins, you know that your site is visible and working. 800 spams a day ... Bad. 2 spams a day ... Tolerable.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47574<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47574 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:51:30 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging Thanks Adam: I will try that, I suck at installing things on my site.I can try at least once lol

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47560<![CDATA[Adam Connell replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47560 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:58:45 +0000 Adam Connell replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging Sorry for the shameless self promotion but I wrote a blog post about cutting out the spam that I think would really help :)
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47500<![CDATA[Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47500 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:40:46 +0000 Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging That would be great. Please do spread the word. I'm not the best at making money at the blog (monetizing and such), but I do so enjoy helping people. 
Kathy
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47499<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47499 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:32:29 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @kathybernard I have a couple Blogger sites.... and they are nowhere near as nice as your site. My friend is employed by a social agency that helps people to locate employment, I am pretty sure that they will be […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47498<![CDATA[Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47498 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:13:29 +0000 Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging Thanks, Dave! I appreciate your nice comments.
Kathy BernardGetajobtips.com
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47494<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47494 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:45:34 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @kathybernard I did my snooping. you have a lovely site on Blogger, not only informative and full of good content, it is really nicely organized.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47489<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47489 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:09:58 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @dave-mackay Thanks for the reply I will give it a try and see what gives, my post are from 400 to 900 words I maybe a bit long winded ha ha but this way they are not all the same. I did a post on budgeting […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47379<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47379 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:09:04 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging I may be in a way over my head here. lol Some backlink seeking software is set up to locate WordPress blogs that allow 'do follow' links. So you may have to check what sort of links you have been allowing.And […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47377<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47377 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:33:21 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @rushtipsThe spam comments I get are so full of urls YOU know that they are spam.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47376<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47376 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:27:10 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging One more thing, how many words makes for a good blog post? I have read between 500-700 or can you have less or more? I guess that would depend what the post is about right?.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47375<![CDATA[Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47375 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:23:59 +0000 Edwin replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging I have askismet, but all they do is show me how many comments I have.Now grant I may not know how to use askismet, there maybe some things that I have to do, I don't know.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47344<![CDATA[Rushtips replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47344 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:05:27 +0000 Rushtips replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging I usually copy some of the sentence and then do a Google search with quotation marks around it.Example: "spam comment text"

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47328<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47328 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:39:57 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging There is a plugin called Akismet (free) that you might find helpful.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47324<![CDATA[Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-spam-comments-1/#post-47324 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:03:29 +0000 Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic How to deal with spam comments? in the club Blogging @edueck -- I'm on Blogger, but I imagine WordPress works the same way -- you can go into your comments settings and make it more difficult for spammers to spam you in comments. I think there is a way to change it […]

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