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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

yonzi — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:41:57 -0000

do-follow have a high risk for spam comment, spam comment had attack my web blog.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Barbara — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:03:33 -0000

So that's where spam comments come from. I'll admit that it did get my attention but it just sounds odd paying someone to comment but from what you're saying it doesn't sound good because I'm not going to pay some fee because that is always a red flag that something funky is going on.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Simeon M — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:12:19 -0000

enlightening! thanks

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Harold Scott — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:03:16 -0000

Great article. I am glad that I stumbled on to your blog!

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Brian@Monochrome Monitors — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:28:25 -0000

I try to leave a worthwhile comment on posts that I read. This should be expected for any comment. I do know that comments on Do Follow blogs do move the rankings. I have seen this time and again. I'm not surprised that some SEO companies are hiring this out. It takes time and effort to leave comments. I do hope this SPAM situation will not get out of hand. The list of Do Follow blogs are not infinite and the owners could lose patience.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Russ — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:53:10 -0000

Sounds like typical blog spam from bots.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Carla Ackley — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:02:49 -0000

Or you can just collect the IP's and tell your web host to block them on the web level (or email level if they are only in email). That way they can't access your site at all. That's what I do every day I get them. It sounds like a lot of work but it really isnt and it part of my daily routine. I get them spamming my forms and have to block that.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Rick NHS — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:07 -0000

Good story Jay... I remember reading another post from you, a while back, about how you receive too many spam comments and that you were apologetic if real comments got deleted in the process...

Well I feel the same way... there are just too many spam comments, on a daily basis, to sift through them for legitimate comments that got miscategorized into the spam folder.

So if any developers / widget makers stumble upon this post (and this comment)... Could you please develop a widget so that I can ban the IPs and domains of the porn and Viagra guys that fill up our spam folders each and every day..?

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Mike in Dallas Texas — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:55:31 -0000

I didnt know there was a paid service out there that did this. That is crazy what people will pay for.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Carla Ackley — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:09:58 -0000

I had basically mentioned that before. Many SEO companies hire Indians to do blog postings. I own one of the 1st SEO companies online and we do not do blog postings. For one thing, it's spam, and the other is that the Indians misspell too much. As far as linking goes, I wouldn't hire someone to do linking. Do a press release and you will get plenty of excellent links from that, and actual people reading your article.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Andy@Ann Arbor real estate — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:18:17 -0000

Hi - I no followed my Blogger blog, I can deal with the spam comments and prefer to reward people that leave comments. Just a thought on the spam links - they may have hired a"good" seo company that was leaving these comments as part of their link building program unknown to the purchaser of the seo product. Just a thought.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Dave Smith — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:32:29 -0000

Jay,

Great post, I wish I had written this : )

Glad you gave me 14 minutes to edit this. Saw it and knew I had written a dreaded "Great Post" comment.

Merry Christmas

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

David Lorti — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:44:07 -0000

If I google the exact comment and it comes up many more times in other blogs, it's a no go. Just say something original and I will let it through.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Ned Carey@Baltimore investing — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:20:22 -0000

I am with Jay. I tend to be a little more forgiving on comments. Sometimes new readers of blogs don't know the etiquette

I just saw a comment I wrote earlier this year when I first started commenting on blogs. It went something like "nice post. I'll be sure to visit again" Sounds like most of you would have sent it to the spam file.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Leon Belenky-One Bal Harbour C — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:59:45 -0000

Wow. I would certainly be annoyed with paid comments like that which add nothing to the whole blog-o-sphere community we have here. I would agree that most of the gain you make from commenting is from the relationships you build online, but for me, as long as everyone is adding to the conversation, I would not mind if the comments are paid. Either way, they are reading and giving their two cents, and in these slower times, I can't begrudge anyone finding a way to feed their families.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Charles Richey@Las Vegas Condo — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:35:49 -0000

I have to agree with Vicki. I think you went above and beyond tracking the guy down. I'm starting to get a taste of what you deal with. There are always people that will try taking the easy route, but when it comes to your site you should always be thinking long term.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Vicki Walker@davis real estate — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:56:00 -0000

Jay -

You are way too nice to take the time to track down the source of the comment and then contact the Realtor (going through AR even!). Most of us would just delete it and move on. But your detective work paid off with some great information.

Many Realtors that are newbies in the website/blogging world fall prey to these "sharks" and find it easier to spend the money than spending the time to learn how SEO works. I know I did (a few years ago.) Dumbest thing I ever did.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Linsey@ OC Real Estate Voice — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:20:16 -0000

You are very generous to take the time to notify these folks rather than spamming them. I admit - I spam the stuff. I can't relate to the major disconnect that one experiences when they allow their online identity to be in the hands of anyone else. So much of blogging is the connection with others. To miss out on the opportunity for interaction that is anything other than authentic mystifies me.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Jodi Suguitan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:53 -0000

It sounds as if all this is a sign of the times and is going to perhaps get worse as markets continue to sour. Agents that don't do their homework and are all too willing to part way with their hard earned money in an attempt to gain market share is a sad reality. From what I understand many search engines would view that type of blitz link building campaign as unnatural link building( if they are even successful at getting the link). Any sudden increase in the number of links pointing to a site could backfire and cause the site to be penalized...

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

James Bridges@ Real Estate Tra — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:43:24 -0000

Jay,
I am glad you brought this up. Sadly I do think it falls into a couple of categories of why people get others to comment for them. I agree that people are "sold" on the search engine benefits, but I think they also see it as a shortcut to success. One of the best reasons to comment is you get to meet new people who usually are out of your area. The agents paying to have people comment will miss out on that opportunity and that is a bigger loss than any slight gain in the SERPs.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Maureen Francis — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:44:27 -0000

I just spam them. You are much kinder than I am.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

David Abernathy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:01:41 -0000

Jay - I hope this is one of the topics that you cover in your session in NY. I am hoping to attend this years conference.

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Carla — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:56:06 -0000

I also see a lot of automated/script driven spams of links on my forms. Usually dealing with drugs or sex related. I do what I can to block them by using some spam blocking techniques on the form and thenwhat gets through gets physicially blocked by IP. Carla

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Tina@Marietta Real Estate — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:29:48 -0000

I did not realize you could pay someone to comment on blogs. I say just delete them and that takes away their ability to sale this type of service.

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Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Dylan Darling — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:03:13 -0000

I've been bombarded with spam links lately. It's getting pretty frustrating. There is no need to hire someone to post blog comments for you. In my opinion, its just plain stupid. If you're an agent that's in this business for the long haul, you'll want a good internet reputation. These spammers won't last in the internet real estate "game".