Move Over Viagra; Bad SEO “Experts” Generate the Most Comment Spam

It's been a while since I've gotten Viagra or Texas Hold 'Em comment spam on my blog. However, this reduction has been replaced with a deluge of spam from SEO "experts" who feel it necessary to comment on a bunch of my blog posts in a row with generic messages.

A long time ago, leaving comments on blogs had two big benefits. First, if you said something intelligent, other readers of the blog might read you comment and click on your name, which would lead them to your blog. Presto! Additional traffic.

Secondly, that link carried link juice that would increase your own blog's search engine visibility. However, those days are long gone thanks to "comment spam;" pointless or off-topic comments that spammers left at the bottom of every post they could find. In fact, they created "bots": insidious programs that would do their dirty work for them in 1/10,000 the time.

Unfortunately, a number of SEO professionals didn't get the message. A few recent comments that otherwise wouldn't make it to my blog:

Comment:

I am new to seo.I am planning to start new blog.But I am getting confused to choosing blog platform.Please give me a suggestion…

Commenter name: seo company
Commenter email: hkcs.link@gmail.com
Commenter URL: http://www.not-the-actual-domain.com/SEO/index.htm
IP address: 58.68.29.162
Authentication: None

And, by the same intrepid spammer a few minutes later at another post:

Comment:

Very good post.Look forward to reading more on you blog.Thanks.

Commenter name: seo services
Commenter email: hkcs.link@gmail.com
Commenter URL: http://www.not-the-actual-domain.com/SEO/index.htm
IP address: 122.167.21.138
Authentication: None

I fear for the small business owner that chooses this firm to handle their search engine optimization.

Whew. Glad I got that off my chest.

Rich Brooks
Confused to Choosing Blog Platform

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  • http://www.biztipsblog.com Denise Wakeman

    Ha ha! I'm getting the same deluge of comments. I'm deleting and blocking the IP address. Takes a few extra minutes but hopefully that will eventually put a stop to the spam.

  • http://www.biztipsblog.com Denise Wakeman

    Ha ha! I'm getting the same deluge of comments. I'm deleting and blocking the IP address. Takes a few extra minutes but hopefully that will eventually put a stop to the spam.

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    One of these spambots has decided my site is a good place to try and post hundreds of spam comments. I have installed an IP blocker wordpress plugin that in the last week has blocked 2500 attempts to access my site. A few spam comments are still getting through.
    Rich, do you have any recommendations on wordpress plugins to keep the spammers in check.

  • http://www.bobfirestone.us Bob Firestone

    One of these spambots has decided my site is a good place to try and post hundreds of spam comments. I have installed an IP blocker wordpress plugin that in the last week has blocked 2500 attempts to access my site. A few spam comments are still getting through.
    Rich, do you have any recommendations on wordpress plugins to keep the spammers in check.

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    Instead of blog commenting what else do you suggest? Your client fork out thousands on buying links? (Which is also bad SEO).

  • Zoran

    Instead of blog commenting what else do you suggest? Your client fork out thousands on buying links? (Which is also bad SEO).

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    Thanks for putting this one up. I have been getting this spammer lately too, a simple search on their username led to your blog!

    I have attempted to contact the company they were spamming for without result.

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    Thanks for putting this one up. I have been getting this spammer lately too, a simple search on their username led to your blog!

    I have attempted to contact the company they were spamming for without result.

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  • Chris

    Very good post.Look forward to reading more on you blog.Thanks.

    I see by some of the names under your comments that people didn't bother to read the article. Also don't they know their links are nofollow? In the time it takes to give a comment you could send the owner an email and ask to work out some kind of link exchange that would work out best for both… I think the only reason people don't do that is they don't have legitimate sites anybody would want to link to in the first place.

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    I see by some of the names under your comments that people didn't bother to read the article. Also don't they know their links are nofollow? In the time it takes to give a comment you could send the owner an email and ask to work out some kind of link exchange that would work out best for both… I think the only reason people don't do that is they don't have legitimate sites anybody would want to link to in the first place.

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    Ah, so glad you made that post. This stubborn fool keesp returning to my site in order to make some inane spam. So far I've banned the following emails from this guy;

    [emails deleted]

    …and a few more that I didn't bother to add to my banlist. With each login I also banned the IP number used at the time, yet this stubborn fool keeps coming back. Might as well hang out the "hkcs spammer" as I call him/her now on the net, so if anyone else googles the hkcs letter combo or any of these emails, they'll find this post.

    I'd link my site, but in my experience mentioning spam attracts spam. (Ironic, isn't it?)

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    Ah, so glad you made that post. This stubborn fool keesp returning to my site in order to make some inane spam. So far I've banned the following emails from this guy;

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    …and a few more that I didn't bother to add to my banlist. With each login I also banned the IP number used at the time, yet this stubborn fool keeps coming back. Might as well hang out the "hkcs spammer" as I call him/her now on the net, so if anyone else googles the hkcs letter combo or any of these emails, they'll find this post.

    I'd link my site, but in my experience mentioning spam attracts spam. (Ironic, isn't it?)

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