DISQUS

Lee Odden · 3 years ago

Watch, I'll never get another comment again!

Tamar Weinberg · 3 years ago

Actually, this is a useful post for blogging etiquette. Generally, you'd think stuff like this should come naturally, but not everyone knows how to interact through blogs.

Thank you for posting this -- it's definitely insightful.

Igor M. (BizMord Blog) · 3 years ago

"Watch, I

Try to refrain · 3 years ago

I will try to refrain from spamming your name fields with relevant link text Lee.

;o)

Aaron

Lee Odden · 3 years ago

I reserve the right to make exceptions Aaron. Besides, I did mention that handles and nicknames are fine. SEOBuzzBox is one thing, but something like, "rain barrels viagra mesothelioma" is entirely different. :)

Hawaii SEO · 3 years ago

Hi Lee,

I've been using this location based keyword as a handle for a long time. This is how people know me. I make it a rule to never post my name or email address. Can I still make comments?

Aloha,
Dave.

Lee Odden · 3 years ago

Hey Dave, I guess I could make a clarification in my policy that it does make a difference if I "know" the person and they consistently use a keyword rich handle everywhere they comment. You're fine.

It's the "buy viagra" "cialis" people that annoy me. Also people who have never commented before but load up on the keywords. It just looks bad.

Aimee K · 3 years ago

I see the spammers aren't listening ...

Excellent policy. I'm working on creating my own blog and this is something I'll think about incorporating. Thanks.

Tracey Crockett · 3 years ago

Excellent policy! Thanks for sharing. This is very helpful information for new bloggers such as myself. I may even implement some areas of your policy on my blog.

Again, thanks for sharing.

Tracey Crockett

Ed Kohler · 3 years ago

Great post, Lee. This issue has been on my mind lately too. I've decided to edit the names of relevant posts with irrelevant names down to "Anonymous."

Andy Beal · 3 years ago

I may have to adopt your policy in the future. :-)

Tom · 3 years ago

Thanks, it very useful!

B. Satogil · 2 years ago

Hello.
Excellent policy! Thanks for sharing. This is very helpful information for new bloggers such as myself. I may even implement some areas of your policy on my blog.

john beck · 2 years ago

Generally, you’d think stuff like this should come naturally, but not everyone knows how to interact through blogs.

Cute Answer · 2 years ago

Excellent policy. I’m working on creating my own blog and this is something I’ll think about incorporating. Thanks.

jack · 2 years ago

It is good.

Белая Церковь · 2 years ago

This issue has been on my mind lately too. I’ve decided to edit the names of relevant posts with irrelevant names down to anonymous.

Nate Moller · 2 years ago

I'm definitely going to add a policy like this to my blog. What a waist of time to have to go through spam comments. Luckily there's the askimet tools that help catch some of that.

Thanks for the good information.

Deibson Albernas · 2 years ago

Excellent policy! Thanks for sharing. Thank you. made in brazil

Joe Beccalori · 2 years ago

I do occasionally use names or handles in the name field, especially when relevant to SEO Expert or SEO Podcast, which are the names I've used for quite sometime and I provide other content on my own site relevant to that.

I know that this is a side benefit to participants in a conversation, but I guess you realize that as well. It should probably be weighed against the quality and relative frequency of a person's involvement.

I think your comment policy is well thought out though, and overall very fair. It would be nice to have better plugins for these blog platforms that made it easier to manage spam links.

lory · 2 years ago

Some things I never will forget. This is a blog about how a blogger who works for a company that runs the Internet, (if there ever was an owner it would be Google, Sorry Bill). How did Matt get all his followers to post all these comments on only what Matt and Google itself knows?

SEO is no longer. It is all paid for, and we all know that. The sad part is Google plays this game as if it’s it’s |Wii.

Google did what Yahoo! said it would never do. That is, placing graphics on search result pages. I had trouble with the question SPAM blocker to make a new post, (the sum of 3+9) I thought was a trick question.

Remember everyone, this is not rocket science. Google simply did what Yahoo! said they would do. Nothing original has come from Google. I do prefer Google because of the lack of graphics, even prefer lynx.

2007 Predictions. Google will have less than 1 billion in cash by year end. That’s how fast things change in the infancy of a techlological revolution.

The company most responsible for this unflattering event?

-It hasn’t even built a website yet, has no domain, and does not care.

Joe Beccalori · 2 years ago

Wow... what a prediction.

Haber Siteleri · 1 year ago

Hey Lee you are %100 right at that topic,ı hate spam comments at y blog too.

Jamey Lucas · 1 year ago

I never thought to put a comments policy in place!

Turk Yemekleri · 1 year ago

Who makes comment,the comment's responsibilities is at his/her

jon · 1 year ago

good idea man i love it!

online pharmacy · 1 year ago

Excellent policy! Thanks for sharing. Thank you. made in brazil

Bill McIntosh · 1 year ago

That's a neat idea to put in a comment policy. I guess there should be a general rule to what can be expected from a commenter and blogger in terms of appropriateness.... this way everyone can agree and things don't get spammed or that there will be relevance in the comment. Great idea, thanks!

Zai Sarkar · 1 year ago

Maybe I am naive. I do not understand why people hesitate to use their real names and identities when blogging! Please educate me!

Zai (my real name!)