Comments on: On Broken Windows and Blog Comments

By: water distiller

water distiller — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:49:32 +0000

That is what blogs are forcommenting” and it is advisable to check your spam messages because there could be somthing in it that is worth posting for…

By: beson

beson — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:37:15 +0000

Hi, nice article. I read something about creating “fake” comment forms, which will greatly reduce spam on WordPress. I haven’t tried it yet, but I think it is something everyone should look into it. Apparently, spammers don’t know about it yet or can’t program it to work when there’s a “fake” form.

By: Web development Sydney

Web development Sydney — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:55:22 +0000

Sometimes, it is really a plugins fault why most of us can find useful comments in our site’s spam bin. It is really necessary for us to check it from time to time.

By: Nikky

Nikky — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:50:30 +0000

You’re right, it could be very frustrating if you find some useful comments on your spam file than seeing so many nonsense comments published on your post. Maybe you could just check it from time to time to give others the opportunity they are looking for from your website.

By: Somone

Somone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:34 +0000

Your advice is pretty much spot on. The lessons in the scars I guess. I’ll be back to read more of your articles. Thanks for the virtual shoulder.

By: John at Website Building biz

John at Website Building biz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:35 +0000

Hey Somone, thanks for stopping by.

Well well, this looks like a pretty crappy situation all around. It sounds like this other affiliate guy is using his personal and social relationships to corner the niche. Obviously this is someone who thinks the market is saturated and the best way to grow is to muscle out the competition – so this is no team player that the affiliate managers are backing up. The fact that they’re playing along and don’t seem to understand the technical crimes they’ve accused you of then leads me to question the affiliate program itself.

In a situation like this, I’m not sure if public attention can help one get re-instated. I’d do whatever was possible to get into private contact with the affiliate managers to explain your side of the situation and to demonstrate examples from similar sites.

If that doesn’t work, well, then maybe the best thing would be to warn others to stay clear of the program and use your site to promote similar alternatives. It sucks that the search engines reward ultra-focus so we have incentives to build domains for each product, but its terribly risky to put everything into a single brand. I got burned myself that way once when one company I was promoting heavily ended up slashing their payout by like 75% across the board. So as much as SEO favors a focus, business in general still favors a diversified approach.

By: Somone | Thesis Theme HQ

Somone | Thesis Theme HQ — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:18:27 +0000

Hi there, this is more of a social comment. I was reading your response about morons on Extreme John’s blog and was wondering if you would mind reading an article of mine – calling out a moron who has defamed me. I am interested in your opinion about what you would do if you were in my situation.

I’d really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers

Somone