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@akp100 (13647)
India
July 9, 2012 4:33am CST
Hello Friends Okay.. So now I have successfully restored my blog again. Thanks for encouraging friends, now I will not make that mistake again(of deleting blog).. Now having few doubts.. I always used to receive few comments for my posts. Mostly all are good. But many time I have noticed that those viewers attach link with their comment. Some of those links related to my site and some of them are not. So what do you think about it? I know they are attaching links to improve their site traffic.. Should I allow those comments which are with links? or which kind of links I should allow? and also hope my blog can not face any problem because of those links..
10 responses
@surfer222 (1713)
• Indonesia
9 Jul 12
I think if you want many comments in your blog, you'll need to give the commentators a 'do follow' link. To avoid spam, you'll need to place some sort of anti-spam. Backlink is one of the motive why people comments in our blog and i think it's a fine motive as long as the comments they give is not a spam. It give both parties a benefit. while the commentators get backlink from your site, you get an updated content from the search engine point of view. Many people who see that the site didn't give the 'do follow' link, they tend not to give comments in your blog because they didn't see a benefit by commenting in your blog.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi I agree on that.. But how to rectify the comments that either it is spamming or not.. I mean I get such comments always with good lines for my blog, ending with their link, even its not related to my blog at all.. So I am confused now that should i allowed those links or not?!
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Yes.. In the content of the comment.. Even though they will attach links with name as you mentioned.. just tell me even I accept the links, can it create problem to my blog rank or anything else.
@surfer222 (1713)
• Indonesia
9 Jul 12
I think no, it won't create a problem in your blog rank as long as the comments isn't a spam, but i personally didn't like link inside a content, so if i have a blog, i will disable html tag for the content of the comments. Right now i still searching for a blogging platform that suit my need.
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
9 Jul 12
Hey good to see that you reactivated your blog back about comments well if the comment does not relate to your post and just some guy spamming there link then just deleted those but if it relate with your post and then the person just put his blog link as a signature then there is no harm. you can visit that person blog and do the same its a good for both side
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi SAJ.. Actually all comments I am getting, most of them are writing very good lines for my blog... that your blog is really superb and looking forward for it and all that.. And I am damm sure that they really not mean it... I guess I can separate them as spamming.. Right? Yes, if comment is honest then sure two blogs can have back links for good.
• Mumbai, India
9 Jul 12
Well people usually do that but that's ok. if they keep on doing it a lot in your blog then it would be a spam for sure.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Don't know about current one.. But yes in past I have got few comments which was redirecting to the same site.. So that can be call spamming... This is little confusing thing. Is it okay, if that link is not related to my blog?! Redirecting to site which is totally different?!
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
9 Jul 12
hello akp, Nice to know that you successfully restored your blogs. About comments with links, as long as they are posting a good comment then it's fine. But some just posted links without any comments which means they never read the article but only wants to post their links...
@akp100 (13647)
• India
10 Jul 12
Hi Jaiho Yes comments with only link is surely for promoting only.. and no way I can remain such comments on my blog.. I instantly delete them. I am still confused about few comments which is carrying links which is surely not related to content. I wonder if i need to keep them or not.
@Mashnn (4501)
10 Jul 12
I usually do not post anything with a link attached. I think posting too many comments with links attached make the blog looks spammy.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
11 Jul 12
Hi Yes that's for sure. Even I don't like comments with those links and that also not related at all.. So far I just used to delete them.. And i guess I will keep doing that for future too.
@viji_v2 (727)
• India
9 Jul 12
I read your last post earlier but I could not respond to you that time due to less connectivity. And it is good you have restored it back. . For your question, the answer is there is no problem with such comments. We all know about the backlink factor, but many people wont know there should be link to other sites from our site or blog. It is also taken to notice for indexing your blogs in good position. But you have to be careful in some comments which has no meaning at all, or only for promo. It would reduce your reputation among members.
• India
9 Jul 12
Anand, good to hear you got a lot of comments to your blogs, if the comments are good you may keep it in your blog. Some persons are posting comments to promote their blogs, mostly this kind of comments are spam. There is nothing wrong in deleting the spams, if you keep it in your blog, it will reduce the blog quality. Always i delete this kind of spams from my blog and keep the good comments
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi VP Yes.. It will surely reduce quality of my blog.. Now the only thing i have to do is to differentiate between spam comment and the proper comment. So I can manage good quality on my blog. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this topic.. I got few good suggestion for this.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
By the way... I also got my page rank back which I lost when I deleted my blog.. So now its all same like before.
• India
9 Jul 12
yes, you must avoid spams and publish the good comments to improve your blog traffic and reputation
@sharksfin (1091)
• Philippines
9 Jul 12
Congratulations! About those who are posting comments with links, they're really not reading your blog but are promoting something. Most of them are using bots. So, it's not really good that you bother approving their comments.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Ohhh... Is it ?! I have just approved one comment like that.. Normally I get comments from my regular reader too.. but few times I also get comments with links like that..I know they are doing that for promoting, but they can even be bots.. Thanks for the info, I will remove it.
@edsss17 (4394)
• Philippines
9 Jul 12
Hi akp! :) I am a follower of your blog and I don't put links in my comments! :) I agree with the first response in this discussion, some comments that have links in their comments that isn't related to your blog's topic then they are not reading your post.. But if some of the commentors that somehow you know leaves a comment with a link, just let them be.. Well, they visited your blog and it added your traffic and in some ways too, you have helped them drive traffic to their blogs! :) Good luck my dear blog friend!
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi edsss Yes I know you are one of my follower, and I never have any complains from you... Thanks for that. Yes.. I can allow them, but the one who is putting link having no blog other side, its a simple site, where I can't comment on their blog and put my link.. But still if i found comment is the honest one related to post, then I don't delete it, but if i found spamming kind, I mean just compliment my blog and nothing post related, then i just delete them.
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hello Anand, Glad to know that you have restored your blogs and getting responses on it that means your blogs are getting popular among people.You know i am not having any blog but i reckon that they might be spamming don't worry though you have the option to delete their comment if you found them irrelevant.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi SJ I am waiting for your first blog.. now its about time. I hope I will able to see one soon. Yes. I am having delete option, and I am surely using it. Whenever I found something like spamming I instantly press that button. So no more problem. Yes blog is doing okay for now.. got page rank 1 too.. But still trying to improve it more. Hope so.
• India
9 Jul 12
Hello akp, I could say that if the link is necessary for the explanation of the comment ( something like reference and all) you needn't delete them. But some people are interested to increase their own blog traffic by posting their links in other blogs . So you have to make sure that such unnecessary link are removed from the post . You just delete those. Also there is not need to block link posting in the comments.
@akp100 (13647)
• India
9 Jul 12
Hi wonderboy So far I am doing like this only.. Yes if it is like referenced than surely its not problem..But what is meaning of posting links in comment which is totally unnecessary and unrelated? So that's where it is doubtful.. Few peoples say it is way of back linking, but still I have few doubts.