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Lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments. Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them. I assume that most of these are planted for search engine optimization rather than to get people to click a link. When in doubt, do a web search. Thank you and looking for more posts.

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Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment

Robert Weiner

Some of the lamest spam I see comes in the form of comments on my blog posts. Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them. It's particularly entertaining when the spam is trying to link to one of my spam of the day posts.). Here's an example.

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YouTubers are sick of comment spam, so YouTube is testing a stricter moderation system

The Verge

Many big YouTube creators have expressed frustration with an increase in comment spam on their channels in recent weeks, including Linus Tech Tips, Jacksepticeye, and MKBHD. Spam,” Linus Sebastian said to start a February 1st video on his Linus Tech Tips channel. YouTube comment spam can take many forms.

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Lame spam of the day: disappointed spammer

Robert Weiner

Most of the spam that reaches me comes as emails, but my blog also attracts a fair share of spammy comments. Here''s one of the former, from a spammer I presume is trying to increase the search engine ranking for a site selling shoes. I searched for the first sentence and found over 2 million examples, so it may be working.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Brands that blog report 97% more links to their website and 434% more indexed pages in search engines. Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. Nonprofits that regularly post new content with keywords in the title are much more likely to get noticed by search engines, especially Google.

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How to successfully use blog commenting to acquire new users (without being spammy)

The Next Web

We read about a cool growth hack involving “commenting on blog posts” recommended by several websites. The general idea is to comment on blog posts that you know your audience likes reading. You hope that readers in turn will like your comment and then click on the link to your website. per comment). moderated comments.

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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

All-In-One SEO Pack – optimize your pages and posts for Google search by creating custom titles and descriptions; have control of how shared pages appear on social media; create sitemaps with ease. SEO and Social Sharing. Events, Fundraising and Donations.

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