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More lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

At their best, these are way more entertaining than email spam -- lots of creative English, garbled syntax, and mixed metaphors ("gladsome to mature this website," "earmarks of the army has recruited on boob tube," "Lossing albatross is benificial," "your current article causes me completely happy"). Thanks For Share Robert L. Great write-up!

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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. When in doubt, do a web search. The first sentence in the above comment yields over 400 million hits! 1) I am really satisfied with this posting that you have given us.

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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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Lame spam of the day: Magnificent things of your mouth

Robert Weiner

Most of the comments that spammers have been trying to post on my blog these days have been beyond lame: a single word or lines of gibberish. Today''s spam is lame and charming, though it''s probably less charming in the original language. This is really an excellent web page. That just encourages the spammers.

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Pipe Up: How to Get More Comments on Your WordPress Posts

Byte Technology

And while WordPress has some terrific plugins available that can help you create and manage a comment section on your site, too often unforeseen problems and lapses exist that stymie the commenting process. Regardless of why a site doesn’t foster an active comment board, there are some quick and easy ways to change the issue.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. For the first time, readers could comment and share their opinions publicly on a piece of online content. Blog Design Best Practices.

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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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