Comments on: Recognizing Spam Comments and Junk Sites http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/ Motivating readers to believe, act, and achieve by looking at life with wit, wisdom, and engaging creativity Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:37:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Bobby Revell http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18607 Bobby Revell Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:35:43 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18607 Most people don't realize how valuable an expired domain is, especially on with a PR4 or better - it happens all the time. Also, if you know where to look, you can buy old databases (really large ones) loaded with information. Most of those local area dating sites from highly populated cities are built around them - in a bad way. It's amazing how governmental agencies often sell the databases and don't actually clean them. You could buy a used server from somewhere loaded with customer names and private information. I occasionally use bad-neighborhood.com to find old comment links on my site pointing to porn sites. 99% of the so-called bad sites are not bad, they may have a naughty title or cursing in it's content, so I don't worry about them. Most people don’t realize how valuable an expired domain is, especially on with a PR4 or better - it happens all the time. Also, if you know where to look, you can buy old databases (really large ones) loaded with information. Most of those local area dating sites from highly populated cities are built around them - in a bad way. It’s amazing how governmental agencies often sell the databases and don’t actually clean them. You could buy a used server from somewhere loaded with customer names and private information.

I occasionally use bad-neighborhood.com to find old comment links on my site pointing to porn sites. 99% of the so-called bad sites are not bad, they may have a naughty title or cursing in it’s content, so I don’t worry about them.

]]> By: pete http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18447 pete Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:18:25 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18447 Good point, maybe that was my reasoning behind not turning off comments to begin with. Good point, maybe that was my reasoning behind not turning off comments to begin with.

]]> By: Michelle Gartner http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18443 Michelle Gartner Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:02:37 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18443 I don't want to shut off old comments either. I have found that my highest traffic posts are the ones that aren't frequented by the non blog crowd. I will get comments (without links) just thanking me for information or clarifying things I did not know about vintage stuff. So I really don't want to shut off old comments. Too I get new things to wrote about that way. I think Dan is right about pron sites buying old domains... they will buy anything on the internet. They had a big news story here a couple years ago- where a foreign porn site bought something like Waukesha Government dot org ( I don't know if that is the city- but I know it was South Milwaukee). Anywhoo- something like 75% of the counties first time visitors were getting the porn site first. They were pretty irritated by the deal- I am not sure how they resolved it. I don’t want to shut off old comments either. I have found that my highest
traffic posts are the ones that aren’t frequented by the non blog crowd. I will get
comments (without links) just thanking me for information or clarifying things I
did not know about vintage stuff. So I really don’t want to shut off old comments.
Too I get new things to wrote about that way.

I think Dan is right about pron sites buying old domains… they will buy anything on the
internet. They had a big news story here a couple years ago- where a foreign porn site
bought something like Waukesha Government dot org ( I don’t know if that is the city- but I know it was South Milwaukee).

Anywhoo- something like 75% of the counties first time visitors were getting the porn site first. They were pretty irritated by the deal- I am not sure how they resolved it.

]]> By: Scam http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18430 Scam Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:47:13 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18430 Nearly all the spam I receive is sent via some program that allows the miscreant to bypass the usual procedures. Akismet still picks it up, I delete it all, and yet they still bombard me several times per day from the same ip address. I was thinking of naming and shaming those ip addresses but can't help but wonder if that would put a big target on my head? Nearly all the spam I receive is sent via some program that allows the miscreant to bypass the usual procedures. Akismet still picks it up, I delete it all, and yet they still bombard me several times per day from the same ip address.

I was thinking of naming and shaming those ip addresses but can’t help but wonder if that would put a big target on my head?

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18427 dcr Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:40 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18427 I had comments set to go off after a certain amount of time, but I have since stopped using that plugin. Sometimes you do get legitimate comments on old posts. Don't forget that sometimes you might want to highlight an older post and people might want to leave fresh comments on it. Turning off comments is sort of like admitting defeat to the spammers. I say we fight for victory! I had comments set to go off after a certain amount of time, but I have since stopped using that plugin. Sometimes you do get legitimate comments on old posts. Don’t forget that sometimes you might want to highlight an older post and people might want to leave fresh comments on it.

Turning off comments is sort of like admitting defeat to the spammers. I say we fight for victory!

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18426 dcr Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:26:47 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18426 Bear in mind too that porn sites will often buy expired domains. So, in some cases, it's possible that the original blogger let their domain name expire (or sold their blog) and a porn site operator snapped it up. Bear in mind too that porn sites will often buy expired domains. So, in some cases, it’s possible that the original blogger let their domain name expire (or sold their blog) and a porn site operator snapped it up.

]]> By: pete http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18421 pete Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:40 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18421 <em>I found older comments on my blog where the site linked to actually changed their content to porn after the fact.</em> A good reason to switch off comments after a set period of time. Which is something I've been meaning to do but haven't yet. I can be such a hypocrite sometimes. :D I found older comments on my blog where the site linked to actually changed their content to porn after the fact.

A good reason to switch off comments after a set period of time. Which is something I’ve been meaning to do but haven’t yet. I can be such a hypocrite sometimes. :D

]]> By: Bobby Revell http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18384 Bobby Revell Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:36:20 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/07/08/recognizing-spam-comments-and-junk-sites/#comment-18384 I've notice a new rage of "madlib" sites where the black hat seo owners are even smarter than ever. They will create a completely readable site which is scraped from places like wikipedia. Many use a program like the one found at datapresser.com, using more complex strings to formulate hundreds of sites. They will not have any advertising on them at first. Six months later, after building massive back links using a keyword anchor text (mostly through automated commenting and cloaked interlinking), they will load the sites up with ads and run them on autopilot. There's a big difference between a spammer and a smart black hat seo. I found older comments on my blog where the site linked to actually changed their content to porn after the fact. Very deceptive indeed :smile: I’ve notice a new rage of “madlib” sites where the black hat seo owners are even smarter than ever. They will create a completely readable site which is scraped from places like wikipedia. Many use a program like the one found at datapresser.com, using more complex strings to formulate hundreds of sites. They will not have any advertising on them at first. Six months later, after building massive back links using a keyword anchor text (mostly through automated commenting and cloaked interlinking), they will load the sites up with ads and run them on autopilot.

There’s a big difference between a spammer and a smart black hat seo. I found older comments on my blog where the site linked to actually changed their content to porn after the fact. Very deceptive indeed :smile:

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