Blog Commenting Is Getting More Creative And Harmful

Blog Commenting Is Getting More Creative And Harmful

Blog Commenting used to be a great way to start a discussion with online visitors. However, because of spam, many blogs are unable to activate this feature. Why is blog commenting more dangerous? Is there a solution to this problem? We will explore.

Blog comments in the good old days.

Just a few years ago, to comment the blog in the blogosphere a more dynamic space for everyone. When a blogger publishes a post, anyone can participate and say their piece just by leaving a comment before leaving the site. This is done through a comment form that is at the end of each blog post. If the feedback functionality is enabled, visitors can leave comments on each post.

Unfortunately, the default settings for most blogs allow visitors to leave their URL. When a comment is approved, the entire comment and the URL is posted on the blog. Soon, many webmasters discovered that it's a great way to get back links from established websites - for free! All they have to do is leave a few lines, and they get back links for free!

In fact, this method of acquiring links so well that some people have even developed custom tools just to send comments to get links. This practice is bad for the Internet community, because the comments are often irrelevant. Quite often, because of thousands of spam comments left by these automated tools, bloggers are forced to disable comments.

Webmasters who do not know what they do use these same tools to try to build back links. As a result, they began to acquire thousands of links in a very short space. The search engines soon caught on what is happening and began to ban sites that use this method.

Is there no way to combat this problem?

Fortunately, developers have developed solutions to help keep the situation under control.

1) Plugins - There are special plugins that bloggers can install on their own blogs to catch absurd comments. These comments will be quarantined or deleted immediately.

2) Captcha - This is a great way to stop automated tools. Software can not answer questions like human beings. Then a question is asked at the end of the form to ensure that anyone submitting the comment is a human being. No bots allowed!

3) Moderate comments - Bloggers can choose to moderate all comments so that only legitimate comments appear on the blogs.

4) Discussion Closed - After X number of days, the blog can be set to automatically disable threads. This will eliminate the chances of spam comments on posts older writings. A plugin is installed to achieve this.