Spamming – Big No No!
by Matt on Jul.09, 2010, under seo
Sorry we haven’t messaged in a while guys, it has been very busy down our end over the last few months.
In this weeks blog I thought Iwould talk about spamming – why you do and why in most cases it won’t work.
Most ’spamming’ especially on blogs such as ours, is done to create/build links back to a website in order to drive traffic. But in most cases, web owners are able to spot this spam and prevent it from being published.
For instance, we regularly receive spammy comments from websites (we can actually see their web addresses when they do this) from health, sex advice experts etc. Now whilst they think they have messaged us from a different email address, in our case Wordpress enables us to see their IP addresses which show exactly what website/company they are messaging from.
Now, whilst we do not endorse spamming – as it annoys a lot of website providers – if you are genuinely interested in using this technique you need to be subtle.
- Hide your IP – your computer shows where you are emailing/messaging/posting from so unless you use such tools at ‘Hidemyass.com’ to hide your IP, websites will be able to see who you really are
- Read the post – most spam messages are filled with ‘thank yous’ and no actual detail of what they have learnt. The typical one is ‘I was searching for your post all day…’. Similarly, these messages are usually quite disjointed and randomly throw in a connection to their website
Truthfully, spamming is not the best way to build links as most websites are able to spot them a mile away. So try to avoid using this technique.
Peace
Matt
July 16th, 2010 on 2:39 pm
Thanks for posting this. I am sick of my blog getting spammed by random people who obviously haven’t visited my website or know what I do.
Is there a way I can stop them from spamming my website completely or is it just something everyone has to put up with?
July 16th, 2010 on 2:43 pm
I’m afraid so Caroline. Even the best sites occasionally receive spam. The only tip I can suggest is improving your site ranking. Spammers traditionally aim to target smaller websites so they can build links and remain under the radar, so the higher you rank the less keen they will be to spam you.
Overall though, spamming is part of every day online marketing, so don’t let these links get you down. Just remember to keep checking your site, and deleting the spam.
Matt