Is it better to leave the comments box open so people can leave links to third party sites or is better to keep the comments box closed? Had one chap in Ireland who left 15 links to the same site on different posts so deleted the lot. Thanks, Barney
I generally leave mine open, but its set to moderation, with Akismet on guard. Had a few incidents with link droppers that darn near caused a global meltdown of my face. Lol. Blog comments are good, if you can moderate them. Its a tad sneaky, but I've heard that some bloggers use spam posts, edit them, remove links, and then approve it. Thanks, Dreamraven
Definitely moderated and Akismet is a god send  Licence is pennies and stops most of the rubbish.
I'd be lost without it. You could use disqus as well. Comment luv is kinda being targeted by the underworld at the moment. I think with disqus you could set a captcha code or something similar as added protection. Will check my plugins in the morning and let you know. Thanks, Dreamraven
Thanks for the info, the Telegraph uses disqus and you do have to fill in a captcha, but I guess I was just wondering from a search engine point of view as to whether it made much difference to have comments or not. And on another subject about blogs is it advisable to go on a link building programme with it? Thanks, Barney
A link is a link. Whether its do follow or nofollow. Especially since google wants to see both pointing to your site and not one. I think I might point you to the webmaster TOS for that. They do accept some link building strategies, but last I heard buying links was a no no. I think reciprocal might still be ok though. “However, some webmasters engage in link exchange schemes and build partner pages exclusively for the sake of cross-linking, disregarding the quality of the links, the sources, and the long-term impact it will have on their sites. This is in violation of Google's Webmaster Guidelines and can negatively impact your site's ranking in search results. Examples of link schemes can include: Links intended to manipulate PageRank Links to web spammers or bad neighborhoods on the web Excessive reciprocal links or excessive link exchanging ("Link to me and I'll link to you.") Buying or selling links that pass PageRank” source: webmaster tools and Paid links: “A site's ranking in Google search results is partly based on analysis of those sites that link to it. Link-based analysis is an extremely useful way of measuring a site's value, and has greatly improved the quality of web search. Both the quantity and, more importantly, the quality of links count towards this rating.” webmaster tools again So they're not being dictators, but there are a few small rules about getting links on your site/blog. Thanks, Dreamraven
“...but I guess I was just wondering from a search engine point of view as to whether it made much difference to have comments or not.” Although a lot of comments tend to one liner drivel, if it's an interesting blog, you could potentially generate a lot of comments, which in turn becomes a debate and makes great indexable content, or even link bait back to your blog.
That's what the Big G, and about every blogger wants.  I recently wrote a really asinine blog post for a friend, and I am waiting to see what the response will be when people read it. You don't have to be controversial though (I just like making waves sometimes), But what I do enjoy is taking a comment from one of my posts and building a conversation out of it. People tend to chip in if they have some insight, and the one liners are caught in the akismet net. Thanks, Dreamraven
Blog comments are great, you however have to make sure that they are monitored frequently as opinions can be relayed in 3 ways, positive, negative and destructive. enterprisepe
Akismet is very recommended if you don't have time to clean up the mess that other people create. If you have a very engaging blog try using Facebook discussions and other of similar. wingman |
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