I'm considering shutting off comments on my blog.
[Gasps of horror! Cries of disbelief!]
Alright, it probably won't happen. After all, I enjoy when people respond to something I've written. However, the spam to real comment ratio is getting worse and worse. Even though I've turned on moderation on my blog, it still takes time every day to ferret out the diamonds in the rough.
Yes, comments about Viagra and online pharmacies are often dropped into the junk folder without bothering me via email. However, there were probably 2 real comments out of the last 20 that made it through TypePad's sieve like filter.
Now, one bloger's comment spam is another blogger's feedback, so let me just say that if you're doing nothing but promoting your product and adding nothing to the conversation you won't find your comment posted here.
For example, if you're signing your name as "melbourne seo company", "SEO", or "seo Los Angeles" you're almost definitely getting the axe.
If your comment reads something like, "Hi, Very nice informative post.Thanks for sharing such a useful information with us..." or other bastardization of the English language with no benefit to the readers here, you're going to get the axe. Either keep the conversation moving along or just...move along.
Oh, and Jeff Paul and anyone related to Jeff Paul? This is not your blog. Your thinly veiled advertisements won't play here.
For anyone else who has real questions, real comments or real disagreements with anything I post here, please, let it fly! And I'll do my best to respond and keep the spammers at bay.
I'm a t-shirt kind of guy. In fact,
Follow Up: Shortly after reading this post someone from Busted T's left a comment with an email. I followed up, and two days later I had received not only the t-shirt I ordered (right), but another cool one as an apology. I also got to keep the original t-shirt which I gave to my wife. Perfect fit.


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