I’m sure that I’m not alone in this inconvenience. Today’s marketing meeting is about taking back your blog. For the interim, I’ve decided to stop allowing comments on my posts. It is a temporary measure, I assure you.
Spam comments have increased on my blog so much lately. Writing about marketing is in part to blame. Oh, sure, I have the usual controls in place like Akismet. I don’t allow more than one hyperlink. Yet, that does not stop the spammers.
What is disconcerting is that the comments appear to be from live people, paid to comment on blogs. As a freelancer, I’ve come across these employers, seeking writers to write 10 500-word posts for $5. They are probably the same people hiring people to comment.
I’m hoping that my blog will get off their radar screen, kind of like a bounced email gets you off a mailing list. One can only hope.
In the meantime, let’s all blog and share the knowledge. It would be a much better place though if there were no spammers.
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