New Comment Rule

June 4th, 2009 by Badbadivy

retrochick.JPGIvy says:

Ever go on a blog and see a comment made by something like “Kitchen Cabinet Refacing” or “South Nashville Dentist”? It’s kind of off-putting, isn’t it? Yeah, it is to us too. Especially since the comments invariably seem to be something like “Very informative post.” Thanks for adding to the conversation, dude.

So, from now on, in order to comment here, you’ll need to have some kind of pseudonym or name in order to comment here. For example- “badbadivy” would be OK. “Ivy Hogan” would also be OK. Even if it’s something like “Ivy at Murfreesboro TN Auto Repair” (shameless, I know, haha), that’s OK too.

But if you have some obvious SEO keywords only, we’re going to kick you out as spam. If you have absolutely nothing to add to the conversation, we’re definitely kicking you out as spam. Want a good example of who does things right? Look around for comments here from “Diaper Cake Becca“. Her comments show she’s clearly read the post and she has something to add. Of course, she’s a reg here and I don’t know that it’s ALL about SEO for her (I think she likes us, shhh, don’t tell anyone) but every little bit helps.

So in short, we welcome your comments, but not if they’re icky-spammy. Thanks for your kind attention.

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  • Sounds like a good idea. I hate those type of spam comments :P

  • Well, darn, I was going to start leaving comments as “Oprah’s Favorite Baby Gift”…..guess that is out the window. Hmmmm…..back to the drawing board

    I love Home-Ec101. It is a part of my normal day’s ritual. Its kind of like being home for just a few moments of my day (home being the South where I was born and raised).

    Y’all rock…..thank you for allowing me to identify myself with my company! My company has a lot to do with who I am and I appreciate the link but would still come here if you told me to stop it already!

  • No problemo.

    -CJ

  • Oh dear. Then I shouldn’t suggest anyone go look at this.

  • Good for you girls. I am the same way on my blog. Granted, I get like two comments a week, but they are real people who love me and read what I write, not machines wanted to generate links to their own businesses.

  • Up until 2 weeks ago, I would’ve had no idea what SEO meant, but now that I’ve done one official paid writing job (go me) I had to learn what that meant so I could do it.

    If you ever think I’m getting spammy, feel free to whop me upside the head. I can take it.
    :-)

  • This is your place, so by all means exercise your prerogative to delete comments whenever you want. Better to have just a few comments and an insightful discussion than to have forty comments that are a waste of pixels.

    And my personal favorite type of useless comment is “Great post! I wrote about something similar at [insert spam link here]!! Eesh.

    Dan
    Casual Kitchen

  • I got a spam comment where the person wrote — “You thief, you stole this article from spam link.” I had to laugh – I was describing my rental unit and all about the furniture and amenities that were included in the rental. I don’t think they had an identical unit in Russia. Sigh.

  • I used a keyword and was informed about the comment so thanks for letting me know and apologizes for not knowing about comment’s policy. Btw “Diaper Cakes Becca” don’t looks like a name but simply an anchor text to be used but for sure her comments are worth it but still why don’t you stop her using the keywords :p
    No offense please just my 2 cents :D
    Thanks
    PHYza

  • there is a “For Dummies” SEO book I found that I am learning a lot from…

  • I’m okay with that. i also don’t like spammers. it really is a topic spoiler.

  • Is it appropiate to wear nice black pants to a funeral now?

  • But if you have some obvious SEO keywords only, we’re going to kick you out as spam. If you have absolutely nothing to add to the conversation, we’re definitely kicking you out as spam.
    Thanks anyway…

  • I tihnk everyone see this book :D BTW who likes spammer ???

  • He probably just thought they were lame examples of jokes I gave but he should know jokes don’t always translate well to the page. ,

  • It is clear from the responses to my original post that many people share this confidence, probably because we have all read similar popular science books about artificial intelligence, large networks, and so on. ,