Google: Disavow Links Even If Removed As A Best Practice – Search Engine RoundtableSays Google's John Mueller: "While it's really important for the web-spam team when processing the reconsideration request to see significant effort put into...
There are close to zero scenarios where I can see a link drop in a forum or blog comment as having any signal value to a search engine. I lump these together because even though they are quite different is many ways, they are quite similar in that...
It can take relatively few instances of comment spam to wind up with a manual penalty. Comment Spam One of the newer penalties that people are finding in their inbox is one for comment spam. Use a good spam scrubbing software to flag bad comments...
By this time next year, Cutts hopes people are less likely to do link buying, blog comment spam, etc. When SEO becomes an issue is when spam comes into play, such as if you go overboard buying links, doing comment spam links, or keyword stuffing.
Comment on relevant blogs and sites without doing so in a spammy manner. I wouldn't suggest popping your link into a casual comment because that's not a good way to build long-term link exposure, but using your site for your comment signature can...
Comment spam. Using exact match anchor text for your “money keywords” in comments or in the username in the comment section The site owner hadn’t appreciated how profoundly these spam tactics went against Google’s mission, which is purportedly to...
Comment spam does not mean you are getting a quality link from a high profile website. But if your comment is purely for the sake of dropping links or misleading in any way then I would call that spam.
Also a great alternative to Google and prides itself on being a spam-free search engine. Widely used on social network platforms in order to associate a tweet/comment with something. A new search algorithm designed to detect, and boot out, spam.
As discussed in “Google Penguin Update: 5 Types of Link Issues Harming Some Affected Websites”, spammy link signals (paid text links using exact match anchor text, comment spam, guest posts on questionable sites, article marketing sites, and links...
Comment spam: Two things proved problematic for websites trying to unnaturally rank for specific keywords: signatures in comments that contained exact match anchor text; and people who used a spammy user name (e.g.
The “over-optimization penalty” became the equivalent of an SEO ghost story over the last several weeks since Cutts made his comment at SXSW and SEOs began echoing the Gospel of Matt, who warned that thou shalt not do “over optimization” or...
And Cutts may actually want to clarify his comment, in this instance, so that folks know. For those who don’t, Cutts is the head of the web Spam team at Google. Matt provides information via his blog, provides insight via the GoogleWebmasterHelp...
A blog with a Google PageRank of 6 probably looks like a great place to spam a comment. This may be tough for some link builders to digest, especially if you're coming from a research standpoint and you see that competitors for a particular keyword...
Obviously there is a white hat/black hat/gray hat blur on this point, so please feel free to discuss and comment below. The best protection against spam links or bad links is to be proactive. This time, I turned to some fellow Search Engine Watch...
Facebook drops the comment button, allows users to edit replies - The Next Web Blekko is touting "the first search algorithm ever created to find spam rather than rank results," AdSpam. Blekko AdSpam Algorithm Finds, Eliminates Spam by Danny Goodwin
The vast majority of blogs are some variation of Wordpress or Blogspot, which set comment links by default to "nofollow," meaning your website won't receive the link juice. Dropping a URL in a comment isn't a big deal, but mixing in some anchor...
A better alternative, perhaps, is to have a human do it, and to have them put some real effort into thoughtful comments, and build a profile history, prior to adding a comment that has links back into it.
Forum and blog comment spam will no doubt see a huge increase and endless new content will hit the web, taxing the search engine crawlers. The impact will also be seen in the addition of spam elements cluttering the web.
In the off chance one of your customers were to stumble across your comment, would you want them to read something that sounded like spam? Same as above -- choose only the most relevant blog posts to comment on, regardless of whether a competitor...
To direct a comment at a specific follower, simply prefix their name with "@" -- for example, "@kevgibbo + your message. Keep your comment as short as possible because, when people retweet it, they will have to add "RT username" at the start.
