Remove Blogroll Remove Comments Remove Content Remove WordPress
article thumbnail

Blog Comment Spammer Leaves Comment. Forgets to Spin the Content.

Bill Hartzer

When you have a fairly popular blog, you have to deal with comment spammers. Unfortunately, blog comment spamming still works apparently, or at least the blog spammers haven’t learned that it doesn’t work. Nonetheless, I’m still amazed at some of the comments left on the blog.

article thumbnail

Dear Blog Comment Spammer: I Think Your Comment Spam Tool is Broken

Bill Hartzer

Dear Blog Comment Spammer, who just left a comment on one of my recent blog posts: I think whatever software tool or script that you are using is broken. Whatever the reason, you should have noticed that none of the blog comments that are left on my blog actually allow outgoing links to websites. Can you tell? {. {I

Comments 142
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

[Answered] Are Guest Blog Posts Even Worthwhile Or Am I Just Giving Away My Content?

SocMed Sean

I’d like to get more referral traffic, but I’d rather focus on writing for my own blog, rather than giving my content away to others. Am I being selfish about my content? The idea is that if a high-quality site links to your content, Google is going to reward you with the potential for higher ranking for your content.

Content 209
article thumbnail

Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery November 14th, 2010 Tweet Whither blogroll? A question from Davina Brewer on how folks are using their blogrolls got me thinking. Sign out Leave your comment here.

Blogroll 214
article thumbnail

How I Set Up My WordPress Blog In 2 Hours

Waxing UnLyrical

It’s a little bit different from Waxing UnLyrical, in that it has a sidebar either side of the main content area, and so many configuration options that my head is spinning. I set up a basic blogroll, a Twitter widget, a short “About&# page as well as a “© and Stuff&# page.

WordPress 183
article thumbnail

Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

So “borrowing” content isn’t a Web-only phenomenon, it’s just a lot easier to spot now. Shifting from poaching content to paying for it, it really is no wonder that the AP seems so threatened by Google. A wire service’s whole business model is built around selling the same content to as many news outlets as possible.

Content 116
article thumbnail

NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Adam Sherk

One aspect that CNN might want to rethink is the inclusion of “Total Comments” for each news item. Related posts: The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? How “popularity” is determined is not specifically defined, but it is likely a simple metric like page views.

Content 112