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RESteve · 03-10-2009, 01:45 PM

Anyone had this happen? Check out this blog post as an example:

techforagents.com/news/christmas-is-great-for-social-networking

Notice that the comment names all share the same format. I'm led to believe that my blog is being frequented by a SEO company.

All links on Techforagents are nofollows, so there really isn't a point if that's the case. What's your opinion; keep allowing them to post at will or block the IP from spam?

Discover Davis Homes · 03-10-2009, 03:35 PM

I would mark them as spam - probably doing the same sort of thing with do-follow sites - they'll likely get put in spam soon anyway - if these were your friends - might give them a little leeway for banter back and forth - but doesn't look like a real conversation and they are including keywords with their names as well.

webmaster · 03-10-2009, 05:05 PM

I would ban em, clearly they are all coming from Dakno - why force someone else to have to get spammed before they are reported when you have already caught them, and their scheme is so painfully obvious.

RESteve · 03-10-2009, 06:57 PM

Thanks for the reassurance. I never heard of Dakno, but this is really my first experience with IP banning on one of my blogs. I was able to delete all comments and ban the IP using Spam Karma.

jmalone · 03-11-2009, 07:21 PM

Sounds like spam to me

Morristown · 03-11-2009, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webmaster

I would ban em, clearly they are all coming from Dakno - why force someone else to have to get spammed before they are reported when you have already caught them, and their scheme is so painfully obvious.

So what is the deal with Dakno then??

I am getting quite a few spam comments on very old blog posts as of late, but had not really been paying attention to who exactly was sending them.

webmaster · 03-11-2009, 08:55 PM

He has given a lot of really dumb SEO advice in the past (he knows just a bit more than the realtors he teaches so calls himself an expert) sort of thing (Like suggesting you fill in the last name field of your profile with "area real estate" instead of your last name - yeah that's good SEO and not bad for credibility (NOT!)

He is probably advocating it to his customers / members and or selling it as a service.

ScottFicek · 03-11-2009, 08:59 PM

If you search the "make money online" sites, you can find software that allows you to "auto comment" on blogs. They find a dofollow site and then just pelt it with comments.

RESteve · 03-12-2009, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottFicek

If you search the "make money online" sites, you can find software that allows you to "auto comment" on blogs. They find a dofollow site and then just pelt it with comments.

I don't think he was using software. The day after I banned their IP, I got an email from one of their "agents".

Unless that software had alerts or something.

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