How do I know when a message is spam?
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Yes it’s spam.
Short messages such as generic flattery, “thanks”, “nice post/blog”, “subscribed in RSS reader”, “where can I download your theme”, are almost always spam.
They might seem gratifying, but bear in mind that the same guy (or script) just posted exactly the same thing on 5,000 other blogs.
Akismet will almost always catch these and put them in your spam folder. If that’s the case you needn’t do anything. If you notice one that Akismet missed, click the Spam button.
A suggested rule of thumb regarding messages in your spam folder: unless you know the author personally, it is almost certainly spam.
I got an identical message, just so you know.
Curses, I got that same message and was sure it wasn’t spam … guess not.
I was so excited about someone likeing my posts. How do we stop this same person coming on all the time.What is the point of this kind of spam?
The “point” of such spam is to spray the internet with links to the spammer’s website. I think it’s called linkspam. The idea is that Google will be impressed by all those links and rank the spammer’s site highly. I suspect that such tricks are rarely successful in fooling Google.
The key to spotting comments as spam is if they (or the commenter’s name) contain links. If so, and if you don’t know the commenter, and if the comment is something vague that could fit in any blog anywhere, then it’s spam.
If the person has a legitimate unspammy website, I will usually let one such comment through (if it hasn’t gone to the spam folder) and then put them on the moderated list. If they come back and post the same type of comment again, onto the blacklist they go.
when I get spam it’s usually some type of advertisement and it goes into the spam filter. this has been my general experience.
yup, got one too from that knol guy
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