I got my first blog comment spam today, in the form of strings of URLs shotgunned at several of my blog entries. From what I’ve been able to figure out, here’s what blog-comment spam is all about: Google uses a feature called PageRank to rate sites. The more links there are to a certain site, the higher up that site appears in Google’s search results. Spammers are flooding the comments pages of blogs in an effort to raise up their sites’ PageRank ratings.
Four of my entries were hit, and I deleted all four spam comments. I’m going to have to keep more-careful watch on my comments, I guess. Luckily, I get an email message whenever a new comment is posted.
Jay Allen has released the MT-blacklist plugin, which enables quick-delete of comment spam, and I’ll have to look into installing that.
More on spam comments: Blog Comment Spam on the Rise, Comment Spam, Blog Comment Spam. Also, since this has hit bloggers pretty hard, many more have commented. Do this Google search for more info: blog+comment+spam.
Addition: Also see Bill Thompson’s article on the BBC News site.
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