As anyone who runs a blog will know, the amount of spam comments can be extremely depressing. Luckily for me over the last week the spammers appear to have changed tactic from the usual “Great post! Lots of useful information here” type of comment to something altogether more sinister, and I enjoy variety.
When Spammers Attack
A good example of this is a spam comment received on a text-only post, demanding that I stop relying on “the video” to make my point for me and wasting my intelligence. Lovely, I must say. The number one spot so far however goes to the following comment, received just yesterday:
I dont know who you think you are, but youre just blowing smoke out your ears. Nothing youre saying makes sense and its all a bunch of immature ranting. If you want people to get behind your blog, you should at the very least learn a little something about what youre talking about!
Now I know what you’re thinking, how do I know it’s spam? The clue was in the commenter name, and in the fact that the exact same drivel shows up on a load more blogs in a Google search. My blog isn’t immature ranting…it’s just pointless.
And Other News
Our top story this week, Michelle and Tom are moving house! Into something closely resembling my childhood dream home, in fact, which is very exciting. It’s even got a big garden and a shed to keep our as-yet-nonexistent garden tools in. Or to play hide-and-seek in, we’ll see how it goes.
As a result we’ll be lacking internet for about a week and trying to make up for it by *hisssssss* spending time with each other instead. Clients have been informed, a notice of absence is up on the contact page, if I missed anyone out I apologise. The blog may or may not lie dormant for a week and a bit, depending on how much t’internet access I can blag during the week.
Upon my triumphant return to the world of the living (living geeks, at any rate), there are exciting plans afoot. First of all, my first official free WordPress theme release is coming up. I’m also going to be hiring a virtual assistant, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and never quite taken the plunge. Lastly I’ve just released a tutorials blog for people trying to make their own business websites, based on how much fun I’ve had writing stuff for site owners so far.
See you soon!
p.s. yay shed!
19 Jun at 6:06 am
I realize this post is almost 4 months old, but I wanted to let you know when I googled that spammer’s comment, you came up on top. I was checking a blog I have, related to costumes, and I found that particular gem in the spam queue. It actually too me aback for a moment, and I was wondering “What on earth?” until I realized it was probably spam. A quick Google of it pointed out I’m not the only one with the problem.
It’s my new favorite spam comment. The old favorite was “Hi, I missed the contact link THAT’s RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY PAGE, so this isn’t spam, but you need to improve your seo tactics, use my product.” Ah, spammers, they are ever so blind.
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