Jimmy Spam (& SEO Tip)!

And now, for my weekly spam as search - engine - bait post. (If you got sucked in by the title, or came here by way of “Probloggers tips” page, the SEO & blogging lesson is w..a…y at the end after the second hard rule. The quite boring example is an example that applies quite a few of Darren Rowse’s tips! )

The search engine bait post itself. (Example)

Did you get visits from Jimmy, Robert, Richard or Tom? They left messages here and on my knitting blog. And guess what, they all share a single thought!

Here’s Jimmy in full (with line breaks removed):

Jimmy Rockasta | pam2110@gmail.com | entrepreneur-support.com | IP: 59.93.144.74
Hi, This is a good post. This is the stuff I was actually looking for.
I have a question though – Frequent number of times I have got a warning as “spam” when I try bookmarking on sites like dig.com or muti.com.
I don’t have any spam pages or websites.
Any idea why do I meet with all these?
Thanks.

Now for the first bits of the other three:

Robert Spencer | rspencer123@gmail.com | expatintelligence.com | IP: 69.10.139.56
“Hi, This is a good post. This is the stuff I was actually ….”

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Richard Andrews | richardndrws@yahoo.com | fortliberty.org/blog | IP: 69.41.168.41
Hi,This is a good post. This is the stuff I was actually l…

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Tom Paine | tompaine5454@yahoo.com | tech-faq.com/blog | IP: 69.10.139.107
“Hi, This is a good post. This is the ….”

Guys, to answer your question: the reason digg.com thinks you are spammers is you are spammers!

Want to know what bloggers can do to prevent Jimmy Spam from appearing on their blog?

Use spam filters plugins. Akismet and Spam Karma caught these (For tips on thwarting spammers hitting your site, visit Spam Shields Up!

Use the right dofollow plugin. Because I’m on a om/do-follow-bloggers/”>Tricia’s dofollow list list, (which brings in traffic from real reader and spammers alike, I useLucia’s Linky Love. I use it to give “follow” links to regular commenters, while denying them to fly-by night human comment spammers. (You can find other dofollow plugins on Andy Beard’s complete list.

Warn other bloggers. This post about spam will help others recognize these comments as spam. When they catch and delete the comments, the spammers can’t get the links they are hoping for. This drives up the costs for spammers.

Good luck blogging. And tell Jimmy what you think of him.

Now for the Blogging - SEO tip!

If you skimmed and scrolled, I bet you are muttering, “How can that utterly boring post bring in traffic?!” Well it will, and the reasons are simple!

Lots of people want to know this!

As in my equally boring post about “Daniel Spam”, I am blogging about spammers who are hitting every blog out there. And many bloggers don’t know this is spam. They search to reassure themselves.

Google will find this post because I included details.

As when I blogged about “Daniel Spam”, I included email addresses, IP’s and sufficient text to make the people searching find my post.

No one is going to digg this post– but still, I’m getting 4-5 visits a day for “Daniel Spam”. If Daniel keeps spamming, I’ll get 500-1500 over the course of the year for that one post. (Note: it will take 2 weeks before you see this traffic. Google needs to index your post.)

Provided I don’t tack on an SEO - traffic - blogging lesson, “spam report” posts can be banged out in a few minutes. So it can be well worth adding a “spam” post every now and then.

Will the traffic convert and create more traffic?

It would be great if this traffic multiplied into links and more traffic, right?

Sorry to say, this particular search traffic isn’t stupendously likely to convert to regular visits or clicks but you never know. They are still worth taking some time to write for several reasons:

Increase traffic which means more moneyPrograms PayPerPost, ReviewMe, Sponsored Reviews, TextLinkAds rely on Alexa traffic measurement. Alexa doesn’t tell them how many people read the ads; it doesn’t tell them how many people hit the index page. It only measures overall traffic! These hits may be irrelevant to advertisers, but they can still help your bottom line.

People eventually do remember your blog. The same sorts of people tend to search over and over. Once they arrive several times, they begin to notice your blog is worth reading. (This actually can eventually help the advertisers. )

Small details can improve your odds of conversion. The first important details is to self promote! I included links to my articles discussing Spam Shields Up and Lucia’s Linky Love.

The second important detail is to promote others. If someone else has posted good solutions, mention them. Your visitor will appreciate it; the other blogger will appreciate it. You’ll gain a reputation as a blogger who gives useful advice. (And by the way, promoting others is an application of Darren’s “Make a reader famous” advice results in what Dane calls great blog karma! It works.)

Mind you, drop only relevant links: people worried about comment spam are likely to want information on Wordpress plugins that help them combat comment spam. Those are the links to drop.

The final advice

To transform comment spam into traffic to your site:

1. Post about the spam.
2. Include search-able details.
3. Provide links to your articles about controlling comment spam.
4. Provide links to other people’s articles about comment spam.
5. Wait a few weeks, then watch for 500-2000 Google search hits to trickle in over the course of a year.

Of course, if you promote others, you may get a an extra 200 hits your first day.
Tags:seo Spam traffic

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