I'm Not Here to be Used!
I have a pet peeve. It's a fairly new one, actually, because my blog is relatively new. It's when someone who has no interest in the subject of my blog decides to add a link to their site on comments. It's one thing if you're involved in the conversation and you think a link say to another blog on writing or on the topic of the day would be helpful to someone--I'm just fine with that. It's when a "day spa" or "texas child health insurance" adds their link, no comment, just the link. That is just plain rude.
Would you allow someone to come and plant a billboard for their toe fungus medicine in your front yard? No!
So whoever keeps using this space for their free advertising, please be advised that all such notices will be deleted. Don't waste your time or mine. Be respectful of other people's space. It will serve your reputation much better than getting panned on someone's blog.
2 Comments:
I've noticed similar problems on my blog. I am also a relatively new blogger so the first time it happened I ignored it. Then some more experienced friends of mine noticed and told me to delete all of that "comment spam" as soon as I get it. Hmmmph! And I just thought more people were liking me!
I noticed this problem on my Blogspot-hosted blog tonight. They appeared right after I republished. My guess is that the comment-spammers click the "next blog" button, looking for newly-updated blogs that allow anonymous posting. That's how I found your site. But now I see that your blog doesn't allow anonymous posting.... Hmmm, did you just change it?
If disallowing anonymous posters doesn't help, I think you can designate your blog as private, which would mean that Blogger / Blogspot won't advertise it, and you won't attract fly-by posters. But then you'll have to find your own way to advertise.
Users of Blosxom play clever tricks with the .htaccess file to prevent certain IP addresses from connecting to their site. Even though I'm a geek, that technique is beyond me since I don't host my own website.
Keep up the great work!
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