Comments on: v7ndotcom elursrebmem? http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/ Akismet Blog Mon, 24 May 2010 22:22:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Kenny http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-128 Mark Kenny Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:46:43 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-128 Actually, I took the "nofollow" out :D My install of WordPress is spam-friendly (well, user friendly), but for my akismet installation. Actually, I took the “nofollow” out :D My install of WordPress is spam-friendly (well, user friendly), but for my akismet installation.

]]> By: Karl http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-127 Karl Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:19:26 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-127 Yes im in this contest along with 1000's of others there will be black hat SEO going on but defo not by me, but i can see that there will be lots going on in this contest, but in my eye's thats life with the internet and the ones that dont do black hat should be able to fight against this and good luck to them all Yes im in this contest along with 1000′s of others there will be black hat SEO going on but defo not by me, but i can see that there will be lots going on in this contest, but in my eye’s thats life with the internet and the ones that dont do black hat should be able to fight against this and good luck to them all

]]> By: bunnyhero’s blog » Blog Archive » that seo contest http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-126 bunnyhero’s blog » Blog Archive » that seo contest Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:34:07 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-126 [...] so there’s this SEO contest that i read about, thanks to a post in the akismet blog. the rules of the contest are here. basically, the idea is to try to get your site at the top of google’s search results for a specific nonsense phrase (not nonsense, actually: the first word is the name of the contest sponsors’ site and the second word is “members rule” backwards; but it’s effectively nonsensical). it seems mostly harmless except for people trying to use comment spam or other black hat techniques to boost their rank. it’s tricky finding more information about it on the web because when you search on the phrase, you just get contest entries. technorati helps here, but even so, reading the summarized text in the search results, it’s hard to say if the post is actually about the contest or if it’s part of the contest. [...] [...] so there’s this SEO contest that i read about, thanks to a post in the akismet blog. the rules of the contest are here. basically, the idea is to try to get your site at the top of google’s search results for a specific nonsense phrase (not nonsense, actually: the first word is the name of the contest sponsors’ site and the second word is “members rule” backwards; but it’s effectively nonsensical). it seems mostly harmless except for people trying to use comment spam or other black hat techniques to boost their rank. it’s tricky finding more information about it on the web because when you search on the phrase, you just get contest entries. technorati helps here, but even so, reading the summarized text in the search results, it’s hard to say if the post is actually about the contest or if it’s part of the contest. [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-125 Sarah Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:24:39 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-125 I've been rescuing some false positives from my list but I'm actually really pleased to see them getting caught up. There is a world of difference between a fun, spammy comment on my competition blog entry and a spammy comment on a totally unrelated blog entry. Within hours of the start we were using Google's blog search to find the newest entries and race to be the first to comment - but with something related to the blog and the owners content. It would go against the spirit of the competition to spam outside the competition community. I hope that's not what you're seeing! I’ve been rescuing some false positives from my list but I’m actually really pleased to see them getting caught up.

There is a world of difference between a fun, spammy comment on my competition blog entry and a spammy comment on a totally unrelated blog entry.

Within hours of the start we were using Google’s blog search to find the newest entries and race to be the first to comment – but with something related to the blog and the owners content.

It would go against the spirit of the competition to spam outside the competition community. I hope that’s not what you’re seeing!

]]> By: Matt Mullenweg http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-124 Matt Mullenweg Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:22:59 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-124 Yeah, I also thought that moderating everything by default for 1+ years in WordPress would help things. But alas! Yeah, I also thought that moderating everything by default for 1+ years in WordPress would help things. But alas!

]]> By: Phil Ringnalda http://blog.akismet.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-123 Phil Ringnalda Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:26:26 +0000 http://akismet.wordpress.com/2006/01/17/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/#comment-123 In default installs of WordPress from after the addition of sledgehammer nofollow for everything, whether or not it has been moderated and approved, they are nofollowed. In (among other things) ghost installs that were abandoned before the nofollow condom was even a gleam in Google's eye, they most certainly are not. And come on, you're not new enough here to think that the economics of comment spamming in any way encourage spammers to carefully look at the site they are spamming, any more than email spammers will read every address on the lists they buy, and then try to Google the person to see whether they seem like the sort of person who would buy body part enlargement products. In default installs of WordPress from after the addition of sledgehammer nofollow for everything, whether or not it has been moderated and approved, they are nofollowed. In (among other things) ghost installs that were abandoned before the nofollow condom was even a gleam in Google’s eye, they most certainly are not.

And come on, you’re not new enough here to think that the economics of comment spamming in any way encourage spammers to carefully look at the site they are spamming, any more than email spammers will read every address on the lists they buy, and then try to Google the person to see whether they seem like the sort of person who would buy body part enlargement products.

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