Google: Comment Spamming Other Sites Might Lower Down Your Own Site Rankings!

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In a recent Google Webmaster Blog post, a detailed information is given about how comment spamming can lower the rankings of any website in particular.

When someone posts a comment that is both irrelevant and posted just to pass the link so as to increase the number of inbound links to their website in particular, the rankings of both the sites will get affected in the process. This is applicable for those comments only that hold no relevance to the post and are completely unnecessary.

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If you think a suspicious link has come from blogs and other platforms, you should check the URLs. In case you have created a spammy link, delete it or contact the webmaster to get it removed. After deleting the spammy inbound links, you can send a reconsideration request at Google Webmaster support. If you own a site that receives lot of comment spams daily, here are a few things you should do:

  •  Disallow all the anonymous postings.
  • Turn on the comment moderation option.
  • Disallow all the hyperlinks in comments.
  • You should CAPTCHAs and other methods for preventing automated comment spamming.
  • Use robots.txt or meta tags for blocking comment pages.
  • You can also use “nofollow” attribute for linking in comment field.

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20 Responses to “Google: Comment Spamming Other Sites Might Lower Down Your Own Site Rankings!”

  1. F1stuk Says:

    Long live google bowling. At least it's official now, they give the key to drop the ranks of competitor sites….

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  3. Chandan Says:

    Comment spams can be avoided through Akismet plugin in Wordpress blog. Google is improving their ranking factors day by day. Now website load time will be also a major fact of ranking. But how Google will determine if anybody use this types of comments against competitor site?? Interesting..

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    Google has been remarkable in their marketing and services which there are providing to their user and have create the elite league.

  5. Ruri @ free article Says:

    Well comment spamming much improve now. i have notice that people put comment like this "Hi, I like your post and I already subscribe to your RSS. Keep up a good work". Well IMO, this kind of spam will not be catch by Google.

  6. washington dc movers Says:

    It's interesting that they made this announcement because it's something that they've been doing for some time now. Also, as someone above brought up, it seems like this may be used to penalize your competitors, which seems unfair.

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  8. Alexandra Says:

    I use Akismet plugin in my Wordpress blog. I hate when people post commenst that are totally irrelevant to the blog. Google is doing a good thing.

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  10. Matthieu Verne Says:

    It's a bad idea to suggest to use nofollow in comments. Akismet is efficient, and you only have to moderate other comments if it's spam.

  11. Long Beach Nightlife Says:

    I totally agree with what Google is doing sometimes people actually have the nerve to post such comments as the ones that you showed us. I have no idea how they think they are going to get away with that. I am sure that most people know how to stop those spammers but if they don't they will now.

  12. netzwerkkabel Says:

    Hi,
    Thats true people sometimes pass comment which is not related to blog.To catch the spam comments i think Akismet is the best way.I always advice for your blog you install Akismet to help filter unwanted SPAM comments.

  13. Parka Boyd Says:

    What goes around, comes around, as they say. People who post comments should remember the Golden Rule: Do To Others What You Would Want Them To Do To You. That way we'll be playing nice…

  14. blurayguy Says:

    Uh, Hey great post! I like your site. Just kidding. Anyway i use tantan noodles spam filter for wordpress. Its seems to work great.

  15. Raj Says:

    I agree with Parka Boyd,people must remember the golden rule while posting comments……
    By the way gained some huge knowledge.

  16. harun Says:

    I hope my blog will not get lower as you said. :(

  17. Fruit Cages Says:

    Those comment are pretty obvious, surely any admin will spot and delete them before any harm is done?

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