We all want to interact with readers.  We all want backlinks when we comment on other blogs.  What no one wants is comment spam.

Comment spam is a fact of life on the web.  If you have a site that allows comments, sooner or later, the spammers will find you.  Mostly, these comments are just an annoyance but when allowed to remain on your site, they give readers the impression that you are not paying attention to your site and readers.  Just imagine how it looks to a new reader to see a bunch of comments only to realize that every one of them is junk.  In their minds, if you haven’t taken the time to remove the spam comments, there is no way you will be responding to real comments from real readers.

I doubt if there is any way to completely avoid spam comments, but here are some ideas to help: [Read more…]