Making spammers work for you
I know we can’t edit our comments in the blogs of others, but I discovered that we can edit comments that show up in our own blogs. That discovery led to me making spammers work for me.
Here’s how I do it:
First, set up Askimet to work on your blog. It’s very good and comes with WordPress.
Second, when a spam comment comes in, simply edit it. Go to your spam comment list:
Click on the spam comments, click on bulk action and change it to “Not Spam,” and click on “Apply” to move them to pending:
Hold your cursor under the comment and you’ll have lots of choices. Click on “Edit.”
Notice that you can change the Name, E-mail address, URL, and the comment itself:
Edit away! Have fun! Remember that spammers rely on Google to give them backdoor (i.e., from your blog to their web site) search engine results. Change things up so Google won’t index them correctly. For example, I changed “digital flatbed printing” to “antique printers,” and since the spam comment was on a post titled “Who doesn’t like free?”, I made the comment fit the post:
Click on the “Approved” radio button at the upper right of your screen and then click on “Update.” Then go see your beautiful new comment on your blog post:
It also shows up in your approved comment list:
I have been doing this for a couple of weeks and have noticed that the number of spam comments has dropped considerably — I’m averaging 23 spam comments per day since January 7, 2012, but only 2 spam comments per day over the last two weeks. Guess who’s laughing now!
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Posted on June 29, 2012, in Photos, SNIPPETS and tagged editing spam comments in wordpress, spam comments, spammers. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
great ideal Russel
Clever you, Russel. Love the laughing peacock.
Great idea, thanks!
Clever! Clever!! Bold and beautiful! Bravo. T.
why you clever minx!!! clever
I’d thought about doing this some months ago, but for some reason, couldn’t bring myself to do it. For some reason the spammers haven’t been bothering my blog.
You and Zoey are more than just pretty faces! lol Thanks again!
This made me laugh so hard!
I laugh every time now when a spammer stops by my blog and poops on it. I turn the poop into fertilizer……..lol
Aren’t you a tricky one!
very interesting:)
never forgive, never forget always get even!!! LOL Nonoy Manga
I have often wondered about doing this but didn’t have the guts!
Clever and wicked
Awesome! Thank you for the clever suggestion.
*happy dancing and squishy hugs*
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Great way of exposing your ideas! Great job!
Brilliant! I am having fun with spam right now!
Thanks a lot for sharing this.
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