Blog comment spam

site with blog comment spam

[nicknick]

Hi ,

I got a client with new site < 6 months old with 715 links of which

100 + from a industry related forum
200 + from one blog (blog comment spam)
200 + from other blogs (blog comment spam)
maybe 20 normal links

i have a couple of questions regarding this problem

1. The site is new , would it be better to get a new domain ?
2. how is the best method to address blog comment spam ?
3. How does this affect the rankings ?

[dertyfern]

what's the problem?

[Quadrille]

I doubt the links will do any harm, provided that they are no reciprocal.

Check all outgoing links to be sure a bad neighborhood has not been joined.

Blog and forum spam rarely does any harm or any good; they've wasted time and money, but that's almost certainly the extent of the damage.

But - anyone silly enough to be using those techniques is likely using other silly tricks, too. Keep looking :)

[franklevert]

The 200 backlinks coming from one single blog could have triggered a filter. I had problems myself after posting a comment that ended up in the "Latest Comments" section of a very popular blog. As a result, my link ended up on about 600-700 pages of that website and my rankings have been suffering since. I don't think it would have been a big issue for an older domain but since my website was launched this summer it hurts. :) This said, I would simply suggest to be patient with the domain and try to get quality links in the meantime. If you are desperate you can always send a reconsideration request to Google and explain what happened. Good luck.

[rise2it]

Franklevert, it seems that newer sites tend to pop up pretty well for a short while, then drop like a rock, then slowly climb back up as quality links build.

Most of my stuff has quite a bit of age, so other than occasionally helping out some friends, I don't have the experience that others here have launching new stuff.

...just wanted to try to make a point that those blog backlinks may NOT be what caused your site to decline.

[tangor]

Longevity also applies. Even so (after 12 years) there are ups and downs. Backlinks from sites...best not blogs... seems to make a difference.