How To Kick A Blog Spammer In The N*ts
If you’re like me you hate blog spam. But occasionally I find a spam job so funny I have to publish it. Well, funny isn’t exactly the best word; it’s more like amusing. But anyway. I want to approve the comment for entertainment value (and because it contains important keywords in the comment, which help me with my SEO), but I don’t want to pass any link love on to the spammer. Why help them out?
So here’s what I do:
- Click on the comment to edit it (WordPress allows this very easily)
- Delete the URL in the website address box
- Create an editor’s note at the bottom of the comment saying why you deleted the URL so that other would-be spammers can see it and so that your regular readers can get a laugh
- Publish the comment
Real simple recipe. Martha Stewart would be proud. Now for the example. Click the link below and you can see how I kicked one blog spammer in the gonads by approving his comment but not giving him any link love.
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About the Author: 
I think that person was “reading” my blog too!
My blog has only been live for about six weeks so it’s not generating comments to speak of. It took me a day or two to figure out that a couple of the comments that got through the filter were actually spam.
I’m pretty sure this one is though I replied to it anyways – think I’ll go back and delete it though – this is the entire comment:
“The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other blogs?”
Yep, that looks like spam.