Life as a WAHM

I am considering writing a Comment Policy for this blog. I don’t currently have one written as I kind of thought normal people could figure it out by looking that I don’t accept everything that comes in.

I haven’t worried about writing out what will/will not pass as a comment to get posted. Most of the link spammers would not read a comment policy anymore than they would read the actual post they are commenting on.

Recently I have been getting 10-20 comments that are almost word for word the same. A set of comments will come in from the same IP, same link attached, but have different names. Do they think putting in different names will fool me?

I’m very strict on deleting any comments that are left with key words instead of a name.

I also delete the 1 or 2 sentence comments that are so general that they could be said about any post on any topic. You know the type…they are just wanting a high comment count but, add no value.

I don’t need to give anyone links that do not add value. I also do not let people advertise (leave links) on my blogs if their site is not somewhere I would ever send my readers.

Google is now looking for Link spammers!
Yes, those “people” that just leave a bunch of junk comments can be reported.
You can go to Report Link Spam
You will need to log into your Google Webmasters Account to fill out the report.
You also need to make sure that in the bottom text area you have the words “LinkSpam”.

By putting LinkSpam in the text area they know that you are reporting abusive linkers.

I am guessing that since you have to log in, Google will be able to come back on you if you are just reporting people as spammers because you don’t like them, they are competition, or if you think everything is link spam.

I will be writing a comment policy and it probably won’t be really nice. I will inform people that there is a chance that their comment may be posted with their link changed to http://lowlifespammer.com/ , the comment maybe completely deleted, or it might just get them 1 more report to Google as link spam.

Confession...Some comments are so funny that I would love to post them just to show the stupidity...that is where the Low Life Spammer link comes in. ;-)

Will any of this really cut down on the amount of spam comments? Probably not. As fast as we block them…new ones come in.

At least if I have a comment policy posted then no one can be upset when I give them the Whammy.

Sheryl

Our news letter that was sent out to Members of The Internet Marketers Guild on February 19, 2010

Hello all you bloggers & bloggeretts!

While the Brad’s at work, the Sheryl will play (or log in to the admin and send member mail).

I wanted to send you a quick note to let you in on a few of the happenings at The Internet Marketers Guild. If you know me well, you know that quick & note are not in my normal vocabulary.

1. February 20th is Brian’s (ExtremeEzine) Birthday. Stop by Brian's Birthday Thread and give him a big Happy Birthday! He is one of the greatest guys online. If you don’t know him yet, now’s your chance.

2. We have 2 members that you may have not said HI to yet. We have Tam (Flyonthewall) coming to us from Kansas City, Missouri. She has already become a very active member & is someone you will want to know. Tam's Forum Intro

3. Our newest member is MissEdie. She has connections to Eeyor. Oopps, not suppose to bring him up again. She is the owner of an awesome site that you should pop over and take a look at so stop in & tell her HI! MissEdie's Forum Intro

4. Brad also added a new Forum Section so you can list your new Squidoo Lens and Push Pages. You can use this section to start a thread, write a brief description of your lens or page and pop in an anchor texted link. Yep, a link that you can control the text around it and use the anchor text you want!

Ok, while your logged into the board make sure you check out other members profiles, most have a link to their Twitter listed and you can stalk (follow) them.
Brad should be home from work soon so, I had to be short. You can always find me on the board or send me a Tweet.

The Guild Twitter

See you there,
Sheryl

This year I am going to TRY and get out to meet real live humans in the flesh. I know it sounds crazy. Why leave the house when you can just tweet?

Going out in public is something that I am not real big on. I’ll blame the fact that I have to put on clothes, control my hair, and wear shoes as the main reasons I don’t go out. That sounds much nicer than what I could have said. LOL!

Brad and I have gone to 2 Tweet Ups at the Las Vegas Hilton in the last month and a half. I have had a good time at both.

The 1st Tweet Up was for locals…I met some cool peeps that if not for the meet up I would have never know about. I even had some common interest with a few.

The 2nd Tweet Up was also at the Hilton and was for CES. Since CES was held at the Las Vegas Convention Center (next to the Hilton) – the Tweet Up was packed. A packed room means give me a seat in the corner and tell me to breathe. Better yet, just put me behind the bar and I will be fine.

I immediately found some locals that I recognized and plopped my butt over with them. Since I can’t sit still for more than 20 minutes, I was soon off to have a smoke (go to the bathroom or just wander aimlessly) out in the casino.

As I came back into the Tweet Up, there was Brad, he had been looking for me. Apparently they had called my name and I had won some CES swag – YEAH, I’m a Winner!

Then Brad ask if I knew Chris Brogan was there. Duh, I saw him on my way out. Brad of course wanted to know if I talked to Chris. Let’s think about this – I am about as sociable as a wart on a hogs ass and Chris is a social expert. I really did not want to be a case study for his next blog post titled “How to deal with a recluse”.

Anyhow, Brad convinced me to at least say Hi and introduce myself. Chris was talking to a few other people so we waited patiently. Ok, that was a lie. I was praying someone would pull the fire alarm so I could get the hell out of there. I even tried to stare down some old dude and telepathically send him a distress signal to help. That was a no go, the guy did not even glance at the fire alarm next to him. For a split second I realized I not only suck at being social I also have no telepathic skills….someone shoot me now please.

About the time I had ran every possible escape plan through my mind, I hear Brad say “Chris, this is Sheryl”. NOOOOOOO! It was too late, Operation GTFO was not working.

Ya know what?
Chris was really a nice guy. He and I had read some of the same blog post and talked about them (or laughed). It was like talking to someone that I had met before. He did not even bite (although that would have made for a killer blog post).

So why all the pictures? Because I needed proof that I left the house. I could have just made my post but, some skeptics would have sworn that I really did not go out. *cough* You skeptics know who you are.

So have you went to a meet up and come face to face with new people?
How many people from Facebook or Twitter have you actually met in person?
Do you even care if you meet any new people in the flesh?

Sheryl Loch