I get close to 700 e-mails a day. It’s exhausting. Perhaps a fourth of my incoming e-mails are SPAM, so I tag them as junk and they go away eventually (only to be replaced by others). Many people ask me about this modern day phenomenon: “how do you get rid of SPAM?” Well, the simple answer is “you don’t.” You can mark it as junk or bounce it and that will help. There are some tools and SPAM combatting methods that I will list (more…)
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Turning SPAM Comments into Conversation Starters
Monday, May 24th, 2010Lately I have been getting a ton of comments on my blog, and they seem like great comments, but sadly they are not—they are SPAM. Here’s how to weed out the SPAM from legitimate comments and how to use them to your advantage.
An example of a SPAM comment goes something like this: “This is really excellent weblog posting and really helpful i really appreciate the research you put into it.” Seems nice enough right? So, how do I tell it’s SPAM?
Here’s what to look for:
- As you read the comment look for proper grammar, it doesn’t have to be perfect, but some mistakes are just not typical of English speaking persons.
- Check for a legitimate email address, many SPAM comments come from a .ymail.com account.
- Take a close look at the URL they included – it will often look like this: http:// powercashonline.com/casino-hot-deals-blog-marketing/ – people are typically hoping to get a back-link to their own blogs – this type of back linking is considered SPAM by Google.
- Do they have a real name? Or do they use a company, or partial name with several numbers? This is a huge red flag.
You can SPAM, or trash this comment, or if you are looking to gain more comments, you can edit and keep the comment. Clean up the grammar and delete the URL they included, then you will have a nice comment on your blog, which is helpful in creating a conversation among your readers. It’s kind of like the wall flower syndrome, sometimes people are afraid to be the fist person to dance.
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Be One With Your URL
Monday, April 19th, 2010Word to the Wise: Don’t lose your URL. Many people are tempted to purchase a URL (domain name, like www.Jeniffer Thompson.com for example) for five years or more so they don’t have to think about it again. Well guess what—you do want to think about. I can’t tell you how many calls I’ve received from someone whose website went down because they let a URL expire. What’s worse, is that most of those people had no idea where they purchased the URL or how to get it back.
Quick TIP: if you can’t remember where you purchased your URL, you can find out here: http://whois.domaintools.com. This website will tell you who purchased it, when it expires/expired, and most importantly the email associated with that URL.
How does this happen? Well, a Registrar will notify you that a URL is getting ready to expire, but if you no longer use that email address, you’ll never get the notification. Once a URL expires, you have 30 days to get it back, otherwise it becomes available for purchase from anyone. Yikes.
With time, URLs become “seasoned.” This means that they are ranked and indexed by search engines like Google. This takes time and is valuable to your Internet Marketing efforts. If you lose your URL, you’ll have to start all over and that is, well, that’s unnecessarily tragic.
So, don’t think of your URL as something you need to buy and forget, think of it as your anchor, the foundation for all of your work. Without it, things begin to crumble, if not completely crash.
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