What counts as blog spamming? - having several blogs with link backs to my main site - and/or having several blogs on the same topic with the same adsense code on them or something else? Is it punishable by Google?
It should be capitol punishment LOL! By Google, I would say that your ranks may jump a bit but in the end you will drop off the face of the SERPs so nobody will find ya....which leads to the NEED to spam other blogs in a desperate attempt to get traffic..viciuos cycle it is..suggest just working on good content. It initially takes longer to create great blog content, but overall, you will save time cause ya won't have to be spending the night spamming other blogs when you get dropped by the SERPs..IMHO
I have always defined blog spamming as posting spam comments on other people's blogs with a link back to your own blog.
However, blog spamming is a bad idea It makes your blog look extremely bad If you want to leave comments with a link, at least take the time to read their blog and leave a meaningful comment
I leave comments without any links. And Any comment in my blog with the links are just deleted by me when i moderate them. And if u want BL's Anyone just should visit the buy, sell and trade section, Not Blogs to Spam.
I should clarify, I mean only leave a link if the owner provides a way for you to do so I also moderate all comments and delete any comments with unnecessary links
And do u allow any anonymous visitor to leave a comment? I allow only registered users to comment. And report to Blogger if the user try to spam.
I allow anyone to leave a comment, but I receive an e-mail each time a comment is left, so if I don't approve of it, I can easily delete it
arcon5, yes, i'm on both forums and if you think this post is spam, umm. well i just need all the opinion i can get. spamming comments - this is something i get everyday by the dozen. usually the same guy, even when i've disallowed anonymous contents and normally do not allow comments with links in them. a network of blogs/sites that all link to each other was what i was initially referring to, thanks for all your comments, specially rtbanfield and sizzler_chetan.
sizzler, I think what you do is just silly. If you have something to say leave a link to your site. hell most sites still use nofollow so you will not get any google love from it but you might get some eyeballs. now if you leave a message like great blog you have a lot of good information(s) here, check my site out then well akismet kills you you waiste of a nut!