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Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

by Ryan700
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Wow! I got my first real - or so I thought - comment today at my blog. I've had other comments that totally did not make sense with random letters and symbols and a website link to go to but this takes the cake. I did a Google search for this and found this person commented at least 5000 times with this exact phrase I found other people who have commented a few thousand times each with this exact or similar phrase too. What I'd like to know is if this kind of marketing really works. These comments are so prolific I'd like to know if these people are just cutting and pasting in to blogs or are they using software? Not that I want to do this. Just curious.

P.S. - Did they all buy the same e-book?
#blogging #forward #nice #reading #style #writing
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    Originally Posted by Ryan700 View Post

    What I'd like to know is if this kind of marketing really works.
    Hey Ryan,

    Obviously these tactics work in the short term but sooner or later it catches up with the people that do this in a more costly way.

    They might get a burst of activity here and there but their posts will eventually get removed or the place they post to becomes so overrun that no one would come back and the blog would no longer be of use to them causing them to search out and prey on other victims.

    It must take a lot of energy, time, and money to constantly be looking for the easy way out.

    If they say they have software then it takes money. If they say they can get the software free by going to these sites that steal it they run the risk of computer viruses.

    If someone is looking at this business as something they want to have for years then your best bet is to do things the right way and build relationships built on trust and sincerity.

    Takes a little longer to do things the right way but in the end you gain more personal wealth.

    Matt
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        Originally Posted by Lewis Turner View Post

        Every blog owner or site owner benefits from a non spammy and relevent post, backlink or not.
        Lewis,

        I agree that if you add value then it's value and sometimes the blogs reward you with a backlink and it's the classic "win win" situation.

        But if you have software to automate and help you to accomplish more like posting to more blogs than you would if doing it by hand, how do you keep the posts from being redundant?

        So I realize that leaving a comment like the one the OP stated is obviously spammy but my question is how does one reduce the amount of re-hashed comments from appearing over and over again all over the place?

        Let's say that your comments are comprised of a lot more poetic prose and consists of 4 paragraphs of deep thought it would still get tiresome to look at after 1000 posts.

        If I owned a blog that relied on getting people back to it (which I think is the purpose) I sure wouldn't want to see that great flowery comment that made me so proud to have it on my blog show up like glossy graffiti all over the web.

        Even if I post by hand to as many as I can I would still want to add "real value" to the blog with a "real" comment based on my having been there and read it.

        Matt
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      Originally Posted by Matthew Maiden View Post

      Hey Ryan,

      Obviously these tactics work in the short term but sooner or later it catches up with the people that do this in a more costly way.

      It must take a lot of energy, time, and money to constantly be looking for the easy way out.
      I would never do this. I was feeling a little up there for a minute and approved this comment. Then did a Google search. I'm glad I have my blog set up so I have to approve or delete before anything gets posted.

      Originally Posted by Matthew Maiden View Post

      If someone is looking at this business as something they want to have for years then your best bet is to do things the right way and build relationships built on trust and sincerity.

      Takes a little longer to do things the right way but in the end you gain more personal wealth.

      Matt
      I totally agree. Reputation is everything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Bard
    Lewis,

    The blackhat, whitehat aside, it still makes good business sense to add more value to a handful than a whole lotta crap to thousands.

    When a blog owner realizes that you are in fact adding these comments by hand and he knows that you are actually reading the damn thing, you are building another type of relationship that will eventually work out better for both of you.

    Also, if your content quality is higher than average you will have other blog owners opening up their blogs to you too.

    Some of them have really high page rank and have friends with high traffic blogs who will see your comments.

    I think that kind of value is worth more to our business than the other.

    Matt
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