Banned while creating Blog comment backlinks

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So, I'm a Noob at SEO stuff - so this maybe a really basic question but I couldn't find an answer on a search. I was busy trying to build backlinks having bought some packets and a couple of times I got banned. Later one site said that my email address was banned and let me through using another.

I am curious, how do email addresses get banned - I try to play nice, etc -

Should I be changing my email address fairly regularly?

Do forum moderators report "abuse" - to some central registry?

Any input welcome...
#search engine optimization #backlinks #banned #blog #comment #creating
  • When you say your email got banned...where did you get a notice that it was banned?

    Where were you posting backlinks...forums, blog comments, ect?
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    • My advice is forget backlink packets of any kind. If you think about it you will realise that the same backlinks have probably been sold to thousands of people - all rushing to leave comments on the same blogs.

      No wonder the blog owners are tired of irrelevant, mass comments and ban you.

      Instead, do a bit of research of your own. Find RELEVANT blogs without hundreds of spam comments. Then leave a relevant comment of your own.

      I'm sure it can only be a matter of time before Google starts ignoring links back from blog posts with hundreds of irrelevant comments and links - and I include .edu, .gov and .anythingelse that is littered with spam.

      Be sensible and careful with your backlinking strategy. What works for one subject doesn't work for another.
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  • I wouldn't let me register - A little notification box popped up and told me my email address was banned - then I just changed only that on the form and voila - it went through.
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    • Had you ever posted a comment at that blog before?
    • You've probably been sent to "Akismet hell" - or whichever other spam blocker all those blogs use.
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  • No. First time.
  • That's strange - I've never heard of that happening. Have you seen it on other sites or just that one?
  • I ran into being banned a couple from a couple of other sites. One told me my ip address was banned - which is a public library's static ip - I thought fair enough. I assumed the other time was the same until now.
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    • Being slapped/banned is always heartbreaking. Especially when you've spent so much time and money into the thing. Affiliate products are great in that way - but it my opinion they take a lot more work. I HATE dealing with email from customers - just HATE IT! Adsense is worth its weight in gold for that reason alone.
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  • Thanks for the answers. For me it is all interesting. The search for relevant blogs is the rub - I've been using Tweetdeck and searching the twittersphere for "new blog post: [keyword}" it works ok except the page rank of the blogs is usually 0 or 1 (if lucky) and they are no-follow, which isn't as valuable as do-follow - from what I've been told.
    Any other suggestions on finding good relevant blogs?
  • I run a couple of forums and yes .. there is a blanket blacklist or two available to us.
  • Banned
    Just stop spamming your links around and you won't have to worry about it. There is no central registry. Mods have to clean this up as it comes.
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    • What about spamomatic .. askimet ... and a couple more groups available to v-bulletin owners?


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    • well no central registry that covers all the spammers (if that were ever possible). but......


      Stop Forum Spam
  • The reason why you are having trouble is that you are not really trying to contribute value. Shortcuts don't really work in the long term.

    You need to start building a proper business - otherwise you will frustrate yourself for a very long time.
  • You might be on the stopforumspam.com list. They maintain a centralized list and make it available to forum and blog admins through api lookups via plugins. I only know this cause one of my email addresses for profile links made the list and was flagged by a forum that I had never visited before. The filter they were using directed me to the stopforumspam.com site. That was over a year ago and I no longer do the packets and rarely do any forum profile links anymore.
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  • If you can't login then your e-mail provider banned you. Are you using GMail?
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    • Nothing personal, but I'd have banned your ass, too.

      If you're dropping links on blogs and forums purely for a PR-value "do-follow" link, all you are doing is peeing in someone else's pool.

      On a side note, there is no such thing as "do-follow"...

      There is only "no-follow" or the absence of "no-follow".

      Add relevant comments that add value to the blog post without regard to PR value or no-follow status, and you might surprise yourself with the amount of traffic (real humans with credit cards, even!) you can get from those blogs you have so little regard for...
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    • Yes, it was a gmail account...I'm curious why?
  • Simple rule of thumb I follow for blog commenting. I use my first name + from (or at) the anchor to my site, and I enter the same website name in the website field. In the body I make sure to provide a comment that is relevant and provides value to what's being discussed. The comment itself is anywhere from a couple sentences to a couple paragraphs. And I proofread it for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

    Never been banned and my comments generally get approved. I often get an e-mail notification from the blogger's own reply to whatever comment I made, and this is something I haven't been making enough use of: I should be following up with a reply to those replies because for the minute or two it would take me to do it, there is more than a back-link that could come of it.

    Those possibilities are increased traffic from those blogs (I don't back-link my competition, but my niches have customers far beyond my competition) as I back-link for potential traffic as well as the link juice, and even possibilities of guest blogging or a back-link in a blog article to a post on my own blog (IM is a long-term thing for me, not a fly by night venture, and I therefore always keep an eye to long-term or distant rewards and gains, rather than focusing on the immediate ones).

    In other words, to get the most out of your back-linking, and get them approved without worrying about getting banned, think beyond just the link juice from the link itself. That extra minute you spend will not only increase the chances of getting it approved, but may create additional opportunities beyond the link itself.

    For that matter, its a philosophy worth applying to all of your IM efforts. One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard here was within a couple days of joining, and was one sentence along the lines of 'you will go farther in IM if you raise your gaze above IM.' Translated: don't base your efforts from the POV of what you're getting out of it, but think instead of what the other party is getting out of it and focus on providing it.

    Back-linking is one element, but it should apply to every other aspect of your IM efforts (for example, I don't use themes and customization based on what I like, I base it on what's going to appeal to the demographic the niche is targeting - for one site that means a bolder look, for another a more understated approach, etc.).

    -Spyder
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    • I pretty much do the same type of posting and enjoyed your feedback. I too try to find something of relevance to comment on. I kinda racked my brain to figure out when I crossed the line but then reading some of the comments on this topic, I realized that there are some pretty zealous people around - so I got over it. I also do both the site-owner and myself the favour of Digging the page that the article appears on - giving us both some social media love.

      I am still looking for any information regarding a good way to find relevant blogs.
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  • Good post Spyder.

    You'll find that plenty of blog owners are happy to approve your comment as long as it's on-topic. (No, "Great Post!" isn't enough.) Just provide a relevant and thought-out comment. Actually try to contribute to the post and you'll be fine.
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  • Sorry to hear that. Just keep putting out good original content and eventually it will work out. We are still in the trial and error phase of this business which makes it so exciting.
  • Might possibly be the forum has been getting a lot of complaints from a particular range of IP addresses, and decided to ban them and or the domain
  • Banned

    The easiest way to build backlinks in forums that ban u is using "TOR"

    Download the Tor project from here........ http://www.torproject.org

    U can easily build backlinks in forums that already banned u.

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    So, I'm a Noob at SEO stuff - so this maybe a really basic question but I couldn't find an answer on a search. I was busy trying to build backlinks having bought some packets and a couple of times I got banned. Later one site said that my email address was banned and let me through using another. I am curious, how do email addresses get banned - I try to play nice, etc -