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Question:

I read from the “Official Google Webmaster Central Blog” regarding spam comments which goes:

Comments can be a really good source of information and an efficient way of engaging a site’s users in discussions. This valuable content should not be replaced by gibberish nonsense keywords and links. For this reason there are many ways of securing your application and disincentivizing spammers.

* Disallow anonymous posting.
* Use CAPTCHAs and other methods to prevent automated comment spamming.
* Turn on comment moderation.
* Use the “nofollow” attribute for links in the comment field.
* Disallow hyperlinks in comments.
* Block comment pages using robots.txt or meta tags.

Does it mean that spam comments posted by spammers into our blog bring h harm to our blog?

Answer:

Google simply wants to warn us that spam comments posted by spammers into our blog, especially those containing irrelevant lists of keywords can really harm our blog in the ranking at the search engine result pages or SERP.

That’s the reason why Google taught us how to secure our blog from these spammers.

At the same time, Google wants to tell us that spamming blogs just to earn link juices from other blogs will only bring no good to your blog. Here’s part of the post of the mentioned blog:

If you used this approach in the past and you want to solve this issue, you should have a look at your incoming links in Webmaster Tools. To do so, go to the Your site on the web section and click on Links to your site. If you see suspicious links coming from blogs or other platforms allowing comments, you should check these URLs. If you see a spammy link you created, try to delete it, else contact the webmaster to ask to remove the link. Once you’ve cleared the spammy inbound links you made, you can file a reconsideration request.

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