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7 Reasons Why NOT to Buy Blog Comments

Posted by impauldotcom • 7/18/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 7, black hat, blackhat, blog marketing, blogging, buy blog comments, comments, impaul.com, SEO, wordpress

Attention all SEO black hats this just in, you can now buy blog comments for the low price of 100 comments for only $24.99! This service will not only promise to increase your blog traffic through the use of comments but guarantees to alienate your site from many blog users if you are found using this service.

Below are my top 7 reasons why NOT to buy blog comments with commentary from the site’s home page in quotes:

1. It is spam. “Buy Blog Comments dot com is NOT spam!” Hello founder John Waraas (pronounced Warez). Yes it is! Besides, any seasoned comment moderator backed with the power of Akismet should not be too affected by this new service anyways. Actually, it is really easy to detect a Buy Blog Comments’ comment just look for a post by John Waras. BBC Post
2. It is a black hat service. “We specialize in selling blog comments for blackhatters who are looking for good quality backlinks.“
3. There is not a PageRank minimum for the site’s they comment on. FAQ - “Will this help my page rank? Oh yeah! It most definitely will.“

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User Comments

8/25/07

DaneMorgan

"Actually, it is really easy to detect a Buy Blog Comments’ comment just look for a post by John Waras. BBC Post"

Did you research this at all before you wrote it?

"Buyer’s confidence is not very high."

I'm not sure how you draw this conclusion from the quote that follows it in your post.

"It can ruin your credibility. What will your peers and readers think if they cannot trust the dialog that is taking place on your site?"

You do realize that these things are not bought to be posted on YOUR blog, right?

There may indeed be 7 reasons not to use this service, but I don't think you have 7 of them in this post. It seems like you are posting from your emotional response to the service rather than from a reasoned position.

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10/22/07

bradblog2

I didnt even know you could buy comments..

Wtf?

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1. 10/22/07
  
  libdrone
  
  I can't imagine why you would want to.
2. 10/22/07
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  For the same reasons that some people spend hours at a time running from blog to blog posting comments on their own. Link pop, PR, traffic... You can fill out the list.
3. 10/22/07
  
  libdrone
  
  YAWNS LOUDLY. how boring. Not that I can claim to understand anything about traffic, page rank etc. Or why some blogs do better than others. I just threw up a quick and dirty post about Ron Paul on my politics blog, that I haven't investeted 1% of the time and energy in vs what I've done on my books blog and half an hour later I've got 15 diggs and that blog already has earned more ad revenue than the other.
  
  (It almost gives honest best effort a bad name
10/22/07

cooper

I think I wrote a bout this last spring it's not a new thing.
I offered to comment for fifty bucks per five comments. I got some takers only I was just

Pretty stupid if you ask me.

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10/22/07

KashmirZ

Agreed, content is key, no blog will ever see REAL success with fake content

www.blogmoneysimplified.com

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1. 10/22/07
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  No? Define success.
10/22/07

antibarbie

I've seen this done to help start up new forums but never for blogs. What's the point? There are so many money making blogs and such with high ranks that don't have diddly for comments that I can't see how not having comments is going to be a problem. Even if you are looking to reel in an advertiser, I would think they'd go by PR and traffic like they do with regular websites.

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1. 10/22/07
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  This program doesn't sell you comments on your blog, antibarbie.
10/22/07

Tonylewis

I think the type of person who might buy blog comments would be the type of person who is already stealing bloggers content for free anyway. I don't see it as a real threat. I came across a forum about a year ago which was selling and buying content but I believe they were articles for websites. Nothing surprises me anymore.
Tony:)

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1. 10/22/07
  
  nusuni
  
  "Nothing surprises me anymore."
  
  Hmm... so a pig flying over your house that is singing Jingle Bells wouldn't surprise you?
  
  Actually I don't know if that'd surprise me... I'd be thinking "mmmm dinner!" *bang*
10/22/07

Eltas

This was very interesting you always learn something new

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10/22/07

kab625

It's done at forums all the time. I'll bet paid posters often get "hooked" and become regular contributors to the forums. I would think the same may be true of Blogs.

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10/22/07

lambora29

I agree with DM. Why we should buy comments, let the people come and comments why we force any one, if you have good contents people will come and comments.
totaheri.blogspot.com

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10/22/07

nusuni

25 bucks for 100 comments?

Makes me wonder what blackhatters are ill enough to buy that when they can get bots to do the same darn thing for much cheaper.

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3/10/09

mark1230

it is for the link back strategy you are not paying for making comment on your blog but making payment for commenting on other blog with dofollow for better backlinks at high pr
like i am doing here

www.xyzdfdfff dot com

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3/10/09

trimandtrendy

do people buy comments? thats funny

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3/10/09

Shiley

Never heard of this had no clue.

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