Who was it that wrote 'how to comment'?

[Ferox]

It must have been a while back now, but somebody wrote a post about 'how to comment effectively on other blogs or something', where they recommended putting your name as a keyword you're targeting instead of your name or an internet alias.

That's one of the big ways askimet decides you're spam. Evidenced by askimet receltly allowing blatant spam comments to slip through just because their 'name' looked like a real human name.

What happened to just being genuine on the internet?

[QuirkyJessi]

Gah! How lovely.

[infektia]

I always send those comments that has keywords as name to the spam box. It is really annoying.

[rhyswynne]

Me too. You'll do everlasting damage to your brand if you do it. So don't!

But yeah, it's seemed to have swung the other way, Akismet letting through normal name spam. It's a neverending fight. The best way is to nofollow the internet. That'd stop it

[Ferox]

No it doesn't. My blog is nofollow and I stil get 30 to 120 spam comments a day.

[WhoJayBe]

Damn those spam comments! But I still take the time to go through them because some are actually real comments that get filtered by accident.

[Ferox]

Yes, I've found one that was a real, genuine comment that got filtered.

Guess what though, his 'name' was two keywords.