I-Marketer Blog and Newsletter

Yes yes I know I know that’s why I’m writing you early

Huh?

It’s Thanks Giving Day in the United States. So as all my American friends gear up for a day of family, friends football and feasting I wanted to get this short post in early (opps short for my typical rants anyways)

For me it’s just another day as I am Canadian, got my girls off to school, drove my wife to work and now I get to sit back and reap the benefits of living in a Cross Border town.

Meaning we get all the American TV stations so I can watch as much football as I can handle. Maybe I’ll cook up a turkey tonight for dinner - maybe not - ahhh who knows

So what’s this post about - In a nutshell Battling Spam Wordpress comments at your blog

What you don’t have a blog yet? hmmm give it a try it can be fun and profitable when done right.

Here’s a quick resource on how to profit from blogging that we just offered this week

http://www.NightOwlMarketing.com/blog

So what is spam comments and what can you do to reduce it

Simply spam commnets are when people or automated software leave comments on your blog posts that point back to their site that have no relation to your post

ex.) I-Marketer is obvioously a blog about Marketing now to see a comment about one of posts that says

Great post. If you would like to buy the cheapest online drugs you need to check out my site located here [then this spammer inserts their link to their site]

Pure spam.

So what to do…

I recently added a new feature to our I-Marketer blog that should interest you

It’s a captcha system that asks commenter’s to our blog to enter two words before their comments are added to the blog.

Now why is this a good thing to have. Well previously at the I-Marketer blog when someone wanted to make a comment they had to register

If you hit the comment box at the I-Marketer Blog now you will see it asks for your name, email and website but that’s optional but why wouldn’t you want to tell the world who you are and what you are doing.

Next all you have to do is fill in your comment and the two words that the box displays and hit submit.

Here’s an example of what the box looks like

So how does this benefit you and why do want one?

This cuts down on your commenters time of having to register ending any frustration on their part to make a comment at your blog

It cuts down on spam comments from automated software programs by having to actually type in two distinct words. The automated blog comment posting programs you may have heard of cannot deal with it

And finally and most importantly it starts the community building process at your blog. By allowing readers of your blog a chance to comment increases the sense of belonging to a community

We are doing our best to make you feel apart of the I-Marketer and Night Owl Marketing community.

Ok so how do you get this option on your wordpress blog

First you have to have a wordpress blog

Then you simply have to register for a free account get the wordpress plugin, install it and bam you’re in business

And yes it’s free no payment, no upgrades and you are actually helping to get books created in the process*

First go here to register:

http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html

Next you download the wordpress plugin here:

http://recaptcha.net/plugins/wordpress/

Install it by following the directions

That’s it my friend

Here’s a quick video I found on YouTube that explains how to install a wordpress plug-in [in case you're not sure]

Enjoy this simple plugin that builds community while helping you to battle spam comment posters

*A very interesting story if you want to read why this service is free and how they help create books from offering this service read more about it here:

http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html

-Scottie
Night Owl Marketing