The KeywordLuv Format is Now Required on ALL Comments Containing Keywords
Comment spammers are getting very good at writing content that passes the filters. It's getting harder and harder to tell the comment spam from the legitimate comments.
Therefore, the time has come to draw the line.
Comment spammers (the automated type) haven't figured out KeywordLuv yet and they probably won't mess with it until it becomes really widespread. I am now requiring the "YourName@YourKeywords" format in the name field on two of my blogs. Two of my other blogs will be operating the exact same way when I get done with them.
If you're only using your name, you can continue to do so. Only people using keywords are affected. I've placed an "Important Note" above the comment form to make my new policy as obvious as possible. Similar words are also contained within my "Comments Policy" in the "Policies and Statements" sidebar widget.
Unlike the author of the plugin, who simply removes the link if the rules aren't followed, I will delete the comments without hesitation. If you can read this, you can read the policy before you get to the comment form.
I hate to create and enforce strict rules, but it's either do it this way, or turn comment moderation on. I'd much rather make it as easy as possible for both you and I to keep the comments section free of spam.
(Update 2009-04-12: It doesn't matter now. I reverted the comment author links back to "nofollow".)
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it's a fair policy, especially given the circumstances. good luck dealing with spam comments.
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This is not a bad rule. I hate keyword spammers as well. What makes it hard is that these spammers are making life tough for legitimate commenters as well.
You can only arrive at a compromise – spammers are like cockroaches – they seem to adapt to every type of anti-spam spray
Yep, I killed that roach you left.
But I did it by accident. Opposite from what I said I'd do. 
I left that comment because I wanted to display my latest blog post.
I had left the literary forums link in the previous comment.
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I deleted the second one by mistake, thinking that you were messing with me. And you know, more than most, a deletion on WordPress can't be reversed. I swear I swore when I realized what I'd done.
This is completely fair RT— automated spammers are giving legitimate commenters a bad name, basically polluting blogs.
I'm just hoping I got the format correct here….
You got it. Piece of cake.
I just started up a salon equipment blog and what do you know – I got loads of spam comments too. So I installed askimet and keyword+commentluv – to block out spammers and reward the real commentators
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Thanks RT. I didn't think I was breaking the rules but if I did I apologize.
Sorry to say, I'm still not getting my comments posted. Do you see something wrong with it?
It's not caused by this end. Akismet is marking your comments as spam. Luckily, I check for misclassified comments frequently.
You're not doing anything wrong.
I totally understand drawing the line…
I wanted to test your new requirements just to be sure I'm doing it right.
Thanks for being cool.
wonderful plugin, I gonna start using it on my blog soon. It's a good way to attract more constructive comments
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thats more than fair!!
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Sounds like a fair policy. We are going to be installing KWLuv on our site today.
Cool layout of this blog by the way- great clouds..
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My view on any measures on a blog or forum is this: it's your house and I am merely a guest. I don't moan when people have locks on their doors and I won't moan when I see anti-spam measures. Sites with good anti-spam measures are easy to use and are coherent. When I hit a blog filled with awful spam comments I tend to click away very quickly.
Anyway, I use KeywordLuv too – I think on your recommendation – so I use it automatically anyway
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You still have the right idea. A lot of "do follow" bloggers delete your message if it has a keyword on it. They don't understand that that is the bonus for bloggers: adding a keyword link. idiots.
I haven't figured out the idiots yet. Dofollow without keywords is like ummm… I'm too feeble-minded to think of a comparison right now, but it's a stupid policy.
It's hard to deal with people who are leaving spammy comments. I don't know the reason of they are leaving non sense comments. Instead of leaving non sense comments, why can't they leave valuable and informative comments.
RT, I'm glad to see you are implementing these rules. I've given serious thought to writing a post similar to this saying NO Keyword Title Names allowed, but "YourName@keyword" is fine. I'm just not sure it will help or that people will even comply. It's noted on my Comment Policy page, but not everyone looks at that before attempting to comment. Michael Martine and I discussed this recently and he has text near the comment section as you do but he says most people ignore it anyway.
Just this morning I've sent two emails (something I don't normally do) to ask for their real name to include with their comment, otherwise I delete them/mark as spam without hesitation. If they don't reply promptly to my email, the comment disappears forever. Comment spammers are out of control, and I'm not inclined to continue taking the time emailing them either for their real names.
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RT, This is a great idea! As a Fast Blog Finder user I find a lot of my keyword appropriate comments do not go through simply because they only want your name to be used on their blogs. Unfortunately there aren't to many people looking for djnuttall. Thanks for helping us all out!
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I think your policy is a great idea. Just this afternoon I saw a dofollow blog that had the (almost) same post posted five or six times with different links and anchor text on each post. Clearly the poster was using some type of automated software to blast his comments out to lots of dofollow blogs. The date stamp was a few days between each post, and the posts had slight variations in the text to prevent any automated detection of identical posts.
I think that if each different blog owner sets different rules then that type of automated spam will be much less likely.
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I love this plugin. I use it on my blog too. Good luck fighting the spam.
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I think that this is a good rule to have, I prefer to have names to peoples comments rather than keywords, this lets everyone win but the spammers.
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I think I will have to take this policy soon as well. The whole reason I installed keyword luv is because I don't like people with names like "luxury florida real estate"…I do like rewarding other bloggers though with keyword links…but sometimes I'm ready to put back the no follow on too because of so many people who abuse it and me not having time to sift through thousands of comments!
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I have let one or two slip through and delinked the URL from the author link. With Ajax Edit Comments, it's just a click. People either aren't reading the notice which sticks out like a sore thumb, or they're using an automated commenting system. I don't mind deleting even the useful comments when they don't obey the rules.
I hadn't realized that keywordluv can be used to combat spammers. I left a post earlier and forgot to put my name in. Sorry about that. So you just akismit anyone not in the correct format to be safe? I like it.
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I guess since I have a blog about making money, I don't get that many comments anyway. I still put do-follow and KWLuv in and moderate the comments to keep spam away.
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Yes it is hard to keep up with defeating the spammers. It is something that we have to deal with. I like the fact you reward your commentators with these great comment plugins.
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Nice information about wordpress plugin, thanks
Good luck to you! I'm beginning to think that spam is as common as death and taxes.
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Keywordluv is simply the best plugin so far that I discovered. I believe this benefits those to write only decent and legitimate comments as they are assure of quality links. In a way, the bad connotation of spamming is eliminated because the name is shown with the desired keyword.
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Great idea… although I fear the spammers will eventually bypass it but lets hope for the best.
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They already have. I still have to screen everything.
Although I have not yet gotten the KeywordLuv plugin to work, my blog at Karlonia.com is DoFollow for comments.
I just discovered the KeywordLuv plugin (great idea!) earlier today, but sadly my theme seems to be incompatible. This probably doesn't matter much, however; people seem to be doing a good enough job of putting their keywords in the name field anyway
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Sadly, on one of my blogs, they already have started parsing the SERPS for keyword luv blogs. Awful stuff…
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Nice post. Just discovered this blog – new to me in 2009 – so I'll be coming back for more useful comment. Happy new year to all
That is a super cool plugin. I wish we could get it on Blogger.
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I'm impressed by your dedication. I think I would have had less patience and gone "nofollow". Thanks for the great wotk and keep it up!
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Oh, this is a good revision on the plug-in. Nice, I will try to check this option from my dashboard, thanks!
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is very difficult to separate the comments of those who seriously are not, but I think is great you have a policy to control this and not like other sites that directly punish everyone equally
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hate spammer, trash bin all spammer, askimet doing good job, even i have check one by one all the comments, pain
I know your pain on spammer. I run couple of blogs and i get hit hard on the week ends. Just on Saturday alone i got 100 spams on one blog.
can't live without Akismet. Thanks for the comment Luv.
That's great that the automated spam won't work with keyword luv, I did not know that. But, like you said that's just for the automated programs, still doesn't stop users from coming to your site and writing short and crappy comments to get pr rank. But, hey it's a start!
It is a really good idea to stop the spammers, and it is unfortunate that this lot seem to ruin blogging for the rest of us. So here's to all those that LUV, keep up the good work!
I love the key word love plugin . Helps a lot to attract lot of comments and show your blog active and attracts traffic too !
I have been thinking about using the CommentLuv & KeywordLuv plugins on my blog. I think it is great to reward legitimate commenters, but I will probably still require comments to be moderated first to prevent spamming.
Everybody needs a comment policy and I like yours…don't follow the rules–DELETE! I hope that I just followed the rules
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Ah, I like this filter that you impose RT but more than that I've enjoyed reading your posts as they cover a variety of topics. Next up, I am going to take a look at "Getting My Wife's Fat Ass Back to the Philippines". Now this may be interesting…
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It is my first visit to your site but I hope I'm doing this commenting thing right. My webmaster told me to do this to increase my in-links, so here I am.
Even though I'm new to this I think you are doing this correctly because you want proper traffic from real people, right.
Agree with soem of the comments above that your policy is very fair. Keyword luv is the perfect solution for allowing comments and allowing keywords
win win for all!
On my blog I've adopted the same strategy, even thus sometimes I receive only those "spammy" comments, which I of course do not accept, luckily spammers haven't really find out about this wonderful plugin.
Wow, this is a great plug-in. I will have to put it on my blogs and see how it works. Thanks for the content!
Keyword Luv is a great alternative for people who don't have a feed to capitalize on comment luv. Thanks for the share!
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but now many blogs that dofollow attributes to its release, I do not get what their reasons.
yeah..its a win-win solution for visitors and webmaster.keywordluv for us..
I was wondering if you know about some similar plugin for Drupal platform blogs?
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Keywordluv is a great way for people to leave keywords in the name without feeling guilty for it
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I have loved keyword luv for my blog, and you are totally right about weeding out the automated spam responses. Still, when you read a lot of the spam, it is so obvious that it is fake because the English is terrible, and it makes no sense! sometimes it's good for a laugh
Keywordluv is the best plugin ever. The person who created it is a god.
I totally agree with Bethany,
I find spam comments very entertaining at times. Unfortunately, they are also very time consumming! So, KeywordLuv is great, CommentLuv is greater and Akismet is the best because it automatically flags potential spammers for me.
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Everyone should follow the correct format on leaving comments using this plug-in. Spammers are one of our problems no adays, so its good that we make safety precautions.
I think that's fair, reward those who contribute good useful comments related and stay on topic.
Luv Keyword Luv – it help my other blogs that I work with. Spammers are out of the woodwork but oh well.
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It is great plug-im.Keyword love is a wonderful option to add to your blog. It gives readers incentive to add relevant comments by being rewarded with a backlink.
Thanks for the sharing.
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Keyword Luv is a great alternative to comment luv for people who do not have a blog on their site! If you do have a blog on your site, both work great together!