Comments on: The Price of Closing Comments on Old Posts http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: backlinks http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-1125295 backlinks Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:25:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-1125295 Top backlinks seo services - acquire Very best search rankings as well as enormous web site traffic using our effective back links offers. Best & thrifty one-way links service of all time! backlinksGod.com - effective search engine optimization - inlinks - affiliate marketing - search engine optimisation - web 2 . 0 Top backlinks seo services – acquire Very best search rankings as well as enormous web site traffic using our effective back links offers. Best & thrifty one-way links service of all time! backlinksGod.com – effective search engine optimization – inlinks – affiliate marketing – search engine optimisation – web 2 . 0

]]> By: Debt Settlement Lawyer http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-1120086 Debt Settlement Lawyer Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:30:07 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-1120086 Some of your points are worth noticing.Thanks for busting out the misconceptions,and yes you will get the appaud from many like minded people on it. Some of your points are worth noticing.Thanks for busting out the misconceptions,and yes you will get the appaud from many like minded people on it.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-793441 Lorelle VanFossen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:11:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-793441 I'm not sure what you are talking about with the WordPress Support Forums, but directing your concerns directly to them is a step in the right direction. For more on updating your database, see <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/01/search-and-replace-in-wordpress-mysql-database/" title="Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database" rel="nofollow">Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database</a>. I’m not sure what you are talking about with the WordPress Support Forums, but directing your concerns directly to them is a step in the right direction. For more on updating your database, see Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database.

]]> By: BillyG http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-793121 BillyG Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:49:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-793121 Yea, there's tons of request on it, all suggesting deactivated plugins, guess I shoulda known better. I did come across this snippet in my travels there though: 'I used phpMyAdmin to edit the MySQL database by using the UPDATE command to set the comment_status of all existing posts to "open". " Unsure if that's not just a band-aid, but I'll give it a shot first... btw: I wish those WP forums would do something about their own serp excerpts - the whole first line is nothing but a repeat of the menu options from the top of the page, meaning we have to click on every dang link! Thanks again. So weird, I hardly ever venture out, and here I am begging on 2 different sites of yours within 2 days lol. Yea, there’s tons of request on it, all suggesting deactivated plugins, guess I shoulda known better.

I did come across this snippet in my travels there though:

‘I used phpMyAdmin to edit the MySQL database by using the UPDATE command to set the comment_status of all existing posts to “open”. ”

Unsure if that’s not just a band-aid, but I’ll give it a shot first…

btw: I wish those WP forums would do something about their own serp excerpts – the whole first line is nothing but a repeat of the menu options from the top of the page, meaning we have to click on every dang link!

Thanks again. So weird, I hardly ever venture out, and here I am begging on 2 different sites of yours within 2 days lol.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-792797 Lorelle VanFossen Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:10:57 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-792797 Check your Plugins and deactivate any that will close comments after a specific time period. And check in the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="nofollow">WordPress Support Forums</a> for more help. Check your Plugins and deactivate any that will close comments after a specific time period. And check in the WordPress Support Forums for more help.

]]> By: BillyG http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-792142 BillyG Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:31:49 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-792142 My problem is that old comments are closed, but I don't want them to be! Does anybody know of any quirks or conflicting plugins that may be causing this for me? TIA. My problem is that old comments are closed, but I don’t want them to be!

Does anybody know of any quirks or conflicting plugins that may be causing this for me?

TIA.

]]> By: Barry Goggin http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-750514 Barry Goggin Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:52:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-750514 I agree that closing old posts comes at a cost. Older posts may get more comment spam if their content had keywords that attract comment spam and/or links that attract comment spam. I notice particular posts that get spammed a lot and I have been trying to avoid those keywords. Blogs are supposed to be an interaction with the readers and anything that gets in the way defeats the purpose. I agree that closing old posts comes at a cost. Older posts may get more comment spam if their content had keywords that attract comment spam and/or links that attract comment spam. I notice particular posts that get spammed a lot and I have been trying to avoid those keywords.
Blogs are supposed to be an interaction with the readers and anything that gets in the way defeats the purpose.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-697557 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-697557 Wouldn't the world be a better place if we had an opt-in policy rather than opt-out. :D I'd like the same for telemarketers and email and snail mail ad campaigns. SIGH. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we had an opt-in policy rather than opt-out. :D I’d like the same for telemarketers and email and snail mail ad campaigns. SIGH.

]]> By: Shane http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-697491 Shane Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:43:10 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-697491 Yeah, on several of my blogs, I virtually never see a spam comment on newer posts, but <i>regularly</i> see them on old posts. And no, I definitely wasn't arguing your point about closing comments on old posts. I think you're right. However, trying to stop spammers at their source is a losing game. As long as there are ISPs who will harbor them (and as long as there's money in it, there will be), we'll have to employ anti-spam measures not only at our blogs, but all along the path from them to us. Yeah, on several of my blogs, I virtually never see a spam comment on newer posts, but regularly see them on old posts.

And no, I definitely wasn’t arguing your point about closing comments on old posts. I think you’re right. However, trying to stop spammers at their source is a losing game. As long as there are ISPs who will harbor them (and as long as there’s money in it, there will be), we’ll have to employ anti-spam measures not only at our blogs, but all along the path from them to us.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-696342 Lorelle VanFossen Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:29:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-696342 A lot of people think that, but the stats don't measure perception just reality, though it could be true in your case. I've had single old posts hit hundreds and thousands of times by spam bots, which are caught, but not old posts specifically. This skews perception. The truth is that comment spammers are getting so sophisticated, nothing is safe. So closing old posts is no better or worse than any other technique. It doesn't stop them specifically as everything is fair game for them. We have to stop them at their source, not our blogs. A lot of people think that, but the stats don’t measure perception just reality, though it could be true in your case. I’ve had single old posts hit hundreds and thousands of times by spam bots, which are caught, but not old posts specifically. This skews perception.

The truth is that comment spammers are getting so sophisticated, nothing is safe. So closing old posts is no better or worse than any other technique. It doesn’t stop them specifically as everything is fair game for them. We have to stop them at their source, not our blogs.

]]> By: Shane http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-696048 Shane Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:10:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-696048 <blockquote>The “old posts” myth about comment spam is that comment spammers hit older posts more than current posts. This is also not true. Comment spammers will hit EVERY post they can. Comment spam bots and human spammers don’t check the date of the post before they hit, thinking, “Hmmm, this one is at least six weeks old, ripe for spamming.”</blockquote> I manage a large number of blogs, and my experience is completely opposite from this. Old posts are hit <i>way</i> more often than new posts. It's not even close.

The “old posts” myth about comment spam is that comment spammers hit older posts more than current posts. This is also not true. Comment spammers will hit EVERY post they can. Comment spam bots and human spammers don’t check the date of the post before they hit, thinking, “Hmmm, this one is at least six weeks old, ripe for spamming.”

I manage a large number of blogs, and my experience is completely opposite from this. Old posts are hit way more often than new posts. It’s not even close.

]]> By: Rarst http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-623900 Rarst Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-623900 The biggest misconception about spam is that you can solve it at expense of your readers. When bloggers start to think "I can also add captcha and forget about spam" they are "solving" having actively contributing readers together with having spam. The biggest misconception about spam is that you can solve it at expense of your readers. When bloggers start to think “I can also add captcha and forget about spam” they are “solving” having actively contributing readers together with having spam.

]]> By: Maria Reyes-McDavis Blog Marketing http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/12/the-price-of-closing-comments-on-old-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-623069 Maria Reyes-McDavis Blog Marketing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:32:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=8882#comment-623069 Such a great post that completely kills the misconceptions about blog comments and spam. I agree completely, closing comments on old posts does more harm than good. Thank you for clarifying this :-) Such a great post that completely kills the misconceptions about blog comments and spam. I agree completely, closing comments on old posts does more harm than good. Thank you for clarifying this :-)

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