Don’t you just love it when someone comes to your blog and types in “Internesting post”? I mean, it’s nice that they read it–maybe, but I totally doubt that they did, but if they did, nice. But let me ask you why don’t they have anything better to say?
I mean, I get some great comments here. People are totally helpful, start up a discussion, or whatever, and that totally rocks!
But when I see a comment that says, “Interesting post,” I’m SO beyond flattery. LOL I know it’s someone just tyring to get a link back or whatever.
‘Course you’ll notice that I got the smackdown again from Google for having the paid links on my site. I’m a PR 2 again. Big whoop. Page rank means exactly the same thing to me as does “Interesting post.” I totally ignore both of them. The vapid blog comment gets sent right to Akismet.
PLONK!
Am I cranky today or what?
Yes, I am.
Working too hard.
But I have a call coming up tonight. But that should be fun. Some SEO talk: http://easyseotricks.com/paul if you’re interested. This is what I love, so it will be fun. Come on over.
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October 11th, 2008 at 3:29 am
Hi Pat,
I couldn’t agree more. Being fairly new at this, I always get happy when I see a comment on my blog. Until I see something like “interesting post” — and know they didn’t even read my post.
I guess for SEO purposes, it doesn’t matter what your comment is. But you’re saying if you don’t approve the comment they don’t get the SEO benefit I’m assuming. I like the way you think! Only reward those who take the time to add value to your blog.
Thanks for another informative post.
Jennifer
October 11th, 2008 at 10:29 am
That’s Xactly what I mean, Jennifer.
No cogent comment… No link love from me.
–Pat
October 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Interesting Post!
Sorry, I just had to. More seriously, your comment on Page Rank is probably true, although I go back and forth on the concept. There is certainly some value in the number for the Amazon’s of the world, but for most pages, I agree that it is just kind of irrelevant.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I find it very interesting and even laughable that everyone says that PR doesn’t matter to them … but then they talk about it all the time. Makes you go hmmm …
“Interesting post”, BTW.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I have to agree. When I see those generic “Interesting Post” and similar comments on my blog I generally classify them as spam, maybe even posted by robots. Comments from people who are sincerely interested will contain something relevant that indicates they actually read the post.