There seems to be people that just comment to get on my top commentators list, well, don’t spam or else I will delete your comments and mark them as spam. And in the long run, you’ll probably be marked as spam in the akismet system so whoever has that plugin installed, your comments will end up in the spam filter on every site you comment on.

I know all the tricks and tactics of commenting to get backlinks and get on top commentators lists and I let a lot of things slide here but people seem to continue to take advantage of it. If you don’t have anything useful to add as a comment, you simply don’t need to. I mean, most readers and subscribers don’t even comment to begin with.

But again, I know a lot of people comment a lot just to get on the top commentators list. So, what happens if I remove that from my site? Will most of you guys just stop commenting?

Anyways, here are a few things that people do as comments that will probably get deleted and marked as spam:

Copying and Pasting My Own Text As a Comment - How thoughtful of a comment is that? Really? If you just copy and paste text from my own post as your entire comment or for most of your comment, your comment is worthless.

Generic Phrases - A lot of people just use generic phrase like “Great Post!” and “Thanks for sharing this info to all your readers!” Those are just a few comments that people tend to say just to get a comment in. Those generic comments doesn’t help anyone and I’ve seen them way too many times as spam.

Matter of fact, I bet someone will leave a comment like “this is a really nice post! Thanks for sharing!” on this particular post. I mean, people already leave those posts on my free Blogger template posts.

“Insert Here” Type Text - A lot of people have generic lines they want to say and they try to trick people by including a sentence or their title within that generic line. Well, I let a lot of these things slide by but these are the same people who do everything that forces me to write this post.

An example of this would be some that says “This is a good post related to I Will Delete Your Comments And Mark It as Spam. It is really nice info and good article.”

So, if you didn’t notice, I simply had a generic line in which I could insert the title or topic of the post just so it might seem less spammy. Well, guess again, that’s still spamming.

I’m sure there are other ways of spamming my comments that I don’t appreciate but those are the few that I literally just seen in my comments. If you guys continue to do it, its not very hard to remove you from the top commentators list. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the thoughtful comments but I really hate spam.

And guess what? Everything I mentioned above is spamming. I let things slide before but I’m going to be a little stricter about it.

Thanks!

I’m actually pretty late on commenting on this but it looks like Digg.com has a new nofollow policy in which is supposed to cut down on a lot of the spam. I believe they made these changes at the beginning of this month but how are these changes going to affect us?  How are these changes going to affect new site owners trying to get ranked in search engines?

I read somewhere:

“We’ve made a few changes to the way Digg links to external sites that may impact some folks in the SEO community,” says Digg’s John Quinn. “These changes reduce the incentive to post spammy content (or link spam) to Digg, while still flowing ’search engine juice’ freely to quality content.”

Do I agree? Well, of course.  But only to a certain extend.  I mean, spam takes over too many aspects of the internet so I definitely understand that they’re trying to cut down on the spammers.  But there are a few things that worry me about these changes.  The SEO for us non-spammers.

How Will Digg’s Nofollow Affect Us?

Like I said, SEO will be affected. Because essentially what they are saying is the fact that the “rel=nofollow” attribute will be tagged on external sites that aren’t exactly trusted. And that includes external links in comments (which is understandable), user profiles and story pages.

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So, the blog auction ended the other day and as of right now, there was no purchase. But that doesn’t mean it is officially over. The reason is the fact that apparently after your listing ends on flippa.com with no purchase, then your listing gets sent over to “private listings” for the next six months.

Now, I had a few serious bidders but it doesn’t seem as though any of them wanted to meet my reserve price so I am still here. I actually turned away a few paid reviews as well as a couple of advertisers in anticipation of a sale so I could send them over to the new owner but it looks like that won’t need to happen.

Luckily for me, there are companies that get response from my paid reviews and private ads that they continue to come back.

A commentator, Jon, mentioned that there was a drawback from why a potential buyer wouldn’t purchase DatMoney and its simply because I mentioned I was starting a new blog. I think there was a slight misunderstanding on that part because he (and I’m assuming others) thought it was just going to be a new entrepreneur blog. But I mentioned that it was going to be a more personal blog and not necessarily focused all on online entrepreneurship and making money.

I was just mentioning the fact of starting that type of blog so people can keep in touch with me if they wanted to. I’m hoping my subscribers stay with the potential new owner because I believe everyone has a chance to prove themselves. And if my subscribers approve, they will stay. If not, then it’s just like any other subscriber for any blog.

In addition, people subscribe for various blogs for different reasons.  But the most important part is the content.  So, if anybody was to take over and continued good content then they shouldn’t worry.

But I’m trying to get coordinated once again because I had a lot of switches I made, primarily with my hosting, e-mails, etc.  So, if you sent me an e-mail and I have yet to respond, more than likely I haven’t received it yet because some minor issues transferring my e-mails from my host to my computer. Update: If you sent me an e-mail to the datmoney account, you might have received a bounce back.  I believe I fixed the issue so please resend it.  Thanks!

Anyways, I’m still in talks with some private bidders but as of right now, I will stay be here. I will still be updating DatMoney. And yes, I will try to keep you guys entertained!

Stay tuned!  Don’t change that dial… or is it type in a different URL?

A lot of you guys expressed your opinions on my blog sale that is up for auction but I wanted to address a few things for those of you guys that are slightly concerned and don’t want me to sell. I will not sell DatMoney if the reserve price is not met.

Just because I put DatMoney up for auction, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will sell. I have a few potential buyers that had discussions with me privately but that doesn’t mean they will officially buy. Especially since I have a set price in mind and if I don’t manage to get that, I feel as though there’s no point for me selling the blog.

As you guys are aware by now, the main reason why I’m even selling is the fact that I need financial reinsurance just incase anything happens from my day job. But if the sale doesn’t give me that financial reinsurance, then there’s no point in selling, is there?

Plus, I’m a little hesitate on selling it to begin with.

Also, a lot of people are hesitate that the new buyer will change so many things and maybe not bring great content to this blog. But the few potential buyers that expressed interest, well, they already have blogs and have been working online for quite sometime. So, although the writing style may be different, the content, especially the helpful ones, should still be there.

Personally, I was never that fond of my writing style but if you guys enjoy it, that’s all that matters to me. I mean, there’s a reason why you guys are still around, huh?

But I would just like to say this again, I will not sell DatMoney if the reserve price is not met. And if it doesn’t sell, I’m just going to have to work 10 times harder on it. Though, it’ll be tough because of the time constraint.  But everything happens for a reason and if it doesn’t sell, I guess DatMoney was meant to stay with me to make money.

Anyways, I hope you guys don’t unsubscribe or leave me just yet. I may not even leave you guys at all. Though, the auction lasts for 7-8 more days so you never know what will happen… we’ll see soon enough!

Side Note: I’ll still be working online so I’ll still be around to help out if the blog does sell.  I’ll let you know my details if DatMoney gets sold.

Honestly, I didn’t want to put DatMoney up for sale but a few things have come up recently. I figured I’d address the issue because a few of you guys have contacted me on instant messenger about this already.

You can check out the auction at Flippa right now if you want. I only listed it for 14 days because I’m in a time crunch.

So, Why Am I Selling DatMoney?

Not exactly my first choice. And I know you guys have probably heard that from every single online entrepreneur that has put their site up for sale. But for me, the main reason is the fact that my day job isn’t going as well as I would have hoped so I’m trying to cover my tracks as a backup plan. If I can sell DatMoney, the money will cover me for a while.

Of course, I’m hoping it will sell for the reserve or BIN because if it doesn’t, I may have to reconsider simply because 1) I just don’t want to sell it and 2) there’s no point of selling it if the money doesn’t cover me for the next few months.

In addition, if I do end up leaving my job, I’ll have to take some time to figure out what I will be doing with my life. Maybe apply for some new jobs. Maybe work harder on my online business. Maybe do illegal things on the street. Haha… okay, that last one isn’t an option for me. But I’ll probably have less time to dedicate to DatMoney.

Anyone Interested or Know Someone Who’d be Interested?

Some people will agree or disagree with my prices. And I know everyone has their story behind what it should and shouldn’t be. But I value my site and I know the potential it has. Matter of fact, my best from this blog alone was probably like $1,000. So, if you multiply that by the standard 10x, that’s still less than the BIN.

But does anyone know someone who’d be interested in taking over DatMoney? Of course, I’d be willing to help out as much as they would need until they get situated and comfortable.

You can see the various ways that I’ve made money from DatMoney at the auction. Though, I didn’t include every single aspect, I was just trying to show the potential just based off of a few examples.

If someone helps me sell the blog at the BIN price, I will give you 2.5% of the price. That may not sound like a lot but I’ll be giving you the 2.5% that the buyer would be paying. If it sells for the BIN, you’d get over $200.

Anyways, I’m getting pretty sad just talking about it. Don’t worry, I’m going to try to get as many things done before and if the site sells. And yes, that includes an eBook, getting out all the passwords, etc, etc.

And don’t get sad just yet, I may not even sell the site if it doesn’t hit the reserve.