If you are a Magnetic Media Works client that uses WordPress as your content management system(cms), you need to read this. We have noticed that some of our clients are not been moderating their comments and are missing out on business opportunities as well as creating a bunch of maintenance work for themselves. Please take some time out of your busy schedule to read this to understand wordpress and it’s commenting system.
In this article I will cover the following topics:
What are comments?
Comments are pretty much what they sound like. When a person reads a blog post or page on your website, They have the ability to post a comment that pertains to the topic or content of that page. Pretty neat right? Well, it is almost perfect, but there is some SPAM included in the neatness. “Back linking” and “ping back” consultants have found ways to exploit the WordPress system and they relentlessly post comments that are are irrelevant to your content and ultimate business goals. Deleting these SPAM posts can be a “pain in the blog” but a weekly cleanup usually keeps the task manageable.
Why comments are extremely important!
First, Let’s define a good comment. A good comment is a comment that pertains to the post or page. A person may ask you a specific question about a specific product or service, or they may want to thank you publicly for creating a great product. Either way, you can reply to these people as the admin and create more than just a static page. When comments begin to fire back and forth you begin to create a social environment that lets potential customers begin to feel even better about what you have to offer. On one hand, these comments back and forth show an active business to customer relationship and that is pretty hard to beat. On the other hand, unanswered comments can produce the opposite effect.
Now, let’s discuss the spammers and why they insist on creating annoying comment moderation.
The spammers are in place doing what they do best. They are constantly dropping links to sites other than and not relative to yours. Why are they doing this? Well, in theory the more “backlinks” to their listed page the more valuable it becomes and it begins to show up for better search engine placement.
I said “in theory” a moment ago.
I said this because backlinks are a strong and powerful method for achieving better search engine results, but Google does place value on the the links that are generated. If you own a landscape company and you have a ton of backlinks from insurance and cosmetic related webs sites, google may just throw the “SPAMMY” flag and you could lose traction in the search engine results very quickly. Let’s not forget how much of a pain they are! It takes time reading through and determining whether or not the comment is from a relevant business or person. If you have problems with extreme amounts of SPAMMY comments, send us an email and we can install some software that cleans that up!
Where the commenting system is. (See visual steps at the end of this article)
Your commenting system in located in the control panel of your web site. First log in using your username and password that we provided you. Next, you will want to look on the left hand side of the dashboard and you will see the left hand navigation panel. Look down for the comments tab and click it! You will now be looking at all of your comments. The latest “unapproved” comments are near the top!
How to approve, delete, or mark a comment as Spam.
All you have to do is roll your mouse over each comment. As you do the comment you are hovering over will turn yellow. You will also notice some additional text appears under the comment itself. You will see options to approve, delete, or mark as spam. Click the option you desire and move onto the next one! It is pretty easy!
We hope this article was easy to read and understand. If you are having trouble with any of this, please send us an email, and will will make arrangements to contact you and fix your issues. As always, thanks for being a Magnetic Media Works client and we look forward to continuing to serve you and you business!
How to manage comments in three steps:
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About Sapusek Doug
I am thirty something husband and father of three. Located on the East coast of Florida, I enjoy art, family, and the outdoors.
COMMENTS for wordpress admins
Posted on August 2, 2011 by Sapusek Doug
If you are a Magnetic Media Works client that uses WordPress as your content management system(cms), you need to read this. We have noticed that some of our clients are not been moderating their comments and are missing out on business opportunities as well as creating a bunch of maintenance work for themselves. Please take some time out of your busy schedule to read this to understand wordpress and it’s commenting system.
In this article I will cover the following topics:
What are comments?
Why comments are extremely important!
First, Let’s define a good comment. A good comment is a comment that pertains to the post or page. A person may ask you a specific question about a specific product or service, or they may want to thank you publicly for creating a great product. Either way, you can reply to these people as the admin and create more than just a static page. When comments begin to fire back and forth you begin to create a social environment that lets potential customers begin to feel even better about what you have to offer. On one hand, these comments back and forth show an active business to customer relationship and that is pretty hard to beat. On the other hand, unanswered comments can produce the opposite effect.
Now, let’s discuss the spammers and why they insist on creating annoying comment moderation.
The spammers are in place doing what they do best. They are constantly dropping links to sites other than and not relative to yours. Why are they doing this? Well, in theory the more “backlinks” to their listed page the more valuable it becomes and it begins to show up for better search engine placement.
I said “in theory” a moment ago.
I said this because backlinks are a strong and powerful method for achieving better search engine results, but Google does place value on the the links that are generated. If you own a landscape company and you have a ton of backlinks from insurance and cosmetic related webs sites, google may just throw the “SPAMMY” flag and you could lose traction in the search engine results very quickly. Let’s not forget how much of a pain they are! It takes time reading through and determining whether or not the comment is from a relevant business or person. If you have problems with extreme amounts of SPAMMY comments, send us an email and we can install some software that cleans that up!
Where the commenting system is. (See visual steps at the end of this article)
Your commenting system in located in the control panel of your web site. First log in using your username and password that we provided you. Next, you will want to look on the left hand side of the dashboard and you will see the left hand navigation panel. Look down for the comments tab and click it! You will now be looking at all of your comments. The latest “unapproved” comments are near the top!
How to approve, delete, or mark a comment as Spam.
All you have to do is roll your mouse over each comment. As you do the comment you are hovering over will turn yellow. You will also notice some additional text appears under the comment itself. You will see options to approve, delete, or mark as spam. Click the option you desire and move onto the next one! It is pretty easy!
We hope this article was easy to read and understand. If you are having trouble with any of this, please send us an email, and will will make arrangements to contact you and fix your issues. As always, thanks for being a Magnetic Media Works client and we look forward to continuing to serve you and you business!
How to manage comments in three steps:
Step1
Step2
Step3
About Sapusek Doug
I am thirty something husband and father of three. Located on the East coast of Florida, I enjoy art, family, and the outdoors.