Comments on: Luke Gilkerson - Covenant Eyes “Blogmeister” or “Blog Spammer”?

By: Steve Webb

Steve Webb — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:04:34 +0000

Disclosure: Covenant Eyes is an advertiser with Lifespring Media.

Having talked with Luke recently, I can attest to the fact that he is a rookie to blogging and other “new media” venues. I believe that the folks at Covenant Eyes have their hearts in the right place, and that they truly are doing their best to figure out how to be a valuable part of the community.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:10:38 +0000

The more correct term for this may be “comment spamming”. I find it especially annoying when someone trolls the blogsphere looking for the mention of a competitor’s product so they can post a link to their website. I always get a laugh when I see a post saying “I love Safe Eyes and here’s why…” and the first comment is, “Have you heard about Internet accountability and Covenant Eyes”. It would be one thing to post relevant information as a comment on a blog posting about Internet Safety or parental controls in general, but it is just rude/annoying to go around constantly posting just to promote your product or increase your search engine ranking.

By: theguru

theguru — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:37:59 +0000

Luke, thanks for the apology. Best of luck in your future blogging.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:27:50 +0000

***Editor’s Note: this was posted on my other blog shortly after this post went live. I am putting here because it is more on topic.***

Hello. Its the “blog spammer” here. Just wanted to apologize for some of my cut-and-paste jobs in the comments to others blogs. I’ll try to be a little more creative and conversational in some of my replies. I’m very much a rookie to the blogging etiquette and I was unaware comments like that were unwelcome. Excuse my ignorance. I try not to post any comment that is “random” on any blog, mostly just on blog posts that display an interest in things that interest me.

Blessings,
Luke Gilkerson

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:23:47 +0000

Copy/pasting the same comment multiple times directing you to a website for business purposes. That sounds very much like the definition of blog spam to me.