(Entry was posted by Ross Barefoot on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/16/2014).

I`m seeing more comments where there is no backlink.

Blog Comment Spam without backlinks. Ah, those blog comment spammers. Always entertaining. Usually transparent. Except now I`m seeing more comments where there is no backlink. Anyone know what they are up to? Is the strategy to open dialog by getting a response from the blog publisher and then to put the backlink in a follow up? Does anyone actually know??

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Ross Barefoot: Blog Comment Spam without backlinks. ; ; ; Ah, those blog comment spammers. ; Always entertaining. ; Usually transparent. ; Except now I'm seeing more comments where there is no backlink. ; Anyone know what they are up to? ; Is the strategy to open dialog by getting a response from the blog publisher and then to put the backlink in a follow up? ; Does anyone actually know?
Jon Dunn: Are you seeing made up words or random strings of numbers/letters? Sometimes spammers use that first to see what gets approved and then move onto linked spam in phase 2.
Brent Wildman: A lot of sites disable links in the blog comments so they either don't show up or are disabled.
Ross Barefoot: +Jon Dunn In this case the comments are meant to be intelligible. ; In the case of one I'm a bit conflicted about whether it's genuine or not so I replied and now I'm waiting to see if there's a follow up with a link in it, which would confirm that it was a trial balloon.
John Coleman: i've seen this too and it really is annoying. Sometime's I see them keyword stuffing their comments also but not sure how it could benefit them when there is no link
Monitor Backlinks: After their first comment gets approved...the next ones will automatically be approved by default. They are trying to get the first one approved, so they can leave a link on the 2nd comment.

You can change this from wordpress settings though
W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:35:22 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/im_seeing_more_comments_where_there_is_no_backlink
Ross Barefoot: +Monitor Backlinks Yup. ; Forgot about that little Wordpress setting, but it makes perfect sense. ; I'll see if this one gets a follow up. ; +W.E. Jonk Thanks for the link. ; Glad to see the panel picking it up as well.