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About me: Hi Guys, My Name is Alex Chivers. I am 35 years old from the UK and I first started blogging

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Getting Started

I have over 2500 comments - lots of them are spam. Kind of off putting going through - can anyone advice a plugin or something to stop these coming through. Ideally I would l

A fast way of going through them, which I use, is to open all pending comments and trash them if there is no avatar.

If that doesn't appeal, then look at the emails if it ends with.ru it is Russian and in my experience 100 percent spam

akismet and antispam bee are two popular ones....
i remember that anti spam had caused issues with sites in the past but should be ok now...
i hope you get it sorted....

I will try Askimet cheers

Update: I installed Askimet and I did a spam check. It has gone down for 2.5K to 192 comments

looking good - hopefully a solution....

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What to do with spam comments?

What to do with spam comments?

asked in
Getting Started

I have over 2500 comments - lots of them are spam. Kind of off putting going through - can anyone advice a plugin or something to stop these coming through. Ideally I would l

A fast way of going through them, which I use, is to open all pending comments and trash them if there is no avatar.

If that doesn't appeal, then look at the emails if it ends with.ru it is Russian and in my experience 100 percent spam

akismet and antispam bee are two popular ones....
i remember that anti spam had caused issues with sites in the past but should be ok now...
i hope you get it sorted....

I will try Askimet cheers

Update: I installed Askimet and I did a spam check. It has gone down for 2.5K to 192 comments

looking good - hopefully a solution....

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Getting Started

Help with purchasing domain

Now I know what's going on - Enom LLC was affected by today's IT outages.

"Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Jul 19, 2024 - 18:09 PDT
Update - Our team is continuing to implement a fix. Customers may be able to access their account but may still see slowness as well as not be able to make purchases or updates to their domains. We hope to have a resolution soon and will continue to post updates here.
Jul 19, 2024 - 13:21 PDT"

https://enomstatus.com/

Abie

There was an issue with site domains earlier, and Kyle has escalated the problem - You couldn't get a domain name going; it showed an error.

What error are you exactly getting? What does it say on your screen?

Abie

Same thing is happening. 1st 2 times I was refunded. I've made another successful attempt to purchase the domain but after hitting the build my website button it is giving me an error and now again I have been refunded.

Try again now; it says "All Systems Operational."

https://enomstatus.com/

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I am trying to purchase a domain but I am just getting refunded - I really like the name can you hel

I am trying to purchase a domain but I am just getting refunded - I really like the name can you hel

asked in
Getting Started

Help with purchasing domain

Now I know what's going on - Enom LLC was affected by today's IT outages.

"Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Jul 19, 2024 - 18:09 PDT
Update - Our team is continuing to implement a fix. Customers may be able to access their account but may still see slowness as well as not be able to make purchases or updates to their domains. We hope to have a resolution soon and will continue to post updates here.
Jul 19, 2024 - 13:21 PDT"

https://enomstatus.com/

Abie

There was an issue with site domains earlier, and Kyle has escalated the problem - You couldn't get a domain name going; it showed an error.

What error are you exactly getting? What does it say on your screen?

Abie

Same thing is happening. 1st 2 times I was refunded. I've made another successful attempt to purchase the domain but after hitting the build my website button it is giving me an error and now again I have been refunded.

Try again now; it says "All Systems Operational."

https://enomstatus.com/

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Website Development & Programming

Looking to delete some old posts. I see that this can be bad for SEO in some cases and there are tests you can take to determine whether this is a good idea or not.

Hi Alex,

Take a look at the following in your Google Analytics and Search Console for the last 12 months.

Search Console:
* Little to no impressions for the page in question

Google Analytics
* Little to no visitor for the page in question

This is a likely sign to either unpublish the post or try and re-write the post.

Regards,
Jay

How about if content is not indexed?

Then it serves no purpose an old review to a product that doesn't exist, not indexed. What is it for?

I am just going though a few of these posts and I am seeing that they have not actually been indexed. I have deleted one post so far that I didn't really like but what do you think of this example? Product review for product that has changed its name so I wrote a newer review. There is a notice at top of post that says I have a new better review published. Should I delete this or request indexing?

I wouldnt delete any post unless it was completely wrong due to new technology or development. my strategy would be update

The content in question is some of my old reviews for clickbank products. Some I think are OK to keep but the trouble is that the products I've reviewed are no longer online. It does seem a shame to waste hours of writing but someone said that it is good to have a purge every once in a while because of crawl budget.

I mean I know you are a seasoned blogger you're definitely someone who I should listen to but I do feel my older content some of it I don't really like.

I'm cool with deleting some posts but not if it's going to have a negative effect on my site.

I think the question you must ask yourself is, what good are they doing? Forget the work and the time. If you have links to products no longer available, they are broken links, and I definitely wouldn't have that. I might be tempted to make a banner in Canva that says something like xxxx product is no longer available. Go to and give a URL for a newer, better product. If none is available, then I would delete a review that can't make you money. I would start with Google Analytics, and if it has no visitors, let it go.

OK this is what Jay has said too. I guess I have my answer.

Why not edit if you can vs delete?

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How do you know if old content is ok to delete?

How do you know if old content is ok to delete?

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Website Development & Programming

Looking to delete some old posts. I see that this can be bad for SEO in some cases and there are tests you can take to determine whether this is a good idea or not.

Hi Alex,

Take a look at the following in your Google Analytics and Search Console for the last 12 months.

Search Console:
* Little to no impressions for the page in question

Google Analytics
* Little to no visitor for the page in question

This is a likely sign to either unpublish the post or try and re-write the post.

Regards,
Jay

How about if content is not indexed?

Then it serves no purpose an old review to a product that doesn't exist, not indexed. What is it for?

I am just going though a few of these posts and I am seeing that they have not actually been indexed. I have deleted one post so far that I didn't really like but what do you think of this example? Product review for product that has changed its name so I wrote a newer review. There is a notice at top of post that says I have a new better review published. Should I delete this or request indexing?

I wouldnt delete any post unless it was completely wrong due to new technology or development. my strategy would be update

The content in question is some of my old reviews for clickbank products. Some I think are OK to keep but the trouble is that the products I've reviewed are no longer online. It does seem a shame to waste hours of writing but someone said that it is good to have a purge every once in a while because of crawl budget.

I mean I know you are a seasoned blogger you're definitely someone who I should listen to but I do feel my older content some of it I don't really like.

I'm cool with deleting some posts but not if it's going to have a negative effect on my site.

I think the question you must ask yourself is, what good are they doing? Forget the work and the time. If you have links to products no longer available, they are broken links, and I definitely wouldn't have that. I might be tempted to make a banner in Canva that says something like xxxx product is no longer available. Go to and give a URL for a newer, better product. If none is available, then I would delete a review that can't make you money. I would start with Google Analytics, and if it has no visitors, let it go.

OK this is what Jay has said too. I guess I have my answer.

Why not edit if you can vs delete?

See more comments

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