Why do bots spam my wordpress blog comments?

[RyanMeighan]

anyone with a wordpress blog knows what i am talking about. but why do they do this? my theory is that it is for backlinks, but aren't all wordpress comment links nofollow? i am just curious as to what these robots think they are gaining by flooding my blog comments section.

Thanks,

Ryan

[VeroBrain]

Hi Ryan,

Hope this clarifies the issue.

I conduct SEO Audits, I check the work done by other SEO practitioners. Therefore, I understand that many websites' owners or managers do not differentiate a dofollow from a nofollow link nor a low spam score link from a high spam score link. That's why some link builders show/deliver those useless links to their clients, and clients are very happy at first.

Also, there are plugins for remove the nofollow in WP comments and replace it for dofollow as well as some hackers can change that, you do not notice it, unless you check for an odd plugin and/or changes in the code.

Mª Verónica

[RyanMeighan]

Yes this absolutely answers my question, makes sense. Crazy how many sketchy SEO’s are out there.

thanks,

Ryan