What constitutes spam?

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  thewardanceofthemindandsoul · Member · May 30, 2012 at 5:40 pm

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  I’ve only just started checking my spam folder, and although there are some comments that have broken English, there are other comments that sound plausible.

  Being a novice blogger, I must admit to feeling really stupid for asking this question, but what constitutes spam?

  I know it will be deemed spam if message is computer generated, and there are some obvious other ones. But I wondered why some comments I’ve received, over 600 in fact, were deemed spam.

  Is there anyone who can clarify what I should look for?
  Thanks.
  Blog url: http://thewardanceofthemindandsoul.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2012 at 6:26 pm

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  Al WordPress.com blogs are equipped with Akismet and it cannot be disabled. Akismet learns when you “unspam” a legitimate comment. Over 80% of all so-called comments sublmitted to blogs on this .wordpress.com domain every day are spam. Please scroll down and read “5 things every blogger should know about spam” on this page. Please read this section too > Unwanted Comments and Comment Spam
  These may also be helpful:
  Mark Spam as Spam
  Trackback and Pingback Spam: What to do?

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  thewardanceofthemindandsoul · Member · May 31, 2012 at 12:50 pm

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  Wow. Thanks for that. It was very enlightening. Now I’ll be able to trust spam is just spam.
  Much appreciated.