One of the early indicators that a blog is beginning to get purchase on search engines, and some level of recognition within the blogosphere is when it starts to attract comment spam. This is an attempt by link spammers to gain positioning for their sites by leaving links in the comments section of your blog. It is somewhat ineffective due to the engines’ efforts to eliminate the practice, but that doesn’t stop your comments section filling up with hundreds of unwanted links. Most of these links are the usual spammy mix of profanity and gibberish, and so can be fairly unpleasant to look though. You could just turn off your comments, but that would defeat some of the purpose of having a blog and using it as a communications tool. I will recommend some other alternatives in upcoming articles.