How I Deal with Spam Comments on My Weebly Blog

How I Deal with Spam Comments on My Weebly Blog

If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’ve probably run into spam comments—those odd, repetitive, or irrelevant messages that show up under your posts and have nothing to do with your content. Recently, I received a string of strange comments repeatedly asking someone to marry a person named Mahalia. Clearly spam.

Since I value the conversations that happen on my blog, I’ve taken a few steps to clean things up and prevent future spam. If you're also using Weebly, here’s what I recommend:

1. Manually Delete Spam Comments
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Weebly makes it easy to manage comments. From your blog settings, go to Website > Blog > Manage Comments. There, you’ll see a list of comments left on your posts. If you spot something suspicious, simply click the trash icon to delete it.

2. Turn on Comment Moderation

To avoid having spam published publicly, I enabled comment approval. You can do this in Settings > Blog > Comment Settings. With this on, all comments stay hidden until I manually approve them. It gives me peace of mind and keeps the blog clean.

3. Use the Spam Filter

Under the same settings menu, make sure “Enable spam filter” is checked. This feature filters out obvious spam automatically.

4. Consider Using a Third-Party Comment System

I’ve seen bloggers switch to Disqus for better moderation and spam protection. If spam becomes a regular issue, I might explore that route as well.

5. Keep a Clear Comment Policy
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I’ve added a short note below my blog posts that says:
“Comments are monitored. Spam or irrelevant messages will be removed.”
This sets expectations and helps filter out unwanted interactions.
Blogging should be about meaningful dialogue and sharing ideas—not fighting off spambots. With these tools in place, I feel more in control of my space and can focus on what I love: sharing art and connecting with my readers.

How to Enable Disqus on Weebly 
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1. Log in to your Weebly account.
2. Go to your website Dashboard and open the Editor for your site.
3. In the top menu, click Settings.
4. From the left sidebar, select Blog (if you're using the blog feature).
5. Scroll down to find the Comments section.
6. Under Commenting system, choose Disqus from the dropdown menu.
7. Set Comment visibility to Show (or your preferred setting).
8. In the Disqus shortname field, enter the shortname you created on disqus.com.
   (You must create a free Disqus account and register your site to get this shortname.)
9. Click “Publish” your website to apply the changes.

https://disqus.com/

If you haven’t created a Disqus shortname yet:

• Go to https://disqus.com/profile/signup/intent/
  
• Choose “I want to install Disqus on my site”
  
• Follow the prompts to register your site and get the shortname