SEO question

[Eavesy]

That's pretty much it, they go around and nomally post meaningless comments on blogs to gain backlinks for increased SERPs.

[parusa619]

Hi if I comment on a blog and link to a site does that help them in their search rankings?

I always wondered because I now have a couple blogs and Im getting lots of spam comments. I assume if someone is willing to spam me there must be a reason and the only thing that makes sense is that because they link back to themselves they must be trying to boost their ranking.

Am I right? or am I missing something?

Yep, they may help in their search engine rankings. :p

It may be counted as backlinks, but if you do excessive posts, it may result to blog spamming

[weblaunchphxx]

Yes you can comment on blog and put a text link it will count as a backlink.