Comments on: The War on Comment Spam http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/ Web site promotion and marketing info, Helpful Tips, Latest Gadgets, News and Webdesign Services Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:41:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Pyne http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Peter Pyne Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:35:32 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-2169 I didn't even know Akismet or these other systems were out there for preventing spam lol... I didn’t even know Akismet or these other systems were out there for preventing spam lol…

]]> By: Web tools & Tips http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Web tools & Tips Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:58:50 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-1308 Tricia, I also feel that their is a sudden rise in the SPAM comments, which escape Akismet. I like the way you responded to human spam. I can understand your situation, \pecially when I have also been running LLL for past several months now. Tricia, I also feel that their is a sudden rise in the SPAM comments, which escape Akismet.
I like the way you responded to human spam. I can understand your situation, \pecially when I have also been running LLL for past several months now.

]]> By: Ed http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Ed Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:23:32 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-733 hah! thats awesome that you followed up and replied to the companies. I don't get enough traffic on my blog so spam isnt that big an issue now. Akismet covers it mostly. But the do-follow plugin is a new one to me. that's a great idea, i will definately add that on when i get more traffic (crosses fingers) and to the commenter above, i tried putting a captcha for my comments, but it errored and i couldnt get it to work, it would just say input wasnt equal to the required even when it should have been. Oh well, maybe i will try reinstalling it again or finding another one. hah! thats awesome that you followed up and replied to the companies. I don’t get enough traffic on my blog so spam isnt that big an issue now. Akismet covers it mostly. But the do-follow plugin is a new one to me. that’s a great idea, i will definately add that on when i get more traffic (crosses fingers)

and to the commenter above, i tried putting a captcha for my comments, but it errored and i couldnt get it to work, it would just say input wasnt equal to the required even when it should have been. Oh well, maybe i will try reinstalling it again or finding another one.

]]> By: Steven Snell http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Steven Snell Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:17:50 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-609 I haven't noticed an increase recently, but it's still enough to be annoying. I only use Akismet to prevent spam and I think it does a pretty good job. I haven’t noticed an increase recently, but it’s still enough to be annoying. I only use Akismet to prevent spam and I think it does a pretty good job.

]]> By: Maurice (TheCaymanHost) http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Maurice (TheCaymanHost) Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:09:31 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-590 Maybe it's time to consider some form of captcha for your comments? I know some people don't like them but they stop 99% of robot generated spam which means little reliance on Akismet and less leeching of your resources. They don't stop the kind of human comment spam of course but you seem to have that covered judging by this post :-) Nice retaliation. Maybe it’s time to consider some form of captcha for your comments? I know some people don’t like them but they stop 99% of robot generated spam which means little reliance on Akismet and less leeching of your resources.

They don’t stop the kind of human comment spam of course but you seem to have that covered judging by this post :-) Nice retaliation.

]]> By: Carson http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Carson Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:12:46 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-565 Wow, that is intense. I'm glad you were motivated to action though. I think the letter to the company is a brilliant idea. Funny though that they have not replied. Usually any form of action is enough to deter spammers. They are strongly motivated by fear. I appreciate the ideas about the plug-ins. Not sure if my comment will make your site, but it was useful to me. Thanks. Wow, that is intense. I’m glad you were motivated to action though. I think the letter to the company is a brilliant idea. Funny though that they have not replied. Usually any form of action is enough to deter spammers. They are strongly motivated by fear. I appreciate the ideas about the plug-ins. Not sure if my comment will make your site, but it was useful to me. Thanks.

]]> By: Jaz http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Jaz Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:40:38 +0000 http://thewebfiles.com/2007/08/30/the-war-on-comment-spam/#comment-529 Yes, that's exactly the same person or whatever commenting that I had. I think you were at my blog mentioning some of this. The idea of having a do-follow plugin is great! Can't wait to get it for my blogs. I think you did the right thing. Unfortunately, I deleted the comments and the url so I do not have a way to get back to them. But, I will do that in the future. Thank you for your action on this!!! Yes, that’s exactly the same person or whatever commenting that I had. I think you were at my blog mentioning some of this. The idea of having a do-follow plugin is great! Can’t wait to get it for my blogs. I think you did the right thing. Unfortunately, I deleted the comments and the url so I do not have a way to get back to them. But, I will do that in the future. Thank you for your action on this!!!

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