Targeting Spam > June 30, 2008
Comment on Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration by ...
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[Comments for Andy Beard - Niche Marketing] Well, I started with Spam Karma and was happy with until one bad day came - my hosting provider closed my account because it was using too much of CPU resources, mostly because of DB queries generated by spambots and Spam Karma fighting them. Changing the hosting company isn't an easy task, especially when you want to get you site running again - I had to get rid of Spam Karma and switch to Akismet.
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Pingbacks and Trackbacks Usage And SPAM Protection
[WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er] ... more links and traffic post by Jack Humphrey is actually a video tutorial that guides you step-by-step on How to do a trackback to ensure you get the link back to your blog and How to avoid been lost in the noise of trackback spam. ...
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Posted at 04:38 PM
June 30, 2008
Comment on Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration by ...
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[Comments for Andy Beard - Niche Marketing] Well, I started with Spam Karma and was happy with until one bad day came - my hosting provider closed my account because it was using too much of CPU resources, mostly because of DB queries generated by spambots and Spam Karma fighting them. Changing the hosting company isn't an easy task, especially when you want to get you site running again - I had to get rid of Spam Karma and switch to Akismet.
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Posted at 04:02 PM
June 27, 2008
Pingbacks and Trackbacks Usage And SPAM Protection
[WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er] ... more links and traffic post by Jack Humphrey is actually a video tutorial that guides you step-by-step on How to do a trackback to ensure you get the link back to your blog and How to avoid been lost in the noise of trackback spam. ...
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Posted at 04:38 PM
Wordpress Plugins for Writers: Part 2 - Anti-Spam
[The Writer's Technology Companion] What Akismet is to comment spam, the Trackback Validator plugin is to trackback spam. Normally, trackbacks are notifications sent to your site when a trackback-enabled site links to your site. Itsa nice way to let someone know youre ...
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Posted at 04:32 PM
June 23, 2008
Wordpress Plugins to Give You The Advantage
[Collins Internet Blog] Wordpress is a well known and supported blogging platform and content management system. With the ability for developers to create new and useful additions or plugins, it’s no wonder why it has become so popular.
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Posted at 04:03 PM
Ive used the Spam Karma plug ”¦
[Twitteresque] Ive used the Spam Karma plug in for Wordpress for years with great success. http://tinyurl.com/c3oru.
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Posted at 04:02 PM
June 20, 2008
Trackback Spam (Why is it Still Around?)
[Pumpkin Labs] OK”¦ Im fairly new to dark underbelly of the SEO world called “black hat,” but Im still amazed that stuff like TrackBack Spam still exists today. Most bloggers, even techie types, dont fully understand trackback pings and their use. ...
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Posted at 04:33 PM
How to take control of trackback spam? | BloggerDesign from ...
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[blogbookmark.com / Published News] There are so many good things about it, but comment and trackback spam can tarnish the process. I know that going in and removing 15 different ‘prescription’ comments is not a good use of a bloggers time as they could use it ...
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Posted at 04:31 PM
June 16, 2008
Do Not Let Akismet Work Alone
[Neat Ten | Your Blog Matters] It is meant to stop all forms of automated Blog spam effortlessly, while remaining as unobtrusive as possible to regular commentators. Spam Karma 2 is the proud successor to Spam Karma, with whom it shares most of the development ideas, .
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Posted at 04:03 PM
Three Steps to Knock Out Website Spam
[Collins Internet Blog] We’ve all encountered some form of spam or unwanted advertisements in our emails and blogs. Some are ads wanting you to purchase medications or scams that inform you that you have won the Nigerian lottery.
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Posted at 04:01 PM
June 13, 2008
spammers...
[The Gear Page] addresses to. Free vacations. Mortgage information. free rolexes. mmmm. Not sure about the legality of it :( and it probly doesn't work. but it does make me feel better. :D anyone else have a good way to kick the spammer blues?
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Posted at 04:32 PM
Web Wiz Forums Version 9.x Support : Stopping Russian Spammers
[Web Wiz Forums] I know this is probably illegal somewhere, but is there any way we can block Russian spammers with the email country suffix (.ru) who manually register on our Forum? It is so time consuming deleting them one by one.
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Posted at 04:32 PM
June 09, 2008
Trackback SPAM
[Chris Crowe's Blog] I have been hit with a lot of Trackback SPAM in the last few weeks and months. I have deleted all Trackback's and disabled the use of them.
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Posted at 04:05 PM
Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam « Akismet
[Ma.gnolia: Bookmarks] Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam « Akismet. Saved By: joelemma | View Details | Give Thanks. Tags: captcha.
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Posted at 04:04 PM
June 06, 2008
Did You Pass Math? A Simple WordPress Comment Anti-spam Plugin
[Crenk] Since installing the Did you pass math plug-in, my comment spam has been near completely eliminated. As an added bonus, there was zero negative feedback and no backlash from the my readers after installing. Some even thanked me for not using a true Captcha system, since they can often be very hard to read. My suggestion would be to install this when first setting up a blog, so you aren’t in a situation like me, trying to fix a broken problem while it is being broken even harder.
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Posted at 04:32 PM
Why SEO-Conscious Blog Owners Need WP-SpamFree
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[WebGeek] Another problem with spam is its effect on your blog’s search engine optimization efforts. Search engines measure the quality of your outbound links, and if you aren’t moderating your comments, there could be comment links on your site to bad neighborhoods, which are spammy sites that search engines have identified.
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Posted at 04:32 PM