Targeting Spam > Comment and Trackback Spam fighting tip: Use Akismet

http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2008/01/18/comment-and-trackback-spam-fighting-tip-use-akismet/ [wordpress Publisher Blog] A great solution to this web spam problem is to use our Akismet service. The Akismet service is a “a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore innocence to blogging, so you never have to worry about ...

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The blog of Chris Thomsonhttp://chris24.ca/wordpress/spam-comments-suck [The blog of Chris Thomson] Dealing With Spam Comments: The problem is, I don’t want a bad comment being pushed out to my site without being moderated, or marked as spam, for the 12 hours I’m not on my computer. I seem to check Akismet every day, because I hate going through hundreds of spam comments all at once after a week or so.

Comments for Andy Beard - Niche Marketinghttp://andybeard.eu/2008/02/google-groups-comment-spam.html#comment-191031 [Comments for Andy Beard - Niche Marketing] Comment on Google Groups Comment Spam by Trophaeum: Due to all the spam, Google.com ends up on my domain blacklist, and a single URL occurrence will still allow it to be visible within my standard settings for comment moderation, as long there are no other specific penalties imposed by Spam Karma.

Spam Bots and captchas[Spam Bots and captchas] Stop WordPress spam - I: The Russians were faced with the same dilemma. They used a pencil. Advanced Textual Confirmation is such a pencil. Install it now. To be continued:. * Types of WordPress spam * Can we have trackbacks without trackback spam?

macstansburyhttp://macstansbury.com/journal/why-the-api-key-for-akismet.htm [macstansbury] Why the API key for Akismet?: Akismet is one of the great wonders of the world, a centralized control against comment and trackback spam. For the most part it’s ’automattic’ (heh), and for most of us, completely free. But to use Akismet on your site, ...

dygiscapehttp://www.joemanna.com/blog/social-media-frustrations-trackbacks-comment-spam-and-splogs/ [dygiscape] Social Media Frustrations: Trackbacks, Comment Spam and Splogs: However, for the past year, I’ve seen excessively high volume of trackback spam compared to a year ago. I’m debating whether or not I should continue to allow trackbacks; however, this begs the question, are trackbacks even useful ...

D' Technology Weblog[D' Technology Weblog] WP-SpamFree WordPress Plugin “kills automated comment form spam”: I’m quite tired of spamming, so I started searching for plugins that’re effective, kill the bots before spamming, yet low on resources and doesn’t use SQL tables, and I found some intresting plugins. After testing with the selected ones, I found WP-SpamFree the best so far.

vincenthome's Software Developmenthttp://vincenthomedev.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/subkismet-10-released/ [vincenthome's Software Development] Subkismet 1.0 Released: Trackback HTTP Module: An ASP.NET Http Module that blocks trackback spam. This module is done by Mads Kristensen and he has explained his method in a blog post and this Word document. Google Safe Browsing API service client: This is ...

www.christinawarren.comhttp://www.christinawarren.com/2008/01/23/musings-and-meanderings/ [www.christinawarren.com] Musings and Meanderings”¦: BUT, as luck would have it, I WP-Backup e-mailed me my complete database back-up on Sunday and I checked the tables in wp_comments the other evening and still came up empty, leading me to think that either Akismet automatically deleted something without my consent or the comments marked “spam” are not held in my local DB.

Internet Marketing Sucks!http://internetmarketingsucks.com/blog/2008/01/29/blocking-spam-its-not-rocket-science/ [Internet Marketing Sucks!] Blocking Spam - It’s Not Rocket Science: I’ve been using Akismet since I started blogging, and I’ve been happy with it. But there are other ways.

p2pnet.net - not your usual news[p2pnet.net - not your usual news] Comment spam ”” say no more: It works in different way than Trackback Submitter does, and generates you even more high quality backlinks. Comment Poster is designed to submit your links not to blogs (this is what Trackback Submitter is for), but to high quality ...

Tom Smith's: theotherbloghttp://www.theotherblog.com/Articles/2008/02/08/fed-up-with-wordpress/ [Tom Smith's: theotherblog] Fed up with Wordpress: And you just know that when *every* other blog out there as ‘MightyFoo’ support you’ll find it just as hard to summon up the enthusiasm to write your own MightyFoo module as you are right now in trying to write a new theme.

Internet Marketing Blog by e-strategy.comhttp://www.e-strategyblog.com/2008/01/links-for-200-9.html [Internet Marketing Blog by e-strategy.com] links for 2008-01-22: Automattic Kismet (Akismet for short) is a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore innocence to blogging, so you never have to worry about spam again. (tags: blogging tool service spam commentspam ...

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