Targeting Spam > Comment Spam

A Peculiar Blog[A Peculiar Blog] I've been noticing an increase in the amount of comment spam in recent weeks. Usually the Akismet and Bad behavior plugins do most of the work of keeping the crap out of the comments but there's been a higher than normal level of sewage .

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Watershed Studio, LLChttp://watershedstudio.com/blog/2008/07/the-future-of-spam-karma/ [Watershed Studio, LLC] The Future of Spam Karma: Specifically regarding the inclusion of Akismet, I am glad that it is included for those who want to use it (its free for probably 99% of people running WordPress), but the fact that it really is a commercial product and is included in every WordPress install does invoke some sort of “that’s not right” feeling (though I do understand the business side of it).  I guess my main issue isn’t the self-promotion or the revenue potential (open source authors do deserve compensation for their work and donations are often few and far between), but more the fact that an average user would just assume that anything bundled with WordPress comes with it with no strings attached.  I think a better approach would have been to either require a manual download of the plugin with clearly defined terms or to offer some sort of standard (free) commercial version and an enhanced commercial (pay) version.

Labnoteshttp://feeds.labnotes.org/~r/labnotes/RkfZ/~3/327936481/ [Labnotes] Smart spam and new comment policy: I was starting at crap spam for so long, in emails and blog comments, that I just assumed it’sa numbers game of crap trying to overwhelm filters. Time to give spammers the credit they deserve.

wordpress Web 2.0 Spot-Erhttp://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/seo/commentluv-plus-dofollow-equal-unlimited-link-love [wordpress Web 2.0 Spot-Er] CommentLuv Plus DoFollow Equal Unlimited Link Love: I think all blogs should be dofollow, as the people who offer meaningful comments deserve “link love”. For bloggers who comment on other blogs, the CommentLuv feature must be really beneficial, although I’ve never utilized it before.

Blogging For Noobs[Blogging For Noobs] CommentLuv Links 7-18-2008: All any of us ask that provide this benefit is you don’t spam us with crap. To be included in an upcoming list please comment to that fact. http://blog.simplyuniquebabygifts.com/very-soon-this-blog-will-be-launched/ ...

blogschmoghttp://www.blogschmog.net/2008/07/14/blogschmog-goes-to-the-spa/ [blogschmog] BlogSchmog goes to the spa: Get Recent Comments””display the most recent comments or trackbacks. Google Sitemap generator””generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your blog. Permalink redirection””redirects all crap away from the end of the URL. ...

Best Blog Sites[Best Blog Sites] C-FB ISD superintendent tries her hand at blogging (The Carrollton ...: Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb. XxtrueloveforeverxX (22 hours ago) Show Hide 0 Poor comment Good comment Marked as spam Reply | Spam | Remove | Block User But waite how are u..if umm steve is 50% japanese 50 %and ...

Broken-Notebook.com[Broken-Notebook.com] Archives: 28: Fanmail (0); 13: Zend Certified Engineer (0); 10: San Francisco Pictures (0); 08: Pumpkins, Part 2 (0); 07: Comment Spam Problem Solved? (0); 01: Paypal / eBay Explosion in San Jose (0). October 2006 (2) Detailed Monthly Archive ...

thevanblog | Van SEO Designhttp://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/this-month-in-seo/tmseo-608/ [thevanblog | Van SEO Design] Father Knows Best When It Comes To Links - This Month In SEO - 6/08: Apparently the AP would prefer we all ignore them and wants to set new rules for what constitutes fair use. They quickly backed off their stance and settled the issue that started the controversy, but expect more news in the coming months.

Robert Scoble - friendfeedhttp://friendfeed.com/e/231bd917-aacf-479e-8a54-054c3976543e [Robert Scoble - friendfeed] I just received Jason Calacanis' first email "blog." I'm very ...: an email list is not a conversation, it is a one way street, Email lists are old fashioned, old school tech Most people have already been there, done that and are trying out all the new ways to communicate.We have moved on to Blogs, FriendFeed, Twitter, etc with new things showing up every day. Who else besides Jason wants to go backwards to the old list days?

technology blog and podcast[technology blog and podcast] klango the new os: Note, Due to spam, and such although this will not garentee things, I will have to ask all that comment if they refur to this post on other blogs to first comment on this one after they posted it to the other blog and not to post .

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