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 [View from the bench] Spam and Eggs: and I also know from the WordPress development blog that there is a version 2.0.4 that will be released shortly. One other think I know is that the next major version of WordPress, version 3.x, is also under development.

[Eddie On Everything] What is a Trackback or Pingback?: Q: What is a “Trackback” or “Pingback?” A: Ah, welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! The term “trackback,” sometimes called a “pingback,” is shorthand for “trackback link” or “pingback link.” It’s an automatically generated link that blog software uses to identify other blog posts that refer to the blog post in question. In other words,

[Anotherblog] Updated wordpress: You don’t see it, but I get about 50 bits of comments spam a day. All mail from a not-previously-accepted commenter, or a commenter who puts a link in the email, gets put in for hand-moderation.

[j's scratchpad:] Other Thoughts on Trackback Spam: Other Thoughts on Trackback Spam I've been spending some time during the last few days going through old blog posts and cleaning out trackback spam. It's overwhelming. Some of the posts have close to 200 spam trackbacks on them. Some attacks bring twenty at a time to one post. I keep hoping I'll find a magic way to select all of the boxes on a

[Foreign Dispatches] Trackbacks Now Require Approval: I've been overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of trackback spam which has come my way recently, so I've decided to switch on pre-approval of all trackbacks from henceforth: blame the braindead spammers for spoiling yet another good thing (and for absolutely no benefit whatsoever in my case, seeing as TypePad implemented the "nofollow" tag quite a

 [angelzee.blog-city.com] Spammers galore: anyone else geting "comment spam/Trackback spam?"I've got these spammers selling ambien and tax service scams trying to leave trackbacks and comments... and it's annoying as hell.About every two weeks one of them tries.

[Trackback.cs.rice.edu] Trackback Spam Resources: In order to successfully submit a spam TrackBack, a spammer has to:. Set up a real blog (or blog-like website). Create a stable URL (like a blog post). ...

 [Unknowngenius.com] Dr Dave » Spam Karma 2.2: […] Hey guys, I’ve just installed some comment spam protection plugins for WordPress (the blog system this blog uses) and I’ve also opened up user registration, so you guys can post comments.  So anyway, I’ve installed Spam Karma and Bad Behavior.  That should be enough to keep out spammers, and if it’s not, I can bump up the protection.  The links to these sites/plugins are also located to the right of this post on the sidebar. […]

 [Spamhuntress.com] Spam Huntress » Blog Archive » WP trackback block: We frequently see spammers going around with forged user agents, we also see many that leave the default string of whatever language they are using. We also see ones that try to fake the user agent but are unable to spell correctly or miss other details of a legitimate user string.

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