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6 Critical WordPress Plugins You Should Have Installed
[Six Revisions] I know WP Spam free claims they never have false positives, but I get them on 3 of my favorite blogs when I try to comment. I have cookies enabled, including third party cookies, and have contacted the company to find out why I’m being blocked from commenting and how to fix it but they’ve never responded –
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March 08, 2010
Comment Spam - a Huge Problem for Word Press Blog Owners - BlogSouls
[BlogSouls] Google has taken the first step against comment spam by banning or penalizing both the websites and the host blog. Wordpress blogs are hardest hit because most webmasters do not install the module that prevents people from entering a link into the comment.
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Posted at 04:02 PM
February 26, 2010
TMA Forums Giveaway: Win an iPod Touch + iTunes Gift Cards ...
[TouchMyApps] It is based on a “referral system”, one where 10 points will be awarded every time you (forum member) refer someone to register and join the TouchMyApps Forums. Important note: In order for your referral to count, he/she must have made a minimum of 1 post (non spam and relevant to topic/discussion) before the contest officially ends.
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Posted at 04:34 PM
Create A .htaccess File Without Referral Spam
[Business center] This nuisance is being referred to as comment, trackback and referrer spams. Various solutions have been proposed with some being applicable to even two of these forms of spam using a single solution. What is Referral Spam? ...
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Posted at 04:33 PM
February 19, 2010
TOPSITES Referrer Spam getting up my nerves | Share Commons
[Webmasters] There may be many who already know what I’m talking about, but for those who are still in the blues, when I say referrer spam, it means that when I check my web traffic, I see the referring URL of the website from where a visitor landed on my site. Lately, I have noticed an increasing trend of referring URLs that have nothing to do with my website.
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Posted at 04:33 PM
Twittvertising.com » Create A .htaccess File Without Referral Spam
[Twittvertising.com] A coalition of blogging and search engine companies have joined along to support an HTML attribute designed primarily to combat comment spam but have high potentials similarly for effective use against referral spam. This attribute is referred to as the rel =”no follow” is being praised by several bloggers because the final answer for the prevailing problem.
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Posted at 04:32 PM
February 12, 2010
Elie Bursztein » Blog Archive » TrackBack Spam: Abuse and Prevention
[Elie Bursztein] TrackBack Spam: Abuse and Prevention Contemporary blogs receive comments and TrackBacks, which result in cross-references between blogs. We conducted a longitudinal study of TrackBack spam, collecting and analyzing almost 10 million ...
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Posted at 04:33 PM
February 08, 2010
TnT Unleashed 1pic4twenty Blog » Blog Archive » Are spammers from ...
[TnT Unleashed 1pic4twenty Blog] Akismet, in particular, does a great job keeping many of the spam comments from appearing on blogs, but they still sit there in our moderation queue, and take up space on our server, until we go through them and delete them. We will always use moderation on our blog, as our blog is family friendly and many of the spam comments that we find in the moderation queue are certainly not family friendly, or they have links displayed that link to sites that are not family friendly.
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Posted at 04:03 PM
February 05, 2010
Preventing Referrer Spam | DALESANDRO.NET
[DALESANDRO.NET] There is a plugin called Bad Behavior for WordPress that helps reduce referrer spam. As long as your log files are properly secured and not publicly available,
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Posted at 04:34 PM
February 01, 2010
Spam Comments and Wordpress
[BS Wordpress Themes] Akismet is very accurate in recognizing spam comments. Spam Karma: Spam Karma is a plugin to prevent comment spam. It is designed to prevent all forms of automated comments. For more information on spam karma see http://unknowngenius. ...
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Posted at 04:05 PM
Top Ten Spam Fighting Tools in WordPress
[WPTemplates.net | Free Wordpress Themes] Spam Karma: This second iteration of the popular plugin is no longer in development but still is a powerful tool to use for WordPress sites in preventing spam. The code is updated and works well currently.
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Posted at 04:04 PM
January 29, 2010
Referrer Spam
[All Best News] The more inconvenient effect of referrer spamming would have to be the pop ups and junk mails. Once a user has been identified, the referrer spam will never cease to intervene with any online activity the user may be engaged in.
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Posted at 04:35 PM
January 25, 2010
joeware - never stop exploring”¦ » Blog Archive » Blog Spam
[joeware - never stop exploring...] Blog Spam. by joe @ 7:00 pm on 1/15/2010. http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&filter=0&q=%22The+tool+is+called+Gold+Finger%22&sa=N&start=0 · ...
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Posted at 04:05 PM
Blog Spam: Message for Ignorant People
[Free Clickbank Products - cbreceipt] We will take measures against anyone abusing the comments system. Comments can be submitted to ask questions, inform us about dead links, maybe even giving us a new files source, but anything that is for your personal profit only is forbidden.
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Posted at 04:04 PM
January 22, 2010
Produce A .htaccess File While not Referral Spam
[Internet Marketing Digital Publishing] A coalition of blogging and search engine companies have joined along to support an HTML attribute designed primarily to combat comment spam but have high potentials moreover for effective use against referral spam. This attribute is referred to as the rel =”no follow” is being praised by many bloggers as the final answer for the prevailing problem.
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Posted at 04:33 PM
January 18, 2010
Comment on How do you Fight Trackback Spam? by Why iMarketOnMac ...
[Comments for ADS-Links.com Media and Internet Marketing] Looks like that just might do the trick as I will have it run alongside Spam Karma 2 AND Akismet when I make a final decision. Back to monitoring.
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Posted at 04:14 PM
January 15, 2010
Emergent Chaos: Comment Spam
[Emergent Chaos] We've been flooded with comment spam. I've added one of those annoying captcha things that don't work, and a mandatory comment confirmation page.
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Posted at 04:34 PM
The Auto Prophet: On Comment Spam
[The Auto Prophet] I'm having the issues with businesses trying to promote their sites, its terrible, but I did turn on comment moderation and I have to accept comments before they are published, its just part of being a blogger. But you have every right be upset about it, its wrong.
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Posted at 04:32 PM
January 11, 2010
Are You Using These Wordpress Plugins That Will Monetize Your Blog ...
[BS Wordpress Themes] com / podpress And finally, would any high-traffic bloggers love to find a way to eliminate spam. Spam Karma 2 (SK2) is a free spam plugin developed by the Wordpress Plugin Directory guys.
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Posted at 04:03 PM
January 08, 2010
What Is The Meaning Of Blog,spam,wiki,rss,webmaster ? « SEY
[SEY] Don’t worry, I’ve just created a webpage full of archived articles from my own learning about RSS / blogging. Feel free to visit and pick related articles that will answer your question.
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Posted at 04:35 PM
January 04, 2010
Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog: Spam Email for ...
[Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog] Ever since passage of the Senate health care reform bill, I've gotten this spam email several times: Careers in medical billing, a booming industry. Posted by Ellen Beth Gill at 12/26/2009 11:04:00 AM ...
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Posted at 04:05 PM
hongjun's Personal Blog: Spam private messages or mails going ...
[hongjun's Personal Blog] NET, Databases, Google, Internet, Mobility, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security, Web Development, Business, Finance
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