I haven't written much in a long time, I've left Pondering money up as a reference but I've been getting a ton of
spam comments which is a pain... I've seen a fair number of new user registrations but I'm not sure if they are real people or more spam.
Not to mention
the spam comments which total 139,032.
Not exact matches
If you merely post a link to your site instead of a
comment, you may be flagged as
spam,
which could result in your being banned permanently from posting on that site.
It is probably left by «
spam bots»
which are computer programs that leave
spam comments in the attempt to create links back to other websites.
Just recently though, the
spam filter decided to put every
comment in the
spam box, so I have to keep going in and fishing them out,
which is a surprisingly time consuming task.
I get dozens of
comments daily trying to sell me authentic Air Jordans and search engine optimization services, so the filter sticks them in the
spam box,
which is usually very convenient.
The less - good news: on Sunday, the site received its 300,000 th
spam comment,
which was about as welcome as a skunk at a picnic.
Yeah, I was having the same problem so I downloaded a neat little captcha plug - in
which has solved all my
comment spam problems.
Another interesting
comment from Christian Finn,
which I accidentally deleted while purging
spam (sorry about that, Christian!)
If you receive any
spam emails, or if you see any Spam message board posts or comments about any of these or other PositiveSingles private label affiliate members posing to be regular folks recommending an STD dating site (which 99 % of the time is an affiiate of PositiveSingles), forward the spam marked «Spam from PS affiliate specific-site-name.com» to the below email addresses and say that you want them to stop these people from spamming you:
[email protected] and support@positivesingles
spam emails, or if you see any
Spam message board posts or comments about any of these or other PositiveSingles private label affiliate members posing to be regular folks recommending an STD dating site (which 99 % of the time is an affiiate of PositiveSingles), forward the spam marked «Spam from PS affiliate specific-site-name.com» to the below email addresses and say that you want them to stop these people from spamming you:
[email protected] and support@positivesingles
Spam message board posts or
comments about any of these or other PositiveSingles private label affiliate members posing to be regular folks recommending an STD dating site (
which 99 % of the time is an affiiate of PositiveSingles), forward the
spam marked «Spam from PS affiliate specific-site-name.com» to the below email addresses and say that you want them to stop these people from spamming you:
[email protected] and support@positivesingles
spam marked «
Spam from PS affiliate specific-site-name.com» to the below email addresses and say that you want them to stop these people from spamming you:
[email protected] and support@positivesingles
Spam from PS affiliate specific-site-name.com» to the below email addresses and say that you want them to stop these people from
spamming you:
[email protected] and
[email protected]
We like to publish differing opinions and have heated debates, but we've found in the past that the amount of
spam we received, plus the
comments that were less than civil, required a fair amount of moderation,
which often stymied discussion when the iron was hot.
Dear Asimnicol, Your
comment had
spam lines,
which have been deleted.
An example of how this is done is I register, provide all my information (include contact) as well as level of education and specialization and then am given an email a few days later
which confirms I can
comment and / or a rejection if they feel that the individual is actually a bot or someone who will be
spamming or ranting or so on.
I have never tried to moderate my
comments (except for
spam,
which is why you might have a
comment with embedded links held for moderation — I am looking to filter people selling male enhancement products, not people who disagree with me.)
I'm having difficuilty getting the most interesting parts of my
comment posted,
which may be due to the numerous links that i'm providing,
which may have put the submission into the «
spam» box..
Comments which are not obvious
spam that are moderated to the «shadow» state,
which is optionally visible.
I was logged into the same account I use to
comment here, so I can't imagine the problem is ensuring I'm not a
spam bot, and my
comments didn't include any links / language
which would have seemed to trigger any filters.
I couldn't leave the topic of blog
comments without mentioning that our
spam filters,
which are pretty fierce, have managed to exclude 934,272
spam comments since March of this year.
Actually Josh, the management of dubious postings
which are closer to
spam than genuine
comments is fairly trivial.
Now, companies that relied on
spam are feeling the harm,
which is why realinsurance.com.au is now sending out something like cease - and - desist letters demanding websites to remove its now - harmful spammy
comments.
As most of you will know, «captcha» is a means of requiring a would - be commenter to enter a word or letters read off a graphic before being allowed to
comment, the notion being, of course, that machines
which pump out the
spam can't decipher graphics.
This prevents
spam and bogus
comments,
which helps to protect law firms.
So the issue here is related only to
comments,
which we delete when in the form of promotional
spam.
He's posted his last entry, setting out his reasons (baby # 3,
spam comments, volunteer technical support, new research project)
which add up to blogger burn - out after seven years.
I would rather put up with a bit of annoying
spam,
which can be deleted by a moderator, than limit the ability of legitimate timely
comments that for one reason or another can not be made other than anonymously.
Some popular plug - ins include Akismet,
which reviews
comments and filters out those likely to be
spam, and the All in One SEO Pack,
which optimizes titles for search engines.
The number of «good bot» visits to sites is growing while «bad bot» activity is declining, particularly from those
which specialize posting in
spam comments.