tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post492213992862633975..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Comment Spam - how to recognise it and what to do with itUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-26691854428411399252008-12-31T13:16:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:16:00.000+00:00Lisa - on the other post I forgot to mention the m...Lisa - on the other post I forgot to mention the main thing I do which has reduced spam<BR/><BR/>I always publish a truncated form of the post - never the full post. It turned out to be the most effective thing I could do to limit spam.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-23265084468047926802008-12-31T13:12:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:12:00.000+00:00I ask you about spam and see it's the topic of the...I ask you about spam and see it's the topic of the last post of yours I had yet read. Kinda late to the game here... <BR/><BR/>I think one big pluses of wordpress over blogger are the numerous spam controls.<BR/><BR/>I can avoid the word verification for readers because akismet (see akismet.com) catches 99.9% of all spam automatically. Kinda the same advantage you get by turning on word verification but doesn't require annoying my readers (I'm not a fan of word verification although admittedly it has it's place - I'll have it on my newsletter subscription soon w/ captcha - I tired of the spam sign ups - 100s' a month)<BR/><BR/>I also have controls for # of links allowed in a post before it goes to moderation. I'm not big on moderation either - I'm lazy and it takes too much of my time - so I prefer automated tools. Although honestly this rarely kicks in and when it does it's usually for a legit comment because akismet stopped all the spam.<BR/><BR/>Finally because spammers tend to target old posts and posts that have appear on splogs (my issue with trusting the stats for popular posts) I am using a wordpress plugin that closes the comments on my old blog posts - created precisely to combat this problem. <BR/><BR/>With these 3 things in place I rarely have to do anything manually to get rid of spam - it never makes it past my automatic guards.Lisa Callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757517309377110626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-41186199662028543132008-12-21T01:22:00.000+00:002008-12-21T01:22:00.000+00:00I have received comment spam and was considering e...I have received comment spam and was considering enabling the comment moderation option. Now is as good a time as any and thank you for the reminder.TSL https://www.blogger.com/profile/07497254205408895928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-69287918842509423632008-12-20T15:35:00.000+00:002008-12-20T15:35:00.000+00:00I noticed that unless I have the word verification...I noticed that unless I have the word verification on, I get spam. The first ones were from phone companies in Brazil and Chile with odd wording about liking my art.<BR/>I don't get them with WV enabled.<BR/>Hope you are better. <BR/>Also, I just want to throw in a little trivia 'tidbit', if you will, about Spam. The location of Spam's highest sales is..... HAWAII.Mary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-7783082936669446362008-12-20T14:13:00.000+00:002008-12-20T14:13:00.000+00:00I love the spam skits and now am inspired to go ba...I love the spam skits and now am inspired to go back and find them. I hope you are better. UGH. you sound so sick. Your poor nose.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142884023928819776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37465998771257031632008-12-20T14:07:00.000+00:002008-12-20T14:07:00.000+00:00Excellent post on spam comments, thank you Katheri...Excellent post on spam comments, thank you Katherine. I had to bring in word verification on my blog a while ago as I was being drowned in spam in the comments. Now I rarely have a problem.<BR/><BR/>One thing I would suggest is that people make sure that they do what you've done and have the name/URL option activated in the 'choose an identity' section. I find it annoying when I go to blogs and can't comment because they only have the google/blogger and the OpenID options activated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37121399261508669612008-12-19T21:26:00.000+00:002008-12-19T21:26:00.000+00:00Spammity spam, spammity spaaaam! I remember singin...Spammity spam, spammity spaaaam! I remember singing the song in the early days when folks posted something annoying. :)<BR/><BR/>Hopefully your tips will help lots of newbies to blogging. <BR/><BR/>And get well soon!!!Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-14005350098586682662008-12-19T18:43:00.000+00:002008-12-19T18:43:00.000+00:00Sorry you aren't feeling too well, Katherine, hope...Sorry you aren't feeling too well, Katherine, hope it passes quickly then stay away! Very interesting post about spam. I get some, more than I would prefer but not enough to get bothered by.Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-18037534792636125322008-12-19T17:21:00.000+00:002008-12-19T17:21:00.000+00:00Thanks LarryI get very, very few comment spams on ...Thanks Larry<BR/><BR/>I get very, very few comment spams on this blog. Possibly having a comments policy which I stick to and have summarised above where people post their comments may have helped?<BR/><BR/>I'm always worried that it scares off genuine comments. However, I've seen some of the less edifying aspects of blogging so using all the available Blogger tools plus a few prompts have largely made moderating comments a very pleasant task for me.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27184148885514130502008-12-19T15:51:00.000+00:002008-12-19T15:51:00.000+00:00Some bloggers (like me) are using WordPress and co...Some bloggers (like me) are using WordPress and comment spam has been our biggest nemesis. Without action I could get fifty to sixty scam comments a day. (in the ultimate insult and irony few others seem to comment)<BR/>In the WordPress settings/discussions, you are able to control the number of links you allow any one comment to contain and list words that when they appear in content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, will be held in the moderation queue or be blacklisted. This helps but it's still a chore to police. <BR/><BR/>BTW...love your blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com