Tag Archives: Comment Spam

Akismet 2.0 is a life (and comment) saver

Posted on February 2, 2007 by

Akismet is the default anti-spam plugin which comes with WordPress and it has saved me from literally hundreds of thousnads of comment spam messages (124,200 last time I looked). A new version (Akismet 2.0) was released the same time as … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Comment Spam, Open Source | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Slow comments in WordPress

Posted on November 5, 2006 by

In the last couple of weeks commenting on this site was taking longer and longer – sometimes timing out and not letting people comment at all. I was puzzled as to the cause of this and tried turning off various … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Comment Spam | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Bad Behaviour blocks TechMeme

Posted on August 28, 2006 by

I noticed recently that none of my posts were appearing on TechMeme so I emailed Gabe Rivera, TechMeme’s founder to ask what the problem was. He responded: Your Bad Behavior plugin is blocking me, even though my crawler behavior is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Comment Spam, Trackback Spam | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Bad Behaviour updated

Posted on July 31, 2006 by

Via James comes news that the anti-spam plugin Bad Behaviour has been updated to version 2.0.4 – if you use this plugin (and you should if you have a php based site) then you need to get the most up-to-date … Continue reading →

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How to block comment spam

Posted on July 24, 2006 by

Like all bloggers, I find comment spam to be a constant annoyance. There are many ways to mitigate the problems it causes however and using the following techniques means that this site is subject to almost no comment spam. Use … Continue reading →

Posted in .htaccess, Comment Spam, Technology | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

A solution for Robert Scoble?

Posted on April 19, 2006 by

In a recent comment on Shelley Powers’ site Robert Scoble explained one of his reasons for turning comment moderation on his blog, it has nothing to do with comment spam – he said: I am seeing more and more anonymous … Continue reading →

Posted in Business blogging, Comment Spam | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Comment spam run last night

Posted on October 4, 2005 by

Apologies to anyone who subscribed to comments on this site and was emailed the spam comments which hit this site last night. The site was hit by over 80 spams overnight – the first spam run to make it through … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment Spam, Technology | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Comment spam plugins no longer required!

Posted on March 8, 2005 by

I have written many posts on my battles with WordPress comment spam but all that appears to be coming to a very satisfactory solution. I am now no longer using any comment spam plugins and I have stopped moderating comments … Continue reading →

Posted in .htaccess, Blogging, Comment Spam | Tagged , , , | 56 Comments

Easy effective control of comment spam

Posted on February 14, 2005 by

MacManX posted a comment spam strategy on the WordPress Beta discussion site the other day which caught my attention. In the post he said he uses a plugin called WP-HashCash. The main advantage of this plugin is “it requires no … Continue reading →

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Using .htaccess to minimise comment and referrer spam

Posted on February 12, 2005 by

I have been using my .htaccess file to stop comment and referrer spam on this site and it has been surprisingly successful (so far!). How do I create a .htaccess file capable of greatly reducing comment and referrer spam? Firstly, … Continue reading →

Posted in .htaccess, Blogging, Comment Spam | Tagged , , , | 37 Comments