Comments on: Blog Spam Part 1 - Stopping Blog Spam. http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Fri, 16 May 2008 20:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian’s Blog » No follow: one year on http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-575 Brian’s Blog » No follow: one year on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:56:14 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-575 [...] Of course, even after one year, it’s early days yet - education about nofollow and its application hasn’t reached everyone. Ironically enough, even some companies that specialise in blogspamming don’t realise what it’s for. As Jim Boykin reports: At the last SES conference I ran into a guy who was telling me about having his link team work on 90% blog posts for the purposes of “link building”. I asked him if he checked for the “nofollow” and he said “what’s that?” [...] [...] Of course, even after one year, it’s early days yet - education about nofollow and its application hasn’t reached everyone. Ironically enough, even some companies that specialise in blogspamming don’t realise what it’s for. As Jim Boykin reports: At the last SES conference I ran into a guy who was telling me about having his link team work on 90% blog posts for the purposes of “link building”. I asked him if he checked for the “nofollow” and he said “what’s that?” [...]

]]> By: Bjorn Solstad http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-534 Bjorn Solstad Tue, 03 Jan 2006 03:30:06 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-534 I have increasing problems with spam in my blog as well. So far I have just turned on approval of all comments. That seems to work OK for now. I also hate the security code thingie, but I sure will use it if needed. What I find most amazing is how stupid the randomly created text sounds when I read it loud to my wife. The first time I read it to her she thought I had lost my mind completely. ANd I didnt' even have one little beer that day ;) I have increasing problems with spam in my blog as well. So far I have just turned on approval of all comments. That seems to work OK for now. I also hate the security code thingie, but I sure will use it if needed.

What I find most amazing is how stupid the randomly created text sounds when I read it loud to my wife. The first time I read it to her she thought I had lost my mind completely. ANd I didnt’ even have one little beer that day ;)

]]> By: Digger http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-526 Digger Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:39:27 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-526 Well, it's not THAT popular. But it just goes to show that even a moderately popular blog gets slammed. I kind of understand the larger bloggers who have turned comments off, but at the same time I also fault them for not just finding a solution to the problem rather than taking such a drastic step. Well, it’s not THAT popular. But it just goes to show that even a moderately popular blog gets slammed.

I kind of understand the larger bloggers who have turned comments off, but at the same time I also fault them for not just finding a solution to the problem rather than taking such a drastic step.

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-496 Jim Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:25:50 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-496 Digger, thanks for your comments. I can understand that with a blog as popular as yours that your on everyone spammers radar...kinda a double edged sword. Digger, thanks for your comments. I can understand that with a blog as popular as yours that your on everyone spammers radar…kinda a double edged sword.

]]> By: Digger http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-495 Digger Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:20:29 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-495 First, I added spam lookup tools. That seemed to catch a majority of it, but it also caught some legit comments. After awhile this wasn't enough. Second, I changed the "post comment" to "preview comment" and make the user preview their comment before posting it. This cut down on typo's from users and gave them a looksy at formatting before posting, so it's kinda a benefit to both of us. Also by removing the post button from the entry itself and having it go through a secondary preview page it cut spam down instantly. Even after doing this it wasn't enough. Finally, after receiving thousands of spam comments a day I implemented the CAPTCHA on the preview page. Yeah I know you hate the little numbers you have to type in, but this has cut spam to about 1 or 2 A MONTH from thousands A DAY. Someone really hardcore trying to comment spam my site has to do it manually and even after that the spam filter catches it. It was either that or turn comments off totally because it was becoming too much of a maintenance issue requiring a lot of time each day. First, I added spam lookup tools. That seemed to catch a majority of it, but it also caught some legit comments. After awhile this wasn’t enough.

Second, I changed the “post comment” to “preview comment” and make the user preview their comment before posting it. This cut down on typo’s from users and gave them a looksy at formatting before posting, so it’s kinda a benefit to both of us. Also by removing the post button from the entry itself and having it go through a secondary preview page it cut spam down instantly. Even after doing this it wasn’t enough.

Finally, after receiving thousands of spam comments a day I implemented the CAPTCHA on the preview page. Yeah I know you hate the little numbers you have to type in, but this has cut spam to about 1 or 2 A MONTH from thousands A DAY. Someone really hardcore trying to comment spam my site has to do it manually and even after that the spam filter catches it.

It was either that or turn comments off totally because it was becoming too much of a maintenance issue requiring a lot of time each day.

]]> By: Brian Turner http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-489 Brian Turner Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:16:28 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/blog-spam-part-1-stopping-blog-spam/#comment-489 Biggest anti-spam move I made was abandoning my MovableType licences for Wordpress. :) Biggest anti-spam move I made was abandoning my MovableType licences for Wordpress. :)

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