Comments on: How to Identify and Stop Blog Comment Spam

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:17 +0000

Comment by “Things to do in Melbourne” sure looks spam-ish! lol

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By: Howard

Howard — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:06 +0000

Great post! lol..

(wonder if you’ll delete this comment because of the first line)

Anyway, I think Akismet does a good job in screening spam comments. What I did though was to install the FB social plugin which enables my readers to comment using their FB profiles. This way, any comment posted using WP is definitely a spam and I just let Akismet delete them in time.

By: StephenD7

StephenD7 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:02 +0000

Thank you Susan for this timely post. Like Kelly, I am a new blogger and my ego enjoyed the massage of comments. I noticed a lot of comments are Spun (not specific, flattering, identical with a few words different). I thought they are SPAM but did not realize the dangers.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Thanks for the article. I am really new to blogging and so those spam comments definitely stroked my ego, until I realized that they are basically just parasites. I’ll be more vigilant from now on thanks to your info.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:57:20 +0000

You can try Comment SPAM Wiper. It has a high rate of detection and has an API that works with the majority of platforms.

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I run many blogs and getting lots of spam comments on it. I had used some plugins but was still getting many spam links so i decided to disable comment section instead of any other decisions. I don’t know what my readers are feeling BUT i will have to find out something which can fully stop spamming.

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By: Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:53:44 +0000

This is something that I have found since I switched my blog to dofollow. I can normally spot them pretty easy though.

By: Isla Pergola

Isla Pergola — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:01:56 +0000

Askimet can do a pretty good job, but if you want to create conversation on your blog, then you need to have people placing comments. IÂ´ve made it clear on my blogs that if the comment is on topic and adds something to the conversation I am happy to accept it and perhaps one or two links, but nothing more than that.

By: michael stephan

michael stephan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:41:29 +0000

this is a problem I have been having, but since my blog is new and I would like to have some comments so if they are nice comments without any info about their business (like their username), I have just been deleting their links before approving.

By: Tony Payne

Tony Payne — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:08:16 +0000

I have been getting a lot of spam like this on my blogs, as well as on my Squidoo lenses, and I am always careful to check the URL of those who seek to add comments to my sites.

I also often take things one step further, and rate their site for leaving “Link Spam” using WOT (Web Of Trust). I created a page to explain how to do this, if you will permit me to leave a link http://www.squidoo.com/fight-back-at-spam and at least I get some satisfaction out of knowing I have denied them some traffic.

Blatant spammers, scammers and plagiarizers also (if I have time) get reported to their hosting company, and if they use Adsense for example, get reported to Google as well.

Vengeance can be sweet sometimes

I did create a Squidoo lens about some of the funny spam comments that I have received (which are many), but won’t leave the link here as I already left one – don’t want to be seen as spamming myself!

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:12:41 +0000

@iÅŸ makinalarÄ± I agree.

If it adds value and is on topic then allow it.

It’s the sheer volume of spam that saps the soul. It’s like a battle against an unseen enemy that you can never win.

It’s v frustrating that the standard WordPress installation doesn’t allow you to disallow a href tags from comments without having to hack into the kses.php file too.

By: Rent-A-Site

Rent-A-Site — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:38:51 +0000

What I think is the most hilarious is that I spotted two such spambot comments in this very comment strip! Hilarious! I wish I had a list of the most overused spam comments, that would make it easier to blacklist on all my customers sites… Thanks for good article though.