Comments on: I’m Winning the Battle Against Comment Spam http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: abhi http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-901695 abhi Tue, 13 May 2008 02:39:02 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-901695 Great tips, Comment moderation without irritating readers. Great tips, Comment moderation without irritating readers.

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]]> By: Does Your Blog Comments Strip HTML and Links? : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-885672 Does Your Blog Comments Strip HTML and Links? : The Blog Herald Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:13:40 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-885672 [...] comment spam is stuffed with links, making bloggers wary of comments, and many are taking drastic measures to [...] [...] comment spam is stuffed with links, making bloggers wary of comments, and many are taking drastic measures to [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-612405 Lorelle VanFossen Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:30:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-612405 How does it happen? Because it doesn't work. It didn't work in the first place, and it won't work in the future. The CAPTCHAs, math tests, quizzes, and other torture tests don't work. By the time you install it, the spammers have figured out how to bust through it. And the human comment spammers can get past it in a second. The three comment spam protection tools I've listed in the article get to the comment spam BEFORE you see it, without making the commenter's life miserable. That's the best kind of defense: invisible. How does it happen? Because it doesn’t work. It didn’t work in the first place, and it won’t work in the future. The CAPTCHAs, math tests, quizzes, and other torture tests don’t work. By the time you install it, the spammers have figured out how to bust through it. And the human comment spammers can get past it in a second.

The three comment spam protection tools I’ve listed in the article get to the comment spam BEFORE you see it, without making the commenter’s life miserable. That’s the best kind of defense: invisible.

]]> By: Fight Comment Spam http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-611950 Fight Comment Spam Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:53:38 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-611950 I've been using a little plug-in that asks people to solve a simple maths problem (e.g. what's 2 + 7?), but I'm still getting some comment spam coming through, which I don't understand how it can happen. After reading this article, I'm going to try fighting comment spam with Akismet. I’ve been using a little plug-in that asks people to solve a simple maths problem (e.g. what’s 2 + 7?), but I’m still getting some comment spam coming through, which I don’t understand how it can happen.

After reading this article, I’m going to try fighting comment spam with Akismet.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-492306 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:10:26 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-492306 Ah, good catch. Since they came so far apart in dates, and there is no threaded comments on the Comments Panel, I didn't catch this. What you've found is the work of a human comment spammer. Good for you! Thanks! Ah, good catch. Since they came so far apart in dates, and there is no threaded comments on the Comments Panel, I didn’t catch this.

What you’ve found is the work of a human comment spammer. Good for you! Thanks!

]]> By: Jennyjinx http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-492269 Jennyjinx Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:52:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-492269 As I was reading through your spam fighting posts I noticed something hilarious. Comment #47 right above mine is exactly the same as the first paragraph of Tony's (#41). Good grief. I guess you can add that they copy already approved comments to get through. Lovely. By the way, I use all three on my blog and don't get any spam. I do, however, have to fish a regular commenter out of the spam hole (as I call it) every so often. He gets annoyed by that, but what can you do?:) As I was reading through your spam fighting posts I noticed something hilarious.

Comment #47 right above mine is exactly the same as the first paragraph of Tony’s (#41). Good grief. I guess you can add that they copy already approved comments to get through. Lovely.

By the way, I use all three on my blog and don’t get any spam. I do, however, have to fish a regular commenter out of the spam hole (as I call it) every so often. He gets annoyed by that, but what can you do? :)

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]]> By: Iwaruna.com » Comment policy & preview http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-220593 Iwaruna.com » Comment policy & preview Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:03:28 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-220593 [...] plugin settings. But the mind opening inspiration (and realization) came after reading articles by Lorelle VanFossen and my friend Jed. My tests and their posts helped me to become more [...] [...] plugin settings. But the mind opening inspiration (and realization) came after reading articles by Lorelle VanFossen and my friend Jed. My tests and their posts helped me to become more [...]

]]> By: New Version of Spam Karma Released « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-210345 New Version of Spam Karma Released « Lorelle on WordPress Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:56:04 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/#comment-210345 [...] I’m Winning the Battle Against Comment Spam [...] [...] I’m Winning the Battle Against Comment Spam [...]

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