Comment Spam - Need Extra Protection?
- Mon Aug 20, 2007
- By Susan
- Filed under: Tools
- 6 Comments
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Enough of the Comment Spam!!! It’s a good thing I have the Akismet Wordpress plugin activated or I wouldn’t be very happy.
Recently I’ve received a large increase in the amount of comment spam, mostly from realty sites (hey, I know the housing market is having it rough, but really…) and some guy named Daniel K (Hey you, I’m tired of seeing your name). I guess I shouldn’t mind so much since its been caught, but seeing the same ones over and over again gets pretty annoying especially since the spam has picked up.
So, I did a little research to look for additional ways to protect the comments. There are a couple of options I found: reCAPTCHA or Math Comment Spam Protection. Both seem to be worthy options, but I’m not sure I like either of them. I know the reason for using captchas but for me, I’m actually annoyed when I have to use them.
Are you currently using additional spam protection on your site? And if so, is it working?
From what I read on Terence Chang’s site, he’s having success with implementing spam protection. I may just need to install one of them.
10:13 am on August 20th, 2007
why do you need more protection? Are those comments spams making it through your Akismat spam plugin or what?
11:32 am on August 20th, 2007
They aren’t. It’s just another step to remove- having to comb through the spam before deleting all. I haven’t decided if I will install it just yet.
2:00 pm on August 20th, 2007
ok i understand now, nice post though just stumbled it!
7:52 pm on August 20th, 2007
ye i also stumbled upon it this is 1 of my fav blogs. I don’t get any spam maybe its because I’m new but my askismet is installed and armed =)
1:29 am on August 21st, 2007
did you still want the book? b/c you never emailed me your address so i can send it.
8:43 am on August 21st, 2007
Hey Prija - sorry, I didn’t check my email….I just sent you the information :) Take care.