Comments on: Letting Comment Spam Take Over Your Blog – How to Let Your Blog Go #5

By: used motorhomes

used motorhomes — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:20:42 +0000

Thanks for the tips all sounds are good i got more necessary information I always keep in mind.

By: shemer

shemer — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:01:13 +0000

If you dont like those spam comments I suggest and I currently use spamwow, which stops those pesty spammers, It is by far the best one out there!

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:40:08 +0000

As someone who has left quite a few unfinished ideas rot in the dust — I think WordPress should come with a suicide mode ; helping the world become a better place less cluttered place.

If you don’t blog for more than a month or so it should just send you a brief e-mail telling you that its closing up and that its sorry that things didn’t work out.

Of course, the first thing I would do is disable to suicide switch, so never mind.

By: Rajaie AlKorani

Rajaie AlKorani — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:01:32 +0000

What surprises me most, is that when browsing through the archives of some really popular blogs, I find a couple of spam comments.

By: Raag Vamdatt

Raag Vamdatt — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:37:04 +0000

Ari Herzoq: I see people writing usually in 1st person. And yes, people can always interact through comments.

For example, what we are doing here (talking thru comments) can be done even when there is a comment registration system.

The registration system just adds a layer of security. Otherwise, the entire experience remains the same.

By: ITrush

ITrush — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:19:26 +0000

Nice post, very informative. Thanks for sharing your the tips of how to get rid of comment spam.

nhick
http://www.itrush.com

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:51:17 +0000

Rachel: Robotic spam comments? You don’t have a verification code one must manually type in before hitting submit?

Raag Vamdatt: I frequent several sites (though I am sure there are thousands more) which utilize a comment registration system. Do you find that people who post comments are writing more in first person, i.e. I this, I that; and is there an ability for interactive commenting?

Ian: As I use Blogger, does WordPress allow you to moderate comments on the site? If so, as Blogger does, why do you prefer to do so via email?

By: QuickGold

QuickGold — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:46:15 +0000

My blog was once attacked by those robot spammers who posted links full of pornographic contents.

What I did was moderate the comments manually and make my ‘Leave a Reply’ block on other pages. But, I didn’t receive much comments after that. So, I switch the ‘Leave a Reply’ back to my blog and hopes that I’ll receive some comments back.

Anyway, thanks again for the tips.

By: Chris W

Chris W — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:50:55 +0000

This post came as a welcome reminder. Most of my posts only receive a maximum of 20 comments each, so it’s fairly easy to keep up with comment spam, but I’ve just been into one particularly popular post and removed most of the self-promotional comments. That was one of the first posts I wrote and had forgotten about it for ages (and was also a bit more lenient with what got through then). Thankfully, none were porn/viagra/casinos.

Agree with elise and Case Stevens in previous comments. You think you monitor the comments and still a few dodgy ones will creep in.

By: Slevi

Slevi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:50:35 +0000

I keep open comments on all entries and have dofollow enabled, so it’s spammers heaven really… if only they were to get through :).

Akismet handles a great load of keeping the trash out but as some comments do manage to get by Akismet I have manual comment moderation on as well on a first post basis.

Approved once and you’re instantly through though so legit commenters just have to wait once.

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:27:06 +0000

Great post,
Comment spam is the devil of the blogging world. I use manual comment moderation on my site, but it is a small (yet building) site and I dont get a large amount of comments (yet)

By: GaryJay

GaryJay — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:32:55 +0000

New to blogging—-so what DO Search Engines look for?

By: Raj Krishnaswamy

Raj Krishnaswamy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:11:00 +0000

I must agree with Shanel Yang that this is similar to a movie star having too many fans. Those of you that receive that many comments must feel special; I do understand the frustrations that you might be going through dealing with all that useless material when you could be spending time more effectively. It goes back to the basics; good comments are good; bad ones are bad!

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:03:52 +0000

My readers aren’t bloggers, so I don’t get too many comments. Once a month I turn off comments and pingbacks on all posts older than a month, through a MySQL query. And although I don’t moderate or require registration, I do use a captcha plugin, Akismet and Bad Behavior to eliminate all spam. What they don’t catch on occasion, I just delete. If it’s someone advertising relevant products, I email them and advise them they can buy an ad, but their comment has been pulled.

I also use a great plugin, no-follow case by case, so if I do actually get a comment (rare), I can determine whether they can get link love or not.

By: Asat

Asat — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:58:55 +0000

I am a newbie in blogging and Problogger had been suggested by a friend of mine, Avyaya. I really loved the way you provided a helping hand for so many newbies like me. Thanks for sharing this information.

You are bookmarked.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:55:30 +0000

My site doesn’t generate the amount of comments yet to the point that it is unmanageable, but I have experienced the aggravation of comment spam. I am a firm believer of reader interaction and welcome comments of any kind. WordPress does identify some of the spam successfully, but not all of it. The idea Darren presented of shutting down comments on old posts is a good one. Thanks Darren!
Rick

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:20:50 +0000

I use Gmail, one label with a WordPress keyword filter on it. I find this makes life so much easier.

Right now most of my comments are spam, and I don’t have time to delete them all, so I have moderation on. I check my gmail while I am awake probably at least once an hour on average. All WordPress mail comes in with a WordPress label. I quickly click on it and if it’s spam I delete the email and forget about it. This keeps me up to date. If the comment is real however I log into wordpress and approve it right away.

Then about once a week I go into WordPress and delete all the spams that are awaiting moderation. I can safely assume they are all spam, because I have been approving all the ones that are not spam all week. Works great for me.

By: Elise

Elise — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:03:48 +0000

Even if you think you are on top of comment spam, it can still creep in. Sometimes commenters who leave their blog URL in your comment form will abandon their blogs and their domain names. Usually this just results in the link now going to a dead site. Sometimes it goes to a 404 page. Sometimes the “dead” site it goes to is riddled with spam, so it looks to Google like you are linking to a spammy site. Sometimes enterprising spammers buy up dead domain names and now that link on your site, the one that came from that nice blogger a year ago, is going to a full-blown spam site.

By: Jason Mosley

Jason Mosley — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:13:15 +0000

After reading this post I got worried that I let some spam slip though. So I went and scanned thought about 30 pages of comments. I only found 2-3 that were spam.

What was more interesting was reading the real comments and remembering conversations you had a year ago. It’s fun to see how your ideas evolved via comments.

It also reminds you why you have a blog in the first place.

——————
Jason Mosley
Enjoy Bacon!

By: Web Success Diva

Web Success Diva — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:20:08 +0000

Most annoying about finding blogs like that, is often, they’ve got some pretty good content.. and if they’d just be proactive, with the tips you outlined, comment SPAM can be easily managed.

Great tips!

Maria Reyes-McDavis