Comment Spam
Maybe I shouldn’t press my luck by bringing this up, but I haven’t got any comment spam yet. I’m not sure why. Granted, I don’t get a ton of traffic (about 1,000 hits or 150 unique visits per day, though, for various reasons, it’s probably more accurately 50-60% of those numbers). Maybe that’s it, though I’ve noticed that friends of mine do get it.
Maybe it’s because I’m not hosted on blogspot, or maybe because I’ve changed my template enough (though I’m pretty sure most CSS classes and IDs are similar or the same) that bots pass it over. You know what? It may be the way that the “Comment” link works at the end of each post… on normal templates, I think it leads directly to the page where you can enter comments. Mine doesn’t — it just links to an anchor on the post’s page where the comments are.
Of course, maybe this counts as comment spam.
October 21st, 2005 at 5:31 pm
I had to switch to registered user only so I wouldn’t get spam. You think they would add that “type in the words for the img” thing that a ton of other sites have. Oh, Just so you don’t feel left out.
VIAG’A, YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!
October 24th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
You know, you can set it so people have to verify something or other before they can comment. Not have to joining bloody blog spot so that they can comment on certain blogs (CHRIS).
Um…give me $20?
MUAH!
November 3rd, 2005 at 12:02 pm
I strongly recommend installing the plugin WordPress Hashcash. You can google it to get a download site. It won’t completely stop the spam (it doesn’t stop trackback/pingback, for example), but it goes a long way to keeping your posts clean.
The bots will come, have no doubt. You don’t want all your comments to be about Viagra, Forex trading, Texas Hold’em, Cingular ringtones, and diamonds. Trust me.