Links ARCHIVE: kasia in a nutshell

Links ARCHIVE: kasia in a nutshell - Blog Spam

Published on August 4, 2004 By joetheblow In Blogging

SOURCE: kasia in a nutshell

Keep your weblog clean!
By kasia in a nutshell: February 27, 2004

It appears that comment spam is here to stay, and attacking the source produces little to no results. Best we can do is get rid of the pesky trash they throw our way and move on with our lives.

The more we delete - the less reason they have to continue, so with all this diligence why is the spam still around? Because not everyone appears to care. Those who don't are the ones providing the spammers a reason to continue flooding our personal web space with their greasy messages full of slimy urls. I see no reason why anyone should put up with spam in their weblog unless it's pure, old laziness. Enough is enough, there are plenty of ways you can deal with it.

Just delete them as they arrive, this is easy if you only get a few and becomes tedious and bothersome quickly.
If you use MT, Jay Allen's mt-blacklist is your friend. Install it, use it, learn to love it.
Close off older entries to comments. This will cut down on your spam considerably as the weasels usually arrive via Google searches. Jeremy has a tip on that.
Require registration to comment - I hate this one, but if it's the only way for you, whatever, just do it.
Sounds like bothersome, tedious work? That's because it is, but when you open your site to the public and allow them to leave a mark on your pages you have to take the responsibility to make sure your site is not hurting the community...

For more click on the link provided...

UPDATE: Also go to this link: BroadbandReports: Spam Piggybacking

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