Would somebody please enter a legitimate comment or post a legitimate trackback?
I know I am behind on blogging, but I've been out of the office for most of the past couple of weeks and I get back from this week away and I have about 200 blog spam to delete and a couple of dozen phony trackbacks.
Some of the entries are pretty clever, and I guess it's progress of a sort to have more of them about MP3s and ringtones than porn, but it is still very annoying and if anything it's getting worse...
Maybe if I look on the bright side this is one way I know that my blog is getting some traffic? Still it would be great to get a legit comment just so I can be sure I remember what one looks like....
Comments (10)
Hi Eric,
You've got at least one regular reader ;-)
r.e. blog spam, MT-Blacklist seems to work pretty well.
Also, r.e. WS-Context (your previous post), I haven't had a chance to read the spec yet, but do you really think that point-to-point WS connections are the best way to manage shared state? Surely some form of broad-/multi-cast based solution would be better?
Cheers,
Ian.
Posted by Ian Phillips | May 13, 2007 9:48 PM
Posted on May 13, 2007 21:48
Couldn't see your request go unanswered. Have you tried installing Askimet? Very effective way to filter out comment and trackback spam.
It's available as a plug-in for use with Movable Type.
Download and documentation is available here:
http://akismet.com/development/
Posted by Fergus Cassidy | May 13, 2007 10:38 PM
Posted on May 13, 2007 22:38
I would highly recommend getting your admin to install the Askimet spam plugin. With it I am able to have an open comment policy as it handles all the leg work for me. Every now and then I still have to flag a comment as spam, but thats maybe once a week.
Posted by Dan Diephouse | May 13, 2007 11:01 PM
Posted on May 13, 2007 23:01
Although it has its issues, I've been very happy in the last few months with a CAPTCHA solution -- and I've set trackbacks to never publish without moderation.
Posted by Stefan Tilkov | May 14, 2007 1:01 AM
Posted on May 14, 2007 01:01
Well, I am reading you, and I am not spammer. I think. Only, I find myself not posting many comments recently, either in this blog or in any other, including mine.
Posted by Javier Cámara | May 14, 2007 3:33 AM
Posted on May 14, 2007 03:33
One legitimate blog comment, coming right up!
You should really look at Akismet - it works extraordinarily well. Only about one or two false negatives a week and hardly any false positives. So far it's caught and removed over 10,000 spam comments from my blog -- I can't imagine having to manage that manually.
Posted by Neil Bartlett | May 14, 2007 7:02 AM
Posted on May 14, 2007 07:02
Surely what you need is a spam interceptor (excuse the artix pun).
Posted by Damian O'Neill | May 14, 2007 8:41 AM
Posted on May 14, 2007 08:41
Thanks guys, both for the good advice about anti spam tools (I will definitely be checking out Akismet and CAPTCHA), and for helping to restore my faith in blogging. ;-)
To Ian - response to the question about WS-Context - WS-Context is designed to work with both point to point and other MEPs, including broadcast/multicast. There's no restriction in the spec that would preclude its use in that kind of scenario. I guess most of the examples I gave were point to point, so I should try to remember to include examples of multicast/broadcast/notification style usages in the future. Thanks again!
Posted by Eric Newcomer | May 14, 2007 11:21 AM
Posted on May 14, 2007 11:21
Eric,
A few solutions for your spam issue:
Captcha is a word validation for comments, something easy for humans to enter but spam bots can't. You can find the MT plugin at:
http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/plugins/plugin/captcha.html
Akismet is a spam filtering service that works great as well. I am using this on another blog of mine with no issues. You can find the MT plugin at: http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/plugins/plugin/akismet.html
Hope those help...
Posted by Greg Lato | May 15, 2007 6:57 PM
Posted on May 15, 2007 18:57
FYI, Captcha is not safe anymore, at least spam still on my blog. and i read some report about it.
But i do have a spam filter, which will filter the spam, so the spam will not show up on the post
Posted by mmao | August 24, 2007 2:53 AM
Posted on August 24, 2007 02:53