Comments on: Clever Comment Spammers

By: cavernous hemangioma

cavernous hemangioma — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:57:34 +0000

Comment Spammer bots are getting smarter nowadays and it can break through Akismet checking. The content of the comment is really look like above.

By: Luxury rental in Palazzo Mandosi

Luxury rental in Palazzo Mandosi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:26:49 +0000

The comments that stay at the top of your comments sections, the one I’m having trouble with is really big. And you can’t delete them like you can other comments.

By: Webmaster forums

Webmaster forums — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:37:27 +0000

what we have been really troubled off late was some posting bots used against our forum. was really sick and tired of them had to use some extra methods (extra methods=extra time=extra money) but finally we are successfully in keeping them away for our forums!

By: Tom Fiberblend

Tom Fiberblend — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:21 +0000

Where do people get these ideas from, I have a do follow blog and get so many comments from spammers - they waste my time as I have to moderate each one. I want to stay do follow but its difficult to justify spending the time on moderation Tom Fiberblends last blog post..Maldives Resorts

By: Kirk Schroeder

Kirk Schroeder — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:04:05 +0000

That picture of that church was hilarious. I have a few blogs myself and it got so overwhelming to moderate all the comments that I decided to just eliminate commenting. I was somewhat disappointed, but I think it was the best situation. It gives me more time to focus on my actual blog, not comment moderation! Oh, that Howdy Partner one is funny. Thanks for writing this! Kirk Schroeders last blog post..Dream BIG, or Dream Realistic

By: Romantic Getaways

Romantic Getaways — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:35:38 +0000

@Pearl: If the comment doesn’t reference or quote anything from the main post, then I can it as spam. Becky’s post would have been moderated by me as well.

Captcha’s are great to moderate between spam programs and real users.

By: Robby@KFC

Robby@KFC — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:09:37 +0000

My blog too gets lot of spam everyday and most of the spam is from viagr.. casin… links..
They will definetly go to hell.

By: TheFortunes

TheFortunes — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:00:47 +0000

Spammers are getting worse with each and every day. Than so much time is lost due to the clean-up operations on my blogs daily… And they are even trying to fill with spam the post of mine about spammers – LOL, and how smart are these morrons in this case?

By: Christian Jessen

Christian Jessen — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:34:46 +0000

It truly is getting hard for website owners to detect spam comments these days... I myself dont mind if the comments are related to the subject (and you can see that the commenter actually READ the blog post), but if people who didnt even read the post just made a random comment, to get their link on a site, I'd rather delete it.. Keep the fight up against the spammers.. ;) Christian Jessens last blog post..Expat forums and sources for moving to Peru

By: Buy Sell Rent House

Buy Sell Rent House — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:15:40 +0000

some people enjoy the spam as it makes their blog look busy, and it improves their traffic, but it is hardly the most appealing traffic to have. if they provide you with value added comments then you should be happy though. look at Flower Names post above for example, thats shocking.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:57:48 +0000

It has also been really difficult for me too on my hubpage blogs, i receive a lot of them, i don’t really moderate them may be i should start doing that, so things won’t get out of hand.

By: Discount Sunglasses

Discount Sunglasses — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:39:01 +0000

I'm a blogger myself, and i agree with you that its getting more difficult to spot the spammers. It is seriously one of my biggest pet peeves. I spend my time to try and make a post that will be helpful and informative to my readers, and then i have these moochers coming and dropping off crap on my site. Its really irritating. If you're going to leave a comment, make sure that its something useful or has at something half intelligent to say. One thing i've noticed many bloggers doing, is writing a post specifically about their "no toleration" for blog spamming. it might help your site too. -Caroline Discount Sunglassess last blog post..Harley Sunglasses: The New Mens Favorite

By: Flower Names

Flower Names — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:41:19 +0000

Do you plan to keep this site updated? I sure hope so…it’s great.

By: Jeet

Jeet — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:54:07 +0000

LOL! What is the last guy trying to say? BTW, the best comment spam I received was when someone copied a comment I had already approved and just used the same text in their comment. I approved the comment but then I realized it was too similar to one I had already approved. (It was same). VERY clever :) Jeets last blog post..Article Content Provider - Article Directory

By: Shawnna McMains

Shawnna McMains — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:48:39 +0000

I'm new to the whole blogging thing, but, I can't believe that people would do something like that. Guess I need to get more into the "web" world and realize that not all people are nice. Guess I'm just a small town girl thinking like a small town girl who can leave her doors always unlocked. HO-HUM...what's this world a coming to when you can't even have a blog without having to worry that someone is trying to scam off of you. Shawnna McMainss last blog post..Symptoms of a Panic Attack

By: Profumi Donna | Pino

Profumi Donna | Pino — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:16:28 +0000

i too had the comment "I think you are thinking like sukrat..." i have wondered for weeks who the hell sukrat is i what other side i should cover! These comments are very subtle, but they can be easily detected. Profumi Donna | Pinos last blog post..Le dodici migliori marche del 2008.

By: Writer

Writer — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:38:49 +0000

Comment spam isn't only annoying, it's just stupid. Even if you're commenting just for the links, how hard is it to skim a few posts, figure out the keywords, and post them in your comment with 2-3 sentences? Would comment spam be a crime under the "stupidity should be illegal" idea? Writers last blog post..Cherry Writing Desk

By: Sanavas

Sanavas — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:11:29 +0000

The best way to judge whether a comment is spam or not is to look whether the comment is relevant to the post or not. I think many of the general comments are generated by some automated software. Sanavass last blog post..5 Credit Card Tips for Everyone

By: Karmin

Karmin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:31:58 +0000

Many sites have stopped using spamming software since many blogs have ways to detect these cheaters. So now they are hiring people ~~in cheap countries like India~~ to post comments for them. Some of these people are really good at making it look like a good comment while others are absolutely terrible. For my blog I just ask myself the question if the comment really adds to the discussion. Karmins last blog post..Hooray for Hairstyling Software

By: ben

ben — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:14:53 +0000

I agree, let em burn. My blog got hit so hard I just gave up on it rather than go through the comments. If you change your blog to “no follow” links, will that keep the spammers away?

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:15:56 +0000

I'm thinking that church marque was likely doctored, but all the same, I feel the same way about comment spam that I receive on my sites. Ginas last blog post..New-Jersey Coast Holiday - Flat Leases and Summer Villas

By: Qantas

Qantas — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:26:23 +0000

@Pearl: If the comment doesn’t reference or quote anything from the main post, then I can it as spam. Becky’s post would have been moderated by me as well.

How about trying one of the simple captchas – like the one that asks what is X+Y (eg 5+2). Those are less irritating that regular image captchas.

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:04:11 +0000

Wow, that last one was something. I agree with Lord Matts tactics. I encourage comments but I do check them all one by one and if I don't feel comfy with a comment for any reason I delete and forget it. On my hobby blog I kept getting this comment about how they were going to try my tactic on their blog. Ugh, what tactic about my favorite baseball player can you use on your credit card blog? Dude.. Joeys last blog post..Get Free Business Cards from LogoYes

By: becky

becky — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:50:51 +0000

well nice post…thanx for sharing…lol… i knwo its really too much.and it hurts when people dont read your post and just for their benefit they give some silly comment.once i have uploaded really nice post about golden mac book i have given the prices and all and got one comment back from a user…that what would be tha prices for this one? prices are even hilighted with bold font in the post…well what to say…anyway you have choosen really nice topic to talk…i wish this get most popular….all the best.

@becky: call me paranoid but yours are the kind of comments that I get suspicious about! so Im sorry for I had to delete the link ;(

By: dave so

dave so — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:33:49 +0000

I get lots of comment spam and not that many comments really. It does seem like the web is full of people who's only purpose is to spam blogs. They may be getting paid well to do this, but doesn't this seem really boring them? Can't spammers offer US some kind of reward for allwoing their spam. Howabout clicking a few of our Google ads (JOKES) or something like that. Maybe we should start a Spam For Clicks movement.. lol! dave sos last blog post..Bank of England rates slashed to 1percent

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:57:18 +0000

Wow, you’re tough. Some of these seem well thought out. I hate those “nice info, thanks a lot” comments though. It really doesn’t take that long to make a meaningful comment.

By: Counseling Dallas

Counseling Dallas — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:02:30 +0000

blogs with really great information. Unfortunately there is no really good way (that I know of) to avoid the spamming. Sure you can install these ugly things where you need to enter numbers or letters but I also feel that it’ll take away some of the real comments as people don’t want to do extra work.

By: Jasmin Wilson@Fashion and vintage

Jasmin Wilson@Fashion and vintage — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:18:03 +0000

Sometimes it is hard to detect comments that are Spam. I think the best way is to see if it is relevant to what was written in this particular post. If the comment is too general - it is suspicious. Jasmin Wilson@Fashion and vintages last blog post..Fashion & Accessories

By: Pearl

Pearl — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:47:22 +0000

@Matt: I’ll be a bit more stern with the spammers now onwards..

@snakes: I wonder how much time these guys have to do this.. sometimes I get 6 or 7 comments in a row from the same IP! ofcourse, they always get banned…

@Adam: Today’s been a good day although I haven’t logged in yet to see what didn’t get through.. I also installed another plugin for added security

@Airsoft: sorry if I ever hurt your feelings but on a blog that talks about fresh perspectives about self improvement and social networking, having links to airsoft guns and grenade launchers does sound a bit odd, doesn’t it to you? :)

@oma: thanks for the link to that plugin, I’ll look into it soon

@Glenn: thanks for the link Glenn.. I installed it last night and haven’t seen any spam yet – a couple of them did go in the moderation queue so hope this’ll work… I’ll also be installing the other plugin mentioned above.. I hope they don’t interfere with each other

so now I have Akismet, WP-hashcash

will be installing spam karma and WP-Ban and I’m hoping for a trouble free life! wish me luck! thanks for the input guys…

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:53:28 +0000

Hi Pearl,
I agree with the person who said they used “Spam Karma” plugin.
You need to add an additional filter with Akismet, it just doesn’t get the newer spam messages for a few weeks, once they get hit though Akismet catches up as users report the spam comments. Which makes it a good long term continued solution. I haven’t tried Spam Karma but I use WP-HashCache which is great because A. It isn’t captch and B it uses a simple script to fool most bots. Once it’s tagged it ends up in your Spam comments and not on your blog and you can generally safely delete every comment in which hash cash indicates an invalid response. And best of all C. Real users who actually use a browser don’t have to enter anything hash cash is looking for bots and basically blocks all non browser comments, so you don’t annoy your real visitors.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hashcash/

Glenn
:)

By: oma

oma — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:02:42 +0000

With WP-Ban plugin wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ban/ you can be able to ban full, partial or certain IPs, hostnames, country codes and more..I've banned few set of IPs from where I get bunch of spams. omas last blog post..Validation- A Short Film

By: Los Angeles Blog

Los Angeles Blog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:31:30 +0000

I've been getting too much comment span and installed askimet. It really works but it catches a lot of legitimate comments and deletes them after 15 days. Do you use a spam plugin or do you review all the comments manually. Los Angeles Blogs last blog post..Home Depot Center Job Fair Carson Los Angeles

By: Airsoft

Airsoft — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:35:56 +0000

I got a lot of spam on my blog before I activated Akismet, but some of the kind you mentioned in your post still get through. I agree, spam can be hard to decipher, but you shouldn’t spend so much time on it. If something seems overtly sensible and such, I think it should be kept. I think some of my posts might have been deleted in your crusade, though. Just because I have a keyword name doesn’t mean I’m a spammer! Behind this name I am a human with feelings, and they have been hurt. I’m just kidding.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:48:25 +0000

Quite some time ago, I was receiving about 10 to 20 spam comments an hour, which kept getting by the spam filter. In response I activated the Captcha. After about a week, the comments ceased and I deactivated the captcha. When I activated the captcha, I also wrote a little explanation and let the regular visitors that I would be deactivating once the spam attack ceased. Adams last blog post..10 Reasons to go Dofollow

By: pet snakes

pet snakes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:17:17 +0000

I’ve gone to moderating comments before they appear on my blogs. I used to just handle them once every few days and delete as needed, but lately spam has gotten so bad, and like you’ve pointed out hard to recognize, that it’s easier just to set aside 20 or 30 minutes a day to moderate them.

Lots of times someone will leave a legitimate looking comment having to do with the topic but with a spammy link. In that case I’ll keep the comment and remove any links/mention of domain names. We all know more comments mean more “life” on a blog so why not keep what I can?