How we can save our site from spam?

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Dear friends please tell me How I can save My site from spam? and what is disadvantage of spam?
#save #site #spam
  • Profile picture of the author admonharr
    First read carefully about what spam is. I'm sure you'll won't have to ask more questions. Also, no matter how attractive the subject may feel, don't indulge in them at any cost.
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    • Profile picture of the author johngrossi
      Good answer. first you have to know what Spam is? then you never ask this again and you can find the solution on your own how can you protect your website..
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    Most commonly blogs get comment spam left by robots that can generate 1000+ comments a day, they classically leave a flattering comment that makes no mention of the subjeet of the article.
    If your jewelry site gets 200 spam comments talking about viagra, search engines might start listing you in viagra search results. Spam not contributing to the conversation will to some degree lesson the chances of getting properly categorized by search engines. Real commenters are discouraed from joinging in the conversation when the room is filled with self serving salesmen.

    There are various filters and verification processes, like capchas, which cut down on spamming. (Those robots can solve some of the captchas)
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    First add an anti-spam plug-in such as wp spam free. Then add a captcha plug-in. The captcha plug-in alone reduced spam comments on one of my sites from up to 500 a day to just a handful.

    Make sure all comments have to be moderated or, if you don't need them, just turn them off. If you do turn off comments, you will have to go back to any existing posts/pages and turn them off manually.
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    • Profile picture of the author alantay
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      First add an anti-spam plug-in such as wp spam free. Then add a captcha plug-in. The captcha plug-in alone reduced spam comments on one of my sites from up to 500 a day to just a handful.

      Make sure all comments have to be moderated or, if you don't need them, just turn them off. If you do turn off comments, you will have to go back to any existing posts/pages and turn them off manually.
      You can add in the use of Akismet as well if your site is not some non-profit site.
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      • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
        Originally Posted by alantay View Post

        You can add in the use of Akismet as well if your site is not some non-profit site.
        Did you mean that? If your site isn't a non-profit site you have to pay for it.
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    • Profile picture of the author PVSInternational
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      First add an anti-spam plug-in such as wp spam free. Then add a captcha plug-in. The captcha plug-in alone reduced spam comments on one of my sites from up to 500 a day to just a handful.

      Make sure all comments have to be moderated or, if you don't need them, just turn them off. If you do turn off comments, you will have to go back to any existing posts/pages and turn them off manually.

      Thanks suppose, my website's are not about wp, then can I install wp anti spam plug in??
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      • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
        If your sites aren't done in Wordpress then I'm not sure what else you can use.

        What are your sites made with? How is the spam getting onto your site?
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        • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
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  • Profile picture of the author madmmd
    will you please try to explain the issue..
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  • Profile picture of the author prasanth5
    It is a blog then periodical check on the comments section should be made so than spam can be spotted. If you spot spam in the comments it can be removed too.
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  • Profile picture of the author guptaarun
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    • Profile picture of the author JOleng
      If you use Wordpress blog, you can install plugins like mentioned here before:

      WordPress › SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam « WordPress Plugins

      to enable Captcha for your comments, this however can discourage some genuine commentators, and nowadays spammers can get through Captcha.

      Or WordPress › Akismet « WordPress Plugins
      One of the most popular plugins for fighting against spam. But it's only free for personal use. You need a subscription for business and commercial sites.

      Or you can hire someone to moderate comments for you.
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      • Profile picture of the author JamesMadden
        Originally Posted by JOleng View Post

        If you use Wordpress blog, you can install plugins like mentioned here before:

        WordPress › SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam « WordPress Plugins

        to enable Captcha for your comments, this however can discourage some genuine commentators, and nowadays spammers can get through Captcha.

        Or WordPress › Akismet « WordPress Plugins
        One of the most popular plugins for fighting against spam. But it's only free for personal use. You need a subscription for business and commercial sites.

        Or you can hire someone to moderate comments for you.
        I have found that Akismet will filter out 99.5% of all spam comments because it checks every comment's IP address and email address against the Wordpress database. You can help improve the database by flagging every spam comment that might have slipped through the filter as "Spam", which will add it to the database. This way, I hardly ever get any spam comments.

        The captcha is an added layer, but depending on the purpose of your blog(s), you might not need it, since I think there are lots of captcha-breaking tools out there that are even automated. So I'm not sure that a captcha will help much.
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        • Profile picture of the author ashleysmith12
          Hi,

          What i have read about spam if you post content excessively or many time than Google spiders count its an spam!
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  • Profile picture of the author nnsjw702
    Wp spam free is what you need. Get it installed, it works for me
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  • Profile picture of the author savvybizbuilder
    Instead of using captcha to verify comments/sign ups. Use a trivia question to verify visitors on your website is human. Aside from using anti spam plug ins.
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