How to fight spam?

by Henri Lind

Posted: 13 years ago 6 replies

Hey, i got over 1000 comments overnight and all from same person! there is no url in the url field, always different name, e-mail and ip. the message is different too, but always a link in it, affiliate link. no backlink, just click here, etc...

every time i delete a comment, there is a new one made.

how can i stop it?

i dont want to close comments, because there may be some people who really want to ask something or share something.

#fight #spam

Mike Grant 13 years ago

Change your settings so that comments must be moderator approved.
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ryangetty Banned 13 years ago

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- Henri Lind 13 years ago
  
  i have done that, im not auto-approving them...but still those comments keep coming. by the time i post that thread, there is 81 spam comments on my blog
  
  is there any way to fight?
  
  Thanks
  
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gottahave 13 years ago

There are captcha plugins you can use so that commenters have to signup and then sign in before they are comment. I use the re-Captcha one and it has reduced the spam to management levels.
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Henri Lind 13 years ago

Thanks, gottahave
i installed captcha plugin where you have to move some pieces of pictures to make a big picture. and it seems the spam has stopped.

thank you
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kevinfelixlee 13 years ago

nothing can stop spam if spammers pay attention on your site. you can only delete again and again, but you can never stop.
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SeoWizzard 13 years ago

If you're using wordpress, a good way to fight spam is by using akismet
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