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Comment on Blog Spam Gone Crazy

2006-07-26T05:43:14+01:00

Comment by Tarun ( http://tarun.weblogs.us )

Spam Karma works well for me. And it doesnt require signing up for a wordpress.com account to get an API Key (like Askimet did the last time I used it).

Comment on Blog Spam Gone Crazy

2006-06-14T19:35:09+01:00

Comment by Web Developer ( http://www.chovy.com )

I have 3 blogs I run, and they are bombarded with spam. I finally disabled comments unless the user has already had a previously approved comment.

Comment on Blog Spam Gone Crazy

2006-06-14T19:14:38+01:00

Comment by eyn ( http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/ )

While everyone is praising the goodness of Akismet, many missed another excellent plugin called Bad Behavior. I believe Bad Behavior might be even better than Akismet in the sense that you totally block http access to spam bot using fingerprint such as agent etc. to identify them. No extra analysis step of comment content, which makes it even faster and saves you bandwidth dealing with spams.

Comment on Blog Spam Gone Crazy

2006-06-14T10:23:15+01:00

Comment by Barry Bloye ( http://eightyone.co.uk )

A few weeks ago, my rarely-visited (and rarely-updated) blog suddenly attracted a ton of spam, which Akismet has done a great job of filtering out. Apparently, my site "is very cognitive"!

Comment on Blog Spam Gone Crazy

2006-06-13T17:31:55+01:00

Comment by Greg ( http://www.gregphoto.net )

I just wrote up a quick class this weekend using the Zend Framework that allows you to easily interact with Akismet. My own website has waaaay more than 85% spam in the comments. Check it out if you're interested:

http://www.gregphoto.net/index.php/2006/06/11/akismet-and-the-zend-framework