Comments on: Comment Spammers Seem to Love Me http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/ Earn More, Work Less, and Enjoy Life Without Compromising Your Values! Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Esc Tech Site http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-24586 Esc Tech Site Wed, 13 May 2009 05:39:51 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-24586 I totally agree with you. I don't oppose people posting links to there sites within the comment sections but for that backlink I at least want some content out of you. I hate it when people make 1 liners are some generic your blog is great post beause these don't give you anything. Post about the topic I have and give a bit of content.. I'll happily approve your comment and give you link.. heck I'll even ask you to come back and comment some more. I totally agree with you. I don’t oppose people posting links to there sites within the comment sections but for that backlink I at least want some content out of you. I hate it when people make 1 liners are some generic your blog is great post beause these don’t give you anything. Post about the topic I have and give a bit of content.. I’ll happily approve your comment and give you link.. heck I’ll even ask you to come back and comment some more.

]]> By: akmarhova http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-24469 akmarhova Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:04:22 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-24469 I hate spammers and I hope they will make law to stop spammers. I hate spammers and I hope they will make law to stop spammers.

]]> By: Michael http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-24283 Michael Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:10:42 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-24283 Spammers are so annoying, i mean what is the point of posting comments if you'll only get un-targetted traffic? Personally i only use Akismet which comes with wordpress, blocking by ip is not the best idea, cause savvy spammers can fake the ip or use a proxy and might lead to you blocking legitamate ip addresses. anybody else tried using captcha for blog comments, what plugin do you recommend? Spammers are so annoying, i mean what is the point of posting comments if you’ll only get un-targetted traffic?

Personally i only use Akismet which comes with wordpress, blocking by ip is not the best idea, cause savvy spammers can fake the ip or use a proxy and might lead to you blocking legitamate ip addresses.

anybody else tried using captcha for blog comments, what plugin do you recommend?

]]> By: Andy http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23999 Andy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:28:01 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23999 Just get the wp-spam free plug-in and activate askimet. You'll never see spammers again. I got something like 500 spam comments in one day (no joke) so I decided to do something about it :-). Oh, and the obligatory: I found your blog through google... Just get the wp-spam free plug-in and activate askimet. You’ll never see spammers again. I got something like 500 spam comments in one day (no joke) so I decided to do something about it :-) .

Oh, and the obligatory: I found your blog through google…

]]> By: Dave http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23865 Dave Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:09:48 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23865 I really did find your blog on Google, and I have read a few of your posts, and I did subscribe to your feed. Oh...and I do look forward to reading more from you. haha Pretty smart if you ask me. I think I would have missed it. I really did find your blog on Google, and I have read a few of your posts, and I did subscribe to your feed. Oh…and I do look forward to reading more from you.

haha

Pretty smart if you ask me. I think I would have missed it.

]]> By: Tamara Suttle http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23811 Tamara Suttle Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:44:01 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23811 Terry, I'm just now starting to read blogs and preparing to start my own later this year. I'm embarrassed to say this but think it's worth noting that newbies like me often make the mistake of posting empty comments out of ignorance combined with good intentions. I"ve certainly left comments without real substance . . . cluelessly thinking that I was attempting to join the community. And, I think that once I even left a link to my site in the body of my comment. The difference is that I didn't blast a lot of sites with the same empty comment and my link -- just the ones I sincerely wanted to engage. Ha ha. Lessons learned. Thanks for the tutorial! Terry, I’m just now starting to read blogs and preparing to start my own later this year.

I’m embarrassed to say this but think it’s worth noting that newbies like me often make the mistake of posting empty comments out of ignorance combined with good intentions. I”ve certainly left comments without real substance . . . cluelessly thinking that I was attempting to join the community. And, I think that once I even left a link to my site in the body of my comment. The difference is that I didn’t blast a lot of sites with the same empty comment and my link — just the ones I sincerely wanted to engage. Ha ha. Lessons learned. Thanks for the tutorial!

]]> By: Sharon Wilson http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23803 Sharon Wilson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:37:10 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23803 This is quite funny. I'll have to google some of the generic looking comments on my blog to see what pops up. Great post. This is quite funny. I’ll have to google some of the generic looking comments on my blog to see what pops up. Great post.

]]> By: jackmendoza http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23775 jackmendoza Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:59:50 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23775 I always get a kick out of those comments. I have a site that's built on a WordPress framework and I forgot to lock out comments on a few of the static pages like the Contact and About pages, etc. Nothing like getting, "I found this very informative and can't wait to put the information in use with my own business" on your Contact page that consists of nothing more than contact info and a form. I always get a kick out of those comments. I have a site that’s built on a WordPress framework and I forgot to lock out comments on a few of the static pages like the Contact and About pages, etc.

Nothing like getting, “I found this very informative and can’t wait to put the information in use with my own business” on your Contact page that consists of nothing more than contact info and a form.

]]> By: Chas http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23765 Chas Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23765 Somebody asked about comments "not getting in".. The plugin "Bad Behavior" works that way. It's not the "be all end all" for spam but it stops many BOTS dead before they even get to your blog. I know it works because If I need to verify my blog to somebody, I have to shut off the plugin or the bot never gets through. They claim it even reduces your server load. I also despise CAPTCHA's, except for the original "Captcha". It seems to be using familiar words and numbers with limited distortion. And I discovered that it's not Caps-Sensitive, also nice compared to looking at a pile of worms and deciphering WTHeck letter or number they are. Somebody asked about comments “not getting in”.. The plugin “Bad Behavior” works that way. It’s not the “be all end all” for spam but it stops many BOTS dead before they even get to your blog. I know it works because If I need to verify my blog to somebody, I have to shut off the plugin or the bot never gets through. They claim it even reduces your server load. I also despise CAPTCHA’s, except for the original “Captcha”. It seems to be using familiar words and numbers with limited distortion. And I discovered that it’s not Caps-Sensitive, also nice compared to looking at a pile of worms and deciphering WTHeck letter or number they are.

]]> By: Tom Gallagher http://www.terrydean.org/comment-spammers-seem-to-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-23763 Tom Gallagher Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:30:53 +0000 http://www.terrydean.org/?p=734#comment-23763 Hi Terry Thanks for this blog session. I am virtually a newbie and trying to build my business but did not realise there were so many sneaky people out there. Now I can watch and check.Thanks again. This is an exciting business to be in. I now have a lot more freedom to spend time with my family. Keep up the good work. Tom Gallagher Hi Terry
Thanks for this blog session. I am virtually a newbie and trying to build my business but did not realise there were so many sneaky people out there. Now I can watch and check.Thanks again. This is an exciting business to be in. I now have a lot more freedom to spend time with my family.
Keep up the good work.
Tom Gallagher

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