Yakezie.com - Topic: Spammy trackbacks

Frugal Portland on Spammy trackbacks

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:36:05 +0000

thanks everyone! helpful. no offense to swiffer coupons!

Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog on Spammy trackbacks

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:18:37 +0000

I get a TON of these, and the best solution i've found has been the GASP check box.

Earth and Money on Spammy trackbacks

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:16:46 +0000

Frugal Portland said:

A follow-up question: is it a trackback when I link to someone in a post? Because I don't want to turn those ones off.

When you link to someone else's site, it sends a trackback to that person to let them know that you have linked to them. On the flip side, if someone links to you, then you would get a trackback on your site. In your settings menu on Wordpress, within the Discussion section, there should be separate settings that you can enable/disable for sending out and receiving trackbacks.

Frugal Portland on Spammy trackbacks

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:26:37 +0000

A follow-up question: is it a trackback when I link to someone in a post? Because I don't want to turn those ones off.

Smart Wealth on Spammy trackbacks

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:33:53 +0000

It often depends on the topic. If it is a popular one with keywords that get picked up quickly by spammers then it will get hit a lot. I had that a couple times when I had a post about insurance.

Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Spammy trackbacks

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:23:21 +0000

I turned trackbacks off for my site. There was more spam than legit trackbacks coming through.

Akismet does catch a lot of them.

bogofdebt on Spammy trackbacks

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:19:31 +0000

I still get them from time to time-but I haven't been blogging too long. And I only get trackbacks from spammy people even if other people link to me.

moneysmarts on Spammy trackbacks

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:51:14 +0000

I just don't allow trackbacks on my site. :)

Frugal Portland on Spammy trackbacks

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:08:30 +0000

oh okay. but they go away after a while, I'm hoping?

bogofdebt on Spammy trackbacks

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:43:16 +0000

I have to keep it so that I have to approve comments before they are posted unless they've been approved before. I was getting that a lot at the beginning so it was just easier for me to do it that way.

Frugal Portland on Spammy trackbacks

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:11:23 +0000

For whatever reason, one of my blog posts is a magnet for those spammy trackbacks. You know the ones? Yankee candle blog, swiffer coupon blog, "here is a list of blogs that, while unrelated, are awesome" -- those.

How on earth do I get rid of those? I'm on Wordpress, so a plug-in would be awesome. Or, really, any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks!