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John @ Married with Debt said:

Can someone elaborate on the problems with Akismet?

I just installed it and haven't had a chance to see if it works. Tired of waking up to 30-40 spam comments.

I generally approve comments very quickly and my site should be set up to avoid moderation altogether if I have approved a comment from you in the past.

Akismet catches far too many false positives. I go into detail in this post: http://www.investitwisely.com/…..t-do-i-do/

If you add Conditional Captcha it works better.

HappySimpleLiving said:

I am loving this rant! But I did have to scurry back to my blog to make sure the box next to "Subscribe to Comments" wasn't automatically checked. PHEW!

Haha I found this one interesting, too. I think the "new" "Subscribe to Comments" lets people unsubscribe.

I think I'm guilty as charged on a few of these….

I just recently installed Livefyre because I was tired of deleting 200 spam comments a day from Askimet.   Another thing to consider is how much spam comments can load down your site slowing performance.

Ever since I installed LF, I've maybe had 5 spam comments at the most per day. 

Oh and the beloved popup box…..

I used to be one of those guys that had it popup on every page and while I saw results, it now pops up just when you visit the site for the first time.  

If I wasn't so determined to build my list, I'd drop it; but results don't like.   Most of my visitors are search engine so I need to capture as many leads as possible and this way works. 

I am planning on possibly taking it out as I'm soon implementing a feature box much like Derek Halpern's of Social Triggers.  We'll see how it goes…

Thanks – checking it out now

Invest It Wisely said:

John @ Married with Debt said:

Can someone elaborate on the problems with Akismet?

I just installed it and haven't had a chance to see if it works. Tired of waking up to 30-40 spam comments.

I generally approve comments very quickly and my site should be set up to avoid moderation altogether if I have approved a comment from you in the past.

 

Akismet catches far too many false positives. I go into detail in this post: http://www.investitwisely.com/…..t-do-i-do/

If you add Conditional Captcha it works better.

Super Frugalette said:

Invest It Wisely said:

1) Run Akismet on your blog

2) Don't even put up a contact form or some other way I can reach you once I invariably get tossed in your spam, and never check your spam folder.

 

For bonus points, have a plugin like that checkbox that says "I am not a spammer", but don't disable Akismet.

 

Sorry for the rant guys. ;) In the interests of humane comment policies, please ensure there is a way for your commentators to reach you, especially if you run a ham-crazy plugin like Akismet.

Thanks! :)

I have Akismet. Is this what you encounter on my blog? I check my spam folder and perhaps one valuable comment shows up out of 100.

Well, you know what they say about the diamond in the rough. ;) 1% is a pretty high rate IMO. I'd rather have 1% of spammers have to be moderated rather than lose 1% of legit comments.

Does your contact form work? If the person doesn't have a contact form I usually forget about it and never come back, but you do, so you probably approved my comment at some point. :)

Jeff Rose said:

I think I'm guilty as charged on a few of these….

 

I just recently installed Livefyre because I was tired of deleting 200 spam comments a day from Askimet.   Another thing to consider is how much spam comments can load down your site slowing performance.

Ever since I installed LF, I've maybe had 5 spam comments at the most per day. 

Oh and the beloved popup box…..

I used to be one of those guys that had it popup on every page and while I saw results, it now pops up just when you visit the site for the first time.  

If I wasn't so determined to build my list, I'd drop it; but results don't like.   Most of my visitors are search engine so I need to capture as many leads as possible and this way works. 

I am planning on possibly taking it out as I'm soon implementing a feature box much like Derek Halpern's of Social Triggers.  We'll see how it goes…

I think one popup on the first visit is much better than everytime, especially if you ever try to view the site on a mobile browser.

What are your experiences with LiveFyre? I just recently switched to it too and spam problems are gone, though I hope that no legit commentators are getting caught. No complaints so far, though.

P.S. Another great point: If you guys are not paying for Akismet, first of all you might be against their TOS, but even if not, they put free-riders on the "slow" lane and that can slow down your site if you get a lot of comments per day.

P.S. Another great point: If you guys are not paying for Akismet, first of all you might be against their TOS, but even if not, they put free-riders on the "slow" lane and that can slow down your site if you get a lot of comments per day.

Don't know how to quote a previous comment, but really?  My site has been slower lately, maybe it is time to go with something different…

Invest It Wisely said:

I'm glad you also have Conditional Captcha on. Every site that does this makes me just a little bit happier. ;)

I'm also surprised about Disqus since that seems to be the only system I've never had trouble with, but the sites I comment on with it have all allowed guest comments. Intense Debate on the other hand, is downright evil…

Hey, I have Intense Debate, and I seem to get your comments, now (I was having some trouble a long time ago). Don't diss ID to bad. I do think I like Discus better though, from what I have seen.

Invest It Wisely said:

1) Run Akismet on your blog

2) Don't even put up a contact form or some other way I can reach you once I invariably get tossed in your spam, and never check your spam folder.

 

For bonus points, have a plugin like that checkbox that says "I am not a spammer", but don't disable Akismet.

 

Sorry for the rant guys. ;) In the interests of humane comment policies, please ensure there is a way for your commentators to reach you, especially if you run a ham-crazy plugin like Akismet.

Thanks! :)

AGREED!!! Let me also add these double forms you have to complete, just to comment!

Well, please let me know if my blog is pissing any of you off, since I don't know what askimet is.  I think I get to see each comment that comes through.  Most are automatically approved, then I answer each one.  Some need to wait for approval and most of those are spam anyway.

Feel free to offer ways for improvement.  I am still on the steep part of the learning curve.