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7:13 am
January 26, 2013
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maria@moneyprinciple
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I seem to be drowning in spam – it used to be about 100 spam messages per day. The last three-four days, I've been deleting close to 1,000.
I used to use Bad Behaviour and then changed it because the Website Analyzer couldn't read my site because of it. My question is: what do i do now and does anyone know about good plug-ins to deal with this?
Although at present I am using a plug in, my system sends in 'spam' also pings – I am not being rude not responding; I probably have missed you in all this sea of spam!
Help!
Maria
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8:44 am
January 26, 2013
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Pauline
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I use akismet and they only send the spam they are unsure about, which is 3-4 per day maximum. I also have a "check this box if you are human" box, which reduces a lot the spam amount. I prefer the box than the caption as it is more user friendly.
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8:48 am
January 26, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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I really like Akismet, although I know others don't. My biggest problem with it is a sight tendency to false positive pings.
If you don't want to go that route, you could try one if those plugins that make you check a "not spam"box.
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11:04 pm
January 26, 2013
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maria@moneyprinciple
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Thanks, guys – will let John know about Akismet ( I have the feeling that is whta we are using). As to the box it always throuws me a bit – the question whether ot not someone is actually human is a profound philosophical one.
Maria
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5:26 am
January 27, 2013
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michael @ financial ramblings
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Check out NoSpamNX. It does a great job of blocking spam bots before they get to post comments. Combine with Akismet to help defeat human-mediated spam.
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8:09 pm
January 27, 2013
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sooverthis
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You can customize the checkbox plugin (it's called Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin) to say anything you'd like. I've found it to be more effective than anything else out there.
Thursday night I deactivated all my plugins on one site and forgot to reenable GASP. The next morning I had over 100 spam comments. Turned it back on and no spam since.
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1:17 pm
January 28, 2013
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AverageJoe
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OG & I use the Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin that Andrea mentions above. I'll get hit with 5-6 per day and normally don't have to fish valid comments out of the spam folder.
My problem with Akismet is personal: I continually go to the spam folder when I read a new blog (or Jana's blog). I've done all the "training" tips out there and have even contacted Akismet (they said it shouldn't be flagging me…but does).
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1:42 pm
January 28, 2013
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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I use Akismet + Conditional CAPTCHA. If someone is flagged as spam by Akismet (there are many false positives), it gives them a chance to redeem themselves with a CAPTCHA. That CAPTCHA only shows up for spam flags, no one else sees it.
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5:40 am
January 29, 2013
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MoneyBeagle
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I commented on a blog yesterday that had CAPTCHA, so I entered it in and submitted, then got a notice saying I didn't check the box that I'm not a spammer, so they were using both. What was annoying was when I went 'back', I had to re-type my comment. I actually did take time to re-type the comment, but generally that would annoy me enough that I'd probably just abandon the process.
Point being, be careful there's not overkill, AND test to see if your 'fail' actually allows the user to try again without losing the work they put into typing the comment.
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9:16 am
January 29, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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Eric,
How does Conditional CAPTCHA react to pings? They comprise the overwhelming majority of my false positives.
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I'm looking for editors, beta-readers, and some demographic research for my upcoming novel, Once Upon a Saturn Moon. If you like reading soft sci-fi thrillers, maybe with a touch of romance thrown in, you can find more information at http://seampublishing.com/once…..aturn-moon
If You Can Read, You Can Cook – http://www.ifyoucanread.com | Think you can't cook? If you can read this sentence, then you can.
SEAM Publishing – http://www.seampublishing.com | eBook formatting and publishing service
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4:09 pm
January 29, 2013
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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I have those turned off. I believe it would reject them. Allowing trackbacks/pings is opening your site up to serious spam and SEO consequences with zero benefit to your site.
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