Tag: Comment Spam

• After “comment spam”, comes “like spam”

  Maybe if I had a blog that was visited by tens of thousands every day and on which hundreds wanted to comment it would not be so easy, but “comment spam” is not a problem here – anything which the algorithmic spam filter does not pick up can be chucked out by hand. But in…

  Adrian McMenamin

  January 21, 2013

  Uncategorized

  Abuse, Comment Spam, Spam, Spam in blogs, WordPress

• New trend in comment spam?

  The tactics employed by comment spammers continue to fascinate me, but I have noticed a new trend, which indicates either a new trend or adaption from the spammers – which reminds me of the way bacteria respond to antibiotics – or perhaps just indicates I am being over-sensitive. Twice in the last 48 hours I…

  Adrian McMenamin

  July 28, 2011

  Uncategorized

  Akismet, Comment Spam, Google, Spam, Spam in blogs

• Some insight on “comment spam”

  As I sit here chewing my lunch, some insight has come to me about “comment spam” – the sort of “great blog, have you seen my used car website” comments that, in recent years, have poisoned so many sites. WordPress.com gives me access to “Akismet” so these things rarely if ever get through, but I…

  Adrian McMenamin

  April 20, 2011

  Uncategorized

  Akismet, Comment Spam, Spam, Spam in blogs, WordPress