Comments on: Better comment spam blocking for WordPress? http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/02/better-comment-spam-blocking-for-wordpress/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:08 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Justin Heideman http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/02/better-comment-spam-blocking-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Justin Heideman Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:42:34 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=701#comment-817 @Joe - Mollom looks really interesting. And free for the volume of ham comments we see here. Going to try that one out. @Joe – Mollom looks really interesting. And free for the volume of ham comments we see here. Going to try that one out.

]]> By: Giv http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/02/better-comment-spam-blocking-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Giv Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:01:14 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=701#comment-802 I found just adding a CAPTCHA plug-in to Wordpress solves all my spam problems. I haven't had a single spam in 3 years with CAPTCHA. Giv I found just adding a CAPTCHA plug-in to Wordpress solves all my spam problems. I haven’t had a single spam in 3 years with CAPTCHA.

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]]> By: joe http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/02/better-comment-spam-blocking-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-794 joe Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:22:47 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=701#comment-794 http://mollom.com/ looks promising -- it's one of the businesses Drupal's founder recently started http://mollom.com/ looks promising — it’s one of the businesses Drupal’s founder recently started

]]> By: Ang http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/02/better-comment-spam-blocking-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Ang Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:03:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=701#comment-793 I use Akismet on my personal blog and it rarely disappoints. It has captured 2,390 spam comments since I installed it, about 10 months ago. None of them have been legitimate comments, and only about 5 spam comments have been allowed to post. That's a pretty decent accuracy rate. However, I didn't always use Akismet so I don't know how many of the 318 approved comments were approved while that plugin was activated, I'm not sure of the exact rate. My blog obviously receives fewer comments and traffic than this one so who knows if this was helpful, but there it is. Oh, Akismet also allows you to automatically discard spam comments left on posts older than a month. I don't use that option because I sometimes go a month without posting. I use Akismet on my personal blog and it rarely disappoints. It has captured 2,390 spam comments since I installed it, about 10 months ago. None of them have been legitimate comments, and only about 5 spam comments have been allowed to post. That’s a pretty decent accuracy rate. However, I didn’t always use Akismet so I don’t know how many of the 318 approved comments were approved while that plugin was activated, I’m not sure of the exact rate. My blog obviously receives fewer comments and traffic than this one so who knows if this was helpful, but there it is.

Oh, Akismet also allows you to automatically discard spam comments left on posts older than a month. I don’t use that option because I sometimes go a month without posting.

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