http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/feed/ Spam - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Wed, 22 May 2013 15:21:34 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13629http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13629 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13:35 +0000 Susan Weiner, CFA replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging Thanks, Eugen.This week Akismet let through a comment including the word "porno." I'm reluctant to discourage comments by using Disqus, but the spammers may eventually drive me to it.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13627http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13627 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:08:42 +0000 Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging I don't have lots of comments, but I do get a lot of spam and Akismet does a really good job.

Also, usually those types of comments do end up in the spam section.

As an additional protection, you can use a system […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13469http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-13469 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:03:27 +0000 Susan Weiner, CFA replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging Spam Free plugin seems to be stopping legitimate folks from commenting. Has anyone else run into this? How did you fix it?

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9922http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9922 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:13:27 +0000 Susan Weiner, CFA replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging I'm going to check out Spam Free Wordpress or wp spamfree.Thanks!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9337http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9337 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:35:09 +0000 Glen Gorham replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging One easy way to identify the spam is the horrible grammar of the comment. They will always use totally inappropriate language and their email addresses are a dead give away usually. A while back (and in another […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9330http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9330 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:21:13 +0000 Matt Fox replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging @michellefontaine (and others) I started using wp-spamfree (it's in the Wordpress plugin repository) along with akismet and it's stopped spam dead. I don't think I've had one since I set it up. Since most […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9318http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9318 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:04:45 +0000 Peta Minter replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging Thank you @kristi-hines @michellefontaine I'm really new at blogging and have had many comments you have mentioned and wondered whether it was spam or someone being just nice, so thank you.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9236http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9236 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:45:39 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging @michellefontaine You might also want to check out the discussion here - http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-allow-comments-to-blogs-without-moderation/ :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9231http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9231 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:34:49 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging @michellefontaine If it's not blatant spam (ie. here's a link to pharmaceuticals), but just a poorly worded comment that doesn't fit what I consider acceptable, I just trash it.  If it's the blatant spam […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9161http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9161 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:59:51 +0000 Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging @mike-stelzner great tip, thanks. @dswager your post offers lots of great ideas for growing a blog audience. Many of us are newbies at our own, so this is helpful.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9128http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9128 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:24:45 +0000 Daryll Swager replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging Heh.  There are a ton of those commenters.They are spammers.  They usually link their pharmaceutical sales site or something else in their name.I thought I'd address one other thing though. About comments.The #1 […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9116http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/spam/#post-9116 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:58:01 +0000 Michael Stelzner replied to the forum topic Spam in the club Blogging @michellefontaineOne important thing I have learned is nearly all spammer have a link in their comment.  The easiest way to stop them is to moderate ALL comments that have a link.This means those comments must be […]

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