Grrrrr! Google bought BlogSpot, now I wish they would put a leash on their spamming users! I get a ton of comment spam. I manage to block most of it through filters. Every comment goes through moderation, so not a single spam will see the light of day on my blog (unless they somehow make it look like a legit comment). I am getting close to adding blogspot to my list of banned words!
To reduce Wordpress comment spam, I checked “An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below)”. For some reason, a lot of the spam messages contain words like poker and variations texas holdem, and other words that are unlikely to appear legitimate comments on my site, so I have added those words to my Comment Blacklist box.
So at this point I am getting a small number of comment spam, but I can see that number increasing as my exposure in Google increases.
Still I wish that Google would somehow rein in their spamming users! A large chunk of the spams that do show up for moderation have links to to something at blogspot.
Thanks a lot for this information, that what i was looking for to do in my blog but, I didn’t know what was the term for it. Well now i know and thanks for the tips.
Comment by Norman — February 26, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
“An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below)”
That’s the only command you’ll ever need. It works wonders for me.
Thanks
Comment by Make Money Online — March 10, 2008 @ 2:59 pm