How to stop blog spamming

2msacras · 2006-11-26, 09:37 AM

im a big fan of spamm karma, but im going to check out that comment spam blacklist for some of my more personal blogs

jayeff · 2006-11-26, 12:42 PM

The drawback with Akismet is that commercial sites are supposed to pay. If you don't pay or choose the lowest cost option, the Akismet people openly state that your blog's calls on their database will be given a lower priority.

I don't like relying on third-party machines in any case (even though Akismet themselves have a good reputation), so I use both Bad Behavior and Spam Karma. They overlap to an extent, but also handle slightly different things and/or in different ways. SK has the particularly useful feature of closing comments for old threads, which is one of the most effective ways of killing automated spam.

Between these two, I get to keep comments open, unmoderated and rarely see any spam.

2006-11-26, 09:37 AM	#1
2msacras The sun? That's the hottest place on Earth Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 394	im a big fan of spamm karma, but im going to check out that comment spam blacklist for some of my more personal blogs

2006-11-26, 12:42 PM	#2
jayeff Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 95	The drawback with Akismet is that commercial sites are supposed to pay. If you don't pay or choose the lowest cost option, the Akismet people openly state that your blog's calls on their database will be given a lower priority. I don't like relying on third-party machines in any case (even though Akismet themselves have a good reputation), so I use both Bad Behavior and Spam Karma. They overlap to an extent, but also handle slightly different things and/or in different ways. SK has the particularly useful feature of closing comments for old threads, which is one of the most effective ways of killing automated spam. Between these two, I get to keep comments open, unmoderated and rarely see any spam.