I Have Had It With Comment Spam!
Today I made some changes to Evolutionary Designs comment system. After receiving large numbers of spam by trackbacks or by comment bots, I decided I would make it a little harder for the spammers to waste my time. As of early this afternoon I added a new plugin called WP-SpamFree WordPress Spam Plugin
What Makes This Plugin Different From All the Others?
WP-SpamFree is a powerful anti-spam plugin for WordPress that destroys comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. The difference between WP-SpamFree and other anti-spam plugins? WP-SpamFree runs background without CAPCHA’s like verifications. This plugin also has a spam-free contact form features and no I am not using it. I like my contact form better. If you want to know more about this plugin, please visit WP-SpamFree.
What Does This Plugin Mean To Me As Commenter?
As a commenter, if your human, you should not have any issues. If you are concerned, don’t be. Just be natural, and write what you want. The plugin can tell the difference be a human and bot. Over the next few weeks I will be testing this comment and monitoring the spam logs. If you have any issues please let me know. If it deletes your comments, send me an email through the Contact Form, or contact me on Twitter.
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James spends most of his free time using social media and loves to teach others about design, web development, CSS, SEO, and social media. He is addicted to Wordpress, social media, and technology. You can reach him his personal website, Evolutionary Designs Blog, Do not forget to follow him on Twitter @element321
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Hi James,
What's the difference between pingback spam and a normal pingback? I got some pingbacks the other day that were in Russian so I wasn't sure if it was spam or not. I know that I get a lot of visitors from Russia because they are retweeting me on Twitter.
BTW – I joined your FaceBook Fan page.
Thanks.
@Ileane
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Since I moved to Intense Debate I have had ZERO comment spam. I wonder what is different about mine. I know others (like you) who have ID and still get tons of spam. Hmmmm ….
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Keep us posted on the performance of that WP-Spam free plugin. Akismet has been really doing a great job for me, but it is always nice to know of an alternative.
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I am excited to hear a little more about this plugin, do you plan on writing a review? Also have you tried Akismet? I currently use that but things have been slipping through a little more then they usually do lately.
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Hi John,
I thought responded to your question back when you asked it, but for some reason, all my comments for this dropped.
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I have installed disqus comment form on my blog, this is one really very nice plug in, But most of time I get comment spam on my blog.
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I use to use disqus, but I had some issues, with the theme and at the time commentluv and dofollow didnt work with disqus.
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I’ve just installed conditional captcha and I also have Akismet. I’ll see how it controls spam or I’ll give this plugin a shot.
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Its good at stopping the spam, but it tends to block good comments and trackbacks. I will start reviewing this product in few days and will have a review up very soon.
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