Comments on: Say no to comment spam! Add spam protection policy to your blog! http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/ A healthy and wealthy journey around the world one city at a time Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why do I like SPAM? It doesn't hurt to know that you are stupid! | The Internet Entrepreneur Diaryhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Why do I like SPAM? It doesn't hurt to know that you are stupid! | The Internet Entrepreneur Diary Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:53:56 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-4627 [...] If you are fighting for spam, you should at least give your blog some minimum protection. Read the add spam protection policy that I post a long time [...] [...] If you are fighting for spam, you should at least give your blog some minimum protection. Read the add spam protection policy that I post a long time [...]

]]> By: Terence Changhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 Terence Chang Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:13:27 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-2300 @Michel Michael:Your name caught my eyes. It looks interesting. Anyway, hope to see your blog going well. Thank you for stopping by. @Michel Michael:

Your name caught my eyes. It looks interesting. Anyway, hope to see your blog going well. Thank you for stopping by.

]]> By: Michel Michaelhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Michel Michael Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:08:24 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-2296 I appreciate that you keep this blog going and allow comments. To me feedback is an interesting part of a blog. I appreciate that you keep this blog going and allow comments. To me feedback is an interesting part of a blog.

]]> By: Terence Changhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Terence Chang Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:11:29 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1519 @John:Thank you for stopping by. I try everything to stop spamming. I hope you enjoy it. @John:

Thank you for stopping by. I try everything to stop spamming. I hope you enjoy it.

]]> By: Johnhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 John Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:03:52 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1518 awesome ... your plugin is working really perfect.. before using this my blog harm twice by such spam comments.after enable this i didn't receive any spam comments even not any single URL too.i also got some help from the following web to operate the spammers irony http://www.anti-spam-info.com but now after using your one i haven't need any other operator . awesome …
your plugin is working really perfect..
before using this my blog harm twice by such spam comments.after enable this i didn’t receive any spam comments even not any single URL too.i also got some help from the following web to operate the spammers irony
http://www.anti-spam-info.com
but now after using your one i haven’t need any other operator .

]]> By: It's Really This Easy To Add A Link To Your Comment - Dawud Miraclehttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 It's Really This Easy To Add A Link To Your Comment - Dawud Miracle Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:20:13 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1420 [...] you’re leaving comments with. Likely, you’ll not end up in the comment box, but in the spam filter. You may even mean well, just remember that spam is in the eye of the blog [...] [...] you’re leaving comments with. Likely, you’ll not end up in the comment box, but in the spam filter. You may even mean well, just remember that spam is in the eye of the blog [...]

]]> By: Comment Spam - Need Extra Protection? | Susan Suarezhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Comment Spam - Need Extra Protection? | Susan Suarez Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:55:06 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1381 [...] what I read on Terence Chang’s site, he’s having success with implementing spam protection. I may just need to install one of [...] [...] what I read on Terence Chang’s site, he’s having success with implementing spam protection. I may just need to install one of [...]

]]> By: Terence Changhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Terence Chang Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1293 @Maurice:Thank you for sharing! I will give captcha a try. I do use captcha on my other e-commerce sites. You do have a great list of plugins. I should also check the trackback plugin. That sounds interesting. @Maurice:

Thank you for sharing! I will give captcha a try. I do use captcha on my other e-commerce sites. You do have a great list of plugins. I should also check the trackback plugin. That sounds interesting.

]]> By: Maurice (TheCaymanHost)http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Maurice (TheCaymanHost) Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:46:27 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1291 I discussed this issue on one of my blogs quite recently and it amazed me that so many WP users only used Akismet as apam protection.I've been using a captcha on all of my sites for some time and it virtually eliminates comment spam from bots overnight.I recently posted a list of the plugins I used over at http://thecaymanhost.com/product-reviews/the-best-wordpress-pluginsand then discovered that the captcha I was using (CAPCC) was conflicting with my moderation queue after upgrading to the latest version of WP - it allowed all comments to go through without moderation! I thought about using the one you now have here, but eventually went for another, called Peter's Custom Anti Spam. It's let two spam bot comments through to the moderation queue so far, whereas CAPCC never allowed a single one to appear, so I shall be monitoring it carefully.A lot of people say that captchas are annoying and stop people from commenting, but I don't believe that for a minute. If someone is prepared to type a comment, they will usually be happy to complete the short captcha too.Whether you are a 'dofollow' blog or not, the combination of forced moderation, captcha and Akismet will save you a lot of grief. If you have trackbacks enabled on your site I also strongly recommend using something like the Simple Trackback Validation plugin.All these anti spam measures can be found at the WP Codex Plugins pages, just search plugins for "spam". I discussed this issue on one of my blogs quite recently and it amazed me that so many WP users only used Akismet as apam protection.

I’ve been using a captcha on all of my sites for some time and it virtually eliminates comment spam from bots overnight.

I recently posted a list of the plugins I used over at
http://thecaymanhost.com/product-reviews/the-best-wordpress-plugins

and then discovered that the captcha I was using (CAPCC) was conflicting with my moderation queue after upgrading to the latest version of WP – it allowed all comments to go through without moderation! I thought about using the one you now have here, but eventually went for another, called Peter’s Custom Anti Spam. It’s let two spam bot comments through to the moderation queue so far, whereas CAPCC never allowed a single one to appear, so I shall be monitoring it carefully.

A lot of people say that captchas are annoying and stop people from commenting, but I don’t believe that for a minute. If someone is prepared to type a comment, they will usually be happy to complete the short captcha too.

Whether you are a ‘dofollow’ blog or not, the combination of forced moderation, captcha and Akismet will save you a lot of grief. If you have trackbacks enabled on your site I also strongly recommend using something like the Simple Trackback Validation plugin.

All these anti spam measures can be found at the WP Codex Plugins pages, just search plugins for “spam”.

]]> By: Terence Changhttp://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Terence Chang Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:35:17 +0000 http://www.terencechang.com/2007/08/03/add-comment-policy-prevent-spam/#comment-1257 @kanak:That's right. this plug rocks. I have not received any spam since I enabled it! Akismet doesn't always work right.@francesco mapelli:I read your RSS Feed everyday to see if there is anything exciting like this plugin. Thanks to you! I got no spam so far! The only thing this plug does't do right is the email domain used in the plugin, It shows my email as subdomain of my primary hosting account domain. TerenceChang is an add-on domain of others. So the host_name valuable is showing different domain.Anyway, thank you so much. Keep me exciting. @kanak:

That’s right. this plug rocks. I have not received any spam since I enabled it! Akismet doesn’t always work right.

@francesco mapelli:

I read your RSS Feed everyday to see if there is anything exciting like this plugin. Thanks to you! I got no spam so far! The only thing this plug does’t do right is the email domain used in the plugin, It shows my email as subdomain of my primary hosting account domain. TerenceChang is an add-on domain of others. So the host_name valuable is showing different domain.

Anyway, thank you so much. Keep me exciting.

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