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Block WordPress Remote Comment Spam Bot

May 27, 2011 By 4 Comments

SPAM!
Image Source: SPAM Courtesy Of: MasterMan

I am so tired of getting spam comments on some of my sites. I’ve also tried many anti-spam plugins.

  • Spam-Free Plugin
  • Comment Math Questions
  • Comment Quiz
  • Comment Captcha
  • Double Opt-in
  • Change default comment page name from wp-comments-post.php to something else.

Guess what? None of them work so far. There are company in India hiring real people to crack the CAPTCHA code for spammers. The SPAM-Free plugin only blocks those from your blacklist or known SPAMMERS. Comment Math isn’t working when it always easy to calculate.

Most WordPress spam comments are submit from automated script running on anonymous servers with random forged IPs. So the spammer never visit your website. That really sucks out of my valuable time to fight spam and delete spam comments.

One of my site just post a new article. Within few hours, I got over 100 spam comments with ZERO visit and page view.

What can I do about it?

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Filed Under: PHP, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: ,

Niche Passive Income Project

May 18, 2011 By 4 Comments

Passive Income

Well. I have been distracted for days and worked on a NOT SO FASTLANE project and hopefully to create a secondary passive income that will last for a while.

I decide to build a several local niche sites to generate recurring income.

While I was hanging out with my wife on the Cozumel beach and taking photos, I was also making passive income on one of my sites. I did not realize how much I was making until I came back and check my Google AdSense Account. Holy awesome. There are whole bunch clicks on a specific topic that generate $4 to $7 per click. And there are many clicks.

So I dig into a little bid more and realize that there are people paying $7 to generate leads which will generate $60-$300 in return. That is over 500% return.

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Filed Under: AdSense, Opportunity, Search Engine Optimization Tagged With: ,

Play Hard at Caribbean Islands

May 10, 2011 By 2 Comments

Caribbean Islands
If working hard isn’t enough, playing hard should fulfill the rest. Just came back from 8 days Carnival cruise trip to West Caribbean. I really had good time with wife. It’s probably the most relax trip we’ve ever done in the past 10 years other than Cancun and Jamaica.

Now it’s time to get my life back to the reality and move forward on my exit plan. If you did not already visit my digital photography blog, you can check it out. There will be more HDR Photos available soon.

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