Feb 19 2007
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Sponsors
I have two advertisers currently running and another two just getting banners ready before they go live. It’s great to have this support for the blog & podcast and so I’m very grateful to Carsten Cumbrowski and also to AMWSO for their sponsorship. AMWSO have just launched Forzieri on the Linkshare UK network so take a look at that.
Comments
I’ve finally got fed up checking through the spam that Akismet caught to make sure it hasn’t picked up any real comments and so I’ve gone with the Did You Pass Math plugin modified by Scott Jangro. Please let me know if you have any problems commenting.
Next Podcast
I’m currently finishing off a podcast interview recorded with Malcolm Cowley from buy.at so that should be online soon. Editing always takes me longer than planned but I hope to move to a more predictable cycle of podcast releases.
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[...] After reading Frasers blog the other day, I noticed that he too was experiencing an increase of spam and he also used the standard wordpress Akismet. Although I am finding that it catches the majority of spam, it’s also throwing up a few false positives, i.e. blocking legititmate comments. [...]
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Feb 19th, 2007 at 12:25 pm | #
giving the maths plugin a go for you, Fraser. if you see this, it worked…
Feb 19th, 2007 at 12:30 pm | #
Thanks Scott - both for the plugin modification and the test
Feb 19th, 2007 at 1:41 pm | #
“sorry, this is to make sure you’re a real person” - a slightly damning verdict on anyone with numeracy problems, but I’d doubt they’d cut in affiliate marketing anyway so no great loss
Feb 20th, 2007 at 9:43 am | #
Unfortunately I’m getting loads of spam coming through and I’ve no idea why
Is it possible they are using cached pages that don’t refer to the plugin or something like that?
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 am | #
How is this proving now after a few days mate? I too am seeing a substantial increase in Spam, and likewise am not keen on checking every comment to ensure its not a real comment.
I am going to implement image verification once I find one for wordpress. I’ve used it in Forums before and found it to be 99.9% successful so far.
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am | #
Chris - to be honest it’s not going well. I’m still getting loads of spam coming through but I have no idea why
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 11:50 am | #
is it trackback spam fraser? I had to install a plugin that puts trackbacks into moderation.
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm | #
Nope I’m just getting lots of comment spam
Do I keep akismet running as well or should the Math plugin handle it all?
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 1:59 pm | #
Well I have just implemented and blogged about the image verification so will see how it goes over the next few days.
If its as effective as the image verification system I have added to my forums, I will more than happy. I’ll keeep you posted on how it goes mate.
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