Comments on: Affiliate Blog News

By: Chris Frost

Chris Frost — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:59:22 +0000

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.

By: Stopping Blog Spam — Web Affiliate Marketing Blog

Stopping Blog Spam — Web Affiliate Marketing Blog — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:56:32 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Fraser

Fraser — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:29:12 +0000

Nope I’m just getting lots of comment spam

Do I keep akismet running as well or should the Math plugin handle it all?

By: Scott Jangro

Scott Jangro — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:50:53 +0000

is it trackback spam fraser? I had to install a plugin that puts trackbacks into moderation.

By: Fraser

Fraser — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:48:06 +0000

Chris - to be honest it’s not going well. I’m still getting loads of spam coming through but I have no idea why

By: Chris Frost

Chris Frost — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:36:59 +0000

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.

By: Fraser

Fraser — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:43:19 +0000

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?

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:41:02 +0000

“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

By: Fraser

Fraser — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:30:22 +0000

Thanks Scott - both for the plugin modification and the test

By: Scott Jangro

Scott Jangro — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:25:41 +0000

giving the maths plugin a go for you, Fraser. if you see this, it worked…