Since posting about using Akismet and the need to check your spam queue, I’ve found that all comments in response have been found in my Akismet spam queue. I think it’s quite indicative of the types of sites the visitors linked to in their comments and the keywords used in the names they provided. What [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, the Akismet plugin for WordPress can be a life saver! But, as I’ve come to find recently, you still need to check your spam queue for false positives. I just finished going through 11 pages of comments marked as spam and found eight comments that actually contribute something to the discussion, [...]

Starting on January 12, 2009, another blog I run came under severe spam attack and it has been increasing since. Until that point it had received maybe a couple dozen spam comments, at the most. On January 12, 2009, it jumped up to 217, then to 361 on the 13th, and 409 already today!
Thanks to [...]