Something is up with the spam filters
So this I week I discovered why I’ve been having issues posting comments to Wordpress blogs. It seems that I’ve been tagged as a spammer by Akismet - on every machine I use to surf the internet on.
At least I now know why my comments are disappearing, now if I could only figure out how to get off of Akismet’s black lists…
As if that wasn’t enough, I’ve noticed a tremendous increase in trackback spam lately on the Cruise Planners site. It’s been on a slow rise for the last few weeks, from maybe 1 or two every few weeks to 40 or 50 in the last week alone. I know the numbers aren’t high compared to sites with real heavy traffic, but still it’s a noticeable upswing in the amount of spam coming in.
I used to use Bad Behavior and Akismet to keep the spam under control, but thinks to problems with Bad Behavior’s blacklist I had to turn it off. So now I’m looking for other options to cut down on the amount of crap the bots are trying to get on to the site….
on 21 Jul 2008 at 7:55 am # db
So, it’s not just on wtf your comments are getting akismet’d on then?
I’ve never been a fan of spam plug-ins. I’ve found that the built in moderation of WP + Akismet + Blacklisting IP’s really seems to be the best way to go.
But, if that’s not enough, poke around the internets and find some re-write rules for your .htaccess file that keeps them from hitting the site at all.
And, finally, trying making a rule for all of the “Please moderate” comments that land in your inbox. It’s an easy way to keep them out of your hair since most of them are spam anyway.