Comments on: Link spam http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-687 JP Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:05:51 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-687 Thanks everyone. My comment spam seems to work well enough. Link spam is new to me, and I will learn. Thanks everyone. My comment spam seems to work well enough. Link spam is new to me, and I will learn.

]]> By: Don Marti http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Don Marti Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:25:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-684 Comment spam means one more thing to check on your web site, even if you don't have a comment form. I'm seeing comment spammers abusing scripts that can be tricked into throwing off an HTTP redirect: http://zgp.org/~dmarti/blosxom/www/goodbye-scripts.html Comment spam means one more thing to check on your web site, even if you don’t have a comment form. I’m seeing comment spammers abusing scripts that can be tricked into throwing off an HTTP redirect:

http://zgp.org/~dmarti/blosxom/www/goodbye-scripts.html

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-680 JP Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:52:04 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-680 Hey Bobby, looks like the anti-spam aid to bloggers has been done. Should we build a Scobleizer replacement instead? :-) Hey Bobby, looks like the anti-spam aid to bloggers has been done. Should we build a Scobleizer replacement instead? :-)

]]> By: SteveP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-678 SteveP Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:30:55 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-678 There's a few wordpress plugins to assist with the blocking of this ever increasing nuisance. take a look at <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools#Referrer_Spam" rel="nofollow">Spam Plugins</a> for a list of plugins. There’s a few wordpress plugins to assist with the blocking of this ever increasing nuisance. take a look at Spam Plugins for a list of plugins.

]]> By: schmoozer http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-677 schmoozer Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:22:17 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-677 JP, great business idea!! lets build an anti-linkspam software, give it away to bloggers, get to critical mass and then sell it to Symantec :) JP,
great business idea!!
lets build an anti-linkspam software, give it away to bloggers, get to critical mass and then sell it to Symantec :)

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-661 JP Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:42:45 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-661 Thanks Clarence. I think I got a few in similar vein because I was talking about downloads some months ago. What I can't figure out is the "trigger word or words" I used last week to get the new link spam..... what you're beginning to confirm to me is that link spam tends to be driven by keywords, even if I don't use the keywords as tags. Interesting. What you raise about your students and their blogs leads me to a different problem. My 14-year old son has just started blogging, and he's really enjoying it. It's mainly on photography. I wouldn't want him exposed to some of the garbage that comes my way in comment form, and more recently in link form. So I need to figure out how to solve this in a least-intrusive way. Thanks Clarence. I think I got a few in similar vein because I was talking about downloads some months ago. What I can’t figure out is the “trigger word or words” I used last week to get the new link spam….. what you’re beginning to confirm to me is that link spam tends to be driven by keywords, even if I don’t use the keywords as tags. Interesting.

What you raise about your students and their blogs leads me to a different problem. My 14-year old son has just started blogging, and he’s really enjoying it. It’s mainly on photography. I wouldn’t want him exposed to some of the garbage that comes my way in comment form, and more recently in link form. So I need to figure out how to solve this in a least-intrusive way.

]]> By: Clarence Fisher http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Clarence Fisher Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:26:16 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/12/link-spam/#comment-659 I have some trouble on my Remote Access blog that usually seems to be targetted against a few posts. About a year ago I wrote something called "mp3 players in the classroom" and this still gets hits from web companies selling online music, ringtones, etc. The blogs of my students get hammered with this, but thankfully no porn sites, viagra being the most raunchy they get; which is bad enough on the blog of a 13 - 14 year old kid..... Mind you....They sometimes think it is hilarious. I have some trouble on my Remote Access blog that usually seems to be targetted against a few posts. About a year ago I wrote something called “mp3 players in the classroom” and this still gets hits from web companies selling online music, ringtones, etc. The blogs of my students get hammered with this, but thankfully no porn sites, viagra being the most raunchy they get; which is bad enough on the blog of a 13 – 14 year old kid….. Mind you….They sometimes think it is hilarious.

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