Comments on: Is Akismet a Spam Magnet? Plus a little on Trackbacks http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html Internet Marketing, Lead Acquisition, Online Business Strategy and Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bret http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-12403 Bret Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:08:48 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/03/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-12403 Those are some scary spam numbers! My blog has very low traffic and has been around since January of this year. Lately spam has started to pick up and now I average about 10 spam comments a day. Akismet catches them all so all I had to do is log in and do a quick review and press delete. Not sure what I would do if I got some of the spam numbers mentioned in this post and in Paul's comment. I hate those blasted spam bots. Those are some scary spam numbers! My blog has very low traffic and has been around since January of this year. Lately spam has started to pick up and now I average about 10 spam comments a day. Akismet catches them all so all I had to do is log in and do a quick review and press delete. Not sure what I would do if I got some of the spam numbers mentioned in this post and in Paul’s comment. I hate those blasted spam bots.

]]> By: Paul OFlaherty http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10175 Paul OFlaherty Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:00:24 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/03/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10175 Hey Andy, I think a lot the reason my domain gets hit with so much spam is not just the age. For a long while I ran a Blog and Podcast Directory from the OFlaherty.dk domain (in a subdomain) while was very heavily trafficed. It was a personal project and I ended up having to shut it down after it simply became too much work to moderate (even with 3 of us working on it daily). That site is still listed widely and linked to widly on the web. There are also many dead blogs with the old Blog Resource button still in their sidebar. Even though I killed the site I put up a WordPress installation so I could let people know what happend. I think many spam bots find my blogs through that and other sites linking in. Now, that's not all of it. My spam numbers have been increasing steadily fro the past year or more and it got to around the 1000 a day mark a couple of weeks ago. I emptied my spam at around 2am on Saturday morning, and there's only 1685 as of 8am Monday morning. That's just the past 30 hours! Thankfully akismet catches most of it and out of the same 1685 there were only 7 spams it asked me to moderate, and 1 false negative. Hey Andy, I think a lot the reason my domain gets hit with so much spam is not just the age.

For a long while I ran a Blog and Podcast Directory from the OFlaherty.dk domain (in a subdomain) while was very heavily trafficed.

It was a personal project and I ended up having to shut it down after it simply became too much work to moderate (even with 3 of us working on it daily).

That site is still listed widely and linked to widly on the web. There are also many dead blogs with the old Blog Resource button still in their sidebar.

Even though I killed the site I put up a WordPress installation so I could let people know what happend.

I think many spam bots find my blogs through that and other sites linking in.

Now, that’s not all of it. My spam numbers have been increasing steadily fro the past year or more and it got to around the 1000 a day mark a couple of weeks ago.

I emptied my spam at around 2am on Saturday morning, and there’s only 1685 as of 8am Monday morning. That’s just the past 30 hours!

Thankfully akismet catches most of it and out of the same 1685 there were only 7 spams it asked me to moderate, and 1 false negative.

]]> By: Untwisted Vortex - Living in a Different Land » Blog Drive-Bys for 2007-04-02 http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10085 Untwisted Vortex - Living in a Different Land » Blog Drive-Bys for 2007-04-02 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:02:54 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/03/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10085 [...] Andy Beard asked if Akismet is a spam magnet. [...] [...] Andy Beard asked if Akismet is a spam magnet. [...]

]]> By: Andy Beard http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10004 Andy Beard Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:46:13 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/03/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10004 Fixed it, thanks RT Fixed it, thanks RT

]]> By: RT Cunningham http://andybeard.eu/601/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10000 RT Cunningham Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:13:26 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2007/03/is-akismet-a-spam-magnet-plus-a-little-on-trackbacks.html#comment-10000 Ummm, Andy, check the date you started your blog. You don't own a Delorian, do you? Ummm, Andy, check the date you started your blog. You don’t own a Delorian, do you?

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