Blog Entry
How many spam comments do you get?
July 31, 2009 by Guru, under Annoyances, Internet, Tips and Tricks.
Today is my last day at work at Vinivi. Kind of I have completed everything I had to do albeit I took more time I normally would have done these “things”. Just approved 2 comments and I thought, “lets see the stats for the number of spam comments blocked”.
21,257 Spam Comments Blocked
What are your current spam count?
A definition of spam from Wikipedia.
Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, wiki spam, online classified ads spam, mobile phone messaging spam, Internet forum spam, junk fax transmissions, social networking spam, and file sharing network spam.
Source: Wikipedia
An example of a Spam Comment as outlined by the SecuriTeam Blog
<strong>malware blocker…</strong>
Your topic %TITLE% was interesting when I found it on %DAY% searching for %KEYWORD%. Thanks, %URL%…
Some Links of Interest:
- What is Comment Spam
- Preventing Comment Spam (From Google)
- How to Stop Comment Spam
- Comment Spam (Six Apart)
You might also be interested in Protecting yourself against Plagiarism.
Note: This is in no way material to protect yourself against comment spam.
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4 Responses to “How many spam comments do you get?”
Comment by sjdvda
In the 6 months I’ve had my blog, I’ve got 12,214 comments. lol. Akismet FTW!
Comment by InF
Comment spam is among the most difficult to detect and block, since they look so legit.
Someone might say the following as a comment:
“Hi! Very interesting article. Found it through [a legit website here]!”
Is it comment spam? No, but it does look like it. (Though it’s not a very useful comment to post)
Comment by Guru
I would consider a comment as quoted by InF as a spam, if the commenter would have said, here is a link to my *blah blah blah*
Comment by morinn
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I don’t get many spam comments. I have got like 20 till date.