Comment spam trail not so surprising
March 28th, 2005To anyone who has received a load of comment spam on their blog, what PC World found surprising will come as, well, no surprise.
Comment spammers often drill down make a habit of banging old posts, the thought likely being that the blog authors won’t pay any attention. I suspect they also hope that posts still open for comment won’t be moderated (require approval), or that those maintaining the blog will batch approve comments. Unfortunately for comment spammers, that isn’t the way most blogs work.
For those not paying attention, the fix is easy. Close posts for comment after X days, and problem solved.
Give it up, spam kids.
Read more here: Blog Spam Leads to a Surprising Source.
Note: why PC World is surprised that a comment spam trail would lead to a wanted child pornographer, I will never understand.
Posted in Spamroll on Monday, March 28th, 2005 at 9:01 am
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April 1st, 2005 at 10:14 am
PCWorld tracks spammer
New spam blog Spamroll digs up a PCWorld article on how a journalist got shocked when a comment spam ended up with a trail to a porn king wanted for child pornography.
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