The comment spam is getting out of hand recently; it makes me want to scream.
Searching for a solution I came across Spam Karma 2, which I installed this morning. It is supposed to be relatively painless for legitimate users, and if it works I won’t have to resort to requiring registration (which I really don’t want to do). Time will tell. Please let me know if you encounter any problems while posting.
Yes spammers suck, had the same problems with our forums. Grr..
You seem to be running WordPress … have you tried Akismet?
Spam comments are the bain of blogging. I’d like to be able to bill them for advertising.
My blog runs on WordPress and, like Daniel said, I use Akismet and it does a really good job.
I thought you stopped google ads.. but I swear I saw some right above the comments.. oh well. Anyway, I hope the Spam filters work for you. It was so bad on my site, I finally decided to turn off comments for good. It makes the site less interactive, but people complained about using ‘Typekey’ so I just said forget it for now.
onestep – I decided to try the Google ads again, after several people told me they didn’t mind them.
Hi Mike,
I use wordpress with SpamKarma and love it. As yet i havnt found a better solution. Spam Karma automates a lot of the process and does a really good job of picking out the real comments and the spam ones
Love your blog by the way.
cheers
I’ve been using SpamKarma for about a year now, and it’s been great. The occaisional spam gets through, but the amount that gets through is nothing compared to what I used to get.
Mike, as some commenters already said, try Akismet.
i dont know wordpress, but i also use Badbehavior, which is also available for wordpress:
http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download/
there is also
http://blog.roundtripsolutions.com/2005/12/10/121/wordpress-comment-antispam/
greetings
sammy
Akismet is included in more recent versions of Wordpress, and SK2 works with it very neatly. I use SK2 and it’s a charm. Mind that you donate once you realise how much money it’s saving you (because it’s saving you huge amounts of time, and giving you peace of mind); and keep an eye on the “General” tab, since that’s where announcements pop up.
In short, ignore those advising Akismet. SK2 does it all, and better.
Hi Charles – Nice to hear from you.
I donated to SK2 the day I installed it; it was immediately obvious how well it worked.
BTW I’m getting these warnings (which aren’t fatal – they’re only warnings; imply that perhaps two of your plugins are trampling on each others’ feet) when I post a comment:
Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already sent (output started at /home/users/web/b1685/ipw.writersblocklive/public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/SK2/sk2_second_chance.php:2) in /home/users/web/b1685/ipw.writersblocklive/public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/pxsmail.php on line 2
I think you should use a word box and have people type the text that appears. It is easy to use and will cut down on your stress.