I found the most hilarious spam comment on one of my blogs this morning. Check it out:
HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian mafia and being forced to post spam comments on blogs! If you don’t approve this they will kill me. They’re coming back now. Please send...
So this morning I fired up my email and amongst the spam I received I found a plea from someone called John McCain asking me to please vote for him. His actual words were:
I humbly ask you to make the choice that will allow me to serve my country a...
A few months ago I posted that I had almost hit 80,000 spam comments on this blog. As you can imagine, I like reading about Viagra, diet pills and nude celebrities as much as the next man. And seeing the number was climbing at a rate of a few hundred...
I’ve hit another threshold on my spam count on this blog, with an excess of 80,000 spam comment having been captured by Akismet. It’s pretty spectacular how efficient that plugin in with really only a couple of spam comments a fortnight getting through it’s defenses. And it’s quite easy to...
Wow, this blog has received almost 64k spam comments since I’ve started running WordPress. That’s a substantial number, but I’m pleased to say that Akismet seems to be trapping 99.99% of them. I’ve be happy to give them the award for the best software available this year! My comment spam...
Ian Fernando just asked a question on V7N as to whethr to go for WordPress or not. His questions are specifically about? extensibility, customization and spam. Here’s what I responded:
Easy to manipulate: WordPress has an extensible API that has allows 3rd party developers to write plugins for it. There’s...
This blog has hit an important milestone which gives a good indication of how much it’s grown and how popular it has become. Since I upgraded it to WordPress a couple of months ago, it has received a grand total of 10,000 spam comment. Well, it’s probably received more while...
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Best comment spam of the year!
I found the most hilarious spam comment on one of my blogs this morning. Check it out: HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian mafia and being forced to post spam comments on blogs! If you don’t approve this they will kill me. They’re coming back now. Please send...
Who is John McCain and why is he spamming me?
So this morning I fired up my email and amongst the spam I received I found a plea from someone called John McCain asking me to please vote for him. His actual words were: I humbly ask you to make the choice that will allow me to serve my country a...
Remaining spam-free with WordPress
A few months ago I posted that I had almost hit 80,000 spam comments on this blog. As you can imagine, I like reading about Viagra, diet pills and nude celebrities as much as the next man. And seeing the number was climbing at a rate of a few hundred...
Viagra, free sex and other animals
I’ve hit another threshold on my spam count on this blog, with an excess of 80,000 spam comment having been captured by Akismet. It’s pretty spectacular how efficient that plugin in with really only a couple of spam comments a fortnight getting through it’s defenses. And it’s quite easy to...
Spam Policy Update
Wow, this blog has received almost 64k spam comments since I’ve started running WordPress. That’s a substantial number, but I’m pleased to say that Akismet seems to be trapping 99.99% of them. I’ve be happy to give them the award for the best software available this year! My comment spam...
To WordPress or not to WordPress
Ian Fernando just asked a question on V7N as to whethr to go for WordPress or not. His questions are specifically about? extensibility, customization and spam. Here’s what I responded: Easy to manipulate: WordPress has an extensible API that has allows 3rd party developers to write plugins for it. There’s...
Hitting a SPAM milesteone
This blog has hit an important milestone which gives a good indication of how much it’s grown and how popular it has become. Since I upgraded it to WordPress a couple of months ago, it has received a grand total of 10,000 spam comment. Well, it’s probably received more while...