Spam problem on my Blog

dustin323 · 02-27-2007, 08:31 PM

I have me a blog I recently started www.pawpawspureproducts.com
Starting to do real nice, but unfortunately I'm having a problem with spam. People are coming onto my site & not registering & leaving comments & a link to their website. Now I have the settings where you must register to comment or post. Apparently they're not registering somehow. Is there anyway I can find out their IP & block it from my site? What should I do? By the way it is a wordpress blog.
TIA

Dustin

dustin323 · 02-27-2007, 08:37 PM

Well right after I posted this I saw where I can see the IPs & block them.

marcusa007 · 02-28-2007, 02:42 PM

I had the same problem with a forum I am managing. I found a mod that gives me the option to unfreeze all posts before they become public. This way I can review everything before it goes public. 99% is spam

See if you can find mods to install. Most of the comments are done by smart robots that go through the sign up process, so activating that does not help much. I also think banning IPs is not a good idea. Many come from IP pools that are randomly given to surfers when they come online and you could possibly ban people that are not spammers that way.

dustin323 · 02-28-2007, 04:55 PM

I guess I am going to have to do what you had said. I currently have it set where if a comment contains more than 2 hyperlinks it is held for moderation. I'm just gonna have to make it hold all of them. It is coming from different IPs. Thanks

marcusa007 · 02-28-2007, 05:19 PM

Have a look at these two places. The second is a actual mod and sounds pretty promissing:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/96820

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/16642

Let me know if it worked for you.

Bagi Zoltán · 02-28-2007, 05:21 PM

I think you would like to try this plugin, and no more spam comment!

mani · 02-28-2007, 06:52 PM

I had a problem like that but i added a anti-spam code, which has now stopped all the spamming

dustin323 · 03-01-2007, 05:20 PM

Thanks a lot everyone. I'm gonna take a look at it all later. Bagi I've seen that one used before, & is pretty simple for real users. I may just go with that one.

dhscott · 03-01-2007, 06:36 PM

Ever tried www.askimet.com?

If you have a WordPress account, you can stop spam in it's tracks! Works extremely well!

dustin323 · 03-02-2007, 06:06 AM

dhscott, I got Askimet earlier & it seems to be doing its job. Thanks everyone I really appreciated it.

WebGeek182 · 03-03-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhscott

Ever tried www.askimet.com?

If you have a WordPress account, you can stop spam in it's tracks! Works extremely well!

Totally agree...also try the Bad Behavior plugin. You'll be good to go.

womend · 03-03-2007, 10:00 PM

I think Akismet enough on doing the job

plumsauce · 03-07-2007, 05:17 AM

akismet was new to me until a few days ago, but i like what i see.

banning ip's can keep you pretty busy.

if you enabled a security feature, and it is being bypassed, you need to figure out why rather than just going on to a new method.

.

dustin323 · 03-07-2007, 06:36 AM

Webgeek thanks for posting that. I had heard something about bad behaviour plug-in before. So far though Askimet is doing the job.

davidcheong · 03-07-2007, 04:07 PM

Before using Askimet, one of my blog, each day can at least have about 100+ spams. Now with Askimet, it has less spam and save my time of manually deleting it or doesn't whether it is the real spam or not.

Regards,
David Cheong.

02-27-2007, 08:31 PM	#1
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Spam problem on my Blog I have me a blog I recently started www.pawpawspureproducts.com Starting to do real nice, but unfortunately I'm having a problem with spam. People are coming onto my site & not registering & leaving comments & a link to their website. Now I have the settings where you must register to comment or post. Apparently they're not registering somehow. Is there anyway I can find out their IP & block it from my site? What should I do? By the way it is a wordpress blog. TIA Dustin __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

02-27-2007, 08:37 PM	#2
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Well right after I posted this I saw where I can see the IPs & block them. __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

02-28-2007, 02:42 PM	#3
marcusa007 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: cage-fights.com Posts: 195	Re: Spam problem on my Blog I had the same problem with a forum I am managing. I found a mod that gives me the option to unfreeze all posts before they become public. This way I can review everything before it goes public. 99% is spam See if you can find mods to install. Most of the comments are done by smart robots that go through the sign up process, so activating that does not help much. I also think banning IPs is not a good idea. Many come from IP pools that are randomly given to surfers when they come online and you could possibly ban people that are not spammers that way. __________________ tattoo directory \| perfume store

02-28-2007, 04:55 PM	#4
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Re: Spam problem on my Blog I guess I am going to have to do what you had said. I currently have it set where if a comment contains more than 2 hyperlinks it is held for moderation. I'm just gonna have to make it hold all of them. It is coming from different IPs. Thanks __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

02-28-2007, 05:19 PM	#5
marcusa007 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: cage-fights.com Posts: 195	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Have a look at these two places. The second is a actual mod and sounds pretty promissing: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/96820 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/16642 Let me know if it worked for you. __________________ tattoo directory \| perfume store

02-28-2007, 05:21 PM	#6
Bagi Zoltán iWEBTOOL Moderator Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,855	Re: Spam problem on my Blog I think you would like to try this plugin, and no more spam comment! __________________ █ Time may come when you will need an excellent eCommerce shopping cart software █ free seo related web directory mérlegek Free shopping cart

02-28-2007, 06:52 PM	#7
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03-01-2007, 05:20 PM	#8
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Thanks a lot everyone. I'm gonna take a look at it all later. Bagi I've seen that one used before, & is pretty simple for real users. I may just go with that one. __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

03-01-2007, 06:36 PM	#9
dhscott Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 111	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Ever tried www.askimet.com? If you have a WordPress account, you can stop spam in it's tracks! Works extremely well! __________________ Bid for Position

03-02-2007, 06:06 AM	#10
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Re: Spam problem on my Blog dhscott, I got Askimet earlier & it seems to be doing its job. Thanks everyone I really appreciated it. __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

03-03-2007, 10:00 PM	#12
womend Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 38	Re: Spam problem on my Blog I think Akismet enough on doing the job __________________ Please, apply the signature policy

03-07-2007, 05:17 AM	#13
plumsauce Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 27	Re: Spam problem on my Blog akismet was new to me until a few days ago, but i like what i see. banning ip's can keep you pretty busy. if you enabled a security feature, and it is being bypassed, you need to figure out why rather than just going on to a new method. . __________________ free server uptime monitor and alerts - basicstate.com managed dns failover and loadbalance - edgedirector.com

03-07-2007, 06:36 AM	#14
dustin323 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 141	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Webgeek thanks for posting that. I had heard something about bad behaviour plug-in before. So far though Askimet is doing the job. __________________ Hand Roasted Fair Trade Coffee

03-07-2007, 04:07 PM	#15
davidcheong Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: www.topbidspot.com Posts: 114	Re: Spam problem on my Blog Before using Askimet, one of my blog, each day can at least have about 100+ spams. Now with Askimet, it has less spam and save my time of manually deleting it or doesn't whether it is the real spam or not. Regards, David Cheong. __________________ Please apply the signature policy http://talk.iwebtool.com/faq.php?faq=rules#faq_siglinks

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