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Blog Spam Comments

This is a general question as I am curious. My blog gets about 50 spam comments per day. They do not particularly bother me as ASKISMET seems to grab them and put them in the the spam folder. What I am curious about is how are these comments being entered in the first place as my Clicky stats show none of this traffic. Somehow it is getting auto posted without even coming to my site? Any ideas?

Posted Sat Feb 12 2011 5:05p by skige***


Bots often don't execute Javascript or download images (the 2 methods Clicky uses to track users). It's also possible that the bots are just hitting a POST URL on your site to post the comments. Are you using built-in Wordpress commenting or a plugin like Disqus?

Posted Sun Feb 13 2011 3:47a by houst29***


Get a plugin like "Cookies for Comments" to reduce this problem.

Posted Sun Feb 13 2011 10:16a by serenex***


Thanks for the replies!

Posted Sun Feb 13 2011 10:27a by skige***


I use GASP for bots, it keeps all the bots away and all the spam that does come through is made by real people leaving spammy comments

Posted Fri Sep 2 2011 11:01a by Branki***


Cookies for Comments plugin reduce spam, try it. http://www.blog7.org/

Posted Sun Oct 7 2012 7:55a by gnorimi***


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