I Feel Like A Phetermine Magnet
A New Roof Is In Place
The bulk of the work being done on my house is now complete. New plywood was put down with heavy-duty, 35-year asphalt shingles in place. All of the rotted fascia has been replaced and the last job — the new gutters and downspouts — will be put up later today. The job was expensive, but I believe that it was done right. At least I can now work where quiet prevails!
Akismet to the Rescue
I almost hate to mention comment spam as this type of conversation seems to bring spammers out of the woodwork. Then again, they are already present.
The recent surge in spam might have something to do with my latest StumbleUpon article as the traffic and subsequent comments jumped following the posting of that article. Thankfully, Akismet caught virtually every incident of spam and even snagged a few legitimate comments that I was able to “rescue” later one.
I did toss a pair of borderline comments as I realized that the signature links brought people to spammy sites. Sorry, I don’t mind sharing link love, but in this case my love is conditional — your site has to be of benefit to readers, not just your wallet.
A Glutton For Punishment?
You may consider me to be a masochist as I decided to have some fun today by adding certain spam-inducing tags to this post.
I want to put Akismet and the installed Comment Spam Trap plug-in to the ultimate test by measuring just how much much of a magnet this type of article will be. I either need some comic relief or my brain has been scrambled by all of the hammering.
Paxil anyone?
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Photo Credit: Agne Kveselyte of Lithuania
I hate those spam comments. I used to get 5-10 a day that I would have to manually mark as spam. Once I installed akismet though I have only had to rescue 1 comment. The other 100+ have all been taken care of for me.
The worst is the automated script comments that grab a piece of your article and post it on their worthless spammer site.
I at least have a little more respect for the spammer that will manually submit a comment telling me how to enlarge my penis, then the lazy automated guy.
Maybe it’s just my industry (weightloss/fitness) that attracts them in droves?
Steve, weight loss would attract spammers. Think of all the worthless drugs and diet plans developed to help people lose weight. I’m sure that there are some that are effective, but the diet industry is a target for spammers.
“We helped Steve enlarge his pen-s and we can help you, too.” (link) lol…
good resource, matt, thanks…
Sam
ps. thanks for the SU
Sam, those ads amuse me. Most of the time they end up in my GMail spam box with the occasional rogue comment being picked up and ripped to shreds by Akismet.