Comments on: Akismet Rocks

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:39:11 +0000

There aren’t really spam companies. Cartels and gangs maybe, but not companies.

Whitecoat’s spam volume does not surprise me. He has the triple threat drawing attention: attached to a larger publication, large traffic volume, and most importantly lots of inbound links.

Spammers spread the pain everywhere, but they don’t do it evenly.

By: ER Jedi

ER Jedi — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:18:04 +0000

I am surprised you get that many spam comments. I would have thought there is only a finite number of companies running the spam and that they would only hit each blog up so many times a month. I have 26 followers and get about 100 spam posts a month if thats any point of comparison.

By: Freddie

Freddie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:22:45 +0000

Spammers put advertising links into a blog post comment to try to get people to click on the links. If they do, either the reader gets sent to the latest and greatest Viagra site or worse, the link could go to a malicious site where programs are run on your computer.

By: MiniMedic

MiniMedic — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:42:38 +0000

I’ll throw in my support for Akismet as well, as it does a VERY good job of identifying what is and isn’t span!

By: Lynda M O

Lynda M O — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:54:49 +0000

What is the point of spamming a blog ?! I don’t get it at all.

Thanks for sharing.

Lynda