Saturday, April 6, 2013

Overrun with spam!

I'm sorry to say I've had to reinstate word verification on comments. I was bombarded with over 200 spam messages yesterday & it was the last straw! I hope anyone wishing to leave a comment will still do so even if you have to negotiate the irritating word verification system.
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  1. Cosy BooksApril 7, 2013 at 12:44 AM

    Oh rats! Too bad about the spam - and you really got hit didn't you!

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    1. lynApril 7, 2013 at 2:37 PM

      The amount of spam had been creeping up but it went from 29 one day to over 200 the next. That was it for me.

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  2. Katherine CoxApril 7, 2013 at 2:05 AM

    I had to do the same thing. Thankfully I didn't get that many spam comments but still a huge increase.

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    1. lynApril 7, 2013 at 2:38 PM

      I'm sure it skews the stats too, Katherine. Not that i think Blogger's stats are very reliable but all those hits on old posts were making the stats even less useful.

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  3. UnknownApril 11, 2013 at 3:04 AM

    I have noticed that disabling anoymous comments pretty much dried up the spam river! Seems that bots don't have email addresses!

    I share your loathing for CAPTCHA, they really are a blight on the blogging world! I find them so difficult to read that I started using CAPTCHA bypass software to get around the blighters.

    The software I use is called rumola (skipinput.com) and I would really recommend it to serious bloggers! Its cheap, reliable and definitely makes the internet less frustrating!

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    1. lynApril 11, 2013 at 7:44 AM

      Thanks Alicia. I didn't know there was any way around the verification thingy. I'll have to look into it.

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