spam issues
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my site has a spam issue. I know this because one or two articles get all the comments and all come from nike or porn sites. it says nothing in regards to the post and has the same comment coming as much as 500 times. it seems it has made the site stagnant, as other post receive no visit or comments. what can I do? Do I begin again?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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You begin by providing the URL of your blog starting with http:// Without it we cannot even begin to help.
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The worst of all spam containing malware and viruses is not sent to us. It’s removed as it could bring down many blogs if opened.
The vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam.
On the spam that Akismet catches it takes only seconds to click “empty spam” and you don’t even have to click “empty spam” if you don’t want to. Akismet will maintain comments it has caught for 15 days from the time they were received, and then it will delete the comment automatically.
If you get spam that slips by Akismet then mark it as spam (do not delete it) and over time Akismet will learn it’s spam.
For more information please take the time to read “5 things every blogger should know about spam” on this page Akismet: How it works http://akismet.com/how/
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Hi gain,
There is no “www” in any wordpress.com URL. Typing one is simply means the link till redirect to http://anastasiaruth.wordpress.com/Please note what I posted above. See also http://en.support.wordpress.com/unwanted-comments/
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I know this because one or two articles get all the comments and all come from nike or porn sites.
That can be the result of approving a single spam comment. If you do that then other spammers hammer the post with even more spam.
Note that you have complete control over everything that’s posted to your blog via comment moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderationYou can also use the comment blacklist for those terms http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
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My comments go straight into the spam folder and I delete permanently but they’re a frackin’ nuisance! My site uses a .co.uk url through WordPress because I’m a writer publicising my books; when I used Blogger I never got this amount of rubbish coming through. Now I’m getting comments on anything from relationship advice to the best way to design a website! Some of them are actually funny to read but my site is irrelevant to their topic. They’re replying to some another article and for some reason their replies are landing on my site!
traceymorait.co.uk
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Why are they a nuisance if the spam filter is catching them? You can set it to delete them automatically in a couple of weeks or even in realtime.
How are the statistics compared to blogger? Might your blog here get more hits, attracting more spammers?
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