The Reason Why She Stop Blogging

Filed in: Weblog, WordPress — September 6th, 2006

I just helped a friend clear over 8,000 spam comments of her WordPress blog. She had stop blogging for a long time due to the mass number of spams. Finally, her blog is clean now. :)

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A lot of WordPress spam comments

I installed Akismet antispam plugin for her WordPress, but it does not clear existing spam comments, which are carried over from MovableType blog. Therefore, I used “Paged Comment Editing” plugin to delete the spam comments manually (mass delete 1000 comments at each time).

Phew~ killing spams is fun! :D

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  • http://www.deswire.com/ DesWire.com

    good job.. :-)

    spam are so bothersome… i have around 20 spams per day

  • http://www.deswire.com DesWire.com

    good job.. :-)

    spam are so bothersome… i have around 20 spams per day

  • http://duller.kukuchew.com/ WTJ

    and tiring too

  • http://duller.kukuchew.com WTJ

    and tiring too

  • http://huzmidahlan.blogspot.com/ huZmid

    Wow 8000. I got 11 spam in a day on my blog on wordpressadsense.

  • http://huzmidahlan.blogspot.com huZmid

    Wow 8000. I got 11 spam in a day on my blog on wordpressadsense.

  • ricadoe

    Cannot ask the user to register before comment meh? i think should be easier

  • ricadoe

    Cannot ask the user to register before comment meh? i think should be easier

  • LcF

    Register before comment is easier for blogger, but harder for readers. You are not encouraging readers to comment in that way.

  • LcF

    Register before comment is easier for blogger, but harder for readers. You are not encouraging readers to comment in that way.

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    Hi Liew, you might like to take a look at my guide.

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    Hi Liew, you might like to take a look at my guide.

  • LcF

    @Ajay D’Souza: nice guide. I am a happy Akismet problogger license user. Just make sure you enable Akismet as soon as your wordpress blog is online.

  • LcF

    @Ajay D’Souza: nice guide. I am a happy Akismet problogger license user. Just make sure you enable Akismet as soon as your wordpress blog is online.

  • http://e-techblog.com/ e-tech

    dang spam..thank God for askimet!!

  • http://e-techblog.com e-tech

    dang spam..thank God for askimet!!

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    I got BB, SK2 and the SK2 Akismet Plugin, so I harness the power of all three to ensure I keep spam away :)

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    I got BB, SK2 and the SK2 Akismet Plugin, so I harness the power of all three to ensure I keep spam away :)

  • LcF

    @Ajay D’Souza: I think it will increase false alarms as well, no? I used to use the combinations of antispam plugins, but later discovered that many good visitors are unable to submit their comments.

  • LcF

    @Ajay D’Souza: I think it will increase false alarms as well, no? I used to use the combinations of antispam plugins, but later discovered that many good visitors are unable to submit their comments.

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay

    I don’t think so.

    Well, the reason being is first BB takes action. After that if a comment is submitted, SK2 runs its checks.

    I don’t use Akismet plugin that is bundled with WP. I use the Sk2+Akismet plugin which is basically a plugin for SK2 which also looks up from Akismet.

    From my experience that plugin isn’t all that necessary, because SK2 has managed to do an amazing job anyway.

    I have also found that SK2 does a better job than Akismet, and hence refuse to shift from it.

    I also have Moderation enabled in case a manually submitted spam comment gets thru. However, I don’t know how feasible it would be on your blog which is a lot more popular. I mean more work for you.

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay

    I don’t think so.

    Well, the reason being is first BB takes action. After that if a comment is submitted, SK2 runs its checks.

    I don’t use Akismet plugin that is bundled with WP. I use the Sk2+Akismet plugin which is basically a plugin for SK2 which also looks up from Akismet.

    From my experience that plugin isn’t all that necessary, because SK2 has managed to do an amazing job anyway.

    I have also found that SK2 does a better job than Akismet, and hence refuse to shift from it.

    I also have Moderation enabled in case a manually submitted spam comment gets thru. However, I don’t know how feasible it would be on your blog which is a lot more popular. I mean more work for you.

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