Sunday 25 November 2012

Major spammer attack on Blogspot?

Or is it just my site? Each time I visit the pending comments page these days, it's full of spambots leaving comments which end with links to whatever it is they're plugging. Of course, since I've enabled full comment moderation, all I have to do is click on spam and they're gone.

Is it only I, though, or is everyone having the same problem?

6 comments:

  1. I'm transferring some of my remaining old posts from Multiply to my other blog on here (Hell Gate). As soon as that's over I'll continue writing.

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  2. I would guesstimate that about 2/3 of my views are from spambots. I use Google's verify system, which reduces the number of spam posts.

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  3. I intermittently get onslaughts of spam. Hasn't happened for a while.

    Back in June, I was getting upwards of 400 page views a day, all from Ukraine, and most leaving indecipherable spam.

    It's over now.

    Clear out the Multiply material! We're really in the countdown to Armageddon now.

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  4. i get that all the time on piazza, the non politico blog not so much ... is ridiculous, wish they could block them but at least they go to spam
    carina

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  5. Al Qaeda "Virtue Police" Show up Along NATO Protected Turkish-Syrian Border
    http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/11/al-qaeda-virtue-police-show-up-along.html

    imagine that eh
    carina

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  6. Hi Bill. Lois here (under a new name). I have been away for a while and just put a new blog up here, so I don't know what has been going on. I do know that I was having trouble posting comments before I deleted my previous blog. In fact, it was usually impossible for me. I would be automatically logged out the moment I visited other blogs. I hope the problem is sorted out soon.

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Full comment moderation is enabled on this site, which means that your comment will only be visible after the blog administrator (in other words, yours truly) approves it. The purpose of this is not to censor dissenting viewpoints; in fact, such viewpoints are welcome, though it may lead to challenges to provide sources and/or acerbic replies (I do not tolerate stupidity).

The purpose of this moderation is to eliminate spam, of which this blog attracts an inordinate amount. Spammers, be warned: it takes me less time to delete your garbage than it takes for you to post it.

Proceed.