Archive for posts tagged ‘spam’

A cache-friendly method for reducing WordPress comment spam

A safe-for-cached-pages method of filtering out spam comments by requiring at least some time to have passed between the time the page is loaded and the form is submitted.

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A chart illustrating the reduction in comment spam at ardamis.com

A screenshot of the Akismet stats graph showing the number of spam comments at ardamis.com identified by Akismet before and after my anti-spam system was implemented.

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A massive reduction in the number of spam comments

How to reduce the number of spam comments that make it into your WordPress database without annoying your visitors.

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Defeating contact form spam by hiding the webmail script

How to defeat contact form spam bots through the use of a challenge-response system.

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