By now, everyone should be acutely aware that I hate spam. In fact, I hate it that much that I think I’ve written about it every couple of months: Snail mail spam Akismet, friends forever Akismet, how I love thee Akismet spam filtering, the bringer of light This time around it is no different, as … Continue reading Akismet, Stopping Website Comment Spam The Easy Way
In the last five months, I have posted twice about the wonders of the free spam filtering service Akismet. Since the last installment, another ten weeks have pasted. In the last ten weeks, approximately 30,000 new spam messages have been received and all of them have been blocked in one way or another. Since installing … Continue reading Akismet, Friends Forever
Towards the end of September, I posted that Akismet was the bringer of light. Roughly six weeks later and nearly 30,000 dirty dirty spam messages later, my opinion of Akismet as a spam filtering mechanism hasn’t changed one bit at all. Akismet has been so consistent at blocking spam from my blog that I am … Continue reading Akismet, How I Love Thee
Whether you read email or have your own web site, everyone hates spam. Toward the middle of the year, I was being overwhelmed by comment spam on my site. Initially it was just one or two, then five or ten – soon they were comng in thick and fast and I couldn’t keep up with … Continue reading Akismet Spam Filtering, The Bringer Of Light
The ever popular blogging service Gravatar started by Tom Werner has been acquired by Automattic. For those that aren’t aware what a gravatar is, it’s a globally recognised avatar. I can hear the question already, what is an avatar and stop speaking Greek. An avatar is a little image or animated icon that people often … Continue reading Automattic Acquires Gravatar