100000 + and counting


spam The title is sure to confuse you but this is the amount of spam I have received in the past year. Akismet is the only spam comment plugin I am using on this blog right now. In the beginning it worked well but for the last few weeks, i have noticed many spam comments bypassing akismet and finding there way in the comments section.

If it happened rarely, I could have ignored it but it is happening everyday and 3-5 spam always finds a way in my blog. Sometimes, even legitimate comments get treated as spam and when you receive around 1000 comments daily, it becomes difficult to hunt for them. Now I have been thinking about adding some other plugin apart from Akismet to fight and stop spam in my blog.

Do suggest me some plugin which your using ? What other methods are you using to fight spam on your blog ? Your help will be greatly appreciated.


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  • 16 Comment(s)

    1. IMO there is no better spam filter than Akismet… there’s one more( defensio i think) but then you will later come back to Akismet

      Shashank | Feb 24, 2008 | Reply

    2. OMG 100000 is a lot

      I have managed to fight a spam of 50,000 in 1 year

      Get this plugin

      http://tantannoodles.com/toolkit/spam-filter/

      and forget that SPAM even ever existed

      Dj Flush | Feb 24, 2008 | Reply

    3. Hope someone will definitely get you a very good plugin. After you get that, please post an article on that… everyone wants that…

      TechPavan | Feb 24, 2008 | Reply

    4. I use just Akismet - its good but a few spam comments are still coming through. It is an annoyance - but still not a big problem for me. You should write a post if you get a better plugin - that way, I can solve my annoyance before it becomes a problem.

      Binny V A | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    5. 100k is a lot of spam comments for a year. From my exp. Akismet is the best. Whatever you might do some comments will be sneaked through.

      ashwin | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    6. I thought it is a count of your RSS Feeds :) .. I imidiately rush to your site from Google reader

      Dexter | Techathand.net | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    7. @Shashank
      I used to think so but many spam are sneaking through

      @Dj
      Thanks, I will definately try it

      @Techpavan , Binny
      I will definately write a post if i find something worthwile.

      @ashwinr
      You may be right

      @Dexter
      Lol man, there is a long way to go before achieving that .

      Madhur Kapoor | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    8. What a huge number????

      Better do something quickly to get rid of this.

      Spam karma2 (SK2) and Bad Behavior are real good ones. Although, I have never tried them but I have heard lots of praises for them.

      Rakshit | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    9. Mine is 65k in 6 months time. Nowadays it has increased.

      Nirmal | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    10. 100,000 is certainly a huge amount of spam. My Akismet is reporting about 8,000 of spams. How many spams on average do you get daily? I get about 40 but I guess mine will surely be easier to manage compared to yours.

      Wayne Liew | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    11. Akismet always does the job for me. :)

      DJ | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    12. That is a lot of spam dude. The best way to manage is to get a captcha plugin, but i don’t recommend or use it myself

      Ram | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    13. @Nirmal
      It has certainly increased in the last few months

      @Wayne
      Around 800-1000 daily.

      @Dj
      I wish i could say that

      @Ram
      Even i hate Captchas . I am thinking of incorporating Math Spam plugin .

      Madhur Kapoor | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    14. 100000+? Those spammers sure have a lot of dedication don’t they? :P

      Edward | Feb 27, 2008 | Reply

    15. At first sight, I thought it to be your pageviews. lol

      Ashfame | Feb 27, 2008 | Reply

    16. Madhur, are you using the latest version, there was an upgrade recently. I am also using only akismet and it works fine for me

      Kishore | Mar 1, 2008 | Reply

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