Archive for the ‘spam’ Category

Hammered by Spammers - Time for DoFollow to Go

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I've been thinking a lot about this recently. Currently my comment links are set to Dofollow. I've always thought that it is the least I can do to thank people who take the time to comment on my posts and contribute. But I'm getting slammed by spammers. Until ...

Talk about Misleading Users

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

We affiliate marketers have spent the past week noodling the concept of undisclosed links and duping users thanks to the keynote address at Affiliate Summit. Being a newly converted gmail user, I grabbed this screenie this morning. That's a damn creative advert, but deceptive, no? Reminds me of the old drive-by download trickery ...

Buh-bye Askimet

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

I just pulled the plug on Askimet. Why would I do this to a plugin that's been saving me about 1000 spam comments a day? Because once in a while it caught up a real comment. While I appreciate the effort these guys go through to thwart ...