The biggest complaint we have about blogging is comment spam.
Have you ever seen what “people” attempt to get posted on to your blog? Going through our spam folder today, we see links and listings that include the following “topics”:
- Porn – from lesbian to teen to sex tapes of your “favorite” female celebrities
- Sex drugs – Cialis to Viagra (and all their related “misspellings”)
- Gambling – casinos and online blackjack
- Are you “man” enough? – now you “can” meet all those gorgeous women who are ignoring you!
- Even those seemingly innocuous “hi” and “great site” comments can lead you down a scary path, should you choose to click on them
This stuff really gets us down. They are big time wasters and they just clog up the netwaves. Unfortunately for us, spam is not going away any time soon because research proves that their are plenty of people who do click through to many a spam or spoof site.
Fortunately, you can combat spam from reaching your audience. For blog owners, if you don’t have Askimet installed, we suggest you go check it out today.
We know in some instances that blog owners have resorted to turning off their comments and that’s too bad. While some comments do leak through, you should feel confident that Akismet will trap most of your spam, even while you sleep.