Blogging can be great fun and also a great way to earn extra income. One thing that can let it down is the amount of hacking attempts bloggers get. As far as Wordpress goes its a pretty secure platform, as long as its kept up-to-date along with the plugins you are running on the site. This is fine but its not always possible to keep everything up-to-date 24/7.
This is why there are some great Wordpress Security Plugins available, which will make it harder for hackers to get their way.
Below is a list I have put together. If you have any other suggestions please let us know. It would also be good to hear your experiences with plugins below.
How to Beat Wordpress Comment Spam
April 15th, 2010 by Chris | No Comments | Filed in Internet and SEOI have tried various methods to try and keep them away over the past few months. Finally I think I have found a winning combination.
To combat Comment Spammers I am using 3 Wordpress plugins. They all do a different job which means my blog has 3 lines of defence against the spammers.
Another thing to remember about the comment spammers is that usually it is an automated process. There is usually a bot doing all the work instead of a human sitting there typing it on every single blog. The bot will be running from a pre-selected database of websites with a pre-selected comment to post, this allows them to hit a huge amount of websites in a small amount of time.
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Tags: Akismet, Blogging, Comment Spam, SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam, Spam, Wordpress, WP-Ban