WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to know what is really spam. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to know what is really spam. en Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959755 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 02:18:40 +0000 timethief 959755@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and happy blogging.

]]> lbkennett on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959736 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:35:08 +0000 lbkennett 959736@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you. As always you are all very helpful. I appreciate your quick response.

]]> notawoodpecker on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959649 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:24:52 +0000 notawoodpecker 959649@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <i>How do I know what is really spam?</i>

A quick glance at the content will tell you if the message is related to any recent topic you've posted.

If it's advertising male virility products and you haven't been discussing those, it's Spam.

]]> timethief on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959644 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:12:52 +0000 timethief 959644@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ P.S.Akismet is very accurate. Though you may find a false positive in the spam filter from time to timer which you can "unspam" so Akismet learns, there won't be many of those.

]]> timethief on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959642 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:09:47 +0000 timethief 959642@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The vast and overwheliming amount of "infomation" curculating on the interent is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to blogs on the .wordpress.com domain every day are spam. There is robotic spam and there are human beings hired to create legitimate looking spam. In reality only 1 out of every 700 - 800 hits on my blogs produce a legitimate comment.

  1. Sometimes you can look at the username, email address and site link and immediately tell it's spam. If the username is selling anything then is's spam example 'usedcarsinatlana' it's spam.
  2. If the comment does not directly pertain to the content in a post and/or it's a generic "great post" it's most likely spam.
  3. Anyone who says little about your blog except to praise it and requests you visit their site in a comment is spamming.
  4. If a lot of spam comments are directed at a single post than that could be because you approved a spam comment in that post. Spam attracts spam and human spmmers watch to see if they suck you in. If they do then they and other spammers hammer your blog too.

Scroll down to "5 things every blogger should know about spam" on this page.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/06/trackback-and-pinback-spam-what-to-do/
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/05/20/mark-spam-as-spam/

]]> lbkennett on "How to know what is really spam." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-know-what-is-really-spam#post-959631 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:50:35 +0000 lbkennett 959631@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How do I know what is really spam? Some of the mail in spam box looks legitimate.
Blog url: http://lbkennett.wordpress.com/

]]>