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Free WP Plugin Idea: Use Referrers Instead of Trackbacks15 comments

engtech wrote 1 year ago: Blogs have a way of keeping track of who is linking to them using trackbacks or pingbacks. It’ … more →

Tags: Free Ideas, technology, WordPress, referrer, referrer spam, Trackback, trackback spam, WordPress Plugin

Using Comment Spam to Measure Blog Rank37 comments

engtech wrote 2 years ago: Using the Technorati Rank as a measure of blogging hierarchy is so 2005. Deciding if a blog is part … more →

Tags: technology

Too Much Spam - Blacklisting .info because it gets through Akismet12 comments

engtech wrote 2 years ago: The .info domain was created in late 2000 / early 2001. Since then it has been very popular with ove … more →

Tags: technology

Too much Spam - Akismet Auntie Spam for Wordpress.com (Greasemonkey Script)4 comments

engtech wrote 2 years ago: I don’t know about you but my Akismet spam folder on my WordPress.com is filled to the brim (5 … more →

Tags: Firefox and Greasemonkey, IDT Labs Software Development, technology, Wordpress.com Tips

The Stupidest Comment Spammer I Ever Did See (Dirk Wagner, team4success.biz and PR Backlinks Generator)7 comments

engtech wrote 2 years ago: Hi Dirk, Thanks for the false identity cut-and-paste comment. I don’t get enough of those in o … more →

Tags: technology

Just say no to SEO contests like "Shaastra Thamesportal Zalecenia Autophytes Invernesshire"5 comments

engtech wrote 3 years ago: These things are such plagues on the Internet. “Shaastra Thamesportal Zalecenia Autophytes Inv … more →

Tags: technology

Bitacle emphasizes the problem with RSS1 comment

engtech wrote 3 years ago: RSS (Really Simple Syndicate or Read Some Stories) is a great technology. It is like a spam-free inb … more →

Tags: RSS Syndication, technology

Uniqcount.net wants to give you a virus1 comment

engtech wrote 3 years ago: I found this in the Comments Box this morning: A new comment on the post #52 “Peter’s Ne … more →

Tags: technology

New spammer getting through Akismet1 comment

engtech wrote 3 years ago: There’s a new spammer running off of 83.19.48.78, bzs78.internetdsl.tpnet.pl who has come up w … more →

Tags: Links, technology

Wordpress Website's Search Engine Spam // waxy.org3 comments

engtech wrote 3 years ago: This is very, very old news but I wasn’t using WordPress when it happened so I find it interes … more →

Tags: Links, technology

Akismet at work on spam comments (damned sploggers)4 comments

engtech wrote 3 years ago: WordPress.com comes with a default spam comment protection system called “Akismet“. It … more →

Tags: technology


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