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st1ng81

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May 15, 2011

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #1

I recently added my blog to some 2500+ directories,and my getting 250visits/day from this directories.But the prob now is they keep posting same comments repeatedly.In 1-2hrs they post 1k+ repeated comments.Does any1 have same prob?

 

BassTrackerBoats

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #2

Just close the comments section and you'll not have to deal with this.

 

GrizzlyAdams

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #3

BassTrackerBoats said:

Just close the comments section and you'll not have to deal with this.

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Or add captcha?

 

DoorKnocker

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #4

use akismet plugin to automatically block spam comments

 

st1ng81

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• Jun 23, 2011
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• #5

they dont provide any links in there comments.They ask for suggestions and give feedbacks.but it becomes irritating when they post same comment 10times

 

Hybrid

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• Jun 23, 2011

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I have a similar problem its really annoying I dont even allow comments on my website but at the bottom of my home page I have a contact us widget with name, email and subject and you wouldnt believe how many people email me with their url, anchor text and spammy comment thinking its a comment box. I recieve so many stupid emails daily it really grinds my gears lol.

 

st1ng81

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• Jun 23, 2011
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Hybrid said:

I have a similar problem its really annoying I dont even allow comments on my website but at the bottom of my home page I have a contact us widget with name, email and subject and you wouldnt believe how many people email me with their url, anchor text and spammy comment thinking its a comment box. I recieve so many stupid emails daily it really grinds my gears lol.

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There might be a way to stop this.Any1 here can help?any plugin?

 

Hybrid

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• Jun 23, 2011

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st1ng81 said:

There might be a way to stop this.Any1 here can help?any plugin?

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Thatd be handy but how because I do get legit emails but for every legit email I get 100 spammy emails, frustrating its hard picking through them all.

 

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nickvincente

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #9

you can use recaptcha, a very useful plugin

 

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darrensss

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #10

interesting ... how did you submit your blog to 2500+ directories? would like to do this for my blog too

 

SahL

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• Jun 23, 2011

• #11

LOL , you will get these comments forever . all thanks to "scrapebox" use akismet , thats the best.

 

st1ng81

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• Jun 23, 2011
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sahlcoolio said:

LOL , you will get these comments forever . all thanks to "scrapebox" use akismet , thats the best.

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Yeah i installed captcha now it is in control