Comments on: New HTML Fights Comment Spam http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/ Mid-life crisis, motherhood and martinis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: damnum absque injuria » Übercontrarian Silliness on Comment Spam http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-36271 damnum absque injuria » Übercontrarian Silliness on Comment Spam Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:11:12 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-36271 [...] I have no doubt that eventually, comment spammers will find some way to render nofollow ineffective. Until they do, nofollow is a nobrainer. Unless you specifically intend to allow your commenters to boost their Google rankings or those of other linked sites merely by commenting (as Kate and Lonewacko do), there is no earthly reason not to install the nofollow option. [...] [...] I have no doubt that eventually, comment spammers will find some way to render nofollow ineffective. Until they do, nofollow is a nobrainer. Unless you specifically intend to allow your commenters to boost their Google rankings or those of other linked sites merely by commenting (as Kate and Lonewacko do), there is no earthly reason not to install the nofollow option. [...]

]]> By: damnum absque injuria http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 damnum absque injuria Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:16:50 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14964 <strong>Übercontrarian Silliness on Comment Spam</strong> Ben Hammersley (h/t: VK) and Ubernostrum (h/t: LW) offer two mutually inconsistent arguments against using the "new" nofollow tags, both of which lead to the conclusion that widespread use of the nofollow tag will lead to more comment spam rather th... Übercontrarian Silliness on Comment Spam
Ben Hammersley (h/t: VK) and Ubernostrum (h/t: LW) offer two mutually inconsistent arguments against using the “new” nofollow tags, both of which lead to the conclusion that widespread use of the nofollow tag will lead to more comment spam rather th…

]]> By: Reflexive&#45;Blog http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14950 Reflexive&#45;Blog Sat, 22 Jan 2005 04:09:15 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14950 <strong>Imagine the Web without pagerank</strong> Imagine a Web with pagerank, Google created it. Pagerank is the value of a page, in the search results of Google, based on the number of pages doing an hyperlink to the page in question, and on their respective ranks. The more a page is successful, the... Imagine the Web without pagerank
Imagine a Web with pagerank, Google created it. Pagerank is the value of a page, in the search results of Google, based on the number of pages doing an hyperlink to the page in question, and on their respective ranks. The more a page is successful, the…

]]> By: damnum absque injuria http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14930 damnum absque injuria Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:58:45 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14930 <strong>Attention Comment Spammers</strong> You can still spam this site if you want, but it won't do you an ounce of good. Neener. Thanks: Clint Ecker. Hat tips to Venomous Kate and James Joyner, neither of whom have seen fit to install it themselves. Attention Comment Spammers
You can still spam this site if you want, but it won’t do you an ounce of good. Neener.

Thanks: Clint Ecker. Hat tips to Venomous Kate and James Joyner, neither of whom have seen fit to install it themselves.

]]> By: Multiple Mentality | www.multiplementality.com http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14902 Multiple Mentality | www.multiplementality.com Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:24:11 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14902 <strong>Items of Interest #6</strong> In this issue: Vanities, thermostats, and lappy lamentations. Items of Interest #6
In this issue: Vanities, thermostats, and lappy lamentations.

]]> By: Madame Butterfly http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14879 Madame Butterfly Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:44:53 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14879 Kate, you left a comment on my blog with a link, but looking at that page, there are so many discussions about different methods of blocking spam, I wasn't sure which one in particular you were referring. So...is it back to the blacklist methodology? thanks, MB Kate, you left a comment on my blog with a link, but looking at that page, there are so many discussions about different methods of blocking spam, I wasn’t sure which one in particular you were referring.

So…is it back to the blacklist methodology?

thanks,
MB

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14877 Venomous Kate Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:39:29 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14877 To be honest, I'm not a terribly big fan of forums. I use them on my hosting site for customer service issues, but for blogging I prefer linear comments - and trackbacks - laid out under the pertinent post. To be honest, I’m not a terribly big fan of forums. I use them on my hosting site for customer service issues, but for blogging I prefer linear comments – and trackbacks – laid out under the pertinent post.

]]> By: Josh Cohen http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14873 Josh Cohen Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:50:41 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14873 Or you could do what we did and use forums... sure, they require a valid e-mail address to register, and you have to click a confirmation link in your e-mail, but you can set your forum software so you don't need to collect any personally-identifiable information. We haven't gotten any spam yet. Of course, we also only have 20 registered users, but hey, we're new. I also like forums because they're easier to discuss things in. But that's just me. Or you could do what we did and use forums… sure, they require a valid e-mail address to register, and you have to click a confirmation link in your e-mail, but you can set your forum software so you don’t need to collect any personally-identifiable information.

We haven’t gotten any spam yet. Of course, we also only have 20 registered users, but hey, we’re new.

I also like forums because they’re easier to discuss things in. But that’s just me.

]]> By: Accidental Verbosity http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14871 Accidental Verbosity Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:36:05 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14871 <strong>Spam News</strong> This is fantastic news on the comment spam front.  Make the spam useless for the intended purpose and voila, no more reason to spam comments, for the most part.  I like it. Spam News
This is fantastic news on the comment spam front.  Make the spam useless for the intended purpose and voila, no more reason to spam comments, for the most part.  I like it.

]]> By: Outside The Beltway http://www.electricvenom.com/technology-bites/new-html-fights-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-14870 Outside The Beltway Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:35:13 +0000 /?p=6653#comment-14870 <strong>New Tool to Fight Comment Spam</strong> Search Engines, Bloggers Team to Fight Spam (eWeek) Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division, Yahoo Inc. and Six Apart Ltd. announced late Tuesday that they are supporting a tag called "nofollow" to exclude links in blog comments from search-... New Tool to Fight Comment Spam
Search Engines, Bloggers Team to Fight Spam (eWeek)

Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.’s MSN division, Yahoo Inc. and Six Apart Ltd. announced late Tuesday that they are supporting a tag called “nofollow” to exclude links in blog comments from search-…

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