Our Website has been plagued by spam comments as of late, and like many others, we’ve been had ourselves by this spam content over these past few weeks. We are working harder to ensure that this content remains off of our website in the future, and to keep our readers free from these cyber attacks. Our current spam tools have proven effective for the most part, however, we have seen firsthand the deceiving tricks that spam creators have used to outwit our webtools over these past several weeks.
In order to preserve our comment feature, and to ensure your comment will be seen, we will ask of you to use your full name, no nicknames or shortened versions please, within your comment as well. We will also begin reviewing our internal submission process with the hopes of eliminating this content in the future. We appreciate your patience with us, and our apologies if anyone has been directed to spam content via our website.
March 14th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Spam comments often look like friendly comments, such as “I really liked your blog, great read” or “I was surfing blogs and I came across your most recent post, I really like how you composed your message, I agree with your viewpoint”
We’ve learned that funny language combined with a bit too much praise, often is a sign of a spam message. These spam creators have learned that by using certain phrases or words, they can avoid our filters. The spam comes into play when they link their indentity, often seen as a normal avatar image within our blog, to another website, which is often selling some questionable good overseas or just set-up to do who knows what to your computer.
Again, we’re now more aware of these tactics, we’ve even responded to a few of them unknowingly to thank them for their comments. That’s how easy it is to be fooled by this new form of friendly spam.
Chris Francis, MAAC Blog Caretaker in Training
(seen as eastofegan often)