Tag Archives: spam
Because of Their Perseverance and Consistency
These guys have been spamming my sports blog for nigh on 10 years now, with pretty much the exact same message year in, year out. (My thanks to Askimet for nuking 99.9% of their submissions.)
I was bloody annoyed at first, but after a certain number of years, you have to admire certain spammers for their consistency and bloody-minded perseverance.
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Testing a Spambot Blocker
I’m testing a spambot blocker courtesy of Augusto over at Spanish SEO. So if you can’t read this blog post, please let me know asap :)
It displays a nice big STOLEN sign, as seen on the right here, to mess with their splog display.
You should be able to block bots via robot.txt instructions, but spammers aren’t known for following rules. This solution blocks the bold bots at the Apache httpd level using .htaccess instructions. See Augusto’s spambot blocker article for more information.