What is the word verification option?
The "word verification" option can be found on the Settings Comments tab for your blog, and it looks like this:
If you chose "yes" for this setting, then people leaving comments on your blog will be required to complete a word verification step, similar to the one presented when you create a blog:
What this does is to prevent automated systems from adding comments to your blog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step. If you've ever received a comment that looked like an advertisement or a random link to an unrelated site, then you've encountered comment spam. A lot of this is done automatically by software which can't pass the word verification, so enabling this option is a good way to prevent many such unwanted comments.
12 comments:
i haven't had too much of a problem yet, but i've seen alot of people who do. i'll have to remember this for future reference. thanks.
Have you thought of using Haloscan, Phil? I don't like Haloscan as a commentator, but I think it solves a lot of problems for people who get too much spam or too many trolls.
yeah--i've been seeing lots of these too, but i think they are too much trouble.
spam (at this point) just doesn't bother me. weird, huh?
I haven't had a whole lot of these either. I didn't know what to write today so I thought I'd do a public service message.
Thanks for the good tip. Luckily I won't be be getting too much spam on my old blog...maybe on my new one, hope not.
Phil! Without spam, I'd never have this great ceiling fan. Or parts for my Rainbow Vacuum.
I like spam with tomatoes and mayo on white bread.
I've had some spam the past few days and have added a word verification like :phil talks about. It was sad to get all excited about a great than normal amount of comments and find out that a bunch of them are spam!
Thanks for the urban legends comment--it's great!!!
Phil, I don't wanna subject my real fans to an extra step when they're kind enough to leave a comment, but I fear I'm gonna have to soon. I had 12 spam comments on the same post, all left within 20 minutes of each other. Fie! Thanks for the info.
There's part of me that does not really like having to type the word verification thing either. I find it hard to decipher sometimes. But I totally understand when people add it to their site. Luckily I have not been flooded with spam, and as mr. schprock said, how would I know about great ceiling fans or vacuum cleaner parts
I get spam here and there. I just delete it. It is annoying. The only one I kept is the one where my friend spammed the spammer :) That word verification is tough sometimes. I usually fail on the first try..
Thanks for the tip. I just encountered my first comment spam the other day.
Post a Comment