Comments on: Relevant blog spam

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:15:59 +0000

I wouldn’t take it personally. Like Krystal, I receive 10 – 20 spam emails a day asking how long I want it, how long I can take it, how much I need it, how much I would pay to relieve it. I also get offered Viagra and Cialis on a daily basis, as well as Rolex and Breitling watches. If the spammers knew me at all, they would realize I couldn’t be further from being their ideal customer. Actually, I am on yahoo for personal mail, and it all gets caught by their spam filter.
I hope that you remain blissfully panic-free and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Lisa (ICLW #195 yourgreatlife)
Lisa´s last blog ..Infertility’s Common Thread – Wear (or Post) to Make Aware

By: Krystal

Krystal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:19 +0000

That’s really weird that they “know” you so well! I get email spam about “increasing my length” all the time, and I’m not a man. So, that’s weird. I always think it’s strange when you’ve searched for something on ebay or amazon or whatever, then, all of a sudden, your sidebar ads are for those things. I’m still getting sidebar ads for dSLRs even though I’ve had mine for 2 months. lol

Happy ICLW!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:14 +0000

The spam bots annoy the hell out of me. Good luck keeping them off your blog.
Kristin´s last blog ..Through the Eyes of Google.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:19:29 +0000

It’s funny that I have blogs with different blog software: Blogger, WordPress and Movable Type. Only the WP blog gets flooded with spam comments like this. I thought it was because I have it on my own hosting but I moved the Blogger and MT blogs to their own domains too. So it is some other reason. Most of mine are for medications too. I don’t take anything so I guess I just get the random bunch, with porn ads on the side.
Laura´s last blog ..The Great Interview Experiment

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:03:03 +0000

I use the filter in Wordpress, I think it’s Akismet. I receive few spam. It all seems like gibberish, full of xyghkhlfhjd. I delete them but I too have rescued one or two comments that were not spam.

I would stick with a drug that has my name on the box too !
Terry´s last blog ..Toute mêlée

By: HM

HM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:09:54 +0000

I’ve never tried Akismet, but the WordPress spam filter I used before was awesome. I forgot what the name was but I’ll try to remember. Defensio, I think? It was able to catch everything.
HM´s last blog ..The Right to Privacy