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]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6523 Jake Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:17:31 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6523 Hi Sarah. I can assure you David's a real person and not a comment spammer.<br><br>I agree comment spam is annoying, and as I mention, I've been told by the nice people at Disqus that these are *people* spamming, not bots, which is why your captcha isn't working. <br><br>I do remove the spam as it arrives if it escapes Askimet and/or Disqus.<br><br>Thanks. Hi Sarah. I can assure you David's a real person and not a comment spammer.

I agree comment spam is annoying, and as I mention, I've been told by the nice people at Disqus that these are *people* spamming, not bots, which is why your captcha isn't working.

I do remove the spam as it arrives if it escapes Askimet and/or Disqus.

Thanks.

]]> By: Sarah Smith http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 Sarah Smith Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:24:48 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6517 Hi Jake,<br><br>See the comment above from "David Dorf" starting with "I recently...".<br><br>I had a comment from "Valonia" on my website.<br><br>Try searching on Google, for the *exact phrase" in the "David" comment. Also check out "his" website.<br><br>What I mean is paste the whole thing from "I recently... " thru to "...very often", and put quotes around it so that it searchs for word for word matches.<br><br>I did this and got 249,000 results. So clearly its some kind of automated process.<br><br>I'm quite annoyed by this. <br><br>My blog uses a "captcha" so that supposedly only humans can leave comments.<br><br>But somehow, someone is getting around this.<br><br>All so that they can have their URL in as many places as possible. Your website being one of thousands pointing to theirs.<br><br>They're doing it because they want to publicize their sites. And its at our expense.<br><br>So I have a plan.<br><br>What I am going to do is contact blog authors who have these comments on their sites, suggest they delete the comment spam, and maybe contact a couple of other blog authors themselves.<br><br>Spread the word and we could remove these 249,000 spam comments.<br><br>So, what do you say Jake? I'd like to encourage you to at least remove the spam comment. Please also consider running the Google search and contacting a couple of the folks out there who believe they have a unique comment, but are actually helping promote a spammers website.<br><br>Note that I'm not asking you to link to my site (you can find it if you like by Googling for sez.so) - and I have not linked it in the comment box.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Sarah Hi Jake,

See the comment above from “David Dorf” starting with “I recently…”.

I had a comment from “Valonia” on my website.

Try searching on Google, for the *exact phrase” in the “David” comment. Also check out “his” website.

What I mean is paste the whole thing from “I recently… ” thru to “…very often”, and put quotes around it so that it searchs for word for word matches.

I did this and got 249,000 results. So clearly its some kind of automated process.

I'm quite annoyed by this.

My blog uses a “captcha” so that supposedly only humans can leave comments.

But somehow, someone is getting around this.

All so that they can have their URL in as many places as possible. Your website being one of thousands pointing to theirs.

They're doing it because they want to publicize their sites. And its at our expense.

So I have a plan.

What I am going to do is contact blog authors who have these comments on their sites, suggest they delete the comment spam, and maybe contact a couple of other blog authors themselves.

Spread the word and we could remove these 249,000 spam comments.

So, what do you say Jake? I'd like to encourage you to at least remove the spam comment. Please also consider running the Google search and contacting a couple of the folks out there who believe they have a unique comment, but are actually helping promote a spammers website.

Note that I'm not asking you to link to my site (you can find it if you like by Googling for sez.so) – and I have not linked it in the comment box.

Thanks,

Sarah

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6335 Jake Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:54:18 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6335 That's great. I really did lulz. Your comment is way too long and well-written though.<br><br>I've seen that AIR app too, and I used it for a while. Nice, but AIR uses a lot of memory, even more than Firefox. Plus, I got out of the habit of checking it and eventually dumped it. I do like the implementation, and it's very good for people who are looking at detailed stats every day. That's great. I really did lulz. Your comment is way too long and well-written though.

I've seen that AIR app too, and I used it for a while. Nice, but AIR uses a lot of memory, even more than Firefox. Plus, I got out of the habit of checking it and eventually dumped it. I do like the implementation, and it's very good for people who are looking at detailed stats every day.

]]> By: David Dorf http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 David Dorf Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:03:26 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6333 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.<br><br>j/k<br><br>I've seen a similar trend on my blog as well. I just recently started using Google Analytics so I'm still learning. I found a cool Adobe AIR widget/gadget for Google Analytics that seems to work well -- <a href="http://www.desktop-reporting.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.desktop-reporting.com/</a>. I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

j/k

I've seen a similar trend on my blog as well. I just recently started using Google Analytics so I'm still learning. I found a cool Adobe AIR widget/gadget for Google Analytics that seems to work well — http://www.desktop-reporting.com/.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6324 Jake Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:18:04 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6324 Heh, I was exaggerating a bit of course. A captcha won't protect you against spam comments left by humans, but it would slow the person down enough to keep you safer. <br><br>I'm fascinated by the human element here. I can't wait for the real story to break. "I didn't know I was a spammer" tonight on 60 Minutes. Heh, I was exaggerating a bit of course. A captcha won't protect you against spam comments left by humans, but it would slow the person down enough to keep you safer.

I'm fascinated by the human element here. I can't wait for the real story to break. “I didn't know I was a spammer” tonight on 60 Minutes.

]]> By: bex http://theappslab.com/2009/03/14/anatomy-of-a-spam-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-6323 bex Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2584#comment-6323 fine fine... I changed my captcha to use the phonetic alphabet instead of Klingon... now it should be a tad easier for y'all.<br><br>Happy??? fine fine… I changed my captcha to use the phonetic alphabet instead of Klingon… now it should be a tad easier for y'all.

Happy???

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