UPDATE: the new GASP Anti-Spam WordPress plugin has been released and is available in the WordPress Plugin Repository.
THIS is the ALTERNATIVE TO AKISMET that provides the SOLUTION to being Flagged as a Spammer! Spread it throughout the blogosphere and your comments will work again.
Possible Way to Block Spam Without Using Akismet
Because of the challenges of commenting in blogs that have Akismet installed we no longer use Akismet in our blogs and we have been asked to compile a list of blogs that are Akismet free.
If your blog does not use Akismet, you welcome new comments, and you would like to be listed, please leave a comment with all of the informati0n listed below and we will periodically move your links up into the body of this post:
- Blog platform (WordPress, Blogger, Typepad, etc.)
- URL (Address where your site is, i.e., http://www.yourdomain.com/)
- Desired Anchor Text
- Dofollow or Nofollow?
- CommentLuv installed?
- KeywordLuv installed?
- Keyword/Business Friendly
Option number seven requires some explanation. Some bloggers install KeywordLuv but do not welcome commentators who have businesses or use business related keywords.
If you do not want to receive comments by business owners or their representatives please do not request to be listed here.
In our blogs we have disabled Aksimet and made sure that the option to only allow comments to be immediately visible after one approved comment from that commentator. That has effectively kept objectionable comments from going live. It does not take any more time to review the comments in pending that we had been reviewing in spam.
If you are not using Akismet we would also love to hear from you about how you are dealing with spam. We have considered using captchas but know that there are captcha inaccessibility issues for the visually impaired have difficulty with them.
There is a very good post that explains Why Attacking Spam Methods is Useless.
A growing number of blogs and businesses will realize that blocking real people from commenting is a very bad idea. If that is you we would love to hear from you.
LIST of Business Friendly DoFollow Blogs with CommentLuv and KeywordLuv installed that do NOT use Akismet :
- GrowMap (this blog)
- AffiliateXFiles Affiliate Marketing Advice
- Good Millwork Florida Millwork
- ExecGiftsBlog Engraved Gifts and Gift Ideas
- NoBogies golf store and blog
- Tech Link blog and cell phone reviews
- Master Gardener Stephanie Suesan Smith’s gardening tips blog
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I think he totally misses the point. Dofollow blogs get lots of link love coming in to them from all the lists of dofollow blogs. I would be glad to find my dofollow blog on all the lists, not sad.
I am fully agree , do follow link get simple process. Just type your google search engine ” do follow blog ” and get many option, choose and click the appropriate site, That’s it.
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I’m glad to have found this post. Yeah, Akismet is becoming a pain now. I’m trying to comment on blog’s that I frequently do and it’s not showing up my comments and marking them as spam. I have no idea why this was happening so I just sent them a message through their contact form. Problem is, most blogs on the internet still follow Akismet so you can’t really say a big no to it. =[
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Twitter: flypark
May 10, 2011 at 6:51 am
Twitter: @flypark
I had the same problem see above, once your in the blacklist, all akismet blogs will send your comments staright to the spam box. I contacted akismet all they told me was people find my comments as spam.
Theres not a lot you can do about it, just stick to the blogs where your comments are appreciated, like this one
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Thank you, by using The Ultimate DoFollow Blog List gives a good idea I like it
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Twitter: ralphpanimdim
April 20, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Twitter: @ralphpanimdim
It doesn’t necessarily mean that as owner you have to read the posts of your site. Because sometimes, comments are not for owners, but the visitors and subscriber.
Well reading comments and than approving it takes a lot of time. I have a blog where people leave hundreds of comments daily…I don’t have enough time to read all of them.
Twitter: SteveDiamond
April 5, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Twitter: @SteveDiamond
I have recently become extremely disillusioned with Akismet, and I’m delighted to have discovered this site. I have long encouraged real, business-friendly comments with KeywordLuv and CommentLuv in the blog section of my professional site. Now I’ve also disabled Akismet and I feel a lot better. Please add to your list:
Blog platform – Wordpress
URL – http://stevediamondconsulting.com/
Desired Anchor Text – Executive Computer Consultant
Dofollow or Nofollow? – Dofollow
CommentLuv installed? – Yes
KeywordLuv installed? – Yes
Keyword/Business Friendly? – Yes
Thanks very much!
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Twitter: BarrResearch
April 5, 2011 at 7:24 am
Twitter: @BarrResearch
Thank you for this information! My blog is DoFollow and I would love to be added
WordPress
http://StrategicExecutiveConnections.com
Executive Job Market Blog – Job Search Strategies
Dofollow
CommentLuv installed? I’m seriously considering installing this in the next few days.
Keyword/Business Friendly – Yes.
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Spam will always be a problem. But i also think that Akismet is not the best solution. If you have a blog you have to put the efforts in it to read the comments.
Twitter: satishit
March 27, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Twitter: @satishit
Thanks a lot for this informative post i like this post thanks a lot for this great information. keep posting and updating the blog. i like it so much….
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In commenting a doFollow blog, why is it that some comments approved were treated as a noFollow? How do blogs classify comments as doFollow or noFollow?
I find hard time researching doFollow blogs to comment just to find out that my comment will be treated s a noFollow. It’s a waste of time in the linkbuilding process.
Twitter: GrowMap
March 26, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Armil,
The most likely reason is that they are using one of the plugins that allows them to nofollow the first x comments and then after you have a set number approved then all your comments change to dofollow.
There are several plugins like that and most allow them to choose how many comments (usually between 3 and 10). I don’t like them because they do little to discourage spammers who know how they work and only confuse other commentators.
You can often find a post or comment p0licy that says how many comments before yours go dofollow. Search for Lucia’s Linky Love or Luv. I don’t remember the names of the others right now.
The latest version of CommentLuv is going to make it easier for bloggers to nofollow comments so you may be seeing more nofollow dofollow issues in the future.
Remember that there is really no such thing as nofollow. Search and you’ll see that the comments are indexed so they must have been followed, right? So those comments are not a waste of a time – they just aren’t as valuable for improving search position.
I keep the current info about CommentLuv on the post I’ll put in this reply.
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Twitter: SEOChester
March 19, 2011 at 4:08 am
Twitter: @SEOChester
Fantastic resource for link builders, I’ve just printed this out! Thanks a lot for sharing, it’s a pleasure to hear a reasonable view on commenting and the bonuses it can bring a site not to block people
Twitter: GrowMap
March 26, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello Stuart,
Thank you. My best post for sharing why bloggers and linkbuilders should work together is the one on CommentLuv that I will put in this reply.
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Twitter: vgv8
March 18, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Twitter: @vgv8
Seems nobody mentioned that Akismet is simply illegal for use in Europe
http://www.veronika-kaiser.de/wordpress/reduzierung-von-spam-auf-eigenen-blogs/
Twitter: GrowMap
March 20, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Thank you vgv8,
We were not aware of that. Here is a machine translation of the page shared:
On the Blogs of the Pat_innen became – as reports here – the comment function system internally switched off – which naturally also a possibility of the avoidance of Spam actual however none, which appears very up-to-date to me in the Web2.0-Zeitalter. To it a reference was past Thursday now parallel on the fact on the German-language Word press Blog that the use of Akismet was legally doubtful in Germany.
Kind of tie-clip: BieneDa I read itself also by the various comments, decided I, instead of trying out an adjustment for the comment function and further testing/recommendation of Akismet times the there quite frequently mentioned anti-Spam Bee: German-language one (!) Alternative one to Akismet: http://antispambee.de/. After the installation I looked at myself and decided the attitudes to want caution for the sake of only times no direct deletion. From me inexplicable reasons this information was not correctly stored unfortunately. : (
Now I – the attitudes again stored – have obviously more successfully. This mark also with a notification, if new (SPAM) comments are received. Still there I announced myself afterwards off and again and the attitudes was.
. I get now no notifications, but nevertheless the reference on that the Dashboard, like many Spam Mails was still deleted and/or. itself in the Spam file befinden*. Now it remains hoping that in the past week no “more genuinly” (seriously more meant) comment was gepiekst by the Bienchen and found for “false”.
Kind of tie-clip: Magnifying glass which is your/your experiences/opinions about Spam and its avoidance? Would it be interesting for you/you, if I took (also) times https://www.keycaptcha.com/ here nevertheless under the magnifying glass? Or did someone from you/you already times under the magnifying glass take this ADD on? It is agg. also with German-language Captchas to be equipped can – possibly also with a German-language guidance? Pertinent comments – hopefully not false to be found;) – are as always welcome.
* Edit: The Spam comments arrived nevertheless as Mails – only stop in the Spam file;) – functions thus now also correctly!
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Twitter: vgv8
March 20, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Twitter: @vgv8
Might be auto-translation of
http://blog.wordpress-deutschland.org/2011/03/01/verwendung-von-akismet-in-deutschland-rechtlich-fragwuerdig-konsequenzen.html
is more fortunate in English:
Title:Verwendung von Akismet in Deutschland rechtlich
fragwürdig – Konsequenzen?
Article:
Akismet is included by default in WordPress, and even in our U.S. edition, as a plugin to fight spam. It does this quite successfully through activation , but it looks like the use of Akismet in Germany (and possibly other European countries) is legally very difficult – especially if you have no privacy statement, in which one clearly states the term of use and effects of Akismet use.
Akismet collects a lot of data (IP, Comment Name, email address comment, comment, browser and many more) and sends it to servers in the US. Tools like Google Analytics do the same and are therefore under strong fire from privacy advocates because it infringes the privacy laws.
Legally probably not clear, but as we spread the word in the German press, we also bear responsibility. And it raises the question of how WordPress Germany would respond. Would it explain the Terms of Service in less ambiguous terms before someone enables Akismet? Would we exclude the Akismet from usage, and if so, then what will be the possible replacement as alternative?
We want your feedback!
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There are hundreds of comments to this article and hundreds of other articles in German Press and media.
It’s a tough call…while I appreciate the “link for comment” culture, if I didn’t use Akismet my site would be drowned in spam.
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Twitter: GrowMap
March 18, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
We have far less spam since we deleted Akismet than we ever had using it. We have almost no spam now because we use an anti-spam plugin that is far superior to Akismet.
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Twitter: vgv8
March 18, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Twitter: @vgv8
Akismet, and other blacklisting systems, are easily exploited by criminals and spam bots (one can blacklist competitor for ever), promote spam (by interacting with spam feeds/bots instead of simply blocking them)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1762189/blacklist-ip-database/4790734#4790734
Then they are retroactive and so are doomed to always lag behind advancements in bot and spamming techniques
very good tips about SEO, i like it
thanks for sharing
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Im having trouble with akismet at the moment, I noticed my comments were not showing then realised my email had been blocked, I contacted akismet who said it was for using keywords in the name field. I replied by saying I had only used keywords in the mane field when the blog had enabled keywordluv, so I was only doing as instruted. When I get a reply i will check back here and let you guys know what they said.
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Twitter: GrowMap
March 15, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi James,
I will be very interested in hearing what they tell you as I have not come across them saying that to anyone else before, but it makes sense in a way. Have you seen our new Akismet replacement? There are thousands of blogs using it instead of Akismet now and the faster we spread it the sooner it won’t matter if Akismet blacklists you.
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Twitter: flypark
March 16, 2011 at 4:47 am
Twitter: @flypark
Hi Growmap(Sorry I don’t know your name)
So far no reply but I was surprised anyway when they replied the first time, I basically told them what I already posted on your blog, how can I be flagged for doing as instructed by blog owners anway I will give it another day and see. I am interested in this Akismet replacement could you give me a link for more info please.
Here is there first reply
Hi James,
Most people regard your comments as spam. Stuffing the name field with keywords annoys people.
Kind regards,
Alex.
Twitter: GrowMap
March 18, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi James,
Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell us what they said. The official WordPress, Akismet and Google policy is they do not like links in comments and they should all be nofollow with no keywords in them.
Google favors big brands and they do not want small businesses and bloggers to be able to build links by commenting.
There is a tab at the top of this blog for our GrowMap anti-spambot plugin or you can use that link to get the details. You can also find it by searching for GrowMap in the official WordPress repository.
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Twitter: yuga9
March 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Twitter: @yuga9
thanks for this information, i know that Askimet required for API key, must i buy API key? how i can get it free?
Twitter: GrowMap
March 15, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Yuga,
Why would you want to when you can get our much better anti-spambot Akismet replacement plugin for free?
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Twitter: yuga9
March 16, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Twitter: @yuga9
oke, thanks a lot.
i look there is no askimet, but another same plug in.. it’s okay.. thank you again..
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Twitter: GrowMap
March 18, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Yuga,
That is our alternative to Akismet. It is free and much better as you can see by the testimonials in the post I’ll link to this reply and by searching for reviews online. As of today there have been 5,439 downloads of our alternative to Akismet. I am certain you will like it much better.
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Thanks, I had the same trouble last time. I was so tired finding ways to incorporate it to my blog without a hitch, I decided to drop and stop using akismet.
Spam is always been an issue that needs to be given a serious solution. I, myself is an anti-spammer too. I am looking for more ways to have and to join in a do follow blogs. Do you any recommendations? Is it really safe to disable Akismet? Thanks for sharing this article.
Twitter: GrowMap
March 15, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Olivia,
We haven’t used Akismet in any of our blogs for a long time. Check out the testimonials from other bloggers who are using it instead of Akismet.
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