Every single day for months now, goodfinance-blog.com spams GrowMap and every day I delete every one of their comments. That site hasn’t published a new post since February 15, 2010 but they spam this and probably many other blogs almost every day.
Do they have a perpetual spam comment machine?
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SPAMMER: goodfinance-blog.com - click image to see full size
I am sharing a screen capture of their latest spam comments in hopes someone knows how to tell what they’re using.
We need to know if these are being manually left and they’re using some tool that randomly changes the author and email address or they have found some way around the GrowMap anti-spambot plugin and Simple Trackback Validation plugins we’re using.
Thanks for any insights anyone has on how these
comments are generated or how to block them.
What we really need is a separate way to blacklist and delete OR block these types of spammers.
THAT site is an excellent example of how NOT to blog.
If by some miracle the person or people behind that blog have alerts set up and read this post, this message is for you. You are a thief. You are stealing our most valuable asset: our time.
If you have a conscious you will stop doing this and learn how to blog and comment ethically. If you don’t stop you don’t have one.
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I had similar problems on two of my website sections first I cheanged the registration so they had to get approval before being able to post a comment and I also installed spambot here is a link to the website it is a cool site you can download and even ask for a free key and contribute to their spammer list.
http://www.stopforumspam.com/
LOL I like the check the box so we know you’re a live human.
also I found a place that said it posted an invisible link on my sites that bots follow and leads them to a black list type set up and also is supposed to block them from future attemps. can’t remember the name of the program but I searched ways to stop forum spam bots and came across it. The spamboy from the http: stopforumspam seems to work great for me though since I installed it I have not had any problems.
the site is scam.we will punish it
They also doing spamming on my site. Just now I search their site address over google and found this review. I think Google need to take action against such spamming site.
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Twitter: allaboutmexican
March 30, 2012 at 4:02 am
my friend has the same problem..it’s like a pesky weed that never dies according to my friend..it’s annoying to have this kind of spammers.
Twitter: matthewacoleman
March 30, 2012 at 3:45 am
as i have observed..spammers are getting smarter everyday..they get creative and pass through your security..:(
Hello
That’s a little bit difficult to avoid spammers today, especially taking into account that this site exists for a long time. .thanks. .
Twitter: JymTarrant
December 23, 2011 at 5:22 am
Wow! Incredible unfolding in the comments on this one, I can’t even remember the post itself after reading all those!
Aha. Just went up and refreshed. Yup, I’ve had these f&*%#@s spam me daily for the last week or two. As discussed IP blocking is no good. I will look at how to block that domain.
Stopping comments containing the words ‘goodfinance’ is no good because it blocks all comments containing the words ‘good’ and ‘finance’. And I like the word good, especially when it appears in comments on my posts.
Anyway, I don’t have any more solutions except to break my usually gentle stance and offer to give these spammers a slap, if anyone can find me their real address! Not very PC, I know – but you’re right Gail, they are thieves.
Which means (depending on which culture you’re in) that they should have their hands cut off. Ok my rant over.
Thanks for bringing this to light Gail. We will out evolve them, step by step. We have to.
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December 24, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Hi Jym,
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I’ve been chatting with Mitch Allen and others trying to find a solution that will lock these time thieves out. Everyone is welcome to suggest ideas.
I’ll be in touch soon to invite you into a private, invitation only forum for influential bloggers who are making a difference. It will be similar to what we started in the lost SBC forum but even better so I do hope you’ll join us.
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December 28, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Thanks Gail, I’d love to be involved.
I’m also open to any suggestions. Am currently considering moderating the initial comment from any given user, since I’m checking most days it would seem like a feasible option.
I’d rather leave the gates open of course, if anyone can come up with a better solution!
It just seems to me that as spam protection evolves, so does spam. We could well be playing this game for a long, long, time…
Hope you’re having a great holiday time Gail. Happy New Year!
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