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GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin Now Available at WordPress Plugin Repository

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Andy has uploaded the new GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin to the Official WordPress Plugin Repository. I will ask Derek to add a Tab to make it easier to access. Please see the page with full details about this new alternative to Akismet here.

If you are using our plugin please visit the GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin page in the Official WordPress plugin repository and vote on how the plugin works for you so that bloggers who do not know us know they can trust it.

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Gail Gardner

Small Business Marketing Strategist at GrowMap
Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist who mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
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  1. The Akismet alternative has arrived by the looks of things. I can’t wait to try the new wordpress plugin your talking about

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  3. Akismet has just blocked my url even though my comments are genuine. What will I do ? Considering that most blogs today use Akismet. It’s terrible.

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    • Hi Raymond,

      Thousands of the best blogs now use our plugin instead. A few of them use Akismet too but now they will be able to see the real comments more easily because most spam is botspam and G.A.S.P. blocks it.

      Not to worry – just focus on CommentLuv-enabled blogs that use our plugin too. You do know there is a CommentLuv Search Engine?
      growmap would love you to read ..How to Win Friends and Influence Bloggers- OthersMy Profile

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  6. I just installed the plugin today, and it’s working fine for most comments. However, I’ve discovered that commenters who use Google Chrome as their browser can’t leave comments. They get the message that they need to enable JavaScript, but they already have it enabled. Any suggestions?
    Lillie Ammann would love you to read ..Scripture for the First Friday in Advent 2010My Profile

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    • I think that’s the IP from which I had four spam comments today. When I went to check them, GASP had been deactivated. I seem to be the only person in the world this happens to, and it sure is a nuisance.

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    • Me too – I’ve had 3 from that IP but it’s only a fraction of the spam I used to have to check.

      Only consolation is that they have had to type out the comments themselves… or am I missing something?
      Keith Davis would love you to read ..Facts tell… emotions sellMy Profile

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  10. I disabled, deleted and reinstalled the plug-in and the spam comments stopped getting through ;-). There was probably a glitch during the upgrade process. Review coming up hopefully next week. Cheers

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  12. I can happily attest to the fact that GrowMap AntiSpam Plugin (GASP) just works! I’m using latest version of WordPress (3.01) and I haven’t experienced any issues. Since I installed GASP (about 5 days ago), I have only had ONE (yep, 1) spam message. But it was not left by a spambot, it was a human! (Shame, shame!)

    GASP’s record is much, much better than Askimet’s. But to be fair, Askimet did flag almost every spam message, while unfortunately catching a few non-spammers in its net, too. But like others have said, I’m all-too-glad not to have to dig my legitimate commenters out of the moderation queue. GASP doesn’t let them in in the first place, so there’s no time wasted.

    Voted for it WPHonors and added a plug over at the WordPress Support Forum. Thanks to Andy Bailey for creating the plugin, and thanks to Gail for providing support. Gotta love the ComLuv community!
    Vernessa Taylor would love you to read ..Been Banned Me Too Ooops Fixed.My Profile

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  14. This is a great new plugin, I prefer it massively over the captcha… the number of times that has driven me mad lol.

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  17. The plug in sounds great. I better try this one and for I’m sure it could really a big help. Thanks for introducing this one. It will definitely cut off those spammers. Surely, I will introduce this to my friends if it works great.

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  21. Thanks for creating this! I installed it last Friday, and deactivated Akismet and I have only gotten one spam comment since then. It was from a real person though! Its working as it should be all the normal spam thats sits in the spam folder and pending folder has stopped completely.

    I went out and gave it a thumbs up… Thanks again for get us a new and working anti-spam plugin.
    James would love you to read ..GrowMaps Anti-Spambot is a Better Way to Combat Comment SpamMy Profile

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  22. Great plug-in. This is indeed a good post on anti-spam-boat. I’ll try this plug in and recommend it my friends. I thinks this is the kind of plug in that every blogger must taken into consideration.

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  24. Gail, I’m very interested in this plugin, especially since I had a recent problem with Akismet.

    I am concerned about having to check a box at the end of the comment. My instinctual reaction is to NOT check boxes on websites. And most of who comment a lot on blogs are used to seeing the box to check if we want all future comments on that post sent to us, which most of us don’t — so we’re conditioned to not check boxes down there.

    Of course, GASP could eventually train people to overcome this.

    Case in point: I automatically hit Submit without checking the box! Good thing you have the warning.

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    • Hi John,

      We have Dazzlin Donna Fontenot to thank for the warning popup. Originally you would be taken to another page and half the time your comment would not be preserved when you click back. That was a huge leap forward thanks to her being a programmer.

      Funny that you think not checking boxes is the instinct and others think checking them is. Regardless, that is how it works and it has made blogging a joy again for so many bloggers already that I believe most will just check the box when they see the reminder.
      growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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  26. That’s great to know about the anti-spam bot plug-in. It is really a hack to pointy out spammers. I hope that it would lessen the mess on my blog.

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    • Hi Lawmacs,

      Andy did incoporate techniques to keep the bot-spammers from easily defeating the plugin. If they ever do manage to get past it I have no doubt that Andy will be able to alter it to lock them out again.

      Have you joined our private blog collaboration yet? Details in the post I’ll feature in CommentLuv in this reply.
      growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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  29. Hi Gail
    I’m using Akismet at the moment but still have to check span a couple of times daily.

    This sounds interesting… simply click a check box and not have to type in a Captcha code. Thanks for all your efforts on the plugin.

    Slava mentioned that submit button should be last – think that I agree with that.

    Can you use it in combination with Akismet or do the two plugins confict?
    Keith Davis would love you to read ..Facts tell… emotions sellMy Profile

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    • Hi Keith,

      Did you know that Akismet can delete comments you never see if you have one box checked in the configuration? I once thought as long as I rescued comments from the spam section and did not have that instant delete configured that using Akismet was a good idea. I no longer believe that.

      When someone leaves a comment they should receive a message that says their comment is being moderated. That doesn’t happen if you have Akismet installed and they have been flagged.

      Even worse is the white page that commentators get and their comment instantly deleted in posts older than 30 days if they have been flagged and the blog has that one box checked.

      I will discuss the position of the check box in relation to the submit button with Andy. He may have had a reason for positioning it where it is. The good news, though, is that if you do forget it you just get a message and never leave the page or lose what you have typed in. (That was the improvement suggested by Donna.)
      growmap would love you to read ..Probably The Best Blogging CourseMy Profile

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  30. Today I got 20-something spam comments from one of the blogs where I have this new plugin. When I checked, I found the plugin had been deactivated… and not by me. I’ve had this happen many times with SI Captcha, and I don’t understand why I’m not seeing other reports of this. It looks like someone has figured out how to deactivate plugins!

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    • Hi Lane,

      I’ve seen the same thing in blogs. When we were using a couple of our newer blogs to test to see if specific bloggers were flagged as spammers I was positive that I had the Akismet “delete immediately” check box UNCHECKED only to find it checked again.

      The first thing to ask ourselves is who else could have changed that (i.e. who else has Admin access in our blogs). After that, I believe that Automattic, WordPress, or anyone they give access may be able to make changes even if we have our blogs hosted elsewhere.

      We would prefer that they not be able to do that but it is certainly within the realm of possibility. We must all be more vigilant at knowing what is configured in our blogs and raise awareness any time strange things happen.

      The other strange thing about WordPress is that even in blogs where Akismet is turned off, where comments go that you try to approve is erratic. I have two lists to prove that: on one clicking not-spam sends comments to trash and on the other comments go to pending.
      growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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      • I had a bunch of spam comments in three blogs this morning. Sure enough, GASP had been deactivated. I use Secure WP, Login Lockdown, something other than “admin” for username, no other users, and I changed all the text fields in GASP. Arrrrgh!

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        • Hi Lane,

          Maybe there is a back door that can be used by officials at WordPress? So far you are the only one I’ve seen report anything like that. I will keep my eyes and ears open and let you know if I hear of any others.

          There is a new version because some blog themes had some kind of problem that was affecting the original versions. We need more people to click IT WORKS on the WordPress page even if they did it before. That apparently gets reset with each new version.
          growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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    • Welcome Slava,

      I am sure that Andy will be reading all the input about it and will consider your suggestion. One improvement Andy made to the plugin already is what happens if you forget to check the box. Try “forgetting” once to see what happens and you’ll see that won’t be a major concern.
      Gail would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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    • I’ve installed it and it works a treat – as above my only concern is I wish the check box could be moved above the submit button – any news on this? cheers,

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      • Hi Gail, no worries about the first comment. I was really anxious to record a screencast and write a blog post about the plugin and to thank you guys for creating it. It’s been a labor of “luv” and I congratulate you on a job well done. When you get a chance please visit the blog and add any additional information or links that we can take advantage of. This is really a big deal and I’m happy to be one of the first users of GASP. I also encourage everyone to rate the plugin so that as many WordPress users as possible will see how valuable it is.
        Ileane would love you to read ..GASP Another WordPress Plugin from Andy BaileyMy Profile

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        • Thank you so much for your support Ileane,

          I will definitely raise visibility on your new post about the importance of this plugin for bloggers, their readers, businesses and especially commentators.

          Yes, it really IS a big deal and I am thankful to all who have helped make this alternative to Akismet a reality.
          growmap would love you to read ..Join Bloggers Supporting Bloggers NOWMy Profile

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