: Stopping comment spam with links(need suggestion) Possible Duplicate: How can I prevent comment spam on sites which I control? After bearing 1 year spammy comments with links in those

@Welton855

There is another service called akismet. I recommend you to look at it too.

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@Murray432

I've found the best solution is to move to the disqus comment system, that puts this problem in the hands of a much larger business who only earn money when they prevent this kind of thing.

Akismet is another good service that's worth a try.

Other options include automatically no-follow-ing the links in your comments - as this makes your site useless to spammers or disallowing a href in comments.

For the sake of other future readers, many people sell lists of thousands of websites which haven't applied no-follow to links in their comments section, allowing the spammers to easily and robotically spam your site. Everyone should apply no-follow in their comments it's very easy to do. While no-follow won't stop spammers entirely, it will stop you being included in the lists for sale.

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@Murphy175

I would not have used a regex on or but I woudl rather try a solution such as Askimet. It is believed to be pretty good against spam comments. Or maybe Disqus like comments.

Can it hurt?

When trying to give a point of view, I generally confirm what I say, with a couple of links = yes. But if the progression of spam ratio has fallen, I could do with restrictions.

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