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"I'm being 'comment spammed'...."

I only uploaded the updated version of my site to my host and I'm being 'comment spammed' by some casino/poker site. It's in my blog, you see, I'm using WordPress for my blog management, and some crappy spam bot thing keeps on posting comments onto various articles within the blog.

Each comment seems to be a random quote, with a link to some casino/gambling website.

Anyone know anyway of stopping these fiends from spamming my site?

I've deleted them all now, but there must of been at least 200+ of them and they'll return soon.

I think he knew that...

He was using the 'pro bit' to make the joke.

Have you thought about maybe changing the link text so that the word 'comment' isn't in it? It might be following that word...

Coin wrote:
>(BTW - nice photography... It's "pro". :P.)

lol, it's "prozac" not "pro" lol!;) I wanted the classic green and white ones, but my doctor perscribes the green ones!;)

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Hehe.

Nice photo Tyla.

And one it be OK for one to utilize it as a skin on ones site, with credit placed?

Would it?

Pleeeease?

(BTW - nice photography... It's "pro". :P.)

monkey_man wrote:
> Well, that's my good deed for the day. I might as well go to sleep
> now.

Awards MM a gold star...

gamesfreak wrote:
> Anyway.
>
> (Image changed, I thankyou kindly for offering me the chance to
> remove it without having to take further action)
>
> After making this post I went and did a bit of research, and it turns
> out that it is quite common, comment forms do get spammed often, so I
> found a thing that allows you to set \'spam filters\' and comment
> moderation, which is good.

Thank you for removing the image. T'was a tad silly knowing that someone would click eventually;)

With reagrds tot he spamming. try creating a robots.txt file and create an allow list of robots you OK with like Google etc. The rest should be bloked from accessing your site.

Anyway.

(Image changed, I thankyou kindly for offering me the chance to remove it without having to take further action)

After making this post I went and did a bit of research, and it turns out that it is quite common, comment forms do get spammed often, so I found a thing that allows you to set \'spam filters\' and comment moderation, which is good.

Well, that's my good deed for the day. I might as well go to sleep now.

gamesfreak wrote:
> Ack, Yeah I apologise Tyla.
>
> *crap excuse time*
>
> I was just using the picture as a reference image for the title area,
> and it just kind of stuck
>
> It's getting modified as we speak.

Good good... Saves me having to hassle fasthosts and you domain contact Mr Love.