I have just started getting plagued by a content spammer. Content spamming is a bad thing; it means that all comments have to be approved, and a lot of the comments that I have had recently have been of the type: “Great site! Go here for information on (insert random pharmaceutical product here).” They do not add any value at all to the site.
The trouble is that as a minimum, they take up time that would be better spent doing other things.
I asked some of my friends who run WordPress blogs what they use to deal with comment spam. One tool that came recommended was Spam Karma. I’ve just installed it on this blog, so I’ll see how well it works! Certainly it seemed very sophisticated; it was a drop-in-and-go solution; and it was free.
David Thomas, The Affiliate Marketer
