Comments on: Spam Filter Free Day: Turn Off Akismet for One Day http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/ Technology, Blogging, New Media and Web 2.0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ban IP to Stop WordPress Comment Spam Forever | Social Media Smack Talk http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-716283 Ban IP to Stop WordPress Comment Spam Forever | Social Media Smack Talk Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:55:25 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-716283 [...] Comments folder (it has blocked over a million spam comments here and you can’t even think of turning Akismet off). But what if you have to manually fish out any valid comments among hundreds of spam [...] [...] Comments folder (it has blocked over a million spam comments here and you can’t even think of turning Akismet off). But what if you have to manually fish out any valid comments among hundreds of spam [...]

]]> By: Akismet Blocks 1 Million Spam Comments http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-685464 Akismet Blocks 1 Million Spam Comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:36:09 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-685464 [...] though you can always recheck the queue. In fact people have tried to test what happens if you turn off Akismet for a day.  Akismet had blacklisted us once such that all our comments on other blogs ended in the [...] [...] though you can always recheck the queue. In fact people have tried to test what happens if you turn off Akismet for a day.  Akismet had blacklisted us once such that all our comments on other blogs ended in the [...]

]]> By: belldandy http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-645864 belldandy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:35:26 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-645864 Unfortunately, not all of the "spam" comments that Akismet catches are actually spam and could actually be doing you a disservice if you want your blog to eventually rank for any keywords in search engines. They may be posting to your blog mostly to create a link back to their own site, BUT people like myself who actually make informed posts on blogs instead of one liners like "nice post, lol" or just a random set of keywords are actually doing bloggers a service. By making an informed post that is actually related to the blog and the topic posted, people like me are trading you content for your site (since comment text is searchable) in exchange for a link back to our site. We help you, you help us. As long as the comment is relevant and a decent post, it isn't spam and actually helps your blog rank in Google or Yahoo or any other search engine when someone searches for your blog's topic. Most people don't understand this and assume that just because a link goes back to a commercial website, that the comment is to be considered spam and that isn't true. This is why I don't go around posting random things on blogs that I find; it's always related and it's always a decent sized post, never keyword stuffing or anything related to that. Unfortunately, not all of the “spam” comments that Akismet catches are actually spam and could actually be doing you a disservice if you want your blog to eventually rank for any keywords in search engines. They may be posting to your blog mostly to create a link back to their own site, BUT people like myself who actually make informed posts on blogs instead of one liners like “nice post, lol” or just a random set of keywords are actually doing bloggers a service. By making an informed post that is actually related to the blog and the topic posted, people like me are trading you content for your site (since comment text is searchable) in exchange for a link back to our site. We help you, you help us.

As long as the comment is relevant and a decent post, it isn’t spam and actually helps your blog rank in Google or Yahoo or any other search engine when someone searches for your blog’s topic. Most people don’t understand this and assume that just because a link goes back to a commercial website, that the comment is to be considered spam and that isn’t true. This is why I don’t go around posting random things on blogs that I find; it’s always related and it’s always a decent sized post, never keyword stuffing or anything related to that.

]]> By: Innovations & interesting Ramblings http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-598515 Innovations & interesting Ramblings Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:57:16 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-598515 Have you turned it off? but I don't see many comments...It will be a real good test... Have you turned it off? but I don’t see many comments…It will be a real good test…

]]> By: Liviu http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597537 Liviu Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:35:30 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597537 He has a point, but do you think that the spammers care about that? I don't think so. They won't stop spamming arround. He has a point, but do you think that the spammers care about that? I don’t think so. They won’t stop spamming arround.

]]> By: QuickOnlineTips http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597524 QuickOnlineTips Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:28:41 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597524 Jesper - In the Wordpress Admin panel, go to Comments > Awaiting Moderation and find the "Recheck Queue for Spam" link on the top right. One click weeds out all missed spam comments in a jiffy. Very useful in when Akismet outages occur. Jesper - In the Wordpress Admin panel, go to Comments > Awaiting Moderation and find the “Recheck Queue for Spam” link on the top right.

One click weeds out all missed spam comments in a jiffy. Very useful in when Akismet outages occur.

]]> By: Jesper Rønn-Jensen http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597239 Jesper Rønn-Jensen Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:46:34 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/spam-filter-free-day-turn-off-akismet-for-one-day/#comment-597239 Just exactly where is this option to recheck queue for spam??? I can't quite find it in the user interface of our wordpress admin pages. Am I looking the wrong place? As you already comment, this feature could come in handy on <a href="http://justaddwater.dk/2007/11/27/announcement-spam-filter-free-day/" title="Justaddwater.dk: announcing spam filter free day" rel="nofollow">Spam Filter Free Day</a> (If it's there it's no guarantee that we'll use the feature -- would be too easy. Actually, our point by doing it is that we want to feel the pain for one day without spam filters) Just exactly where is this option to recheck queue for spam??? I can’t quite find it in the user interface of our wordpress admin pages. Am I looking the wrong place?

As you already comment, this feature could come in handy on Spam Filter Free Day

(If it’s there it’s no guarantee that we’ll use the feature — would be too easy. Actually, our point by doing it is that we want to feel the pain for one day without spam filters)

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