Eliminating Comment Spam
So I as I was going through my website logs, I came across a trend wherein a particular person at the same IP would always visit my site, open a blog post, and go right to the comment page. They would also visit Andy’s site, specifically his guest book. I noticed that this IP address corresponded with all of the comment spam I’ve been receiving on the site. (I was getting about 20-30 spam comments each day.) Fortunately, it was all caught by Akismet, which is a pretty nifty WordPress plugin for stopping comment spam.
So what did I do as a diligent webmaster and responsible blogger? I blocked the IP address, of course! Since then, the amount of comment spam I’ve received has basically dropped to zero! Amazing! Guess I’ll have to tuck that little tidbit away for future use.