Comments on: Tired of Pingback Spam http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/#comment-50366 Kelson Sun, 02 May 2010 16:54:32 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/20/pingback-spam/#comment-50366 Well, that depends. Not all pingbacks are spam, just like not all email is spam and not all comments are spam. So if you're reporting every single pingback as spam, you're doing a disservice not only to the people who are linking to you, but to everyone else who uses the same spam filter (if it's a collective learning filter like Akismet). If you really want to just block all pingbacks and not worry about which ones are spam and which ones are legit, it should be possible to turn them off entirely. WordPress lets you turn them off on the Settings/Discussion page, though you might need to reset it on older posts. (Fortunately the bulk edit features mean you can do this in batches of 20 instead of one at a time.) Other blog software should have a similar option. Well, that depends. Not all pingbacks are spam, just like not all email is spam and not all comments are spam. So if you’re reporting every single pingback as spam, you’re doing a disservice not only to the people who are linking to you, but to everyone else who uses the same spam filter (if it’s a collective learning filter like Akismet).

If you really want to just block all pingbacks and not worry about which ones are spam and which ones are legit, it should be possible to turn them off entirely. WordPress lets you turn them off on the Settings/Discussion page, though you might need to reset it on older posts. (Fortunately the bulk edit features mean you can do this in batches of 20 instead of one at a time.) Other blog software should have a similar option.

]]> By: Dick http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/#comment-50365 Dick Sun, 02 May 2010 15:40:23 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/20/pingback-spam/#comment-50365 This pingback thing gives me a migraine, I get those when I can't seem to grasp something, day after day I see these in my email inbox starting with the [ ] and my text. I always use the WP comment manager and delete as spam. Am I doing the right thing? This pingback thing gives me a migraine, I get those when I can’t seem to grasp something, day after day I see these in my email inbox starting with the [ ] and my text. I always use the WP comment manager and delete as spam. Am I doing the right thing?

]]> By: Abby http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/#comment-47255 Abby Sat, 09 May 2009 13:43:46 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/20/pingback-spam/#comment-47255 This morning I got loads of pingbacks. I use Akismet, and it works pretty well... akismet came with my wordpress blog already. All the pingbacks (except my own) went to the spam folder immediately. If you mark it as not spam, then the pingbacks will show up if they've all been coming from the same IP. This morning I got loads of pingbacks. I use Akismet, and it works pretty well… akismet came with my wordpress blog already. All the pingbacks (except my own) went to the spam folder immediately.

If you mark it as not spam, then the pingbacks will show up if they’ve all been coming from the same IP.

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/#comment-36483 Kelson Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:03:51 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/20/pingback-spam/#comment-36483 I don't care if they link here, as long as they aren't posting more than a brief excerpt. But I sure as heck am not going to help them out by linking back to <em>their</em> site. Fortunately a few just-general-enough blacklist entries have helped Spam Karma get a handle on the current wave, and most of them are at least going into the moderation queue now. I don’t care if they link here, as long as they aren’t posting more than a brief excerpt. But I sure as heck am not going to help them out by linking back to their site.

Fortunately a few just-general-enough blacklist entries have helped Spam Karma get a handle on the current wave, and most of them are at least going into the moderation queue now.

]]> By: *** Dave http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/11/pingback-spam/#comment-36481 *** Dave Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:17:25 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/20/pingback-spam/#comment-36481 I've had a couple of these come through from Thorny Path. I've not felt compelled to do anything about it ... yet ... but I do find it vaguely irksome so far ... I’ve had a couple of these come through from Thorny Path. I’ve not felt compelled to do anything about it … yet … but I do find it vaguely irksome so far …

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