How to get rid of spam

  • mohsin10

    (@mohsin10)


    11 years, 8 months ago

    Hi folks,

    So here’s my problem.

    Google AdSense recently emailed me to remove all the spam from comments within 78 hours or face my account getting disabled.

    Obviously I do use Akismet but it doesn’t block all the spam and some spam comments still get through (I didn’t really monitor daily to remove them. My mistake.).

    Now I really don’t want to go through thousands of comments to delete the spam. Is there a way (a plugin/trick) that I can weed out the spam from comments without having to wade through all of the comments? (yes I did try the ‘check for spam’ button on comments page but it didn’t help much)

    Your help is appreciated.

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  • Lorenzo Orlando Caum

    (@lorenzocaum)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    I would have a look at Cloudflare which can reduce the spam on your site.

    However this won’t help existing SPAM.

    Krishna

    (@1nexus)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    It is really hard job. Even if you can manually examine and delete spam comments, it might not help you, much the same if you use a plugin or ‘trick’. It is so because Google’s definition of spam differs considerably from all other definitions. So, you need to take a really tough decision: choosing between AdSense and comments. What do you want to retain?

    I am sorry, this is a very controversial subject that can bring in many opinions. Make a Google search, or go to Google’s own forums. You will find many conflicting opinions. So, you need to take a decision for which only your own judgment will be responsible.

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