I've been getting a lot of spam on the blog lately. Anyone out there know of any tools to get rid of this spam crap? I'm using wordpress and hosting it myself. Thanks everyone.

What I started noticing the last 3 days on my Word Press http://rwoutsidethebox.com website - - -are all kinds of Trackbacks from non-existent websites. it's always a different website and names always kind of music group or military names:



First off I have no idea what a TRACKBACK is - or why and how I would be getting such a thing.

Even though this might be slightly different than the original thread, I thought I would post it because it may be a similar thing going on - - - and they both are related to WORDPRESS.

Manus,
I use Spam Karma for my wordpress blog. It's killed 99% of the spam. Once in a blue moon, one sneeks in but it's been pretty awesome.

http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/

Jan

Doesn't Akiskmet comes with WP?

You have to get a key from http://akismet.com/ to use it on your blog. So signup on their website and activate it! It works WONDERFULLY!!!!! No spam since I activated it.

There are a few plugins - Akismet works wells but requires you to register on wordpress.com (hosted version) to get a key. Some hosts don't allow the outgoing requests to check the spam, but their database is constantly updated.

Bad Behavior and Spam Karma are the other top ones, I believe.

Yeh I think for akismet, you need to pay for commercial use. But I will definitely take a look at these options. Thanks!

Anyone use captcha? Can they be compared? One better than the other?

Peronally I manually approve all comments on my blog cause I too was hit with the blog spam... now I know viagra has a lot to do with weddings but I don't think my clients need to know about it, so once or twice a day I check the comments "awaiting" approval.