This hat is the best blog comment spam filter ever… not. Actually, the best blog comment spam filter is the one that comes with WordPress. It was developed by Matt Mullenweg and is called Akismet. Akismet checks comments posted to your blog against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam and [...]
GeurillaMail: Get a Disposable Email Address
I stumbled on GeurillaMail a few minutes ago and what a great idea! The website provides you with a disposable e-mail address which expires after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame. What a brilliant way to keep the spam [...]
Update on the Clickbank Spammer
The affiliate spammer mentioned in Affiliate Spammer and the Super Affiliate Handbook has been blacklisted from promoting any ClickBank products. Coincidentally, shortly after I received that confirmation from Clickbank, that post received a very nasty comment from ‘chris’, who called me a thief and various names associated with the female anatomy. I trust that ‘chris’ [...]
Affiliate Spammer and the Super Affiliate Handbook
On August 1st, I received an email promoting the Super Affiliate Handbook (included at the bottom of this post), purportedly from the affiliate manager at MP3Dollars. I paid little attention to the email, thinking it was perhaps valid as I was once an affiliate of theirs and also have a friend who used to work [...]
The Art of Wooing Affiliates
“You spammed me” I said with a smile to the affiliate network manager standing next to me as we posed for a picture together at the last Affiliate Summit. Her smile suddenly disappeared. Kind, compassionate and understanding person that I am, I fervently hoped to hear an honest, if not apologetic reply that would give [...]
Stop Spammers with My Contact Station
Joel Comm has just released “My Contact Station“, software that kills site spam, increases security by solving the email harvesting problem, and provides advanced and professional contact solutions – and you can get it now for just 7 bucks! This script is easy to install on any site, including your WordPress blogs. Check out the [...]
