Before I started this blog, I'd read in other blogs about spam comments and I thought, "Well, that's par for the course anymore, I guess." It never ocurred to me - for some stupid reason or another - that there might also be trackback spam. The first trackback I got was legit. Every single one since then has been utter crap spam. The ones advertising "search engines" are kind of annoying. Bah-LETED. Then there were the trackbacks which were just a bunch of links for different poker and gambling website. Again with the Bah-LETED.
I'm no longer excited when I see a Trackback email in my inbox. I'm leery and jaded. "Oh, what's this going to be an ad for?" But what I found in my inbox this morning was beyond the limit.
The first link was for "hairy v*gin*" and the links just went downhill from there. I was incensed that this had been on my site if only for a few late-night hours. Do other people just not check their trackbacks to make sure they're really legit? Why do the spammers think this is a good way to attain traffic?
And why does it always piss me off so much when people do stupid shit like this?
Anyone know of an API or something for Moveable Type that will make trackbacks require approval before they go live to the site?
Sheesh.
Posted by Red Monkey at July 28, 2005 10:25 AM |
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"Anyone know of an API or something for Moveable Type that will make trackbacks require approval before they go live to the site?"
Yup, that (and a lot more) is built into MT 3.2, which is a free upgrade and in beta now.
July 28, 2005 5:04 PMAndy T. said:
Actually that is good to know. Haloscan must screen the garbage because all I get is legitimate trackbacks; mostly from you as I recall.
Now, did you check that site out? Was it any good? Did you pass me the link if so?
July 29, 2005 5:44 AMenderFP
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Andrew! ;)
No, I didn't check any of those sites out and certainly not the "hairy" site. Nor the nasty one about teenagers which appeared within an hour of this Trackback Spam post.
Like I'd give them any clicks.
And I don't look at that stuff anyway! Sheesh.
And Anil, thanks for the tip on MT 3.2. I was waiting for it to come out of beta before upgrading, but I may very well do that over the weekend. (And it'll be my first MT upgrade since starting this blog, so here's hoping I don't mess it up.)
July 29, 2005 7:27 AM
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