Getting Rid Of Spam
They have started to attack blogs and other Web sites that have comments functions within them.
Before, spammers can be detected and eliminated using spam blocking software or spam blocking features in the email provider. Though users were not really able to eradicate spam 100%, these software were helpful in reducing the volume of nonsense that gets in. And with the growing number of spam blocking devices, come the also growing number of spamming geniuses who find new ways to annoy us.
Bloggers are the newest victims. Their comments boxes are flooded with special offers of all sorts, from Viagra to salary loans. Their impact has also compounded that of email spam content because they can only be taken out one by one, as opposed to email spam where we can just click several at a time to delete. On blogs, the blog owner has to do the erasing on a piecemeal basis, or has to contact the administrator to do it for him or her. What a hassle!
Spammers started off by individually posting their advertisements on blogs. As they got wiser, somebody eventually thought of a way of automating the procedure so that weblogs are tricked into thinking that a comment has been entered for a particular entry, when, in fact, they were just adverts. The genius that spammers are have developed an HTML tool that would bypass the software used by blogs to make them believe that the content it is distributing is valid and substantial.
The result, flooded comments boxes of blogs. If you have a personal blog, you might have already experienced this. Just when you thought somebody was stirred by an entry you wrote, you find out that it was just spam. How annoying is that?
However, since most blogs are publicly available for viewing, ultimately avoiding the onslaught of spammers is next to impossible. You will also not be able to file complaints against the spammers because of the nature of your blog's availability. The best way to combat spam is to ask readers to log in first before they can comment on your site. But this still isn't 100% sure-fire.
In truth, the technology that has yet to totally eliminate spam has yet to be created. And it might be a long time to infinity before that happens, because as new spam blocking methods are made, spam creating tools are also born.
Related Tags: spam, spam blocking
Low Jeremy maintains http://athletes-foot.articlesforreprint.com. This content is provided by Low Jeremy. It may be used only in its entirety with all links included. Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles
Recent articles in this category:
- How An Email Spam Blocker Will Save You Time And Effort
Electronic mail is a fantastic innovation, but for millions of people it has become something very i - The Dreaded Issue Of Spam
All about SpamSpam is the scourge of the Internet. Spam, as everyone knows, is the unsolicited adver - Most Spam Comes From Us, Romania And Brazil
At the end of the first quarter of 2009, Romania was placed in the top three sources of spam, with a - Affiliate Fraud- Is It Worth It?
If you're into affiliate marketing it is important to know what affiliate fraud is.Affiliate fraud h - Your Home Computer Will be Safe and Secured if You Follow These Steps
As a home computer user, you need to make sure that your computer is safe from any form of maliciou - Spam Mail
Spam Mail: An overviewHow Does A Spam Mail Overflow Initiates?Each day more and more neophytes to th - Spams and Their Filtering Techniques
We are all familiar with word Spam. This is something we encounter almost on a daily basis in our m - Anti-Spam Software: The Importance Of Anti-Spam Software
You may have have found yourself in the following position. You open your email program, get up to - Anti Spam filtering: Do You Use Anti Spam Filtering?
Spam email can be stopped or controlled by using a spam filter. Email filtering software can be ins - Nigerian Scams-they're Still Around
It's not easy to make money on the Internet. And that is what some - not to honorable people- try to
Most viewed articles in this category:
- The REAL Origins and Meaning of the Word SPAM
There's a lot of false information out there about why we refer to mass unsolicited commercial maili - How To Be More Specific In Blocking Spam
Spam is often thought to be such a difficult subject. But actually, it is not as difficult to compre - Why a Blocked List of Email Addresses is Useless
Do you maintain a list of blocked email addresses in your email system?This is one of the biggest wa - Who are Spammers
Most of us receive spam at one time or another. A spammer is someone who sends unsolicited e-mails i - How Web Sites Can Generate Spam Email
Every day tens of thousands of new web sites come online, many attracting big audiences, often due t - How to Manage Your Email Inbox More Effectively
Your inbox is the nerve centre to your incoming email, but all too often is clogged up with dozens o - How to Prevent Email Spam
You should have heard much about spam. What exactly spam is? I define spam as something unrequested. - What Should We Do About Spam?
I receive over 50 emails per day. Usually, close to 45 of them are spam. For the uninitiated, unso - The Definition of Spam - Do You Know What spam eMail Really is?
The word "Spam" as applied to Email means Unsolicited Bulk Email ("UBE").Unsolicited means that the - How to Successfully Subscribe from Newsletters and Ezines
Whilst many publishers of email based publications offer a clear "OPT IN" process and easy UNSUBSCRI