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Akismet
A plugin which identifies and blocks comment and trackback spam on blogs with integration to various blogging systems.
Big Fractal Tangle: Designing For Lowlifes
Discusses how better, smarter tools are needed to block or remove comment spam in realtime.
Yoz Grahame's Cheerleader: Seven quick tips for a spam-free blog
A list of tips aimed at webloggers to reduce the problem of comment spam.
Jeremy Zawodny's Blog - Guerilla Tactics Against Blog Comment Spammers
Suggestion that bloggers create posts that target the same spammy phrases that blog spammers want Google to find.
Jeremy Zawodny's Blog: Using mod_rewrite against comment spam bots
Very short tutorial.
Kalsey Consulting Group - Comment Spam Manifesto
Weblogger crystallizes the thoughts of many in declaring a cyberwar on those who inappropriately post in guestbooks and weblogs.
BBC News - How spammers are targeting blogs
Spammers are turning their attention to weblogs, angering technology analyst Bill Thompson. He calls it "flyblogging."
OJR : Bloggers Declare War on Comment Spam, but Can They Win?
"Here's a look at the battle so far."
Webmaster Kit: Stop Spam
Offers a script using the Turing Test, intended for spam prevention in guestbooks, blogs and wikis.
Simon Willison: Blacklisting Comment Spam
One man's efforts to create and maintain a blacklist.
Simon Willison's Weblog - Solving Comment Spam
Feasible ways to stop or thwart comment spam.
Spam Huntress - Spam cleaning for blogs
Spam huntress dissects blogspam.
Glo Productions
Essays about comment spam and how one blogger is fighting it.
Internetnews.com - Six Apart Trains Guns on 'Comment Spam'
The blog tools vendor Six Apart plans to roll out an open online authentication system to fight the growing phenomenon of comment spam.
MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse
A centralized blacklist database of blog spam URLs.
Learning Movable Type: Concerning Spam
Types of spam seen on blogs.
Blog Spam Database
Database of URLs and phrases often used by spammers, along with links to related resources and a discussion forum.
MSNBC - Spammers now clogging blogs, IM
Spam has never been limited to e-mail. But now, commercial pitches are increasingly popping up in online chats, instant messages, cell phones with text messaging and weblog comments.
No Guestbook Spam Anymore
Offers instructions for webmasters for avoiding and eliminating spam in guestbook.
Six Log: Comment Spam
Spammers are abusing comment systems to increase their rank on Google. Here are some steps to take to reduce or eliminate this problem.
Typepad Vs. Commentspam
The steps that Typepad has taken in order to rid its users of spam comments.
Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs
Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam.
Wired - Googlemania: The (Evil) Genius of Comment Spammers
Background of the phenomenon of comment spam and how bloggers responded.
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