Preventing blog spam
So, what can we do to stop blog spam? Mostly rely on the major search engines and blogging software to combat it. After a recent search, here's what I've found:
Google.
In January of 2005, Google started an initiative to test new code that blocks blog spam. It basically works by blocking hyperlinks and not giving credit to those links when they rank websites in their search results. They assure us that its not a negative vote for the site where the comment was posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer lists.
Right away, others like MSN and Yahoo jumped right on board. Blogging software such as LiveJournal and Wordpress also have taken up the cause too.
So, where does that leave us? With a start I guess.