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November 09, 2005
YAY
Check the right sidebar.
The trackback spam that was also haunting the site is, thanks to Jeff, no longer an issue. (This is now verifiable, Jeff. The trackback spammers tried hitting today, and they got automatically plonked.) I hail Mr. Eaton "BlogDad" for this and his many other efforts.
And I'm learning more about MT all the time, also thanks to his efforts.
I may get good at this blogging thing yet. I don't think it's going to get me able to buy Google ads, but I can still have some fun with it and get some people jabbering with me.
Posted by Chuck at November 9, 2005 05:40 PM
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but the question is, will it let us comment? :P
Posted by: Catie at November 9, 2005 10:42 PM
Apparently so.
Comment-spam doesn't seem to happen anywhere near as much as trackback spam these days, anyway. I wouldn't be gunning for that.
(Now watch me get swamped with the crap.)
Posted by: Dr Chuck Pearson at November 10, 2005 07:20 AM
Not only that, trackback spam is easier to verify. Since trackbacks leave a URL, and are supposedly an indication that the author mentioned you on their site, the new Movable Type plugin just checks the URL for each trackback, scans the site for YOUR url, and junks the trackback if your URL doesn't appear somewhere on the page. It's cool stuff, and very simple. I wish I'd thought of it! :)
Posted by: Jeff Eaton at November 11, 2005 10:37 AM