Apologies for borrowing a word which, most often is associated with something that's entirely different and entertaining; however, my use of the word definitely is not. The other Spamalot is a musical retelling the legend of King Arthur. It's based on the 1975 film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Its title is a portmanteau (a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts) in this case, Spam and Camelot.
My use of spam-a-lot refers to the proliferation of spam comments that myself and other bloggers have to deal with, sometimes on a daily basis. This comment ↓ is an example.
Often, an identical spam comment will be repeated for multiple blog posts. Most times, the comments are left overnight, an indication that spammers are in another country/time zone.
In recent weeks, I've been reporting many of these multiple spammers to Google. In the above example, clicking on the spammer's name, Mostbet, brings up this page where I click on Report Abuse.
Next, this screen to Report a community violation displays to identify the URL of the spammer you want to report and I click on Report.
After I've selected the reason for reporting the violation, this next screen displays and then I click on Submit Report.
The final step is to go back and delete the spam comment.
Does this process work?
Yes and no because some days I have had zero spam comments and then other days, there will be anywhere from a few to 6 or more. I've noticed that there has been a reduction from certain spammers with a few exceptions. That's why I plan to select a different violation to report in the future as spam actually is a form of harassment or bullying.
If any other bloggers have gone through this process, please share your experiences in a comment especially whether it's been successful or not in stopping some of the spam.
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Our thanks to everyone for your condolences on the recent passing of my friend and of Patrick's cousin. Also, thanks to those who commented on coincidences in your own lives.
13 comments:
That's interesting. I don't mind as much if I get spam from someone who actually comments as though they'd read the post. I'll post that one (I moderate comments). But if it's clearly a BOT, nope!
...spam is a minor problem for me.
I’ve not gone that far. Usually Blogger flags something as Spam and then I just trash it. Occasionally, I have to flag it and then trash it. And then there are the comments that it thinks are spam but aren’t, sometimes including even my own comments (replies) on my own blog.
I get some spam but it’s not a huge problem and since I moderate comments before they are published they don’t make it to my blog. If ever I need a taxi in Dubai, however, or window cleaning in Mumbai……..
It's a minor problem on my blog. But there's a nursing school in India that's determined to enroll me!
I have had a few over the last two months. Moderation of comments helps!
for me pam here on my blog comes and goes-that is why I moderate comments-so readers don't have to read those. I either get those every day for awhile or none at all not sure what triggers those
I did not know this is there, so thanks, there are 2 that drive me crazy, I just do the mark as span and report and delete them. the two I am talking about leave multiple, one time it was 100 I had to delete, if I get more than one I will do this process
PS I don't have time to moderate, can barely fit read/comment/posting
I suspect that the first several layers of action on spam reporting is by AI; people only get involved when it gets serious as you have made it with the 'harassment' tag. I use the dotted corner in Facebook posts that allows you to pause or report. Luckily I get very little spam in the comments on my blog. The benefits of being in a very tiny and well-shaded crack. You have a wider audience and are therefore better worth hitting.
I sometimes get the gambling spam, but not too often. One commenter named Stacy will write a nice comment but include a link to her cabinet refacing company as part of the comment. It's very strange! LOL! She's done it a few times. You can see one of them in my post about things in my dining room.
Good ideas. I don't get a lot of spam but have never thought about reporting it before sending it to the trash.
I moderate and just mark as spam and delete. I've never had more than a random one or two if they do show up. I think my blog is too small--lol! Never thought of reporting it in a different way. If they increase I will know what to do now. Thanks! :)
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