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By: Rahman Mehraby

Rahman Mehraby — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:51:21 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. I've begun spam fighting from the beginning with Akismet and had the same impression as yours. So, I'm looking for some solution that gets me back my precious time that I have to spend on excluding valuable comments from inside the spam.

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:35:25 +0000

Disqus is probably the only commenting system I haven't tried yet, Scarlett, but it's good to know it works so well.

By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:11:32 +0000

I admin a very popular site that generates a few hundred comments per post, and the best combination we've found is DISQUS commenting system + Askimet + Bad Behavior. (The latter may no longer be necessary, but it was essential before we switched to DISQUS so we don't want to give it up!) But this 3-part system has completely eliminated spam comments, which has been a huge relief!

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:12:30 +0000

I am using Disqus at this time, and have Akismet activated. In the past I've had spam problems, but so far I can control them with this setup. In fact I moved to Disqus for this very reason. Naturally, there are pros and cons to any system, but for now Disqus is working great.

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:02:23 +0000

It's a good idea to limit your use of plugins, I'm told, Ileane, though I still run quite a few. I've never noticed a lag because of running two anti-spam plugins, as I've done it on other blogs with no ill effects.

By: Ileane

Ileane — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:49:33 +0000

Hi Sharon, nice to see you guest posting here. I don't have the traffic levels you do so Akismet is doing the job for me right now. As my blog becomes more popular I'll look into some of these. I have a question, does running the two plugins slow down page load time at all? I hear that the use of plugins should be limited because of speed.

Thanks.

@Ileane

By: bee

bee — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:30:09 +0000

Hmmm…I use Ip bann…

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:09:42 +0000

Yes, that was a great plugin, Robeert. Of those I've listed Mollom was actually best at stopping spam but since it also ended up messing up the commenting process for users I had to let it go. If your readers aren't happy, then what's the point?

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:57:37 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Claus

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:56:53 +0000

Hi Nimit, I didn't have any problem with Aksimet till my blog got more popular. The longer the blog has been around, the more spam it gets, so that's when you might need another solution.

By: claus

claus — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:09:16 +0000

You should try Ntz antispam plugin. Search for it in your dashboard.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:57:26 +0000

Does anyone remember SpamKarma2 by Dr. Dave? It was the ultimate spam killer. Shame that it has not been kept up. I would bet that if it were to be brought up to compatibility with the current wordpress code it would mop the floor with all of the options you listed above.

By: Nimit Kashyap

Nimit Kashyap — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:01:40 +0000

I have had no problem with akismet yet, maybe my blog is new or i am not giving follow link anyways its a good post and maybe i might need to come back and read it again.