Once upon a time, this odd sounding word conjured up images of a salty canned meat product that gained popularity during World War II. Later, it became the subject of an oft quoted Monty Python sketch ...

Comment spam, also known as blogspam, has existed since the dawn of blogs. It’s created for one purpose: to insert a link on your site back to the commenter’s website. Comment spammers are getting ...

There’s no question Silicon Valley can be a competitive place to do business. But sometimes, when faced with a common foe or technological challenge, tech companies and developers can be surprisingly ...

This is a blog and all blogs with comments enabled are valid targets for "comment spam". So how does one protect their blogs from "comment spam"? What is comments spam? If you ever heard of Google ...

Quintura Search & Blog Comment Marketing – Spam? Quintura Search has been trying really hard recently to gather links to their web site via posting rather misinformed comments on various search engine ...

A live “Spam Zeitgeist” meter on Akismet.com shows that a whopping 89% of all blog comments are spam. Akismet, along with the newer TypePad AntiSpam are two of the major tools (both free for personal ...

One of the best ways to demonstrate expertise and establish a positive reputation for your business or your employer is by sharing information through posts on a website. And one of the best ways to ...

Over at The Awl there's a nice little piece about how Google has set about stopping that bane of webmasters, comment spam. There's also a nice piece from my colleague, Joshua Steimle, on the same ...

Remember back when blog comments became prime fodder for search engine optimization inbound link spam? When blogs began to emerge as a relatively popular medium, link spammers recognized a new ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft Corp.s growing group of 1,200 Weloggers were ...

Google says it’s taking steps to address the increase in YouTube comment spam that arose from the recent shift to the new commenting system powered by Google+. YouTube users have already been fairly ...

Here's how to recognize a comment on your blog or website as spam, and how to stem the flow. Comment spam, also known as blogspam, has existed since the dawn of blogs. It’s created for one purpose: to ...