Spam Comments

Friends,

Our brand new, happy blog received its very first spam comments today. I have activated the word verification option in an attempt to combat future spam. Next time you intend to comment you will be asked to view some text and re-type said text. Blogger explains how this stops spam comments much better then I possibly could:

What this does is to prevent automated systems from adding comments to your blog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step. If you've ever received a comment that looked like an advertisement or a random link to an unrelated site, then you've encountered comment spam. A lot of this is done automatically by software which can't pass the word verification, so enabling this option is a good way to prevent many such unwanted comments.

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1203

Yes, an extra step without a doubt. However, from what I witnessed today, well worth the effort!

Um, by the way, if you want to buy a used car, give me a ring. I now have a great source!