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Great read. I guess I have to change my view a little bit about some of those guys. Can't blame a guy if he is making $100's of thousands a month doing something that is legal. But it still does not make it right.
I get similar submissions every day. They have some sort of way around image validation and around submitting to Top category. They submit several sites at one time all realating to penis pills, usually with the URL repeated about 5 or 6 times in the description. Obviously, they are easy to spot and are quickly removed, but it is frustrating that these guys waste my time like this.
That was a nice read. I wish I could be so efficient at programming a script to spam for 100k per month. Honestly I would do it too, wouldn't you?
Ver very interesting interview. Last two days I have blocked over 200 IP addresss suspected of spamming one of my sites alone.
Great interview. Especially interesting is what works and what doesn't in terms of putting these people off. This pretty much confirms what I thought: captchas are essential, but only if you have a customised one, such as a trivia captcha. Any kind of changes you make to folder and file locations on common software will cut down your spam. And the people who write scripts need to put in decent spam-blocking measures as default. It's no good relying on individual webmasters to fix their sites, because it won't get done.
Any relation to the HTML security flaw? http://www.directoryspy.com/2006/10/20/security-vulnerability-in-phpld/
I have asked for some of the types of submissions to be sent to me so i have a reference when i start working on this, and yet, i haven't received any. Maybe people don't want to help get rid of the spam, but rather just make threads about it and bitch and moan! No worries I guess. I'll have PortProphecy send me some of his. He 'is' actually on point and wants to get rid of it. So Derek, if you come across this thread before we get a chance to chat, send me some logs. Rob
In phpLD the "-1" pagerank you see in admin translates to N/A on the actual listings, meaning they have received no pagerank yet.
One thing you could do it’s make a mod for phpld, with a link that says “report spam†on the admin approve screen like they have on gmail, and when the link if pressed it would send you the information automatically, what you think about this ? a million dollar idea I would install this mod no problem.
always a 'great idea' until someones hardwork requires a service fee. i've been around phpld too long now to know better. too many vultures!
I don’t understand your reply you want us to send you the spanners information, I am only suggesting a way to do it efficiently. Don’t wait for people to e-mail this information to much work you will not get many inputs you have to make peoples life easy. You can even build a business model, charge for example a monthly fee for access to the spanners database. My English is good but sometimes I get a little messed up with some replies are you calling me vulture indirectly?