I'm doing some research and a proposal for funding for an article publishing site. I would appreciate feedback on how to stop spammers. How would you/do you stop spammers?
I don't have any idea. But when I think of spam comment, what I can imagine is just akismet plugin Sorry that my reply doesn't help anything
Hello, on shetoldme.com to fight obvious spammers (seo companies from india, pakistan, etc. paid by westerners to submit dozens of links to hundreds of sites) and automated user account creations, I had no choice but to manually review each pending applications and approve only those who seem to me serious. But don't worry, for the first few months you'll have nothing to fear because what you'll need is users, only after a few months and the next google pr update you'll have to restrict registration process. That's how it happened for me, I wasn't happy because I didn't want to have to review applications, but that's the only thing that works. Banning all IPs from india and such country, I did it, but it doesn't work long enough and you're also penalizing a few good indian users. After that, I also need to screen all articles submitted and if one does violate adsense's content policies, I delete the user and all his articles, I cannot afford to waste time to warn them like I was doing before at the start of the site.