> on bobguiney.com I have always "approved" guestbook entries but I still > hated dealing with tons and tons of obnoxious spambot entries on a daily > basis.
Same here - all guestbook entries *must* be approved before going live. The form bots are blocked from the database completely, so they're never entered anyway. But, I have the contents they placed in the form emailed to myself so I can look at it. A trend I've noticed is that one bot will spam a blog somewhere, and it keeps a list of everywhere it's spammed and enters that list as part of the spam each time, rolling the old links off as it goes. This is done in hope that Google or one of the other search engines will follow all these links, and push the spam site up towards the top of the ratings. Google penalizes a site for even appearing in one of these list, so letting these bots through can hurt in more ways than one. I've also put up a legalese "advertising policy" on one site that specifically names the exact amount that even attempting to place an ad will cost - but nobody has paid their invoice yet!! Heh... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243515 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
