Look in your Web server logs to see exactly what path someone takes in order to do those posts. First verify that they are going through your security mechanism, instead of bypassing it entirely. It could be that your site has a security vulnerability that is being exploited. You might also be able to determine whether it is a robot or a human by analyzing the logs. If it is the same people every day, you could ban them based on their IP address.
You should also distinguish between the SEO industry and spammers. My guess is that these are spammers, which isn't the same industry as SEO. When you say "link builder" do you mean spam ads, or do you mean something else? -Mike Chabot On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Phillip Vector <[email protected]> wrote: > > So... Let me make sure I understand. > > They pass the Captcha and they also click the link in the email? > > That's some serious scripting. The reCaptcha stopped all spam to my > site. If they are clicking on the email links as well, that's pretty > advanced.. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Kris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sorry, this is a bit OT, but we're using CF for the site, so thought I'd see >> what other CF folks are doing about it. >> >> We've got a very busy legacy home-grown forum that since late August 2009 or >> so has been getting hit heavily by the Link-Building industry. Posting >> requires membership, which requires a captcha to be entered, and a >> confirmation email link to be clicked. Everyday, I search and invalidate >> hundreds of link-building memberships (the ones I can find). Interestingly, >> none of the links ever get posted -- we're using akismet, which does a >> pretty good job of stopping these. >> >> But, time is money, and hunting these suckers down (not to mention the ones >> I don't find out of oh, 700+ new memberships a day), plus just their >> presence in our database (more records == more processing time) is not a >> good thing. >> >> What are folks doing about this kind of abuse? And, can someone educate me >> on why the link-builders keep creating accounts when it's obvious their >> posts aren't getting published? I can tell from the data I'm seeing that >> it's the same people/scripts day after day. I'm at a loss. >> >> -KJ >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
