By Link-Builders, spam, call it what you will. I mean stuff like (and I can only hope this post doesn't get halted by HOF) chiropractic ads, weight reducing, timeshare investments, cooking dvds, sports equipment, food preparation equipment, you name it.
I will start taking a look at the logs more carefully. It will required a concerted effort -- the site is very busy. Cheers, Kris On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Mike Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:330656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
