Spammer

feline · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2006, 04:13 PM

I see a new poster spamming around in her/his posts.

Can anything be done about this?

brian · #2 (**permalink**) 08-29-2006, 01:41 PM

Sorry for the delay - yep, will get them now.

feline · #3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2006, 09:32 AM

Thanks, admin! YOu are really great! It hurts to see spammers around amidst the serious talks that we have in here, right?

brian · #4 (**permalink**) 09-02-2006, 05:58 PM

Another came in last night - removed.

feline · #5 (**permalink**) 09-27-2006, 03:02 PM

Now I am back and I see more spammers <sighs>

brian · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 09:29 PM

Sorry about that - just moved house, then my ISP couldn't connect me to broadband. Been an awful pain but I'm around again now, and also made a few tweaks to help defeat the spammers.

feline · #7 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 04:13 AM

Glad to see they are now removed, great job!

destiny_star2006 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 11:06 AM

How can you guys tell which person is a spammer!?
Is it when they post links etc?

brian · #9 (**permalink**) 11-22-2006, 12:02 AM

Yep - link spamming for viagra, porn, and casinos.

MasterMind · #10 (**permalink**) 11-23-2006, 03:25 AM

And some spammers try to play the smart-guy posting "copy and paste" articles from elsewhere to disguise their spammy links.

martman · #11 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 07:50 AM

hate the freaking spammers...

Grant Draper · #12 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008, 07:40 PM

Yep, they kill the value of the net!

kebark · #13 (**permalink**) 04-28-2009, 12:33 AM

its fiine to post links to legit articles right? =/

Ryan6 · #14 (**permalink**) 11-11-2009, 05:31 AM

That is terrible. Why would someone do that? It's as if it's some kind of bot or something.

brian · #15 (**permalink**) 11-11-2009, 09:48 AM

Yep, bots - banning now.

Frank20 · #16 (**permalink**) 08-09-2010, 02:02 AM

At what post counts can a new guy like me
start posting links in the body of my post?

And when can I create my sig file with
a link to another website

whatsitallabout · #17 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan6

That is terrible. Why would someone do that? It's as if it's some kind of bot or something.

People usually do it to increase their ranking in the search engines. They figure that by having more links back to their site they will rank higher... and then they get banned.

whatsitallabout · #18 (**permalink**) 01-19-2011, 11:47 AM

You know actually, on further consideration, if you want to stop the spammers the best ways are:

1. Prevent signature links until a user has a minimum of 10 posts.
2. Captcha and email verification for new users.
3. Make all links nofollow from users' posts and signatures.

Just as an example you have a new user today here: financemarkets.co.uk/boards/members/5325.html

Check out their signature...I highly doubt you'll see them post anything!

brian · #19 (**permalink**) 02-23-2011, 09:17 AM

Member profiles are actually hidden from non-registered members. In other words, no search engine is able to find any profile, so any attempt to profile spam the site won't work.