One of the downsides of running WordPress can be a large amount of comment spam. Now there are tools out there to combat comment spam, and until a month or so ago, I was happy enough with askimet, but lately it seems to be putting more and more normal comments into spam, so I decided to make a switch and try something else.
I have one site that, due to the niche it is in does get a large amount of daily comment spam. The site ranks well for chosen keywords in the search engines, and this means I get more than my fair share of ” nice post, I now want to bookmark you in my browser and come back soon ” comments. So with this seemed like the perfecting testing ground for the growmap anti spambot plugin or G.A.S.P.
I have had the G.A.S.P running for over a week now, and so far I have to say I am mucho impressed. I have had absolutely zero WordPress spam comments since the installation.That’s pretty damn impressive.
Like most things that do a good job it’s actually quite a simple idea. It works by including a simple checkbox in my comment form that auto-commenting and spamming software is unable to read. ( See Image Below )
Stopping The Spambots
The result for me is more time for more productive things, and that is always good.
As a result of the positive trial, I have now installed the plugin right here on the emarketing life internet marketing blog so if you want to see it in action, just leave a comment.
