A Handy Guide to Catching Spam Comments

by Apr 6, 2018Tech1 comment

Look out for these things in your comment spam (some apply to email spam, too), and you’re less likely to be fooled by it (click image to see full-size):

I don’t really mean that Australia is weird, though I may find out this summer that it is as I take my first trip to the land down under. Germans aren’t weird, either. But most of my legitimate commenters are Americans; that’s all I’m saying. Aussie bloggers might want to be aware of comments ostensibly from Americans!

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  1. Duncan Johnson

    Don’t forget us Canadians!

    Cheers!