Another Beachhead Lost In The Spam Wars
Uncle Andrew
If you run a blog, you’ve probably been seeing what I’ve been seeing lately: comments inserted into posts, made up of nothing but seemingly random characters. There are no useable URLs, no real words, and seemingly no reason for the entry except to annoy the blogmaster. This, Dear Readers, is Trackback Spam. Or, more accurately, it is a probe into my blog by trackback spammers. The seemingly random garbage is actually a unique identifier so they can track the results of their incursions, in preparation for the main assault.
As a result, I am turning off trackback and pingback on my blog. No big deal, for most of you; Lord knows I never use it. And as I’ve said in the past, the blog is primarily for my enjoyment, not yours. 😛
If this is a problem for you, please accept my apologies, and feel free to WinNuke the content spammer of your choice.
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