Spambots Beware: Matt got a hunting license…

As anyone who runs a site with any kind of exposure (especially if they offer comment forms) knows, once you get the exposure you get the spambots by the thousands. Now, although I am running Spam Karma 2 (with the Akismet plugin) on my Wordpress install, which does cut down on the spambot visits (no point sending them to a site that won’t take their crap), I needed a more… bulletproof… solution.

Therefore, I an instituting a new policy on links: If a site appears in my logs without having a link to me, I will immediately and permanently ban them from all areas of my site. What does that mean for you? Well, it means server performence may suffer slightly as it tries to determine if you’re coming from a site that’s known bad. Every referral that comes from one of these sites will be sent back to where ever they came from. No warnings. Either have a link on your site, or don’t send your spambots to me.

And no, damnit, I’m not blocking LiveJournal. Well, not yet at least.

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