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Try WebEX MeetMeNow for FREE! http://aj.600z.com/aj/29349/0/cc?z=1&b=29172&c=29346 ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* Akismet False Positives And Spam Karma Configuration Andy Beard | Expert Author Spam Karma for me is the most effective comment and trackback spam management solution because it doesn't cause me problems with false positives on many blogs where I comment on a regular basis. As a blogger, it is a huge time saver by sending me email notifications a few times per day if it finds entries that are "possible" good comments and trackbacks, but which tripped up one or more of the various algorithms it uses. Akismet - Proof of False Positives A reader using Akismet posted about me being a comment spammer. He was joking, but it was because Akismet had flagged one of my comments as spam. * It was a brand new blog * That was my second comment posted on the blog * The first comment I posted was not flagged as spam ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* Free Click Fraud White Paper and Personalized Demo Zero Tolerance for Click Fraud - This report reveals PPC ads that are victims of click fraud. Use web analytics to determine the source of problems. Read the Whitepaper then Try the Free ClickTracks Demo to detect click fraud http://aj.600z.com/aj/29349/0/cc?z=1&b=29022&c=29347 ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* 7 Months Of Historical Data * Most of my readers know I live in Poland, so that could factor into any Akismet calculations. I also use an internet service provider that uses a variable IP address. * Most of the comments I have made on 100s of blogs over the last 7 months have been to this domain. A few have included my other public sites for wordpress plugins or google toolbar buttons. With that amount of historical data I should be able to post a comment about any subject I like, and Akismet should give me the benefit of the doubt Akismet Whenever someone writes a list of plugins featuring Akismet at the top of the list, the blog spammers rejoice. Blog spam is about eyeballs on their links, even if it is only in an admin panel. Spammers even target things like referral stats for traffic, making you think someone has linked to your domain to go and check, and for old sites that still have top referrers. Every time a blogger has to go trawling through their spam folders to check for legitimate comments, the spammers get eyeballs on their links, and with the primary content of spam being the most popular content and products on the internet, their market is not just the links from dead blogs, but also the eyeballs of active bloggers, many of whom are young males, who spend far too much time in dark rooms lit only by the glare from their computers. Akismet will never succeed in killing comment spam until it totally removes the need of eyeballs on all those links. It is a noble cause, and I am sure it will eventually be a successful one, but there seems to be something wrong with the collective intelligence, or certainly the "binary" spam/no spam black/white decision process, whereas Spam Karma offers lots of shades of grey. 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