Blogging

Commenting on blogs is an essential part of most low budget marketing strategies, especially when promoting blogs. Plenty of people automate blog commenting, spamming thousands of blogs with worthless generic comments. There is a better way, of course.

Referrer spam is becoming increasingly common. At best, it will only render your log files useless. At worst, it can cause your site to be dropped by search engines and your running costs to skyrocket. Here's how to block spurious referrers.

Comment spam is evil, but preventable. Here is a breakdown of the tools and techniques available to a site owner who wants to allow commenting but prevent spam.