If you’re using Movable Type be sure to install the new ‘nofollow’ plugin. It implements a new way of marking links in comments and trackbacks so that they will be ignored by search engines. Let’s see what the spammers do now to try to get around this. (hat tip to Hashim)
Category: Blogging
Some People Just don’t Understand RSS
Last night I happened across a post by Martin Schwimmer entitled “Why I Have Asked Bloglines To Remove My Site From Its ‘Service’“. It generally accepted that BlogLines is by far the number one news aggregator so I had to go read that post. Here’s Martin’s post (emphasis is mine): This website is published under… Continue reading Some People Just don’t Understand RSS
Tips on Choosing a Doctor
My boy Jon, who is one of the best orthopedic surgeons you’ll ever find, has written an article about how to choose a doctor. There’s some very important and useful information in that article.
Six Apart Addresses Comment Spam Issues
There’s some important information MovableType’s blog about Movable Type creating server load issues when dealing with comment spam. It contains some tips for lessening your server load while Six Apart readies a patch. I’m glad to hear that Siz Apart is on this because I was really getting worried after reading ‘MT Plus Comment Spam… Continue reading Six Apart Addresses Comment Spam Issues
Fair Use of Photos on Blogs
There’s a very interesting discussion on the Nanopublishing Weblog about the fair use of photos on blogs. Definitely food for thought for those of use who post pictures (and probably music too!).
Who’s Rolling to SXSW 2005?
I’ve been wanting to hit SXSW (South By SouthWest) for a couple of years now, more so for the music than the interactive portion. But after my talk with Terry Frazier the other day and the fact that they’re having a “Blogging while Black” session this year, I’m considering going. I can hear the conversation… Continue reading Who’s Rolling to SXSW 2005?
MT-Blacklist Corrections and Suggestions
In case you haven’t seen it already, there’s an important post about some changes to the MT-Blacklist master blacklist on Jay Allen’s site. Jay gives some suggestions about some expressions and URL Patterns to add to your blacklist. As an aside, I’m still trippin’ off of the amount of comment spam attempts that are blocked… Continue reading MT-Blacklist Corrections and Suggestions
Come On Over to the Carnival…
I hope all of you come over to my other blog and check out the Carnival of the Capitalists which I’m hosting this week. There’s some really good content this week. I finally get to experience an InstaLaunch. 🙂 I also had a nice bump in traffic over the weekend from a Barron’s article about… Continue reading Come On Over to the Carnival…
Comment Spammers are Wilding Out
I just took a look at my MT-Blacklist statistics and was shocked by what I saw. A couple of weeks ago I noticed an increase in the amount of comment spam that was slipping by the blacklist. So I decided to add some items of my own to the filter. I’m not going to list… Continue reading Comment Spammers are Wilding Out
Getting Things Done Seminar Blogged
You ‘Getting Things Done’ fans may want to check out the notes from David Allen’s recent seminar posted at Buzznovation. (They start at that post and continue on for several more pages.)