Quick Way To Eliminate a LOT of Comment Spam
I've been getting over 100 spam messages a day, almost all of the form:
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Notice two things: the spam message is included in H1 tags, and as a result it's extra-obnoxious, because it's very, very big. Spammers like to use H1 tags because Google and other search engines give words in those tags much more influence.
I tried getting Spamlookup to junk any link that included an H1 tag, but despite having told the plugin to junk anything with the string "<h1>", the spam kept on coming. Then, thanks to The Tweezer's Edge, I found the solution. You can read Tweezer for the precise whys and wherefores, but if you've been getting a lot of comment spam with H1 tags (about 99% of the spam I've received in the last three weeks, and over 1,000 false comments), here's what you need to exclude in the "Keywords to Junk" box of the "Spamlookup - Keyword Filter Settings" dialogue:
/<h1>/i
That's the appropriate regex entry. If you want it to be more powerful, put a space and a '4' after the 'i' in the string above.
