I’ve been blogging here for almost two years now, and I haven’t accepted comments because of the massive volume of blog spam. I routinely get 10-20 attempts to post spammy comments every week, so I’m sure it’s a problem. So many folks have requested that I enable comments, though, that I began looking at a solution in October. After some testing and modifications, and now that I’ve gotten some free time to implement it, you can post comments here on the blog. I welcome your feedback and look forward to the dialog!
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January 4th, 2007 at 9:06 am
I.C. Jackson says:
Thanks for the opportunity to post comments. This blog is THE BEST! So being able to give feedback is greatly appreciated. As an up and coming web designer, I really appreciate these nuggets of wisdom available on the web. Kudos to you!
I.C. Jackson
January 4th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Rick Whittington says:
Thanks I.C., the feedback is much appreciated.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
R Penney says:
How is the SPAM avoidance going? I would like to initiate a blog as well and would love to hear your experience…
October 27th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Rick Whittington says:
Keeping spam off of this site has been a snap. If you’re going to start a blog, I recommend WordPress and the Akismet spam plugin. I also manually moderate any comment that gets past Akismet, so only the good stuff makes it on the web site as a comment. To date (10 months), the site has filtered 38,008 spammy comments!