After a weekend of bombardment, the SPAM appears to have stopped. I have removed the referrer portal from the sidebar, so anyone expecting to increase their Google ratings by SPAMming me is in for a disappointment anyway. I’ve never really understood the mindset here. Trying to increase a site’s Google rating by SPAMming blogs doesn’t work. My trackbacks are moderated and I use a non-standard blog board that allows me to ban open proxy IPs, I have switched off all tools that might give succour to these creeps. I am not the only blogger who fights back – whether it is through moderation or filtering, the blogging community will take the necessary action to foil these attempts. So why do it? Or, more importantly, why do webmasters pay these scumbags to SPAM on their behalf when it doesn’t work?
Of course, I may be missing something here…
I am led to understand that Mayoress has returned from here holiday and measures have been taken. Sighs of relief all round, notice also the drop in daily hits!