August 2017
Beginner
412 pages
10h 30m
English
Comment spam is one of the most annoying things on the Internet if you're an online publisher. Basically, a spam comment is a comment that has been submitted for the sole purpose of getting a link back to a specific website. The main reason why people submit spam comments is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)--the number of links pointing to a site is a known SEO factor, and website owners around the world do whatever they can to get as many links as possible. Unfortunately for us, sometimes it means using various spam methods as well.
The way WordPress comments are set up by default makes it possible for anyone to get a link from your site just by submitting a comment and providing a website address in one of ...
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