Just logged onto the blog to find the spam queue clogged with forty-two entries. Earlier today, after a return from a doctor’s appointment, I found twenty-seven awaiting me. In the past week, it ‘s been nothing less than a half dozen. And I check in a number of times a day.
These assaults are getting worse. Just a few years ago, it was pretty rare to have more than two or three and often there were none when I logged in. Fortunately WordPress has a good filter. One of them today, at an estimate, had close to seven, eight hundred words. I didn’t try to count them, just had to page down a lot while I was deleting the current crop.
Whew!
I’ve noticed more spam across the board. Especially lots of Asian characters in my email inbox. A never ending battle, I guess.
Wow. It’s so irritating, such a time waster.
I’m still at the 2-8 every few days rate, which is manageable. Do you look to see which post they are replying to? WordPress shows it for each one.
They’re all over the place, Richard. I have had the same spam, or only slight variations, on six or seven different posts at the same time.
Could it be the baseball player name, in spit of your blog’s name?
Oh, forgot – Happy Thanksgiving!