News from Pro Content and DesignBlacklisting spam by country of originFriday, February 15, 2008Today, PCD has begun deploying the first version of its software to deter spam on websites by blacklisting entries in PunxsyPage.com by tracing their IP address to their country of origin.Most spam, especially most classified ads spam, originates in a handful of countries. India, thanks to its large outsourcing business, has become a popular place for folks to outsource spamming, too. Cameroon has always had a large and strange trade in internet spam, especially when you consider that the country has deteriorated into a hell-hole worthy of Mad Max or The Stand. I started with those two because they are the absolute worst offenders. Over time I intend to pare out a few more countries by origin, as I determine where else the rest of the spam is coming from. Obviously you want a website to have the highest availability possible. But, these folks are just pissing away time and ruining my Adsense click-thru rate. At some point, PunxsyPage was added to a list of websites where these jokers could post their stupid dog and macaws and scams. I was never too upset by that, because at the end of the day PunxsyPage is first an incubator and second a testbed. Sure, the folks who use and enjoy the website may not like that attitude, but the fact of the matter is that the website is an experiment, not a business model. So, we shall see where all this joy goes. |
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