Blog & Forum Spam Detection
This blogspam service offers a simple interface which allows you to test whether a submitted blog or forum comment is spam or not.
We can identify many common spam characteristics and using them allow comments to be blocked - cutting down on the spam that might otherwise affect your forum, or blog.
Why do we care?
This site was created by Steve Kemp to consolidate the blog & forum spam detection work he was previously forced to maintain on multiple sites.
By moving the comment-spam detection to one central location, with a simple API, it is now possible to make a change in one location and see improvements in all the sites that use the service.
Having additional users would allow the service to improve, and nicely compliments the work I do on filtering email spam.
Entirely Open Source
The code behind this service, and the plugins we offer for various blog platforms is open source software.
Open Source software probably isn't new to you, but in case it is it roughly means:
- You may download it, free of charge.
- You may make changes to it, free of charge.
- You can run your own server and charge people to access it, free of charge.
There are some rules and restrictions placed upon you which come into play if you wish to distribute, but not use, a modified version of the code you find here - but they are simple to understand and follow.
If you have specific questions about the code, suggestions for improvement, or legal queries please do get in touch - although reading our FAQ will probably answer them.