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spammer directly and ask them to stop. Blog comments typically force the user to provide an E-Mail address with their comments. While this is sometimes helpful, the fact is that many spammers attempt to hide their true identities to avoid being blamed for spamming. It may be worth a try but it has a low probability of deterring an experience and determined spammer.

(5) A more drastic method to prevent blog comment spam is to contact the spammer's hosting company and ask for them to intervene if the spammer has provided this information (assuming that it's not fake), you can contact their hosting company. In some cases these hosting companies will ban these individuals or otherwise suspend their activities.

(6) The "nuclear option" for preventing span is to not allow any comments on your blog writer Seth Godin is famous for not allowing comments on his blog posts. This is the least desirable outcome, because blogs were designed to be forums for two-way communication that is the purpose and power of the blog comment. However, blog commenting features can be disabled. This may be a last resort but it comes with a great cost. You, the blogger, stand to lose a lot if you disable your blog comments, but situations may arise where there is no better alternative.

Many of us have experienced the annoyances caused by spam in blog comments. We are fortunate to have a number of ways to deal with blog comment spam. Certain methods, like Akismet, will probably work fine in the vast majority of cases. Other methods, less desirable, are available if you need to use them. If you do get spam, don't panic. Just try these methods as needed until you find the ones that work best for you. Good luck!

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