Good point (and idea) Rick ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:43 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Capture Alternatives Ray Champagne wrote: > Here's a question that hasn't been answered, maybe 'cause there isn't one: > we talk all day about protecting ourselves from these gnarly bastages, is > there any way to fight back? > > I'd love to see a way for me to block them, then fire back with my own > script - it might not solve anything, but man, it would feel good... One worthwhile thing is to make what they're doing less valuable. Anywhere you dynamically convert URLs to links.. in message boards, blogs, etc... add the rel="nofollow" attribute. One of the reasons spammers do what they do is to increase search engine visibility... the more sites that link to you, the better your search engine ranking will be. However, most of the major search engines will *NOT* count links with the rel="nofollow" attribute. http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050118-204728 I'm doing this in blogcfm (and I think in cfmbb too) It doesn't stop them from spamming you, but if everyone did it, it wouldn't be worthwhile to the spammers to do it. At least, not for the purpose of increasing search engine visibility. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
