Blogger Now Has Automatic Spam Detection

Blogger has now enabled automatic spam detection for comments on some blogs!  Under the comment tab there is now a spam inbox.  Suspected spam comments are filtered into the spam inbox similar to filtering in your email inbox.  Those who have comment moderation won't notice much of a difference as notices whether to publish or reject will stay the same.  Those without comment moderation should check their spam inbox in the comments tab.

The way the comments are now being handled makes it a lot easier to strip the html if the comment is borderline spam.  For example, under the old system any link for the sender did not show up in the comment moderation email unless the sender was from Blogger.  So you had no way of knowing if there was a link or not until you published the comment.  Then if desired you could go back and strip the html by deleting the comment then republishing sans link.  Now the link if there is one shows on the comment under the comment tab (still not in the email notice) making it easier to decide whether or not to leave the link in place without the publish then delete step. 

Another nice feature is the published under the comment tab.  All the comments published on your blog appear with a box that can be checked if you want to delete, mark as spam or remove content.  Instead of having to wade through your blog posts going back to check for spam that might have got through, it is now quite easy to scroll down and check any comments you may want to delete.  This feature will certainly help plug a few holes in the PR bucket!

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