BBC News - How spammers are targeting blogs Spammers are turning their attention to weblogs, angering technology analyst Bill Thompson. He calls it "flyblogging." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3210623.stm
Blog Spam Database Database of URLs and phrases often used by spammers, along with links to related resources and a discussion forum. http://www.markcarey.com/spamdb/
Internetnews.com - Six Apart Trains Guns on 'Comment Spam' The blog tools vendor Six Apart plans to roll out an open online authentication system to fight the growing phenomenon of comment spam. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3331341
Jeremy Zawodny's Blog - Guerilla Tactics Against Blog Comment Spammers Suggestion that bloggers create posts that target the same spammy phrases that blog spammers want Google to find. http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/001000.html
Kalsey Consulting Group - Comment Spam Manifesto Weblogger crystallizes the thoughts of many in declaring a cyberwar on those who inappropriately post in guestbooks and weblogs. http://kalsey.com/2003/11/comment_spam_manifesto/
MSNBC - Spammers now clogging blogs, IM Spam has never been limited to e-mail. But now, commercial pitches are increasingly popping up in online chats, instant messages, cell phones with text messaging and weblog comments. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3475953&p1=0
No Guestbook Spam Anymore Offers instructions for webmasters for avoiding and eliminating spam in guestbook. http://www.nogbspam.com/