This seems like something that will really spark discussion around the blogosphere and hopefully it’ll prevent some spammers from spamming, although I doubt it: what the hell do they care about the PR of a link that spammed into my blog? It’s either hard to even get something through (multi-layer antispam) and even if something slips through it’s just a matter of time until it’s deleted – I don’t think that the PR update will even recognize this?! And what about people posting interesting stuff in comments – doesn’t such a link have any value?
I’ll abstain from installing it atm though as I value links in comments, as long as they aren’t from some spam-bot, which should hopefully be caught anyway.
On another note: this might as well prove itself useful for linking to people without giving them credit, which was impossible so far.
More can be read at Google’s info page
The WP Plugin.
Have you seen the Spam Tar Pit plugin? (You can find it here http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/08/25/spammer-tar-pit )
Not only do you get to block comment spammers, you can send them a nasty message while you’re doing it. It appeals to my vindictive side. :-)
Nope, haven’t seen that before…I shall have a look later on. Thanks for the suggestion.