Add .info to the Spammer’s List

What another nonsense TLD: .info.

Hopefully by blacklisting .biz and .info I can keep Akismet happy.

While we’re on the topic: anyone actually own and/or use a .info TLD for a legit purpose?

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    1. Natron said

      on June 15 2007 @ 2:11 pm

      I have one for my personal site, and many more for content sites and have had great success with them.

      Country based TLD’s can be a better indication, but in the end, it’s the content that will show you. I have had something like 30K spamm messages blocked in wordpress thus far and haven’t really noticed any patterns of the TLD’s

    2. Ryan J. Parker said

      on June 15 2007 @ 2:14 pm

      Looks like they’re just targeting me then. ;)

    3. Emily said

      on July 5 2007 @ 1:59 pm

      Hey Ryan,

      I’ve read through some of your posts (I found you through searching ‘top commentator’), and you’re doing some good work here. My blog is fairly new, and I’m trying to decide whether to install Top Commentator. You seem to be an advocate, but I don’t see any people listed in your top commentator section. Could you give me any advice?

      Emily

    4. Ryan J. Parker said

      on July 5 2007 @ 2:05 pm

      HI Emily, it works real well if you update on a consistent basis. I don’t, so thus no comments for this month! ;)

    5. Mark@ApplyForCreditCards said

      on July 12 2007 @ 6:52 pm

      Hey Ryan,

      Forgive the ignorance, but what is ‘TLD’?

      Mark

    6. Ryan J. Parker said

      on July 12 2007 @ 6:54 pm

      It stands for top-level domain.

    7. shreker said

      on August 29 2007 @ 3:47 am

      That’s because of its very cheap price.
      Now the cheapest TLD is .CN, so add it too.

    8. Word Hugger said

      on September 9 2007 @ 6:05 pm

      I have used a few in the past. I would not say banning them all would be a good thing, but forcing manual moderation definetly.

    9. Johny Burneo said

      on September 22 2007 @ 4:17 am

      You can also add .cn domains to your list. Becase now they are selling just for $0.50 on cnobin.com

    10. Savings said

      on May 18 2009 @ 7:22 am

      Those are some expensive domains..

    11. Hotels in Las Vegas said

      on July 2 2009 @ 10:56 am

      Im a married jew. Im not a spammer, phisher, survey taker or seller of any kind. Im looking to make some gmail friends so I can chat once in awhile. Male, female, old, young, ugly, pretty, these things don’t matter because Im not looking to hook up.

    12. used tires said

      on August 1 2009 @ 1:02 am

      Honestly, I don’t think all dot info websites are spam websites, I have a friend who owns a very legitimate dot info domain, and he does a great job with it, and even has a decent Page Rank.

      Till then,

      Jean

    13. House Hold Testing said

      on August 6 2009 @ 4:21 pm

      If you click unsubscribe, they will know that your email is valid and send more. What you can do is make sure you send every spam from your inbox to your spam/bulk inbox so it doesn’t increase your inbox usage.

    14. House Hold Testing said

      on August 6 2009 @ 4:22 pm

      if it’s in your inbox and there is a box in front of the e-mail, check mark the box and click spam above..ths will put the senders address on block.. if you don’t have the the little box in front, then click options and click block addresses.. here you can add addresses 2 block.

    15. House Hold Testing said

      on August 6 2009 @ 4:23 pm

      I want to report a spammer to Yahoo. However, there doesn’t seem to be a direct link anywhere to do this. Yahoo is as evasive as the gutless bastard who is spamming me.

    16. Buy PSP Go said

      on September 6 2009 @ 7:05 am

      I honestly don’t think anyone does, the only reason I would ever use one is maybe for a cheap way to cloak affiliate links (for legitimate purposes) or for testing ideas.

    17. Damon Day said

      on September 14 2009 @ 2:34 am

      unfortunately spammers always seem to stay one step ahead of the software to stop them. It seems like all of the tools that are supposed to stop the spammers like spam catchers and such, just make it harder for me to get my legitimate emails. I always have to check my spam filter to make sure it didn’t grab emails that I am waiting for.

    18. Wayene said

      on September 18 2009 @ 11:07 pm

      is my my previous comment also got blacklisted..haha

    19. Halo said

      on October 1 2009 @ 12:28 pm

    20. Arnie said

      on October 2 2009 @ 12:50 am

    21. Alex37 said

      on October 22 2009 @ 7:12 am

       This last point is important because there are some who advocate for democracy only when they are out of power; once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. ,

    22. Bob37 said

      on October 23 2009 @ 6:22 am

      I’d been curious about the novel, plus it seemed appropriate. ,

    23. car said

      on November 6 2009 @ 11:21 am

      I have one for my personal use too!

    24. Metal Briefcases said

      on November 19 2009 @ 5:04 pm

      I don’t agree with the topic of this post. By making this claim, you are further ruining the reputation of a perfectly good tld.

    25. Garden shed said

      on November 27 2009 @ 1:55 am

      Hi,When I get a vulgar attack (spam or spyware), I find out where it came from, and then get the technical contacts info and sign them up for the most hardcore XXX lists I can find. It makes me feel better but I want more…

    26. Halo said

      on December 15 2009 @ 9:49 am

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      on December 15 2009 @ 9:52 am

    28. Antalya evden eve nakliyat said

      on December 17 2009 @ 11:30 am

      I hate spammers

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      on December 25 2009 @ 1:22 am

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    30. Samanyolu dizisi said

      on December 25 2009 @ 1:23 am

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    31. Antalya Turkey said

      on December 25 2009 @ 1:24 am

      Very very thansk man.

    32. Antalya evden eve nakliyat said

      on December 25 2009 @ 1:25 am

      Good article. How can u write it.

    33. Laptop Briefcases said

      on January 14 2010 @ 7:48 pm

      That’s hilarious how the spammers swarmed to a post about spammers. Kinda ironic. I guess that’s what happens with an unmoderated blog eventually.

    34. Scrap Gold said

      on January 20 2010 @ 11:25 am

      The info TLD was a response to ICANN’s highly publicized announcement, in late 2000, of a phased release of seven new generic top-level domains.

    35. oyun said

      on January 26 2010 @ 11:35 am

      I always have to check my spam filter to make sure it didn’t grab emails that I am waiting for…

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    99. used tires said

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      I absolutely cannot believe the amount of spam on this page. :(

      Till then,

      Jean

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