WordPress and Trackback spam

Probably fair to say that Akismet has the comment spam situation under control now - though whether we’re all comfortable with such a close relationship with Automattic is an open question…

The annoyance these days is trackback spam - if you are moderating it, it’s completely pointless and gives no benefit to the spammer. Loads of hits, very little bandwidth wasted, just annoying in itself.
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