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Next steps: How Spambots use email

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Our most recent bit of research is looking at how spambots use the email addresses that we register. We want to find out if spambots attend the email addresses they register at and if they are using real persons email … Continue reading →

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How to discern convincing spam from real comments

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

SPAM is becoming more and more convincing. After years of dealing with it, it never occurred to me that to new site owners it can be very difficult to tell convincing spam from real messages. Computers are becoming better at … Continue reading →

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Spam Research: Experiment Continued on SMF Forum

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

A continuation of the Spambot Experiment with an SMF forum, read about the first experiment here: https://zylblog.com/2011/12/spambot-experiment/ The forums were completely wiped out on the 24th of December (all registered members were deleted, all posts removed, etc). A few options … Continue reading →

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Spambot Experiment

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

On August 28, 2011, I started a spambot experiment on my website. One inaccuracy that I want to clear up before I begin posting the results: About a month or so into the experiment, I changed the difficulty of the … Continue reading →

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New Changes to Zylblog

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Hello Everyone, Over the past few years since the beginnings of Zylstrablog on Blogger.com, and later private IP-based hosting through a free domain redirect (anyone remember zylstrablog.co.nr ? Still works…), and then zylblog.info and now zylblog.com, my interests in computers … Continue reading →

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Adblock Plus: Morally right?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Many people believe that using ad blocking software like Adblock Plus is morally wrong. But is it? Can using Adblock Plus on a website that operates off ads be considered stealing or of poor moral fiber? I’m not so sure. … Continue reading →

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Search, Images, Email, Calendar, Documents — and now Music from Google?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Contest! Want an invite to Google Music? Be one of the first 4 people to comment with “I want Google Music!” and win an invitation! Read the bottom of the post for more information! Google seems to offer everything. When … Continue reading →

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Stop all spam to your website, blog, or forum

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

The Internet is a great way to share your information with others, whether it be useful information related to computers or health, or the less-useful specialized information like training poodles (of which, I have no fear in offending anyone who … Continue reading →

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Make money by blogging

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Blogging is not a way to make a living. Only a very few people have successfully done this (you can read about them here). You can, however, make very small amounts that get slightly bigger as time goes by. There … Continue reading →

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Google Opens “What do you love?”, a new website

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

The Internet search giant, Google, has opened another website. This one is called “What do you love”, available at wdyl.com It is a clever little advertising gimmick. You type in what you love (i.e. ZylBlog) and Google shows you how … Continue reading →

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