Less than two months after moving to our new home at Webfaction and activating Akismet on the blog (previously I used Spam Karma), Akismet today reports that it has caught an astonishing 1000 comment spams. Considering this count starts on March 19th, and that the blog has very little traffic, this is quite astonishing, isn’t it? According to Google Analytics, I haven’t even had that same number of pageviews ever since I started tracking the blog… Where will this end? And I wonder what it’s like for the very large blogs, how much spam they must surely get. Any of you A-listers reading care to comment 
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[UPDATE] Problogger’s Darren Rowse replied through Twitter, and it’s ridiculous: he’s had 3,911,810 comments blocked so far in one of his blogs!
I know! Holy crap! I don’t get as much spam as you’re site is getting, but it is ridiculous. Thank god for spam filters. I feel sorry for those who don’t use them.
It’s true, it would be impossible to run any blog without a spam filter. When I started this blog, I never thought I would need it, and now it’s clear that it’s impossible to live without it. BTW, thanks for dropping by!
I think I’m at around 9,000 right now. I’m tired of all the traceback spam that I’m getting and need to install a plugin to filter it out. Good for you for using a proper host btw!
-Ross
http://www.hostdisciple.com
Ross, now that you mention it, it’s a pity that I don’t have any historical data from before coming to Webfaction - but in terms of overall site performance, there’s no question about it, Webfaction has been excellent. And thanks for your comment.