This month marks an anniversary of sorts.
This blog about Kootenay Lake and its surroundings is about four years old. Since that time, there have been just under seven-hundred postings. To these, readers have added about 1600 welcome comments.
Spammers have now passed the hundred thousandth attempt to post commercial solicitations to the blog, none of which has been allowed to appear. Sigh….
Akismet describes the difference between email spam and comment spam of a blog:
Email spammers write messages to get your attention. Comment spammers write messages to escape your attention. They want you to believe they are real bloggers, real people, writing real comments, so you’ll approve the comment and publish it on your site.
Blog spammers have targeted this blog with all manner attempts to hawk questionable products, not one of which has anything to do with the postings. To mark this dubious anniversary, I offer a spring flower from my yard.
Wonderful picture!!
Thanks for being diligent about this although it is sad that it has to happen.
Keep up the great work, I always enjoy your posts.
Bob
Always enjoy your postings! Photography is outstanding as is the educational information often included. Thank you.
Your fourth year anniversary falls closely in line with our fourth year in the region. Your blog and photos have been a fantastically pleasurable introduction and insight into a wonderful place. Thank you.
Siberian squill?
Tina, I think it is a crocus.
Fruit/Flowers are the traditional gift for a fourth anniversary. Quite appropriate for your Blog, Alistair.
Too bad about the 100,000 fruit flies!
Congratulations Alistair on four years. I seldom comment but each posting I enjoy and learn and I hope you continue.
Thank you Alistair for sharing your world with us. This flower looks like a close-up of a scilla to me….hippity hop…..Happy Easter!
Alistair, keep fighting the fight.
Your images are causing me a great deal of lens envy but have inspired me to get off my ass and get into the great outdoors. I am off to the Waldie Island Trail with my camera, tripod and lesser lens’.
Cheers
Keep up the excellent work, Alistair — don’t let those pesky spammers get you down.