Comment spam is when people or bots go to your articles and post links. This is an attempt to raise search engine ranking for the page being linked to. Comment spam is annoying and potentially harmful to your blog. Visitors that see any signs of spam are outta there plus Pagerank may be lost due to the outbound links.
Akismet is a spam blocking plugin that can help you eliminate the headache of comment spam. The Akismet plugin comes with the default WordPress install. First activate Akismet if it isn’t yet, then watch for the highlighted message across the top of the dashboard. The states that you must insert your WordPress API key in order to finish setting up Akismet. Go to WordPress.com, login, and select Your Profile on the left side. Copy your API key into the correct field and click the Update Options button. You should see a confirmation message and Akismet options should be visible in the left column of the dashboard. Enjoy this video on setting up Akismet.
Setup Akismet Spam Blocker
by Andrew on May 4, 2010
Comment spam is when people or bots go to your articles and post links. This is an attempt to raise search engine ranking for the page being linked to. Comment spam is annoying and potentially harmful to your blog. Visitors that see any signs of spam are outta there plus Pagerank may be lost due to the outbound links.
Akismet is a spam blocking plugin that can help you eliminate the headache of comment spam. The Akismet plugin comes with the default WordPress install. First activate Akismet if it isn’t yet, then watch for the highlighted message across the top of the dashboard. The states that you must insert your WordPress API key in order to finish setting up Akismet. Go to WordPress.com, login, and select Your Profile on the left side. Copy your API key into the correct field and click the Update Options button. You should see a confirmation message and Akismet options should be visible in the left column of the dashboard. Enjoy this video on setting up Akismet.
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