SPAM is bad enough, but comment SPAM somehow seems even worse. You work hard to create and maintain quality content for the readers of your blog, then some spammer comes along and tries to disrupt your comment threads by deluging your blog with ads for pharmaceuticals that promise to enhance body parts you may not even have.

Fortunately, Akismet does a great job of eliminating the vast majority of comment SPAM. Akismet comes pre-installed with WordPress. This video will show you how to activate Akismet and monitor its progress once it’s running on your site. Read More…

One of the greatest things about blogging is the immediate feedback a blogger gets from readers. Unfortunately, too much of a good thing can be challenging and problematic. Fortunately, WordPress has some great comment moderation tools.

This screencast demonstrates how to manage comments in WordPress. It also provides a in-depth review of the WordPress discussion settings. Combined with the Akismet SPAM filter, discussion settings have a huge impact on the quality of comments that are published on your website.

For a more detailed discussion of Akismet, see the video on fighting SPAM.
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