Got Spam? Prevent Spam on your Blog
Prevent Spam with Akismet ( A Step By Step Guide to Blogging )
Have you seen the above Spam messages in your blog comments? The number can grow to be HUGE! What do you do when you see this message? In this case you just sit back and relax, because Akismet went to work for you. To avoid and prevent spam you must use a free WordPress compatible Plugin called Akismet for your blog. Akismet is a free online open source spam program to help fight spam for WordPress based Blog owners.
Installing & setup of Akismet in your blog is easy. First you need to go to your Plugins pull down menu in your WordPress Control Panel found at http://www.(yourdomain).com/wp-admin/
Follow the steps above to activate Akismet.
After you have activated the Aksimet Plugin you should see the above message, just click on the link to enter your Wordpress.com API Key.
To retrieve your API Key, just go to www.wordpress.com and sign up for a free account, the API Key will be sent to your email box after you sign up your free account.
After you have signed up for your wordpress.com account, your API key can be found when you click on My Profile. For example an API Key looks like is fbd655233fa6. Protect your own API Key like you would with any other password and don’t ever share your API Key.
Now that you have your WordPress API Key, just enter the Key into the box and click on Update Options in your blog.
When see the green box above, you will know that you have successfully installed Akismet. And you are done! NO MORE SPAM for your blog! That’s it!
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