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#1 (permalink)   11-05-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Problems with spam comments on your blog? Do the rest of you have problems keeping spam or nasty comments off your blogs? I have it so I need to approve comments first but the majority end up being spam or unreadable. Is there a tool I can use to keep these off my site?

#2 (permalink)   11-06-2009 JKVirtualOffice Resident Member Company name: JK Virtual Office Resources Facebook Marketing Magic: Facebook Announces Video Chat in Partnership with ... My latest Twitter: 2K Games Looks Beyond Twitter, Facebook for Custom...   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,309 Blog Entries: 5 Re: Problems with spam comments on your blog? Is this a WordPress Blog? If so, you already have the Akismet plug-in to automatically catch spam and shelve it away. It just needs to be activated with an API key and which is easy to get. I'm not sure what others use for a Blog that isn't WordPress. __________________ Kimberly Facebook Marketing Magic!

#3 (permalink)   11-06-2009 leedrozak Resident Member Company name: My Office Assistant Small Business Practical Times: Web Security: Password Protection My latest Twitter: This is a great weekend to support #SBW2012. I wi...   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Pennsylvania Posts: 2,263 Blog Entries: 13 Re: Problems with spam comments on your blog? Collette, I use Akismet as well, easy to install and activate. You will be surprised at the amount of spam it removes from your comments. A true time saver. __________________ Lee Drozak My Office Assistant

#4 (permalink)   11-06-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Re: Problems with spam comments on your blog? Originally Posted by JKVirtualOffice Is this a WordPress Blog? If so, you already have the Akismet plug-in to automatically catch spam and shelve it away. It just needs to be activated with an API key and which is easy to get. I'm not sure what others use for a Blog that isn't WordPress. Can someone explain how to get the API key code?

#5 (permalink)   11-07-2009 JKVirtualOffice Resident Member Company name: JK Virtual Office Resources Facebook Marketing Magic: Facebook Announces Video Chat in Partnership with ... My latest Twitter: 2K Games Looks Beyond Twitter, Facebook for Custom...   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,309 Blog Entries: 5 Re: Problems with spam comments on your blog? You need to go register for an account with Wordpress.com and use the API key code that they give you with that account. __________________ Kimberly Facebook Marketing Magic!

#6 (permalink)   11-07-2009 RebeccaT Active Member Company name: CLR Virtual Connection Latest blog post: Looking for Authenticity in Social Media My latest Twitter: http://t.co/51xUrPfJ check out my cake #hootsuite ...   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 549 Re: Problems with spam comments on your blog? I use it too. Akismet is the best. You can use that API key for all your sites too. I use it for all MY sites...and I get each client their own. I have one client that has 4 blogs and so I get him one and use it on all 4 of his blogs. __________________ Rebecca Thompson CLR Virtual Connection * fanTABulous fan pages