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Akismet Spam Filter!

Posted By: Monday 4 January 2010 11 Comments

Just wanted to say that I really love the Akismet Spam filter!
So far it has caught more then 19,000 spams and I just deleted 700 spam comments. Imagine getting all of those emails in your inbox! :shock:

So if you haven’t Akismet running on your blog and you want to have a spam free blog, then you really should give it a try.  The installation is very easy; Download the plugin (via the plugin page in the admin part if you’re using WordPress), get your API Key & activate Akismet and you’re good to go! :wink:

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11 Comments so far, be the next one! »

  1. Bobby says:

    may you can try SpamKarma, it’s working well. anyway, thanks for share it.

  2. Spot says:

    I totally agree! I’ve heard people complain about Akismet but rarely has it put a spam message in my inbox. The (relatively minor) problem I have found is that every now and then it marks as spam a comment that isn’t at all.
    .-= Spot´s last blog ..The Best BPA-Free Water Bottles =-.

  3. Metz says:

    I Was wondering does this work on Blogger templates?

    Hope you are having a great weekend :) xoxo

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  4. Have used Akismet for 6mnths and works perfect..

    A def must have

  5. r4ds,r4i says:

    thank you ;-) Hope you are having a great weekend

  6. Certainly is a must have. Have had trouble in the past with spam on WP blogs and this has helped considerably.

  7. James says:

    Do you actually manually sift through all those comments? I have a tendency to just hit the delete button and all my problems just go away

  8. Cichlid says:

    I’m running a fairly large Cichlid website. Spam got so bad with affiliate links that I had to remove the URL field in the comment form. Spam got cut down to about 90% and everything else Akismet is stopping.

  9. Chinaren says:

    MMm, maybe I’ll give it a go. I do have a spam catcher, but it’s let a few through lately.

  10. Rian says:

    It is a good program but sometimes when I check my folder, there are still some legit comments.

  11. “Just wanted to say that I really love the Akismet Spam filter!” – Couldn’t agree more!

    I use Akismet on my blog, and it does save me loads of time.

    My blog is still relatively new but its had over 80 spam comments so far!

    Spammers beware, Akismet is here!

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