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Optimizing your WordPress account – 2

A few weeks back, I had written about how to take some basic steps towards optimizing your WordPress account. Imagine what would happen if more people started promoting your WordPress Blog, or wonders of wonders, it appears on the front page of Digg or Slashdot. In such cases, unless you have optimized your WordPress configuration [...]

August 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Analysis, Blog, Digg, Hosting, Learn, Optimize, Plugin, Spam, Tips, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Defensio: An alternative to Akismet

Akismet is the current default anti-spam plugin on WordPress. It works by filtering comments already posted on the blog, and then decides on the basis of its algorithms whether the comment is spam or not. It is supposed to be continually updated so that new tactics by spam spinners are caught and the plugin continues [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Blog, Comment, Fraud, Free, Spam, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Comment spam on WordPress – Use Akismet

When I started using WordPress as my blogging platform (first buying a domain, then using one of these hosting services (link to article), and installing WordPress on it), I used to think that getting the right template on the blog, and then getting some good quality content on the blog was all that was required. [...]

September 27th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Blog, Comment, Fraud, Spam | Leave a comment