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Akismet : Spam Filter

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Features

Akismet, or Automattic Kismet, is a spam filtering service. Almost 84% of comments are Spam on the Blogging Networks.Akismet attempts to filter link spam from blog comments and spam TrackBack pings. The filter works by combining information about spam captured on all participating blogs, and then using those spam rules to block future spam.

In order to activate Akismet on your Blog, you will need to acquire a API from Wordpress.com . It is completely free to get the API from Wordpress.Once you get the API, you will have to enter it inside the Akismet plug-in in your Blog.We will be including the steps of getting Akismet activated on the Blog soon.

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