Not long back I wrote a couple posts about SPAM and then started getting more SPAM. I did not have the Askiment plug in installed at that time. The reason I had not installed the plug in was because I did not have a Wordpress API key. I would have already given the Askimet plug in a try, except when I had gone to their site I thought it was only for Wordpress sites that were hosted by Wordpress.com.

I contacted the people at Askimet and found out that all I needed to do was setup an account at Wordpress.com in order to get the API key. It was not required that my Wordpress blog be hosted there, only that I opened a user account. How easy was that? Very easy. Since, I installed the Askimet plug in I have not received any more spam because the plug in works. It has blocked all of them so far.

So if you have a Wordpress blog that is self hosted and you are receiving spam, or want to insure that you do not get a bunch of spam posts, then hopefully the clarification in this post will allow you to get the protection now, rather than thinking it was not available to you.

Happy blogging

When I first set up my Wordpress Blog I had not set up any form security to block SPAM BOTS and was inundated with spammers that really are the scourge of the internet. I really do not understand the mentallity of those people at all. Obviously they put forth a substantial amount of time trying to spam sites with their links.

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