I just need to make a quick endorsement for a tool I’ve been using on this blog for the past several months. The product, Akismet, is an add-on to WordPress that blocks comment and trackback spam. If the sign of an effective spam-blocking tool is that you can install it and then forget about it, Akismet fits the bill. Since I installed it 3-4 months ago, Akismet has silently neutralized nearly 800 spam comments on this blog. Not once has it erroneously classified something as spam, and on only a few occasions has it been unsure about whether something was spam or not. In the latter case, if you subsequently mark the item as spam, the whole Akismet system learns from the mistake.

Simple, unobtrusive, and accurate — there’s little more I could ask for in a spam-blocker! Give Akismet a try today!

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